The Tour de France is a fast-paced and dynamic environment to work in. See how Dimension Data used next-generation communication, collaboration, and mobility technology to allow technical teams to work together seamlessly around the clock, across time zones, and from various locations along the route.

1. • work on any device, from any
location, at any time
• maximise the working day across
time zones – delivered the entire
solution within four months
• keep support teams from the US,
Australia, India, France and the
UK connected – solution was up
and running 24/7
Our workspaces for tomorrow approach enabled us to:
Why is working at the Tour de France
so challenging?
Behind the scenes
– a workspace on the move
Welcome to our office on the road
Results of a new way of working
Geographically
dispersed
21 arduous stages
across Europe, small towns,
mountainous terrain
Amaury Sport Organisation
(A.S.O.) – owners of the
Tour – builds, strikes, and
rebuilds a technical support
zone every day, for each
stage of the race.
As official technology partner to A.S.O., Dimension Data’s workspaces for tomorrow at
the Tour de France included:
Pressurised
timelines
Race lasts only a month,
preparation starts a year
in advance
Sheer size
and scale
22 teams, 198 riders,
thousands of support
personnel, millions of fans
along the route, billions of
fans around the world
Creating workspaces for tomorrow at
the greatest cycling event in the world
TV broadcasters • • service providers
•
technical and logistical
support crew
The
technical
zone
serves:
… and consists of:
• 140 trucks
• hundreds of cables supporting
data feeds, satellites, and
radio frequencies
• a variety of non-traditional
work areas including temporary
offices, hotel rooms, inside
of trucks
Next-generation
communication and
collaboration tools:
• WebEx
• Jabber
• Yammer
• Outlook.com
• Skype for Business
• WeTransfer
• Dropbox
• WhatsApp
• Dimension Data Global Service
Centres around the world
• analyse and deliver real-time data
from each rider in the race, unified
on a live-tracking site, and
delivered to cycling fans via digital
and social media
Go to dimensiondata.com/tourdefrance/casestudy
for more about how we revolutionised the viewing experience
of the Tour de France.
Read more about workspaces for tomorrow at
workspacefortomorrow.com
The Tour de France is a fast-paced and dynamic environment to work in. Dimension Data used
next-generation communication, collaboration, and mobility technology to allow technical teams to
work together seamlessly around the clock, across time zones, and from various locations along the route.
A mobile working environment,
the Big Data truck:
• housed the technical team on the ground
• contained a robust, mobile data centre
• connected to global cloud platform powered
from London and Amsterdam
• delivered real-time analytics to TV broadcasters
and a live-tracking website
• followed the race throughout all stages
• travelled 5,151 kilometres and spent 320 hours
on the road
A hyperconnected, highly
skilled technical team:
• developed, implemented, and fine-tuned the
data analysis solution throughout the race
• worked with colleagues from 11 cities,
7 countries, and across 5 continents
• collaborated on a 24-hour development and
testing cycle, entering new code into the
solution every day