SOCIAL MEDIA RACE - STAGE 1 - 9

Tour de France 2013

ChristopherFroome21,871 @chrisfroome 10,303

7,134

7,021

4,705

3,667

3,561

3,281

3,077

2,488

2,355

2,323 1,817 442 306

TOP 5 GAINING NEW FOLLOWERS (TWITTER FOLLOWERS ADDED FROM JUNE 29, 2013 - JULY 7, 2013)

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION Stage 1 - Stage 9

(# OF NEW LIKES FOR TEAM PAGE FROM JUNE 29, 2013 - JULY 7, 2013)

TOP 5 FAN PAGE GROWTH (FACEBOOK FANS ADDED FROM JUNE 29, 2013 - JULY 7, 2013)

TOP 5 TEAM PAGE GROWTH (FACEBOOK FANS ADDED ON JULY 7, 2013 : STAGE 9)

Peter Sagan

7,990

1,249

Mark Cavendish

5,498

954

Michal Kwiatkowski

2,798

561

Rui Costa

2,557

Chris Froome

2,422

431

The Tour de France Social Media Race is compiled using data from Twitter and Facebook. We use a social media monitoring site by Google, Twitter Counter and Topsy. Chris Hahn created this infographic for Bicycle Retailer and Industry News, the leading source of global news and information about the bicycle industry.Follow the Tour de France Social Media Race at: www.bicycleretailer.com, facebook.com/bicycleretailer and twitter.com/bicycleretailer

Sources: en.teameuropcar.com, pic.twitter.com/0OvhJdpMaT, www.1t4i.com, www.blancoprocyclingteam.com, www.bmcracingteam.com, www.cannondale.com, www.cyclisme.ag2rlamondiale.fr, www.equipe-cofidis.com, www.equipe-sojasun.com, www.equipecyclistefdj.fr, www.euskalteleuskadi.com, www.greenedgecycling.com, www.katushateam.com, www.letour.fr, www.lottobelisol.be, www.movistarteam.com, www.omegapharma-quickstep.com, www.proteam-astana.com, www.radioshackleopardtrek.com, www.slipstreamsports.com, www.teamlampremerida.com, www.teamsaxotinkoff.com, www.teamsky.com, www.uciworldtour.com, www.vacansoleildcm.co.uk

MarkCavendish14,730@MarkCavendish

AlbertoContador10,465

Peter Sagan8,714

CadelEvans8,493

@albertocontador @petosagan @CadelOfficial

328,386 TOTAL TWEETS WITH #TDF FROM 06/29/2013 -

07/07/2013

67,776 TOTAL TWITTER FOLLOWERS ADDED FOR ALL TEAMS FROM 06/29/2013 -

07/07/2013

61,363 TOTAL FACEBOOK LIKES ADDED FOR ALL TEAMS FROM 06/29/2013 -

07/07/2013

Random selection of 4 teams under Top 10

Source: Max (@m_xl) “Orica-GreenEdge bus just hit the finish line banner. #TdF” 29 June 2013, 7:56 AM. Tweet.

Stage 1

Source: Le Tour de France (@letour) “Jan Bakelants for a 1st win on the @letour! #TdF” 30 June 2013, 8:28 AM. Tweet.

Stage 2

Source: Le Tour de France (@letour) “Simon Gerrans, ahead of Peter Sagan”

1 July 2013, 7:42 AM. Tweet.

Stage 3

Source: ShimanoROAD (@ShimanoROAD)“On their way to victory, the @Orica_GreenEDGE Time Trial Train. Congrats, boys!” 2 July 2013, 12:37AM. Tweet.

Stage 4

Source: OPQS Cycling Team (@opqscyclingteam) “#TDF Fantastic look at the win for #ManxMissile! #OPQS” 3 July 2013, 8:47AM. Tweet.

Stage 5

Source: Le Tour De France (@letour) “1st African in yellow, @darylimpey... Impeyrial @TDF @Orica_GreenEDGE”

4 July 2013, 12:39 PM. Tweet.

Stage 6

Source: Le Tour de France (@letour) “Tourminator is back! #TdF @petosagan”

5 July 2013, 8:16 AM. Tweet.

Stage 7

Source: Team Sky (@TeamSky) “We’ve updated our report with reaction from @chrisfroome and @riche_porte - po.st/HelloYellow #TDF” 6 July 2013, 7:56 AM. Tweet.

Stage 8

Source: Le Tour de France (@letour) “Retweet for Daniel Martin! #TdF” 7 July 2013, 7:19 AM. Tweet.

Stage 9

444

The tweets for each stage w

ere randomly selected.