Organizers ASO have announced the key figures of this year's Tour de France.

 

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)

 

Organization

100 A.S.O. staff

300 temporary staff

1550 beds reserved every day for the organization 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)

2000 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 Télévisions coverage

Daily programmes

Start Village on France 3 at 12.45 every day – Special 10 year show on July 12

Le Direct (Live Broadcast) on France 3 from 1.50 PM and on France 2 from 3 PM

Vélo Club on France 2 following the stage just until 6.40 PM

Stade 2 sports programme on France 2, live broadcast from the Tour de France on July 5, 12 and 19 at 5.30 PM

L’image du jour on France 2 at 8.40 PM

Le film du Tour (stage summary) on France 3 every night at 8.10 PM after the Tout le Sport sports round-up programme

 

Documentaries

Poulidor Premier, June 29 at 8.45 PM on France 3

Hinault, part one July 13 at 3.20 PM and part 2 July 21 at 4.40 PM on France 2

Jacques Chancel, le Grand Chancelier, July 21 at 5.30 PM on France 2

 

8 stages will be broadcast in full

1: Utrecht - Utrecht / Saturday July 4

2: Utrecht - Zealand / Sunday July 5

3: Antwerp - Huy / Monday July 6

9: Vannes - Plumelec / Sunday July 12

12: Lannemezan - Plateau de Beille / Thursday July 16

19: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - La Toussuire / Friday July 24

20: Modane Valfréjus - Alpe d’Huez / Saturday July 25

21: Sèvres-Grand Paris Seine Ouest - Paris Champs-Elysées / Sunday July 26

 

La Course by Le Tour de France

Sunday July 26th, from 1.50 PM 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

12 km 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% of men and 36% of 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

6h30 of presence on the road side (6h on flat stages, 7h for mountain stages)

92% come accompanied (on average 5 people per group)