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How To Watch the Tour de France in 2024

Cheer on your favorite riders and teams as the Tour de France comes to NBC Sports platforms this June and July.

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The Tour de France pedals onto TV every summer—showcasing the world’s greatest road cyclists. As in recent seasons, NBC Sports will broadcast this year’s event across NBC and Peacock .

Peacock is our favorite service for watching the race because it carries every stage live and on demand. It’s also the streaming home of the Tour de France Femmes and Vuelta a España.

Keep scrolling for a closer look at watching Tour de France 2024 TV coverage—including the complete schedule with channel listings.

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What channel shows the Tour de France?

You can watch the Tour de France on NBC and Peacock . You’ll get the most live coverage from Peacock, which streams every stage and the daily Tour de France Pre-Race Show . Meanwhile, NBC will carry select portions of the Saturday stages—including an encore of Stage 20.

Can’t get enough of Le Tour? Check out the behind-the-scenes docuseries Tour de France: Unchained on Netflix . Each season covers the previous year’s tour by chronicling the experiences of top racers like Jasper Philipsen, Jonas Vingegaard, and Mark Cavendish.

2024 Tour de France TV schedule

This year’s Tour de France begins on June 29 in Italy before crossing into France on the fourth day. As usual, the 21-day route features a solid mix of flat to mountainous terrain. Two rest days break up the action before racers make their way to Nice—a departure from the usual Avenue des Champs-Élysées finish in Paris.

Data effective as of post date. Race times include Peacock’s live Tour de France Pre-Race Show coverage.

2024 Tour de France Femmes schedule

Just as the Summer Olympics wraps up in Paris, the Tour de France Femmes takes off from the Netherlands. This third edition of the women’s race features an eight-stage route that ends with a scenic climb in the Western Alpes.

Data effective as of post date.

Best Tour de France TV plans

A Peacock subscription is the best way to watch the Tour de France. Starting at $5.99 a month, the streaming service provides live and on-demand access to every stage of the men’s and women’s races. You’ll also get daily pre- and post-race studio coverage during the men’s competition, plus race highlights and rider interviews. During the 2024 race, episodes of Lance Armstrong’s THEMOVE podcast will also be available for on-demand access via Peacock.

If you’re only interested in Le Tour, you can cancel your Peacock subscription after the final stage. Otherwise, the service’s cycling coverage doesn’t stop there. Peacock hosts the Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Critérium du Dauphiné, Vuelta a España, and Paris Tours. It’s also home to the Paris Olympics , which features road race and track cycling events days after the Tour de France ends.

Fan verdict: At CableTV.com, we’ll be watching the 2024 Tour de France on Peacock because it’s the only platform in the U.S. that provides live coverage of every stage. This exclusivity is crucial for dedicated fans who want to experience the race in its entirety. Peacock also offers the advantage of full-stage replays, which is especially important because of the race’s early start times.

Which TV providers carry the Tour de France?

Besides Peacock, most TV services carry Tour de France coverage via NBC. Our table below illustrates which popular providers offer the two channels.

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The most convenient way to watch the Tour de France for free is by using an over-the-air (OTA) antenna to pick up your local NBC station. Unfortunately, NBC doesn’t show a lot of race coverage—only three Saturday presentations. But it never hurts having an antenna in your TV setup.

If you don’t have an antenna, most cost between $20.00 and $60.00. We recommend the Mohu Leaf 50 for its 60-mile range and slim design. But you’ll want to verify the distance of your nearest NBC station by entering your zip code into the Federal Communications Commission’s Reception Map Tool . That’ll help determine if you need a more robust antenna, which we feature on our Best OTA Antennas page.

Can I stream the Tour de France for free? You can watch select Tour de France stages for free using a live TV streaming trial . Otherwise, you can also catch free race recaps on NBC Sports’ YouTube channel .

How to watch the Tour de France FAQ

Can you watch the tour de france on nbc.

Yes, some Tour de France coverage airs on NBC. But you’ll want a Peacock Premium subscription to watch every stage from start to finish.

How can I watch today’s Tour de France stage?

If today’s date is between June 29 and July 21, you can watch the current Tour de France stage live and on demand via Peacock . Check out our complete Tour de France 2024 schedule for race start times and channel listings.

Is every cycling Grand Tour race on NBC?

No, not every race in the Grand Tour of Cycling airs on NBC. While NBC Sports channels and platforms televise the Tour de France and Vuelta a España, the Giro d’Italia streams on Max’s  B/R Sports Add-On .

What cycling events are on Peacock?

Popular cycling events featured on Peacock include the Tour de France, Vuelta a España , and Olympic cycling . Other major UCI World Tour races like the Giro d’Italia, Milan–San Remo, and Tour of Flanders stream on services like FloBikes and Max’s B/R Sports Add-On .

Is there an official Tour de France app?

Yes, you can heighten your Tour de France viewing experience by downloading the official mobile app on your Android or iOS device. The app comes with course maps, real-time stats, and live commentary.

Why you should trust us

Our sports experts researched and tested the best ways to watch this year’s Tour de France. We examined which channels and platforms carry each Tour de France stage, then determined our viewing recommendations based on race coverage, pricing, and ease of use.

Check out our How We Rank page to learn more about our methods.

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The world’s most prestigious cycling race, the Tour de France , this year starts in in Bilbao, Spain, where the peloton begins a grueling three-week odyssey over 2,115 miles.

NBC and USA Network combine for live and tape-delayed race coverage on TV July 1-23, but Peacock has live start-to-finish streaming coverage of all stages, and Peacock is the exclusive live presenter of the final stage on Sunday, July 23, as the race concludes at the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

NBC Sports’ cycling play-by-play caller Phil Liggett broadcasts his 51st Tour de France, joined by analyst Bob Roll. Liggett and Roll are on-site at each stage, along with reporters Steve Porino and Christian Vande Velde.

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2023 Tour de France TV & Streaming Schedule on NBC Sports

All Times Eastern. All live coverage on NBC and USA Network is also available on the NBC Sports app.

