4500 people: organization – sports groups – media – partners – publicity caravan – providers
Riders
198 riders at the start (22 teams of 9 riders)
300 escorts
17 members of the College of Commissioners
Course 2012
3497 km (20 stages + prologue)
37 stage towns
695 towns crossed to France, including 70 abroad (52 in Belgium, 18 in Switzerland)
39 French departments visited
Three countries visited (France, Belgium, Switzerland)
Organization
100 ASO staff
280 contractors
1400 beds every day for the organization and sports groups
Medical Service
10 emergency physicians, a nurse anesthetist
Seven ambulances, two doctors cars, a motorcycle
Security
47 Republican Guards motorcyclists (Gendarmes)
13 Traveling policemen with the Tour
14,000 gendarmes / police and CRS 9000 mobilized
1000 Officers of Councils
Media (2011 edition)
2300 journalists, consultants, photographers
700 media from 35 different countries present at the event
320 newspapers, news agencies and websites
100 channels of tv
80 photo agencies
70 radio stations, including 50 national
TV Broadcasting
Broadcast in 190 countries
About 100 channels including 60 live
New national channels: Albania (Top Channel), Canada (RDS), Mongolia (Channel One)
81.5 hours live on France Televisions and the international signal (including Eurosport)
4700 hours of broadcasting (2011)
3.5 billion viewers worldwide (2011)
Internet (2011 edition)
14 million unique visitors (July)
133 million page views (July)
Four languages: French, German, Spanish, English (version most visited)
700,000 fans on Facebook
Partners
43 brands including 6 new partners
4 Partners Club
9 Official Partners
6 Environment and Institutional Partners
1 Media Partner
14 Official Suppliers
7 Technical Partners
5 Supporters Official
Publicity Caravan
180 vehicles
37 brands
600 people
14.5 million objects distributed
12 km long procession
45 minutes of show
54 people including 13 Gendarmes to encase the Publicity Caravan
Spectators on the roadside
12 million viewers
65% men and 35% women
55% under 50, including 12% under 15 years
80% of French spectators and 20% foreign
38 different nationalities
6:45 of presence on the roadside (6:20 flat stage, 9:22 mountain stage)
95% of people come in groups of 4-5 people
