Yesterday's Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 sportive saw more than 25,000 cyclists take to the streets of the capital. Many of them will have logged their rides on Strava, aiming to beat their PB up Box Hill or Ranmore. But it's not just amateur riders who like to play on Strava - at this year's Tour de France, many of the top pros were at it too.

Rides uploaded by pros over the three weeks of racing show that it takes more than 90 hours in the saddle and over 45,000 metres of climbing to complete the Tour. Unsurprisingly, the world's elite cyclists claimed 845 KOMs on Strava segments over the course of the race, and were cheered on with over 279,000 kudos from fans.

Some of the most memorable rides uploaded included impressive stage wins by Andre Greipel, Romain Bardet and Thibaut Pinot - you can check out the details of their winning efforts below.

What it takes to ride the Tour de France

Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (Team MTN-Qhubeka) uploaded all 21 stages, revealing that he:

• Spent 90:17:29 number of hours in the saddle or 3 days, 18 hours, 17 minutes and 29 seconds

• Rode 3,403.6 km or 2115 miles as recorded on Strava (of which 3,360 km or 2,087.8 miles are the official race distances)

• Climbed 45,134 metres. The equivalent of ascending Mount Everest over 5 times

Van Rensburg rode at an average speed of 38.39km/h, with an average power of 208 watts, and expended 74,983 calories en route to securing 45 KOMs and 3021 Kudos along the way.

Wins on Strava

Andre Greipel, Tour de France Stage 5 - 1st

Distance - 196.3km

Moving time - 4:56:50

Elevation - 1171m

Avg Speed 39.7km/h

Max Speed 94.3km/h

Avg Cadence 78

Max Cadence 133

Kudos 2684

Andre Greipel claimed the first of five stage wins with this 39.7km/h effort on Stage 1.
Andre Greipel claimed the first of five stage wins with this 39.7km/h effort on Stage 1.

Romain Bardet, Tour de France Stage 18 - 1st

Distance - 187km

Moving Time - 5:03:00

Elevation - 4007m

Average Speed - 37km/h

Maximum Speed - 85.7km/h

Average Cadence - 87

Maximum Cadence - 129

Kudos 3162

KOMs 15

Romain Bardet claimed his first ever Tour win on Stage 18.
Romain Bardet claimed his first ever Tour win on Stage 18.

Thibaut Pinot, Tour de France Stage 20 - 1st

Distance - 114.1km

Moving Time - 3:33:05

Elevation - 4040m

Average Speed - 32.1km/h

Maximum Speed - 91.4km/h

Average Cadence - 86

Maximum Cadence - 142

Kudos 9733

KOMs 92

Thibaut Pinot hit a top speed of 91.4 km/h on his way to victory on Stage 20.
Thibaut Pinot hit a top speed of 91.4 km/h on his way to victory on Stage 20.

And finally, while the peloton no doubt suffered through the gruelling three weeks, some of them managed to find a little humour in naming their rides - especially the Dutch riders, it seems...

Dutch Rider Humour Top 3:

1. Steven Kruijswijk, Tour de France Stage 2

TdF 2 #wind & rain #i want mountains;)

2. Laurens ten Dam Tour de France Stage 11

The Mur did hurt.

3. Robert Gesink Tour de France Stage 11

Tour de France Stage11. Hard start! Hard Tourmalet and Hard finish! So, hard day in general... ;)

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