Saturday, July 1 6am Tour de France Pre-Race Show (LIVE), Peacock 6:30am Stage 1: Bilbao/Bilbao (LIVE), Peacock 8am Stage 1: Bilbao/Bilbao (LIVE), Peacock & NBC

Sunday, July 2 2am Stage 1: Bilbao/Bilbao (encore), USA Network 6am Tour de France Pre-Race Show (LIVE), Peacock 6:05am Stage 2: Vitoria-Gasteiz/Saint-Sébastien (LIVE), Peacock

Monday, July 3 2am Stage 2: Vitoria-Gasteiz/Saint-Sébastien (encore), USA Network 6:30am Tour de France Pre-Race Show (LIVE), Peacock 6:50am Stage 3: Amorebieta-Etxano/Bayonne (LIVE), Peacock 8am Stage 3: Amorebieta-Etxano/Bayonne (LIVE), Peacock & USA Network

Tuesday, July 4 2am Stage 3: Amorebieta-Etxano/Bayonne (encore), USA Network 6:30am Tour de France Pre-Race Show (LIVE), Peacock 7am Stage 4: Dax/Nogaro (LIVE), Peacock 8am Stage 4: Dax/Nogaro (LIVE), Peacock & USA Network

Wednesday, July 5 2am Stage 4: Dax/Nogaro (encore), USA Network 6:30am Tour de France Pre-Race Show (LIVE), Peacock 6:55am Stage 5: Pau/Laruns (LIVE), Peacock 8am Stage 5: Pau/Laruns (LIVE), Peacock & USA Network

Thursday, July 6 2am Stage 5: Pau/Laruns (encore), USA Network 6:30am Tour de France Pre-Race Show (LIVE), Peacock 7am Stage 6: Tarbes/Cauterets-Cambasque (LIVE), Peacock 8am Stage 6: Tarbes/Cauterets-Cambasque (LIVE) Peacock, USA Network

Friday, July 7 2am Stage 6: Tarbes/Cauterets-Cambasque (encore), USA Network 7am Tour de France Pre-Race Show (LIVE), Peacock 7:10am Stage 7: Mont-De-Marsan/Bordeaux (LIVE), Peacock 8am Stage 7: Mont-De-Marsan/Bordeaux (LIVE) Peacock, USA Network

Saturday, July 8 2am Stage 7: Mont-De-Marsan/Bordeaux (encore), USA Network 6am Tour de France Pre-Race Show (LIVE), Peacock 6:20am Stage 8: Libourne/Limoges (LIVE), Peacock

Sunday, July 9 2am Stage 8: Libourne/Limoges (encore), USA Network 7am Tour de France Pre-Race Show (LIVE), Peacock 7:05am Stage 9: Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat/Puy de Dôme (LIVE), Peacock

Monday, July 10 2am Stage 9: Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat/Puy de Dôme (encore), USA Network

Tuesday, July 11 6:30am Tour de France Pre-Race Show (LIVE), Peacock 6:55am Stage 10: Vulcania/Issoire (LIVE), Peacock

Wednesday, July 12 2am Stage 10: Vulcania/Issoire (encore), USA Network 6:30am Tour de France Pre-Race Show (LIVE), Peacock 6:55am Stage 11: Clermont-Ferrand/Moulins (LIVE), Peacock

Thursday, July 13 2am Stage 11: Clermont-Ferrand/Moulins (encore), USA Network 6:30am Tour de France Pre-Race Show (LIVE), Peacock 6:55am Stage 12: Roanne/Belleville-en-Beaujolais (LIVE), Peacock

Friday, July 14 2am Stage 12: Roanne/Belleville-en-Beaujolais (encore), USA Network 7am Tour de France Pre-Race Show (LIVE), Peacock 7:30am Stage 13: Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne/Grand Colombier (LIVE), Peacock

Saturday, July 15 2am Stage 13: Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne/Grand Colombier (encore), USA Network 6:30am Tour de France Pre-Race Show (LIVE), Peacock 6:55am Stage 14: Annemasse/Morzine Les Portes du Soleil (LIVE), Peacock

Sunday, July 16 2am Stage 14: Annemasse/Morzine Les Portes du Soleil (encore), USA Network 6:30am Tour de France Pre-Race Show (LIVE), Peacock 6:55am Stage 15: Les Gets Les Portes du Soleil/Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc (LIVE), Peacock

Monday, July 17 2am Stage 15: Les Gets Les Portes du Soleil/Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc (encore), USA Network

Tuesday, July 18 6:30am Tour de France Pre-Race Show (LIVE), Peacock 6:50am Stage 16: Passy/Combloux (LIVE), Peacock

Wednesday, July 19 2am Stage 16: Passy/Combloux (encore), USA Network 6am Tour de France Pre-Race Show (LIVE), Peacock 6:05am Stage 17: Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc/Courchevel (LIVE), Peacock

Thursday, July 20 2am Stage 17: Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc/Courchevel (encore), USA Network 6:30am Tour de France Pre-Race Show (LIVE), Peacock 6:55am Stage 18: Moûtiers/Bourg-En-Bresse (LIVE), Peacock

Friday, July 21 8am Stage 18: Moûtiers/Bourg-En-Bresse (encore), USA Network 7am Tour de France Pre-Race Show (LIVE), Peacock 7:05am Stage 19: Moirans-en-Montagne/Poligny (LIVE), Peacock

Saturday, July 22 2am Stage 19: Moirans-en-Montagne/Poligny (encore), USA Network 7am Tour de France Pre-Race Show (LIVE), Peacock 7:30am Stage 20: Belfort/Le Markstein Fellering (LIVE), Peacock

Sunday July 23 2am Stage 20: Belfort/Le Markstein Fellering (encore), USA Network 10am Tour de France Pre-Race Show (LIVE), Peacock 10:10am Stage 21: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines/Paris Champs-Élysées (LIVE), Peacock 5pm Stage 21: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines/Paris Champs-Élysées (encore), NBC

Monday, July 24 2am Stage 21: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines/Paris Champs-Élysées (encore), USA Network

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Cycling's biggest event will begin on july 1, by max molski • published june 28, 2023 • updated on june 28, 2023 at 11:25 am.

