REVIEW: Various Tour de France 2015 stats

CYCLING – The 2015 Tour de France finished on Sunday. See below some various facts & figures about this year’s edition.

GENERAL: Final Tour de France earnings

CYCLING – Chris Froome won the 2015 Tour de France and earned €503,530 combined, most of all riders. His final classification victory alone was already worth €450,000, which is more than any other team has earned combined.

GENERAL: Tour de France earnings

CYCLING – Peter Sagan has earned €46,080 in the first 16 stages of the 2015 Tour de France. This is more than 18 teams have earned so far. Sagan is followed by three time stage winner André Greipel and leader in the general classification Chris Froome.

REVIEW: Earning Tour 2015

CYCLING – The 2015 Tour de France is in its first rest day after nine days of racing. Etixx – Quick-Step has earned €44,350, most of all teams. They have earned more than 22 times as much as FDJ (€2,010).

Tour de France in numbers

CYCLING – On 4 July, the Tour de France will start in Utrecht. Excluding France, Netherlands are the country with most Tour starts – six, including 2015. The following are various stats about the Tour de France and its participants this year.

REVIEW: 2014 Tour de France recap

CYCLING – The following is a statistical recap of the 2014 Tour de France.

REVIEW: French put two on the podium in Paris

CYCLING – Jean-Christophe Péraud and Thibaut Pinot will come second and third respectively in the 2014 Tour de France. It is the first time in 17 years that any local favourite reaches the top 3. In 1997, Richard Virenque finished second behind Tour winner Jan Ullrich. The last time two Frenchmen reached the Champs Élysées podium was 30 years ago. In 1984, Laurent Fignon won the Tour de France and Bernard Hinault finished runner-up.

REVIEW: Rogers oldest Tour stage winner in two years

CYCLING – Michael Rogers won the 16th stage in the 2014 Tour de France, finishing in Bagnères-de-Luchon on Tuesday. At age 34 years and 214 days he became the oldest Tour stage winner in two years, when David Millar won at age 35 years and 191 days in 2012. Since 2000, 12 stages had an older winner than Rogers today.

ANALYSE THIS: Nibali most consistent rider in peloton

CYCLING – After 15 of 21 stages, Vincenzo Nibali is the rider not only wearing the yellow jersey, but his worst stage result is also the best of all 171 riders still in the race (including Simon Yates, who will not start tomorrow). Nibali has finished in the top-34 in all 15 stages. He is followed by Tejay Van Garderen who has a top-45 finish in all stages so far. The first ever Chinese rider, Ji Cheng, is the only rider who has yet to finish in the top-100 in a stage (of all 171 riders still in the race).

REVIEW: Sagan can’t win in green jersey

CYCLING – Points classification leader Peter Sagan finished third today in Stage 15 of the Tour de France . He is now on nine Top 5 finishes without winning a single stage in this year’s Tour.