Some Cool Facts and Figures about the Tour d'Afrique
In the first 9 years of the tour:
387 full tour riders + 262 sectionals = 649 total riders, representing 28 countries
Ages range from 18 to 70
75 different tour staff members
103 EFIers including 88 men + 15 women = 27% of full tour riders
2003-11 riders cycled an estimated total of 4,769,000 km = 2,980,000 miles = 119 times around the equator or 6.2 return trips to the moon
To these numbers in 2012 we add:
43 full tour riders plus about 35 sectional riders
Mr Ming-Jiing from Taiwan and Alaric Britz from Namibia represent country #s 29 & 30
8 new staff members
The 2012 tour is about 11700 km long = 94 riding stages, 2 travel days + 24 rest days = 120 days total
Average day 123 km, longest day 207 km
Total climbing 74000 meters or 74 km; most in 1 day = 2502 meters; highest elevation 3122 meters
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Posted February 05, 2012 by Brian Hoeniger
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