The top cyclists from around the globe are about to embark on a grueling journey through France.

The 110th Tour de France is set to begin this weekend as competitors chase yellow jerseys and the overall top prize throughout the next month. The event will conclude in Paris after 21 stages with one racer being crowned the champion.

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Here is everything to know about this year’s Tour de France, including TV information, course details and key racers.

When does the 2023 Tour de France begin?

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The Tour de France does not actually begin in France.

The competition begins on Saturday, July 1, with the Grand Depart in Bilbao, Spain. Racers will cross over into France in Stage 3 and remain there until they cross the final finish line.

When does the 2023 Tour de France end?

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Speaking of the end, the 2023 Tour de France will conclude on Sunday, July 23, when the cyclists race from Yvelines to Paris in the final stage.

How to watch the 2023 Tour de France

NBC, Peacock and USA Network will broadcast different stages of the 2023 Tour de France.

Peacock will also air pre-race shows ahead of each stage of the competition.

How to stream the 2023 Tour de France

Coverage can be streamed on Peacock, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.

How long is the 2023 Tour de France?

The total distance for the 2023 Tour de France is 3,408.9 kilometers (2,118 miles). Cyclists will have to go that distance across 21 stages with just two rest days throughout the event.

2023 Tour de France route

Here is a look at each stage of the 2023 Tour de France with start and finish points, as well as distance:

• Stage 1: July 1, Bilbao to Bilbao, 182 km
• Stage 2: July 2, Vitoria Gasteiz to Saint-Sebastien, 209 km
• Stage 3: July 3, Amorebieta-Etxano to Bayonne, 193.5 km
• Stage 4: July 4, Dax to Nogaro, 182 km
• Stage 5: July 5, Pau to Laruns, 163 km
• Stage 6: July 6, Tarbes to Cauterets-Cambasque, 145 km
• Stage 7: July 7, Mont-de-Marsan to Bordeaux, 170 km
• Stage 8: July 8, Libourne to Limoges, 201 km
• Stage 9: July 9, Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat to Puy de Dome, 182.5 km
• Stage 10: July 11, Vulcania to Issoire, 167.5 km
• Stage 11: July 12, Clermont-Ferrand to Moulins, 180 km
• Stage 12: July 13, Roanne to Belleville-en-Beaujolais, 169 km
• Stage 13: July 14, Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne to Grand Colombier, 138 km
• Stage 14: July 15, Annemasse to Morzine Les Portes du Soleil, 152 km
• Stage 15: July 16, Les Gets Les Portes du Soleil to Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc, 179 km
• Stage 16: July 18, Passy to Combloux, 22.4 km
• Stage 17: July 19, Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc to Courchevel, 166 km
• Stage 18: July 20, Moutiers to Bourg-en-Bresse, 185 km
• Stage 19: July 21, Moirans-en-Montagne to Poligny, 173 km
• Stage 20: July 22, Belfort to Le Markstein Fellering, 133.5 km
• Stage 21: July 23, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines to Paris Champs-Elysees, 115.5 km

2023 Tour de France prize money

The total prize money for this year’s competition is €2,308,200, which is around $2.5 million.

The winner will take home €500,000 (around $546,000), the second-place finisher will earn €200,000 (around $218,000) and third place will collect €100,000 (around $109,000).

Who will race in the Tour de France 2023?

Each of the last three Tour winners will be racing in 2023.

Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark is looking for a repeat after emerging victorious in 2022. Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia already has a back-to-back under his belt, winning consecutively in 2020 and 2021. Egan Bernal of Colombia, the 2019 winner, is eyeing his second Tour title.

Mark Cavendish’s last ride will also be something to watch. The 38-year-old from Great Britain is tied for the all-time record in Tour stage wins (34) and said 2023 will be his final season.

As for the U.S., six Americans will participate this year: Lawson Craddock, Matteo Jorgenson, Sepp Kuss, Neilson Powless, Quinn Simmons and Kevin Vermaerke. Powless’ 12th-place finish last year was the best finish by an American in the competition since 2015.

In all, 22 teams will compete in the 2023 Tour de France. Each team has 10 members, two of whom are substitutes.

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One of the world's most iconic races, the Tour de France 2024 is set to get underway on Saturday, June 29. We have all the information you’re going to need to watch the race no matter where you are, as well as key bits to stay up to date with the race over its entire run. 

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After a thrilling race in 2023 (documented in Netflix’ s Tour de France: Unchained season 2 ) the Tour de France 2024 marks the 111th iteration of the cycling race that features 21 stages over the course of 23 days. However, this year is going to be a bit different because the Summer Olympics is set to begin in Paris just days after the Tour de France is scheduled to end, so the French capital is not serving as the location of a stage for the first time in the race's history. But many of the world's best cyclists are still set to compete in a true endurance test, including two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard.

Without further ado, here is everything you need to know about how to watch the Tour de France 2024.

How to watch the Tour de France 2024 in the US

NBC Sports is handling coverage of the Tour de France 2024 in the US, with a couple of live stages available on NBC, but most of the race is available live exclusively on Peacock .

All 21 stages of the Tour de France this year are going to be available to stream live on Peacock, so if you want to watch the race from beginning to end, you must be signed up for the streaming service. The good news is that you can sign up for either Peacock plan (Peacock Premium at $5.99 per month or Peacock Premium Plus at $11.99 per month) to watch.

To catch NBC’s coverage of the cycling event, you must have access to the broadcast network. If you need to sign up for a service with that, live TV streaming services like Fubo , Hulu with Live TV , Sling TV and YouTube TV all carry NBC.

To see where each stage is available to watch, visit Peacock's cycling page .

How to watch the Tour de France 2024 in the UK

Cycling fans in the UK will be able to watch all of the Tour de France for free on ITV and ITVX . For anyone in Wales looking for Welsh-language commentary, the race will also air for free on S4C in the country (also available on BBC iPlayer ).

