My Atlantic2Andes cycle vs Tour de France

I recently returned from my #Atlantic2Andes cycle and a few people have asked me how similar, distance wise, it was to the Tour de France, the world’s most difficult cycle race. So I did the research and this is where I got to…

• The Tour de France 2016 was 3519km and my cycle was c3700km

• They averaged 167.5km per cycling day compared to my 132km

• The Tour is raced over 23 days including 2 rest days. I took 29 days with 1 rest day

• The longest Tour day was 237.5 km, mine was 180km

• The max altitude for the Tour was 2408m whereas mine was 4670m

• The most famous road for the Tour was probably the Champs-Elysees. Mine was the Death Road

• The Tour is 100% on asphalt… My route included asphalt, mud, gravel, sand and salt flats

There are a few other small differences such as my trip being solo and unsupported, included nights sleeping in a tent and my bike carrying 4 full panniers but essentially I think we can agree its about the same… ;)

NOTE: This is just a little fun so sorry if I have got a couple of statistics wrong!