Tour De France Facts & Stats

I TOUR DE FRANCE FACTS &STATS I WINNERS BY NATIONALITY NUMBER OF WINNING CYCLISTS FRANCE - 21 UMITED STATES, DENMARK, GERMANY REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, AUSTRALIA, - 1 UNITED KINGDOM - 2 BELGIUM - 10 SWITZERLAND - 2 THE NETHERLAMDS-2 LUXEMBOURG - 4 SPAIN (D) -7 ITALY - 6 Goc 36 FRANCE Gock 18 BELGIUM ఉ oco 12 SPAIN (D) o 9 ITALY 5 LUXEMBOURG 3 UNITED STATES 2 THE NETHERLANDS 2 SWITZERLAND 2 UNITED KINGDOM 1 DENMARK 1 GERMANY 1 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 1 AUSTRALIA ు O PAST 10 WINNING BIKES 2013 2012 201 2010 200 | CHRIS FROOME PINARELLO DOGMA 65.1 THINK 2 ALBERTO CONTADOR TREK MADONE 6.9 PRO BRADLEY CADEL WIGGINS PIMARELLO DOGMA 2 EVANS BMC TEAMMACHINE SLRO1 ANDY SCHLECK S-WORKS TARMAC SL3 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 CARLOS SASTRE CERVELO R3-SL ALBERTO CONTADOR TREK MADONE 5.2 OSCAR PEREIRO PIMARELLO DOGMA-FPX LANCE ARMSTRONG PROTOTYPE MADONE SSLX LANCE ARMSTRONG TREK MADONE CYCLIST FACTS 37 20% OLDEST WINNER FIRMIN LAMBOT, 1922 YOUNGEST WINNER HENRI CORNET, 1904 HIGHEST TOTAL NUMBER OF "KING OF THE MOUNTAINS" VICTORIES 17 THE RECORD FOR MOST APPEARANCES IS HELD JOINTLY BY GEORGE HINCAPIE AND STUART O'GRADY WITH 17 GREATEST MOMENTS .00000●●●● JULY 1ST 1903 THE FIRST TOUR DE FRANCE WITH 60 CYCLISTS LAUNCHED BY HENRI DESGRANGE 1ST WINNER MAURICE GARIN THE FIRST YELLOW JERSEY WAS ISSUED TO EUGENE CHRISTOPHE IN GRENOBLE (1919) 1952 IN 1964 JACQUES ANQUETIL BECAME THE FIRST RIDER TO WIN LE TOUR FIVE TIMES WAS THE FIRST FINISH AT ALTITUDE - FAUSTO COPP IN 1995 THE SPANIARD MIGUEL INDURAIN BECAME THE FIRST RIDER TO WIN LE TOUR FIVE TIMES IN A ROW THE JERSEYS EXPLAINED 111 YELLOW JERSEY MAILLOT JAUME AWARDED TO THE RIDER WITH THE LOWEST AGGREGATED TIME AFTER EACH STAGE GREEN JERSEY MAILLOT VERT AWARDED AFTER EACH STAGE TO THE RIDER WITH THE HIGHEST POINTS SCORE POLKA JERSEY MAILLOT A POIS AWARDED TO THE RIDER WITH THE LARGEST CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF MOUNTAIN POINTS WHITE JERSEY MAILLOT BLANC AWARDED TO THE FASTEST YOUNG RIDER IN THE COMPETITION RAINBOW JERSEY WORN EACH YEAR BY THE REIGNING WORLD CHAMPION YELLOW NUMBERS ARE WORN BY THE TEAM WITH THE LOWEST COMBINED TIME 2. 