Another option to watch the Tour de France in the UK is through Eurosport and Discovery Plus , with the latter being the cheaper option at £6.99 per month.

Free Tour de France 2024 live streams

In addition to ITV/ITVX and S4C providing free live coverage of the Tour de France 2024 in the UK, other broadcasters around the world are offering free live streams of the race. The list includes Australia's SBS, Italy's Rai, Belgium's RTBF and France's France.TV. There are no free live streams of the race available in the US. 

How to watch the Tour de France 2024 from anywhere

Away from home at the moment and blocked from watching the cycling on your usual subscription?

You can still watch the Tour de France 2024 live thanks to the wonders of a VPN (Virtual Private Network). The software allows your devices to appear to be back in your home country regardless of where in the world you are. So ideal for viewers away on vacation or on business. Our favorite is NordVPN . It's the best on the market: 

There's a good reason you've heard of NordVPN. We specialize in testing and reviewing VPN services and NordVPN is the one we rate best. It's outstanding at unblocking streaming services, it's fast and it has top-level security features too. With over 5,000 servers, across 60 countries, and at a great price too, it's easy to recommend.

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Using a VPN is incredibly simple.

• Install the VPN of your choice . As we've said,  NordVPN  is our favorite.
• Choose the location you wish to connect to in the VPN app.  For instance if you're in the U.S. and want to view an Australian service, you'd select Australia from the list.
• Sit back and enjoy the action.  Head to SBS or another streaming service and watch the action

Tour de France 2024 standings

After Stage 1 of the Tour de France 2024, here are the top 10 cyclists (time in hours:minutes:seconds):

• Romain Bardet, 05:07:22
• Frank van den Broek, 05:07:22
• Wout van Aert, 05:07:27
• Tadej Pogacar, 05:07:27
• Maxim van Gils, 05:07:27
• Alex Aranburu, 05:07:27
• Mads Pedersen, 05:07:27
• Remco Evenepoel, 05:07:27
• Pelle Bilbao, 05:07:27
• Alberto Bettiol, 05:07:27

You can see the full standings after Stage 1 right here .

Tour de France 2024 schedule

Here is a complete look at the schedule for the Tour de France 2024 and where each stage begins and ends:

Stage 1 | Saturday, June 29 — Florence to Rimin Stage 2 | Sunday, June 30 —  Cesenatico to Bologne Stage 3 | Monday, July 1 — Plaisance to Turin Stage 4 | Tuesday, July 2 — Pinerolo to Valloire Stage 5 | Wednesday, July 3 — Saint-Jean-De-Maurienne to Saint-Vulbas Stage 6 | Thursday, July 4 — Macon to Dijon Stage 7 | Friday, July 5 — Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevery-Chambertin Stage 8 | Saturday, July 6 — Semur-En-Auxois to Colomby-Les-Deux-Eglises Stage 9 | Sunday, July 7 — Troyes to Troyes Monday, July 8: rest day Stage 10 | Tuesday, July 9 — Orleans to Saint-Amand-Montrond Stage 11 | Wednesday, July 10 — Evaux-Le-Bains to Le Lioran Stage 12 | Thursday, July 11 — Aurillac to Villeneuve-Sur-Lot Stage 13 | Friday, July 12 — Agen to Pau Stage 14 | Saturday, July 13 — Pau to Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla D’Adet Stage 15 | Sunday, July 14 — Loudenvielle to Plateue de Beille Monday, July 15: rest day Stage 16| Tuesday, July 16 — Grussian to Nimes Stage 17 | Wednesday, July 17 — Saint-Paul-Trois-Chataeux to Superdevoluy Stage 18 | Thursday, July 18 — Gap to Barcelonette Stage 19 | Friday, July 19 — Embrun to Isola 2000 Stage 20 | Saturday, July 20 — Nice to Col de la Couillole Stage 21| Sunday, July 21 — Monaco to Nice 

Tour de France 2024 route

Here's a look at the official route map of the Tour de France 2024 to give you a visual of the race: 

We will be updating the standings daily for the Tour de France once it begins.

Prior to the start of the race, if you want to see the full set of teams, visit the Tour de France website .

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How to Watch the 2023 Tour de France—and Who Might Win

From cable TV to live streaming, here are your options for watching the 2023 Tour, plus details about riders to watch.

The 2023 Tour de France begins on Saturday, July 1, 2023 in the Spanish Basque region, with a hilly 182K road race through the steep hills around Bilbao. So it’s time to start planning how you’re going to watch it.

Whether that means streaming from your phone, starting your morning with the previous day’s highlights, or inviting your friends over for a viewing party, the options for watching the Tour de France are plentiful.

For the Fanatics

You could cancel your subscription at the end of the Tour, but consider this: by subscribing to Peacock Premium or Peacock Premium Plus you’ll also have access to the full men’s and women’s Tours as well as other races covered by NBC and its partners, including the 2023 Vuelta a España and next year’s editions of Paris-Nice and Paris-Roubaix .

The Peacock app is available on Roku, Apple devices, Android and AndroidTV devices, Google platforms, Chromecast, Xbox devices, Playstation 4 and 4 Pro, VIZIO SmartCast TVs, and LG Smart TVs. You can also watch online via the Peacock website.

If you have a good cable package and prefer conventional viewing on your television, you’re in luck: NBC will offer the race to cable subscribers via the USA Network and CNBC. Live coverage often starts around 7 a.m. ET, so 9-to-5ers will likely need to record each stage and watch later. (Check the full schedule for details.)

No Cable? No Problem.

If you don’t have cable and want more than what’s offered on the NBC app, a subscription to FuboTV costs $70 per month. Add the $12 per month cycling package you’ll have full access to NBC’s coverage of the race. Fubo’s also great for those who love cycling year round, as FuboTV has a full-time cycling channel covering the major Tours, the Classics, some world championship events, and even BMX racing. (It’s also available in Canada.) If you’ve been looking for a streaming service that offers most if not all of the channels you enjoy watching, it’s a solid option.

