HOW BIG IS THE TOUR DE FRANCE 2013? Just how big is the 100th Tour de France, which kicks off Saturday, June 29 on the island of Corsica? Organizer ASO distributed these numbers on Monday. Participants 4,500 among organization, teams, media, partners, publicity caravan, service providers Riders 198 riders at the start (22 teams of 9 riders) 300 support personnel 17 members on the stewards’ committee Route in 2013 3,404 kilometers (21 stages) 36 stage towns 537 French municipalities crossed 37 French departments visited Organization 100 permanent staff of A.S.O. 280 temporary staff 1,450 beds reserved every day for the organizers and teams Medical Service 10 emergency doctors, 1 anaesthetics nurse 6 ambulances, 2 medical cars, 1 motorcycle, 1 X-ray truck Security 47 police motorcyclists 13 police officers (permanent police mission for the Tour) 23,000 officers from the various police divisions mobilized 1,000 General Council agents Media (2012 edition) 2,000 journalists, consultants, photographers 560 different media outlets covering the race 350 newspapers/magazines, press agencies, or websites 85 TV channels, of which 60 broadcast live 75 photo agencies 50 radio stations TV broadcasting Broadcasts to 190 countries Around 100 channels, 60 of them broadcasting live New national stations broadcasting live in 2013: Estonia (ETV), Israel (Sport5), Kazakhstan (KAZsport) New regional broadcaster (Middle East and North Africa): Aljazeera Sport (23 countries) 9 stages broadcast in full 86 hours of live footage (international signal) Over 5,000 hours of programs worldwide 3.5 billion viewers worldwide (2012) Internet (2012 edition) 11.5 million unique visitor hits (in July) 133 million pages viewed (in July) 4 languages: French, German, Spanish, English (the most visited version) 925,000 fans on Facebook 150,000 followers on Twitter 800,000 apps on the Tour de France downloaded Partners 44 partner brands including 4 new partners 4 Club Partners 9 Official Partners 6 Institutional and Environmental Partners 2 Media Partners 14 Official Suppliers 6 Technical Partners 7 Official Sponsors Publicity Caravan 180 vehicles 37 brands 600 people 14.5 million gifts handed out 12 kilometers of precession 35 minutes of show-time 54 people involved in supervision, including 13 police officers Spectators lining the route (2012 edition) 12 million spectators 68% men and 32% women 53% under 50 years of age, of which 12% were under 25 80% French spectators and 20% foreign spectators 38 different nationalities counted 6:50 of presence at the road-side (6 hours for flat stages, 8:50 for mountain stages) 92% of people come with family or friends (in groups of 4 to 5 people on average)
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 10:58:49 +0000
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