4 3 1 RED NUMBER AWARDED TO THE RIDER WHO WAS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE IN THE PREVIOUS STAGE RACE & AUDIENCE FACTS THE ENTIRE RACE COVERS APPROXIMATELY 3,500 KMS WORLDWIDE TELEVISION AUDIENCE OF 3.5BILLION THE TOUR DE FRANCE IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST ANNUAL SPORTING EVENT PEOPLE, ACROSS 188 COUNTRIES ... AMAZING FACTS AVERAGE NUMBER OF TYRES WORN OUT 792 THE AVERAGE RIDER BURNS 123,900 CALORIES OVER THE COURSE OF THE 21-DAY RACE HIGHEST NUMBER OF FINISHERS LOWEST NUMBER OF FINISHERS 3 170 10 ON AVERAGE, A SINGLE RIDER WILL WEAR OUT A TOTAL OF 3 BIKE CHAINS DURING THE RACE (2010) (1919) SHORTEST EVER TOUR WAS IN 1904 器 2,420KM BIGGEST EVER WINNING MARGIN 28 MINUTES 5,745KM 27 SECONDS LONGEST EVER TOUR WAS IN 1926 FASTEST WINNING AVERAGE SPEED 41.654 KMH (25.88MPH) THE 2014 STAGES NUMBER OF PEDAL STROKES TAKEN PER RIDER AT 60RPM 9ORPM 324,000 486,000 STAGE 1 191KM SATURDAY 5TH JULY LEEDS - HARROGATE 198KM 159KM STAGE 2 SUNDAY 6TH JULY YORK - SHEFFIELD STAGE 3 MONDAY 7TH JULY CAMBRIDGE - LONDON STAGE 4 164KM TUESDAY 8TH JULY WEDNESDAY 9TH JULY THURSDAY 10TH JULY LE TOUQUET - PARIS-PLAGE YPRES - ARENBERG PORTE DU HAINAUT ARRAS - REIMS STAGE 5 156KM 194KM 233KM STAGE 6 STAGE 7 FRIDAY 11TH JULY ÉPERNAY - MANCY STAGE 8 161KM SATURDAY 12TH JULY TOMBLAINE - GERARDMER LA MAUSELAINE 166KM 161KM REST DAY 1 STAGE 9 SUNDAY 13TH JULY GERARDMER - MULHOUSE STAGE 10 MONDAY 14TH JULY LA PLANCHE DES BELLES FILLES TUESDAY 15TH JULY BESANÇ ON 186KM 183KM 200KM STAGE 11 WEDNESDAY 16TH JULY BESANÇ ON - OYONNAX STAGE 12 THURSDAY 17TH JULY BOURG-EN-BRESSE - SAINT-ETIENNE STAGE 13 FRIDAY 18TH JULY SAINT-ETIENNE - CHAMROUSSE STAGE 14 177KM SATURDAY 19TH JULY RISOUL STAGE 15 222KM SUNDAY 20TH JULY TALLARD - NIMES REST DAY 2 MONDAY 21ST JULY CARCASSONNE 237KM 125KM STAGE 16 TUESDAY 22ND JULY CARCASSONNE - BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON STAGE 17 WEDNESDAY 23RD JULY SAINT-GAUDENS - SAINT-LARY-SOULAN PLA D'ADET STAGE 18 145KM THURSDAY 24TH JULY PAU - HAUTACAM STAGE 19 208KM FRIDAY 25TH JULY BERGERAC STAGE 20 54 KM SATURDAY 26TH JULY BERGERAC - PERIGUEUX (ITT) STAGE 21 136KM SUNDAY 27TH JULY EVRY - PARIS CHAMPS-ELYSÉES eureka cycle sports THIS INFOGRAPHIC WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY WWW.EUREKACYCLESPORTS.CO.UK Sour ces http://www.realbuzz.com/articles/10-incredible-facts-about-the-tour-de-france/ http://letour.yorkshire.com/news/tour-de-france-the-facts http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/history/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_de_France_records_and_statistics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tour_de_France_general_classification_winners http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2013/ jul/ 21/five-riders-chris-froome-tour-de-france http://www.guy-sports.com/funny/tour_de_france_trivia.htm NUMBER OF WINS