Riders to Watch

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), the defending champion , should enter this year’s race as the top favorite. He’s spent much of the season at training camps with his teammates, but when he has raced, he’s done well, winning two of three stage races he entered and finishing third in the one that he didn’t. His squad is the strongest in the Tour and the course suits him. Assuming he makes it to the starting line in Bilbao without any unexpected mishaps (like crashes or illnesses), he’s the #1 contender.

Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) who won back-to-back Tours in 2020 and 2021 and absolutely CRUSHED the first part of the season (he won the Ruta del Sol, Paris-Nice, the Tour of Flanders , the Amstel Gold Race , and Flèche Wallonne ) would have been the top favorite had he not crashed and broken his wrist at Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The injury forced him off the bike for a while, interrupting his training for the Tour. But that might be a good thing: first because it means he’ll be peaking a bit later in the race; and second because he’ll be a bit more of a dark horse, which could play right into his hands. He has the added advantage of having beaten Vingegaard the only time they raced against one another so far this season: at Paris-Nice in March.

The INEOS Grenadiers will again come to the Tour led by Colombia’s Daniel Martinez, who’s so far failed to live up to the expectations the team had for him when they signed him away from EF Education a few years ago. He’ll be joined by his compatriot, Egan Bernal , the winner of the 2019 Tour de France (and 2021 Giro d’Italia ) who’s slowly been working his way back from a crash that nearly took his life in February 2022.

Other contenders include Spain’s Enric Mas (Movistar), a three-time runner-up in the Tour of Spain who has fifth- and sixth-place Tour de France finishes on his resume; France’s David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), who narrowly missed a spot on the final podium last year; and Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), who has podium finishes in all three grand tours including a win at the 2019 Giro d’Italia .

Tour de France Stage Schedule

The 2023 Tour is 21 stages long and includes two rest days. Here’s a look at the day-to-day stage schedule:

• Stage 1 : July 1 - Hilly - Bilbao to Bilbao - 182K
• Stage 2 : July 2 - Hilly - Vitoria-Gasteiz to Saint-Sébastien - 209K
• Stage 3 : July 3 - Flat - Amborebieta-Etxano to Bayonne - 185K
• Stage 4 : July 4 - Flat - Dax to Nogaro - 182K
• Stage 5: July 5 - Mountain - Pau to Laruns - 165K
• Stage 6 : July 6 - Mountain - Tarbes to Cauterets-Cambasque - 145K
• Stage 7 : July 7 - Flat - Mont-De-Marsan to Bordeaux - 170K
• Stage 8 : July 8 - Hilly - Libourne to Limoges - 201K
• Stage 9 : July 9 - Mountain - Saint-Léonard-De-Noblat to Puy de Dôme - 184K
• July 10 - Rest Day
• Stage 10 : July 11 - Hilly - Vulcania to Issoire - 167K
• Stage 11 : July 12 - Flat - Clermont-Ferrand to Moulins - 180K
• Stage 12 : July 13 - Hilly - Roanne to Belleville-en-Beaujolais - 169K
• Stage 13 : July 14 - Mountain - Châtillon-Sur-Chalaronne to Grand Colombie - 138K
• Stage 14 : July 15 - Mountain - Annemasse to Morzine Les Portes Du Soleil - 152K
• Stage 15 : July 16 - Mountain - Les Gets Les Portes Du Soleil to Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc - 180K
• July 17 - Rest Day
• Stage 16 : July 18 - Individual Time Trial - Passy to Combloux - 22K
• Stage 17 : July 19 - Mountain - Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc to Courchevel - 166K
• Stage 18 : July 20 - Hilly - Moûtiers to Bourg-En-Bresse - 186K
• Stage 19 : July 21 - Flat - Moirans-en-Montagne to Poligny - 173K
• Stage 20 : July 22 - Mountain - Belfort to Le Markstein Fellering - 133K
• Stage 21 : July 23 - Flat - Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines to Paris Champs-Élysées - 115K

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Tour de France 2023 preview: Full schedule and how to watch live

Another thrilling battle at the 2023 Tour de France is in sight as Tadej Pogacer will try to take back the Tour de France crown that he lost to Jonas Vingegaard last year. Here is all you need to about this year’s race which begins on 1 July in Bilbao, Spain.

The Tour de France 2023 has all the makings of another road cycling thriller.

Will the world’s most prestigious race be the third act in the epic battle between defending champion Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark and 2021 champion Tadej Pogacar ?

Soon we will have all the answers with the 110 th edition of the French Grand Tour starting on Saturday (1 July) in Bilbao, the largest city in the Basque Country, Spain.

Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) is hoping to be crowned champion again, after he won last year’s race as just the second Dane in history ahead of Slovenia’s two-time Tour de France winner, Tadej Pogacar

It is the 110 th edition of the French Grand Tour that will feature Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Richard Carapaz , silver medallist Wout van Aert and bronze medallist Pogacar.

La Grande Boucle will cover 3,404 km over the 21 stages, with the final stage taking place at the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 23 July. There are eight flat stages, four hilly stages, one time trial and eight mountain stages. Four of these have summit finishes, including the stage to the mythical Puy de Dôme.

176 riders will be on the start line at the Guggenheim Museum, one of Bilbao’s major tourist attractions, with eight riders for each of the 22 teams.

Below you will find everything you need to know about this year’s Tour de France.

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Tour de france 2023 general classification riders to watch.

In 2022, we witnessed a breathtaking duel between Vingegaard and Pogacar , and they are coming into this year’s race as the two big favourites.

The 26-year-old Dane has participated in four stage races this season, having won three of them in dominant fashion - O Gran Camiño, Itzulia Basque Country, and most recently the Critérium du Dauphiné.

Pogacar and Vingegaard last faced each other at the Paris-Nice in March, where the 24-year-old Slovenian claimed victory ahead of David Gaudu and Vingegaard .

UAE Tean Emirates captain Pogacar has claimed no less than 14 victories this season including Paris-Nice, Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold Race and La Flèche Wallonne, before he crashed and broke his wrist at the Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

The two-time Il Lombardia winner made his comeback last week, claiming both the Slovenian national time trial and road race championship.

