Ahead of this year’s Tour de France, taking place from 4-26 July, race organiser A.S.O. has released a series of numbers to showcase the scale of cycling’s most iconic event…
4,500 people: organisers – teams – media – partners – advertising caravane – service providers
Riders
198 riders at the start (22 teams of 9 riders)
300 support staff
15 members of the race jury
2015 route
3,360 km (21 stages)
3 countries visited (The Netherlands, Belgium and France)
26 French departments visited
37 stage sites
624 municipalities crossed (568 in France, 17 in The Netherlands, 39 in Belgium)
Organisation
100 A.S.O. staff
300 temporary staff
1,550 beds reserved every day for the organisation and the sports teams
Medical services
10 doctors (all specialties), 5 nurses
7 ambulances, 2 medical cars, 1 motorcycle, 1 radiology truck
Security
48 members of the Republican Guard motorcycle division
13 officers on duty as the permanent police of the Tour
14,000 gendarmes / 9,000 police officers and CRS riot police mobilized
1,000 agents from the General Councils
Accredited media (2014 edition)
2,000 journalists, consultants and photographers
637 media organisations
373 newspapers, press agencies and Internet sites
92 television networks
114 photo agencies
58 radio stations
TV broadcast
Broadcast in 190 countries
100 channels, including 60 live
8 stages broadcast in full
80 hours of live broadcast produced (international signal)
6,100 hours aired worldwide in 2014
Internet / new media
32 million unique visitors / 146 million pages viewed on letour.fr in 2014
4 languages: French, English, Spanish, German
1,700,000 fans on Facebook
1,300,000 followers on Twitter
500,000 on Google +
100,000 on Instagram
1.1 million downloads of applications dedicated to the Tour de France
France TV coverage
Daily programmes
Start Village on France 3 at 12:45 CETevery day – Special 10 year show on 12 July
Le Direct (Live Broadcast) on France 3 from 13.50 CET and on France 2 from 15:00
Vélo Club on France 2 following the stage just until 18:40
Stade 2 sports programme on France 2, live broadcast from the Tour de France on 5, 12 & 19 July at 17:30
L’image du jour on France 2 at 20:40
Le film du Tour (stage summary) on France 3 every night at 20:10 after the Tout le Sport sports round-up programme
Documentaries
Poulidor Premier, 29 June at 20:45 on France 3
Hinault, part one, 13 July at 15:20; and part 2 on 21 July at 16:40 on France 2
Jacques Chancel, le Grand Chancelier, 21 July at 17:30 on France 2
8 stages will be broadcast in full
1: Utrecht – Utrecht / Saturday 4 July
2: Utrecht – Zealand / Sunday 5 July
3: Antwerp – Huy / Monday 6 July
9: Vannes – Plumelec / Sunday 12 July
12: Lannemezan – Plateau de Beille / Thursday 16 July
19: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne – La Toussuire / Friday 24 July
20: Modane Valfréjus – Alpe d’Huez / Saturday 25 July
21: Sèvres-Grand Paris Seine Ouest – Paris Champs-Elysées / Sunday 26 July
La Course by Le Tour de France
Sunday 26 July, from 13:50 on France 3
Partners
42 partner brands with 5 new partners (Dimension Data, Le Gaulois, Bostik, Cornetto, GoPro)
5 Club Partners
7 Official Partners
16 Official Suppliers
5 Technical Partners
2 Official Supporters
2 Media Partners
2 Official Broadcasters
3 Institutional Partners
Advertising Caravane
154 vehicles
34 brands
600 people
14 million objects handed out
12K of procession
35 minutes of show
55 people to supervise the caravane, including 13 officers of the Republican Guard motorcycle division
Spectators on the side of the road (2014 edition)
64% men and 36% women
54% under the age of 50, with 10% under the age of 25
80% of French spectators and 20% from abroad
More than 40 nationalities identified
6 hours 30 minutes of presence on the road side (6h on flat stages, 7h for mountain stages)
92% come accompanied (on average 5 people per group)
