Key numbers of the 2011 Tour de France, which starts on Saturday:
0 - Victories for Luxembourg's Andy Schleck this season. The Leopard Trek rider, Alberto Contador's main rival this year, has not claimed a win since taking the 17th stage of last year's Tour at the top of the Col du Tourmalet.
1 - For the first time, Costa Rica have a rider on the race, team Movistar's Andrei Amador.
2 - For the second time since 1967, the Tour de France will not start with a prologue. The previous time was in Brest in 2008.
4 - Contador is gunning for a fourth Tour de France title. Before him, only Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Miguel Indurain and Lance Armstrong have achieved that feat.
14 - The number of towns which will host the Tour for the first time.
16 - George Hincapie will equal Dutchman Joop Zoetemelk's record of 16 Tour de France participations. Zoetemelk won the race in 1980 and finished second six times.
20 - The length, in kilometres, of the publicity caravan.
21 - The age of the youngest rider to start the Tour this year: Frenchman Anthony Delaplace of the Saur Sojasun team.
23 - The number of second-, first- or out-of-category climbs in this year's Tour in the Massif Central, the Pyrenees and the Alps.
28 - The number of nations represented on the Tour.
45 - The number of French riders starting the Tour. There were 35 last year.
95 - The distance, in kilometres, of the shortest stage this year. It will be the last one, a parade from Creteil to the Champs Elysees in Paris.
100 - One hundred years ago, the Tour went to the Alps for the first time.
390 - The number of people working in the Tour's organisation team.
500 - The International Cycling Union (UCI) has scheduled 500 doping controls.
3,430 - The number of kilometres in this year's Tour.
4,000 - The number of people following the Tour - reporters, publicity caravan and organisation team members.
3,200,000 - In euros, the total prize money. The overall winner will pocket 450,000 euros.
0 - Victories for Luxembourg's Andy Schleck this season. The Leopard Trek rider, Alberto Contador's main rival this year, has not claimed a win since taking the 17th stage of last year's Tour at the top of the Col du Tourmalet.
1 - For the first time, Costa Rica have a rider on the race, team Movistar's Andrei Amador.
2 - For the second time since 1967, the Tour de France will not start with a prologue. The previous time was in Brest in 2008.
4 - Contador is gunning for a fourth Tour de France title. Before him, only Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Miguel Indurain and Lance Armstrong have achieved that feat.
14 - The number of towns which will host the Tour for the first time.
16 - George Hincapie will equal Dutchman Joop Zoetemelk's record of 16 Tour de France participations. Zoetemelk won the race in 1980 and finished second six times.
20 - The length, in kilometres, of the publicity caravan.
21 - The age of the youngest rider to start the Tour this year: Frenchman Anthony Delaplace of the Saur Sojasun team.
23 - The number of second-, first- or out-of-category climbs in this year's Tour in the Massif Central, the Pyrenees and the Alps.
28 - The number of nations represented on the Tour.
45 - The number of French riders starting the Tour. There were 35 last year.
95 - The distance, in kilometres, of the shortest stage this year. It will be the last one, a parade from Creteil to the Champs Elysees in Paris.
100 - One hundred years ago, the Tour went to the Alps for the first time.
390 - The number of people working in the Tour's organisation team.
500 - The International Cycling Union (UCI) has scheduled 500 doping controls.
3,430 - The number of kilometres in this year's Tour.
4,000 - The number of people following the Tour - reporters, publicity caravan and organisation team members.
3,200,000 - In euros, the total prize money. The overall winner will pocket 450,000 euros.
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