2022 Giro d’Italia winner Jai Hindley is going to be the leader on a strong BORA - Hansgrohe team. At the Critérium du Dauphiné, 27-year-old Hindley finished fourth behind Adam Yates of the UAE Team Emirates and his compatriot Ben O'Connor of AG2R Citroën Team.

With his win at last year’s Giro, the Australian has shown that he has the endurance needed to compete in a three-week Grand Tour.

22-year-old Mattias Skjelmose (Denmark) stunned the world of cycling by winning the Tour de Suisse earlier this month ahead of the likes of Remco Evenepoel and Juan Ayuso .

He continued his impressive run and was crowned Danish road race champion on Sunday (25 June), after a spectacular solo effort in the final kilometres.

The Trek-Segafredo rider has participated in one Grand Tour previously as he rode the Giro d’Italia last year finishing just 40 th . This year’s Tour de France will be a test of his stamina.

And dont count out Enric Mas. The 28-year-old Spaniard has finished second in the general classification at the Vuelta a España three times and is hoping to make the podium at the Tour.

The Movistar rider came in top six overall in three stage races this season.

Other key riders at the Tour de France 2023

Green jersey.

Last year's points competition winner Wout van Aert has already announced that the green jersey will not be a target for him as he aims to win stages and prepare for the UCI Cycling World Championships that takes place just two weeks after the finish in Paris.

That leaves Jasper Philipsen of Alpecin-Deceuninck as the favourite to take the crown. The Belgian clinched two stages last season - including the most prestigious sprint finish on the Champs-Élysées - and he has already six race wins this season. His versatile teammate Mathieu van der Poel seems to be in the shape of his life, and if the Paris-Roubaix winner gets the freedom to chase the green jersey, watch out for the Dutchman.

The biggest threat might come from Soudal-Quick Step that always target stage wins with their sprinter. Fabio Jakobsen will be their trusted sprinter, like last year. The Dutchman is supported by a strong sprint cast with the most experienced lead-out man in the peloton, Michael Mørkøv, to set him up. 

Sprinter’s teams like Team Jayco Alula with Dylan Groenewegen and Lotto Dstny with Caleb Ewan will also chase stage wins and are contenders for the green jersey.

Denmark’s Mads Pedersen and Biniam Girmay of Eritrea are not only great sprinters but also good climbers. That ability can secure points for the green jersey classification on the more hilly stages. Pedersen took his first Tour de France stage win in last year’s edition and claimed the green jersey in the Vuelta a España, but like van Aert he has announced his focus is to arrive in top shape at the UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow.

Polka dot jersey

In the last three editions of the Tour de France, the winner of the king of the mountains classification has also been the overall winner of the Tour de France. Therefore, Pogacar and Vingegaard are the top contenders this year.

For the French riders it will be a special achievement to be on the podium in Paris wearing the polka dot jersey. Thibaut Pinot , who was king of the mountains classification at the Giro d’Italia in May is keen on challenging the two top guns as is 2019 polka dot jersey winner Romain Bardet .

Tour de France 2023 route and important stages

The 2023 Tour de France begins with a hilly stage containing some 3,400 metres of climbing. Contenders for the overall win will have to be ready from the start on the hills around Bilbao. The stage suits classics specialist like Mathieu van der Poel , Wout van Aert and Julian Alaphilippe who all want to be the first rider to wear the yellow jersey at this year’s Tour de France.

After another hilly stage in the Basque Country to San Sebastian on stage two, the peloton will cross the French border and resume the race with flat stages on day three and four. 

Stage five will take the peloton on the first mountain stage in the Pyrenees which includes Col du Soudet and Col de Marie Blanque. The following day, the riders will tackle the mythical mountain Col du Tourmalet before finishing the stage on the category 1 climb Cauterets-Cambasque. Week one concludes with an eagerly anticipated summit finish to the volcano Puy de Dôme that returns to the Tour after a 35-year absence.

On stage 13 in week two, the teams face a gruelling finish to Col du Grand Colombier in the Jura mountains. The two following days will also test the riders’ climbing skills with stage 15 featuring a summit finish to Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc in the Alps to end week two.

The final week kicks off with stage 16, the only individual time trial in the race. It is just 22 kilometres long but contains a fair amount of climbing, especially in the second part of the route. After the time trial, the queen stage of the Tour de France with more than 5000 metres of climbing is sure to generate plenty of drama. Colo de la Loze, the highest point of the race at 2304m, is the biggest obstacle on this stage being 28 kilometres long, with an average gradient of six percent.

Two flatter stages follow ahead of a short but mountainous penultimate stage in the Vosges on stage 20. It will be the last chance for the general classification contenders to gain time before the celebrations in Paris.

Day-by-day route of the 2023 Tour de France

Saturday 1 July: Stage 1 - Bilbao-Bilbao (182km)

Sunday 2 July: Stage 2 - Vitoria-Gasteiz - Saint-Sebastian (208.9km)

Monday 3 July: Stage 3 - Amorebieta - Etxano-Bayonne (187.4 km)

Tuesday 4 July: Stage 4 - Dax - Nogaro (181.8 km)

Wednesday 5 July: Stage 5 - Pau - Laruns (162.7 km)

Thursday 6 July: Stage 6 - Tarbes - Cauterets-Cambasque (144.9 km)

Friday 7 July: Stage 7 - Mont-de-Marsan - Bordeaux          (169.9 km)

Saturday 8 July: Stage 8 - Libourne - Limoges (200.7 km)

Sunday 9 July: Stage 9 - Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat - Puy de Dôme (182.4 km)

Monday 10 July: Rest Day

Tuesday 11 July: Stage 10 - Vulcania - Issoire (167.2 km)

Wednesday 12 July: Stage 11 - Clermont-Ferrand - Moulins (179.8 km)

Thursday 13 July: Stage 12 - Roanne - Belleville-en-Beaujolais (168.8 km)

Friday 14 July: Stage 13 - Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne - Grand Colombier (137.8 km)

