The Tour de France
in numbers
(most figures supplied by Welcome to Yorkshire)
3
Stages of the Tour de France in the UK
3.5million spectators lining
the route of the 3 Stages
Nearly 2m fans watching live on
ITV on both Saturday and Sunday
Over 25 hours of live
TV coverage
A million spectators at the spectator hubs,
starts and Fan Parks to watch across all three
stages - 25,000 of whom were in the Ilkley hub out of an estimated 45,000 visitors to the town!
100 kilometres of barriers and fencing
Over
70 kilometres of event bunting
 Busiest
day in the history of Leeds Train Station with 243,000
passengersNearly 10,000 Tour Maker
volunteers en route - the first ever to accompany a Tour de
France
Accompanied by the first ever cultural festival of its
kind, the Yorkshire Festival attracting over 750,000 people to
1,400 performances
37 police forward
escort riders giving high fives!
Close to 100 different
agencies working on delivering the event
Over 3million
pageviews on letouryorkshire.com over race weekend
Over
half a million people hashtagging in the build up to the Tour
de France
Yellow bikes everywhere!
One amazing experience no-one will ever
forget!
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