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Tour de Work - Adelaide Workplace Cycling Challenge
The Tour de Work - Adelaide Workplace Cycling Challenge was a free, fun competition to encourage people working in the Adelaide City Council area to relive the joy of riding a bike and discover the benefits of cycling to work. There were loads of prizes including six Avanti bikes, $5,000 of cycling gear and 400 Palace Nova cinema tickets.
Interesting Results
- 308,539 kilometres were cycled - the equivalent of cycling round the world 7.7 times!
- 19,865 trips were cycled, 17,264 of which for transport purposes
- 108 organisations
- 1,400 people took part
- 124 of whom hadn't been on a bike in the last year!
- 37 participants cycled over 1,000 kilometres
The Tour de Work was supported by the Department for Transport Energy and Infrastructure and was implemented by Adelaide City Council.