Saturday 15 July: Stage 14 - Annemasse - Morzine Les Portes du Soleil       (151.8 km)

Sunday 16 July Stage 15 - Les Gets les portes du soleil - Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc (179 km)

Monday 17 July: Rest Day

Tuesday 18 July: Stage 16 - Passy - Combloux (22.4 km individual time trial)

Wednesday 19 July: Stage 17 - Saint-Gervais-Mont-Blanc - Courchevel (165.7 km)

Thursday 20 July: Stage 18 - Moûtiers - Bourg-en-Bresse (184.9 km)

Friday July 21: Stage 19  - Moirans-en-Montagne - Poligny (172.8 km)

Saturday July 22: Stage 20 - Belfort - Le Markstein Fellering (133.5 km)

Sunday July 23: Stage 21 - Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines - Paris Champs-Élysées (115.1 km)

How to watch the 2023 Tour de France live

The Tour de France will be shown live in 190 countries. Here is a list of the official broadcast partners across different territories.

Basque Country - EiTB

Belgium - RTBF and VRT

Czech Republic - Česká Televize

Denmark - TV2

Europe - Eurosport Eurosport

France - France TV Sport France TV Sport and Eurosport France

Germany - Discovery+ and ARD

Ireland - TG4

Italy - Discovery+ and RAI Sport

Luxemburg - RTL

Netherlands - Discovery+ and NOS

Norway - TV2

Portugal - RTP

Scandinavia - Discovery+

Slovakia - RTVS

Slovenia - RTV SLO

Spain - RTVE

Switzerland - SRG-SSR

United Kingdom - Discovery+ and ITV

Wales - S4C

Canada - FloBikes

Colombia - CaracolTV

Latin America & Caribbean: ESPN

South America - TV5 Monde

United States - NBC Sports and TV5 Monde

Asia Pacific

Australia - SBS

China - CCTV and Zhibo TV

Japan - J Sports

New Zealand - Sky Sport

South-East Asia - Global Cycling Network and Eurosport

Middle East and Africa

The Middle East and North Africa - BeIN Sports and TV5 Monde

Subsaharan Africa - Supersport and TV5 Monde

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Tour de France 2023 Stage 3: How to watch, TV and live stream details, route profile, on-air time

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You'll be able to watch the Tour de France online, no matter where you go — so you can follow the titans of the tires. Stage 19 just completed, and saw Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious) take the win in an amazing phtoo-finish.

Read on and we'll show you how to watch Tour de France from anywhere with a VPN , and potentially for FREE .

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It's the biggest race of them all, but these days, the Tour de France means one thing: Tadej Pogačar vs Jonas Vingegaard. Between them the duo have won the last three editions of the race, with Vingegaard taking the 2022 race for Team Jumbo–Visma and Pogačar winning in 2020 and 2021.

In the most recent action, Vingegaard left Pogačar in the dust, gaining six minutes on his rival in the final climb. Pogačar called it "one of the worst days of my life on the bike."

Vingegaard is still in the lead, and fended off some anti-doping questions at the end of Stage 19. Two more stages remain, and Pogačar is still in second, with Adam Yates is in third.

Here's how to watch Tour de France live streams online, from anywhere.

If you live in the U.K., Australia, France, Italy, Spain or Belgium, then you can look forward to a FREE Tour de France live stream in 2023.

That's because the free-to-air ITV4 and its ITVX streaming service in the U.K., SBS and SBS on Demand streaming service in Australia, France.TV in France, Rai Play in Italy, Teledeporte in Spain, and RTBF in Belgium all have rights to the action. 

But what if you're based in one of those countries but aren't at home to catch that free Tour de France coverage? Maybe you're on holiday and don't want to spend money on pay TV in another country, when you'd usually be able to watch for free at home?

Don't worry — you can watch it via a VPN instead. We'll show you how to do that below.

It's only natural that you might want to watch a Tour de France live stream from your home country, but what if you're not there when the race is on?

Look no further than a VPN, or virtual private network. A VPN makes it look as if you're surfing the web from your home country, rather than the one you're in. That means you can access the streaming services you already pay for, from anywhere on Earth. Or anywhere that has an internet connection, at least.

For instance, a Brit who's currently in the U.S. could watch Tour de France live streams on ITVX , even though they're not in the U.K.

They're totally legal, inexpensive and easy to use. We've tested lots of the best VPN services and our favorite right now is ExpressVPN . It's fast, works on loads of devices and even offers a 30-day money-back guarantee. 

Safety, speed and simplicity combine to make ExpressVPN our favorite VPN service. It's also compatible with loads of devices and there's a 30-day money-back guarantee if you want to try it out.

Using a VPN is incredibly simple.

1. Install the VPN of your choice . As we've said, ExpressVPN is our favorite.

2. Choose the location you wish to connect to in the VPN app. For instance if you're in the U.S. and want to view a British service, you'd select U.K. from the list.

3. Sit back and enjoy the action. Head to ITVX or another website and watch Tour de France.

How to watch Tour de France live streams in the US

If you're in the U.S. you have a few options for watching Tour de France. The entire race is on Peacock . However, stage 1 is also on NBC , and stage 3 is on USA Network .

NBC can be accessed with one of the best TV antennas , while USA Network is available in some cable packages. 

If you've cut the cord and don't have cable, you can watch Tour de France via several live TV services, including NBC's own Peacock , plus Sling TV and Fubo .

Of these options, we recommend Peacock: It costs just $4.99/month with ads, or $9.99 without, and includes lots more great content in addition to Tour de France live streams.

If you go the Sling TV route, you'll want Sling Blue, which is $45 per month and comes with more than 40 channels, including NBC (in select regions) and USA Network. And right now, Sling is offering $25 off your first month . 

Fubo, meanwhile, costs $75 per month for 161 channels, including NBC and USA network. Sports fans will find a number of niche sports channels among its lineup. 

In addition to showing Tour de France live streams, Peacock also has a huge library of originals and licensed content drawn from various brands. That includes shows like Yellowstone , Law and Order, the Real Housewives and more.

