Tour de France report: Key figures

A report out today shows that le Grand Départ generated over £100 million for Yorkshire's economy.

Some of the key findings are listed below, revealing the social and economic benefits found for the county:

• Over the course of the three days the race was watched at the roadside by a total crowd of 4.8million
• The race was watched in person by approximately one in four people in the whole of Yorkshire and the Humber region
• The event attracted 113,000 visitors from outside the UK, generating £33m into the UK economy
• The Tour provided £24.3m benefit to the accommodation sector in the host areas
• 18.6million people followed the race on television or on other devices in the UK
• 92 per cent of spectators who watched the Yorkshire stages felt the Tour had been positive for the region, as well as 79% of those who attended stage 3
• The Yorkshire Festival 2014, the first of its kind, saw more than 800,000 people attend more than 2,000 performances of arts and culture in the 100 days leading up to the Grand Départ
• The official website letouryorkshire.com received two million visits during the week of the Tour starting, with over eight million page views