<figure ><img title="2014 Tour de France: Defining moments" src="http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2014/08/66_20140722_©BrakeThrough-Media_DSC9655-320x213.jpg"/><p></p></figure><p>As Utrecht, Netherlands gears up for the Tour de France’s Grand Départ on July 4, here are some facts and figures about the Grande Boucle, provided by race organizer Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO).</p>
<p>4,500 people in total travel with the race every day, including organizers, teams, media, partners, the advertising caravan, and service providers.</p>
<h2>Riders</h2>
<p>198 riders at the start (22 teams of nine riders)<br />300 support staff<br />15 members of the race jury</p>
<h2>2015 route</h2>
<p>3,360km (21 stages)<br />Three countries visited (The Netherlands, Belgium, and France)<br />26 French departments visited<br />37 stage sites<br />624 municipalities crossed (568 in France, 17 in The Netherlands, 39 in Belgium)</p>
<h2>Organization</h2>
<p>100 ASO staff<br />300 temporary staff<br />1,550 beds reserved every day for the organization and the sports teams</p>
<h2>Medical services</h2>
<p>10 doctors (all specialties), five nurses<br />Seven ambulances, two medical cars, one motorcycle, one radiology truck</p>
<h2>Security</h2>
<p>48 members of the Republican Guard motorcycle division<br />13 officers on duty as the permanent police of the Tour<br />14,000 gendarmes/9,000 police officers and CRS riot police mobilized<br />1,000 agents from the General Councils</p>
<h2>Accredited media (2014 edition)</h2>
<p>2,000 journalists, consultants, and photographers<br />637 media organizations<br />373 newspapers, press agencies, and Internet sites<br />92 television networks<br />114 photo agencies<br />58 radio stations</p>
<h2>Broadcast and media</h2>
<p>Broadcast in 190 countries<br />100 channels, including 60 live<br />Eight stages broadcast in full<br />80 hours of live broadcast produced (international signal)<br />6,100 hours aired worldwide in 2014<br />32 million unique visitors/146 million pages viewed on letour.fr in 2014<br />Four languages: French, English, Spanish, German<br />1,700,000 fans on Facebook<br />1,300,000 followers on Twitter<br />500,000 on Google +<br />100,000 on Instagram<br />1.1 million downloads of applications dedicated to the Tour de France</p>
<h2>Advertising caravan</h2>
<p>154 vehicles<br />34 brands<br />600 people<br />14 million objects handed out<br />12km of procession<br />35 minutes of show<br />55 people to supervise the caravan, including 13 officers of the Republican Guard motorcycle division</p>
<h2>Spectators on the side of the road (2014 edition)</h2>
<p>64 percent men and 36 percent of women<br />54 percent under the age of 50, with 10 percent under the age of 25<br />80 percent French spectators and 20 percent from abroad<br />More than 40 nationalities identified<br />92 percent come accompanied (on average five people per group)</p>
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<p>4,500 people in total travel with the race every day, including organizers, teams, media, partners, the advertising caravan, and service providers.</p>
<h2>Riders</h2>
<p>198 riders at the start (22 teams of nine riders)<br />300 support staff<br />15 members of the race jury</p>
<h2>2015 route</h2>
<p>3,360km (21 stages)<br />Three countries visited (The Netherlands, Belgium, and France)<br />26 French departments visited<br />37 stage sites<br />624 municipalities crossed (568 in France, 17 in The Netherlands, 39 in Belgium)</p>
<h2>Organization</h2>
<p>100 ASO staff<br />300 temporary staff<br />1,550 beds reserved every day for the organization and the sports teams</p>
<h2>Medical services</h2>
<p>10 doctors (all specialties), five nurses<br />Seven ambulances, two medical cars, one motorcycle, one radiology truck</p>
<h2>Security</h2>
<p>48 members of the Republican Guard motorcycle division<br />13 officers on duty as the permanent police of the Tour<br />14,000 gendarmes/9,000 police officers and CRS riot police mobilized<br />1,000 agents from the General Councils</p>
<h2>Accredited media (2014 edition)</h2>
<p>2,000 journalists, consultants, and photographers<br />637 media organizations<br />373 newspapers, press agencies, and Internet sites<br />92 television networks<br />114 photo agencies<br />58 radio stations</p>
<h2>Broadcast and media</h2>
<p>Broadcast in 190 countries<br />100 channels, including 60 live<br />Eight stages broadcast in full<br />80 hours of live broadcast produced (international signal)<br />6,100 hours aired worldwide in 2014<br />32 million unique visitors/146 million pages viewed on letour.fr in 2014<br />Four languages: French, English, Spanish, German<br />1,700,000 fans on Facebook<br />1,300,000 followers on Twitter<br />500,000 on Google +<br />100,000 on Instagram<br />1.1 million downloads of applications dedicated to the Tour de France</p>
<h2>Advertising caravan</h2>
<p>154 vehicles<br />34 brands<br />600 people<br />14 million objects handed out<br />12km of procession<br />35 minutes of show<br />55 people to supervise the caravan, including 13 officers of the Republican Guard motorcycle division</p>
<h2>Spectators on the side of the road (2014 edition)</h2>
<p>64 percent men and 36 percent of women<br />54 percent under the age of 50, with 10 percent under the age of 25<br />80 percent French spectators and 20 percent from abroad<br />More than 40 nationalities identified<br />92 percent come accompanied (on average five people per group)</p>
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