Quote Originally Posted by Eli View Post
Unfortunately it’s been the case since 2010(ish).
2008 and 2009 longest stage of the season was 41,5 and 40,5 km respectively, but other than those it's been clearly longer. In 2018 longest stage of the season was still 55,2 km, 2019 it dropped to 47,2km. From 2020 this has taken a plunge down to 37-38 kilometers.