The Logistics of Le Tour de France

le TOUR DE FRANCE -2015 fronce - DISTANCES Average Tour in km: 3664KM (equivalent of cycling from London to Jerusalem) Ave (single rider)pedal strokes per Tour: 2014 rider average speed: 486,000 40.69KM/HR Total pedal strokes per Tour: Bradley Wiggins'4 Tours = 14,256KM Total all-Tours Mileage 96.25 MILLION (equivalent of cycling from London to Perth Australia) (approx.): 353,430 KM 2013 Tour: Riders climbed the equivalent of Ben Nevis • Scafell Pike • Snowdon• Mont Blanc • Kilamanjaro • Everest. (Lands End - Johno Groats: 363 times OR 1970 times round M25) Shortest winning margin: 8 SECONDS Greg Lemond V Laurent Fignon (1989) Col du Galber is the highest 2645M stage of the Tour de France: (8 Eiffel Towers, 28 Statue of Libertys) 8, 2 5 TEAM STATISTICS TEAMS: 22 Each Team includes: EQUIPMENT/SUPPLIES PER TEAM 4 coaches riders I 250 podium cape I 250 feeding bags 3,000 water bottles 2,200 nutrition gels 13.800 nutrition bars I10 jars of peanut butter I10 boxes of chocolate sprinkles 1 1large transport truck 5 carers 13 transport vans 5 support cars I1 transport coach mechanics 2 163 bikes hospitality staff .1. doctor I 140 wheels 1 220 tyres 136 aero suits director of cycing/MD 1 45 bb shorts 154 race jerseys 20 bags of wine gums I20 jars of jam 1 chef 1 transport & hospitality bookings manager B0kg of nuts, raisins, apricots and figs, plus 50kg of cereals, 11 mattresses (Based on Team Bekin 2014) communications manager (based on Teem Sky) osteopath TOUR STATISTICS PRIZE MONEY TOTAL RIDERS: 198 TOTAL BIKES: 1400 Winner $610.000 based on Team Bekin's Total prize Money: 63 bikes in 2014 $4.3 million ESTIMATED OVERALL TOUR FIGURES: 240 1,400 25,000 security personnel 3,000 4,850 tyres support cars bikes (Avg estimated cost of a bike £ 10,000) wheels 66,000 water bottles 792 cycling suits 12 MILLION 13,000 8400 food bags (distributed at feedng stations throughout race) gendarmes roadside spectators (Largest spectator event in the workd) GENERAL NUMBERS 3RD LARGEST The average rider consumes 123,900 CALORIES FOR THE ENTIRE RACE. TV sporting event in the world the equivalent of eating 252 McDonald's cheese burgers or 619 original glazed Krispy Kreme doughnuts after the FIFA World Cup and the Olympics 1200 HOTEL ROOMS RESERVED for teams and staff, press, and Tour personnel TRANSPORTATION 田田 Official Tour transport partner is XPO/Norbert Dentressangle 50 DRIVERS, 45 TRUCKS TOTAL VEHICLES: 11,000 BROADCAST & MEDIA WINNERS BY NATIONALITY 2400 HOURS FRANCE OF TV COVERAGE 36 BELGIUM 18 450 JOURNALISTS IRELAND 中 3.9 BILLION PEOPLE 2 UK 121 TV STATIONS SPAIN 12 covering the event 560 LUXEMBOURG 5 watch the Tour worldwide ITALY 10 accredited media organisations PRESS parcelhero www.parcelhero.com | 田田 出 出 田田