4,500 people: organisation, teams, media, partners, suppliers and publicity caravan
198 riders
(32 nations are represented)
3,540 km
(21 stages)
First tour:
49 entrants are riding their first Tour.
Youngest rider:
Elie Gesbert of team Fortuneo-Oscaro. Elie is 22 years old.
Oldest rider:
Haimar Zubeldia of team Trek-Segafredo. Haimar is 40 years old.
Spectators:
Over 12 million fans from all over the world line the course each year, making it the largest sporting event in history.
Former Tour champions racing:
Chris Froome is the two-time defending champion and Alberto Contador who won in 2007 and 2009.
Most Tour starts:
Direct Energie’s Sylvain Chavanel ties the record for most Tour starts, at 17 (on par with Stuart O’Grady, Jens Voigt and George Hincapie).
Water bottles used:
More than 42,000 water bottles will be used by teams at this year’s Tour. This breaks down to be about two bottles per rider per hour of racing.
Calories Consumed:
single rider will consume about 8,000 a day during the Tour. That comes out to be about 168,000 calories over the 21 stages—per rider!