Tour de France 2013: Lotto Belisol’s team behind the team

Today’s Tour infographic provided by our friends at RoadCyclingUK looks at Andre Greipel’s Lotto Belisol sprint train, it’s one of the most efficient in the business.

Here’s an illustrated breakdown of the power behind Greipel’s throne: the staff behind the German national champion and the brave team-mates who deliver ‘the Gorilla’ to the line.

Lotto Belisol's Tour de France Support Team

Wimbledon vs. Tour prize money comparison

As the riders have a well earned day off after a tough week and the two gruelling days in the Pyrenees we take a look at some interesting figures compiled by our partners at RoadCyclingUK.

Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas fractured his hip on the first stage of the 2013 Tour de France but has refused to quit.

Such displays of courage are the norm for professional cycling, despite the unimaginable challenge of racing for three weeks.

Do the stars of other sports have it easy by comparison, and reap greater rewards?

When Andy Murray stepped on to Centre Court at Wimbledon, he was playing for a £1.6m pay cheque. If Chris Froome wins the Tour de France, he will collect €450,000.

Thomas tweeted recently on the £23,000 prize money given to players who exit Wimbledon after the first round, joking that his girlfriend should attend the local tennis court.

We compare the prize money offered to the riders of the Tour de France and the players at Wimbledon, it’s certainly an eye opener.

Wimbledon vs. Tour de France prize money comparison

History of the Tour de France in numbers

The Tour de France has a long and colourful history dating back to the first race in 1903.

The 2013 race is the 100th edition of La Grande Boucle and, by the time the peloton reaches Paris on Sunday July 21, the Tour will have covered 383,053km in total.

That’s just one of the facts plucked from the latest infographic: the history of the Tour de France in numbers, created for Cycling Shorts by RoadCyclingUK.

 
The History of the Tour de France in Numbers

 

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