The organisers of the Tour de France announced today that the prize money for its 103rd edition has gone up - the winner will get €500,000 this year, up €50,000 from previous years. Winners of the green and polka dot jerseys in Paris will get €25,000. The best young rider wins €20,000, and each day in a special jersey nets €600. Stage winners will each get €11,000, up from €8,000, and all of the riders who finish will be paid €1,000, up from 400.
More Tour de France numbers:
14 million - Goodies distributed by the publicity caravan to roadside spectators
10-12 million - The estimated number of spectators who will watch the race
€2,295,850 - The total prize purse at the Tour de France
€50,000 - Prize for the best team in the race
40,000 - Number of hotel nights reserved for race organisation and teams
23,000 - Number of gendarmes keeping the race safe
€5,000 - Special primes for three climbs, one each on stage 8, 10 and 18.
4,500 - The total number of people travelling with the race between teams, race organisation, publicity caravan and media.
3,535 - Total distance of the Tour de France in kilometers
2,408m - The highest point of the Tour de France on the Port d'Envalira on stage 10. It is also the Souvenir Henri Desgrange, a special prize.
2000 - The number of accredited journalists for the Tour de France
660 - Cities that host the Tour de France route
300 - Team staff
237.5 - Longest stage in kilometers (stage 4)
219 - The highest bib number
198 - Riders starting the race
165 - European riders
103 - Editions of the Tour de France
63 - Categorized climbs
54.5 - Kilometers of individual time trialing
42 years, 17 days - Age of oldest rider Matteo Tosatto (Tinkoff)
38 - Age of Mathew Hayman (Orica-BikeExchange), the oldest Tour de France rookie
35 - Countries represented in the peloton
34 - Number of Grand Tour starts for Tosatto
33 - Number of riders racing the Tour de France for the first time
22 years 219 days - Age of youngest rider, Sondre Holst Enger (IAM Cycling)
22 - Teams starting the Tour de France
16 - Number of times Sylvain Chavanel (Direct Energie) will have started the Tour de France
15 - Number of consecutive Grand Tours for Adam Hansen (Lotto Soudal)
11 - Riders who have won the Tour de France back-to-back
9 - Flat stages
9 - Mountain stages
7 - Number of Cyclingnews staff at the Tour de France
4 - Summit finishes
4 - Countries traversed: France, Spain, Andorra, and Switzerland
2 - Rest days
1 - Chris Froome's bib number as defending champion
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