Bringing the Tour de France 2014 to life will involve 4500 people. The event involves organisers, teams, media, partners, suppliers and the publicity caravan. Read on for more figures and numbers from this year's Tour de France.

Chris Horner wins the Vuelta amid the drama. There was another American too.

No riders tested positive for doping at the Tour de France, the International Cycling Union (UCI) announced earlier today.

The pavement of the Champs-Élysées didn't get a chance to cool down before the rumors and revelations started.

The 2013 Tour de France is history. It ended as it began a seeming eon ago on Corsica, with Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) dusting the field. The German took a bunch sprint to win Stage 21, a flat, 133.5-km run from Versailles to Paris, in 3:06:14.

Team Argos-Shimano's Marcel Kittel (Germany) sprints to victory in final stage of Tour de France - a nocturnal ride from Versailles to Champs-Élysées in Paris; Team Sky Procycling's Christopher Froome (Great Britain) takes overall Tour de France victory.

Nairo Quintana (Movistar) has won Stage 20 in the Tour de France and obtained second place on the podium in Paris. The Colombian surged away from Chris Froome (Sky) in the last km to win the mountainous, 125-km ride from from Annecy to Annecy/Semnoz in 3:39:04. Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) finished second at 0:18, and Froome took third at 0:29. Froome is the maillot jaune and is poised to win the race when it ends in Paris tomorrow.

Team Movistar's Nairo Quintana soloes to victory in stage 20 of Tour de France 2013; Team Sky Pro Cycling's Chris Froome remains overall leader of Tour de France before tomorrow's final stage - a nocturnal ride from Versailles to Paris Champs-Élysées.

Rui Costa (Movistar) has won his second stage of this year’s Tour de France and the third of his career. The Portuguese rider surged away from Pierre Rolland (Europcar) and soloed home to win Stage 19, a mountainous, 204.5-km ride from Bourg d’Oisans to Le Grand-Bornand, in 5:59:01. Andreas Kloeden (RadioShack-Leopard) finished second at 0:48, and his teammate Jan Bakelants finished third at 1:44. Chris Froome (Sky) remains the maillot jaune.

Team Movistar's Rui Costa soloes to second stage victory in Tour de France 2013; Team Sky Pro Cycling's Chris Froome hangs on to overall Tour de France lead.