Sling TV includes both NBC and USA network in its Blue plan, which comes with 40-plus channels. Right now, new subscribers get $25 off their first month .

If you love sports, you might want to check out Fubo . It's got dozens of sports channels, including NBC and USA Network. Check it out with their 7-day free trial .

If you already use those services but aren't in the U.S. right now, you can watch Tour de France live streams by using a good cycling VPN . And if, for whatever reason, you can't get it working, do remember that you have the comfort of a 30-day money-back guarantee with ExpressVPN.

How to watch Tour de France live streams in the UK

As explained above, every Tour de France stage is being shown for free in the U.K. courtesy of ITV and ITVX  (formerly ITV Hub). 

For those who prefer Welsh-language commentary, S4C is also providing free coverage of the race. This can be accessed for free via BBC iPlayer .

Alternatively, there's Discovery Plus and Eurosport , which have ad-free Tour de France coverage. As Eurosport is part of Discovery Plus, it doesn't matter one which you subscribe to.

Discovery Plus is available for £6.99/month or £59.99/year. You can sign up for Discovery Plus here , or access the service via Amazon Prime Video — and here you can get a seven-day free trial of the service. Plus, if you don't already have Amazon Prime itself, you can get a 30-day free trial of that too. 

On holiday this week? Sign up to ExpressVPN or another VPN service and you'll be able to use the services you already subscribe to.

How to watch Tour de France live streams in Canada

Cycling fans in Canada can watch Tour de France on  FloBikes , which costs US$150 per year.

Not at home right now? Use ExpressVPN or another VPN service to trick your device into thinking you're still in Canada.

How to watch Tour de France live streams in Australia

As you may already be aware, Aussies can watch Tour de France for free on SBS and SBS on Demand .

Not in Australia right now? You can simply use a VPN, such as ExpressVPN , to watch Tour de France on your SBS account, as if you were back home.

Tour de France 2023 route

Tour de France 2023 stages and start times

(All times ET)

Stage 1 – Sat 01/07, Bilbao (182km) – 6.30am Stage 2 – Sun 02/07, Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastián (209km) – 6.15am Stage 3 –  Mon 03/07, Amorebieta-Etxano to Bayonne (185km) – 7am Stage 4 – Tue 04/07, Dax to Nogaro (182km) – 7.10am Stage 5 – Wed 05/07, Pau to Laruns (165km) – 7.05am Stage 6 – Thu 06/07, Tarbes to Cauterets (145km) – 7.10am Stage 7 – Fri 07/07, Mont-de-Marsan to Bordeaux (170km) – 7.15am Stage 8 – Sat 08/07, Libourne to Limoges (201km) – 6.30am Stage 9 – Sun 09/07, Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat to Puy de Dôme (184km) – 7.30am

Rest day – 10/07

Stage 10 – Tue 11/07, Vulcania to Issoire (167km) – 7.05am Stage 11 – Wed 12/07, Clermont-Ferrand to Moulins (180km) – 7.05am Stage 12 –  Thu 13/07, Roanne to Belleville-en-Beaujolais (166km) – 7.05am Stage 13 – Fri 14/07, Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne to Grand Colombier (138km) – 7.45am Stage 14 – Sat 15/07, Annemasse to Morzine (152km) – 7.05am Stage 15 – Sun 16/07, Les Gets to Saint-Gervais-les-Bains (180km) – 7.05am

Rest day – 17/07

Stage 16 – Tue 18/07, Passy to Combloux (22km ITT) – 7.05am Stage 17 – Wed 19/07, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains to Courchevel (166km) – 6.20am Stage 18 – Thu 20/07, Moûtiers to Bourg-en-Bresse (186km) – 7.05am Stage 19 – Fri 21/07, Moirans-en-Montagne to Poligny (173km) – 7.15am Stage 20 – Sat 22/07, Belfort to Le Markstein (133km) – 7.30am Stage 21 – Sun 23/07, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines to Paris (115km) – 10.30am

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The biggest race of the season, the Tour de France , is upon us, with the three-week race kicking off on Sunday, June 29, in Florence, Italy and concluding in Nice on Sunday, July 21.

The Tour de France is free to air on ITVX (UK) and SBS On Demand (AUS) . Away from home? You can watch free from anywhere using a VPN .

The race is set to play host to the most anticipated yellow jersey battle in years as two-time winners Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike) and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) do battle against fellow superstars Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and Primož Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe).

Dates: June 29-July 21

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The star quartet will be supported by a host of big names, including Sepp Kuss , Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease A Bike), Juan Ayuso , João Almeida, Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates), Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep), Jai Hindley and Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe).

They'll all be joined at the start by the cream of the crop of the international peloton, including a host of other GC rivals such as Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla), Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), Enric Mas (Movistar), David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), and Ineos Grenadiers quartet Egan Bernal , Carlos Rodríguez, Tom Pidcock, and Geraint Thomas.

Elsewhere, look out for sprinters and Classics men including Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan), Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious), Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Dstny), Fabio Jakobsen (DSM-Firmenich PostNL), Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease A Bike), Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), and Alpecin-Deceuninck pairing Jasper Philipsen and Mathieu van der Poel .

How to watch the Tour de France for free

The 2024 Tour de France will be aired for free in Australia on SBS on Demand , in the UK by ITV4 , and in Wales by S4C .

If you live or are on holiday in any of these countries then enjoy the month of racing with no subscription fees to pay. However, if you're away from home on holiday during the racing then it's possible to keep up with the racing without resorting to shelling out for a local streaming subscription.

A VPN could solve your problem, and we have all the information on h ow to watch the action using a VPN below.

How to watch the Tour de France in the USA & Canada

NBC hold the broadcasting rights for the Tour de France in the USA. The race will be broadcast live on NBC, as well as the network's streaming service, Peacock TV .

FloBikes will air the Tour de France in Canada. An annual subscription will set you back $29.99/month or $150/year.

Viewers in the USA can watch the Tour live via the network, while highlights and on-demand streams will also be available.

Peacock TV offers a seven-day free trial for those who want to try before you buy. A full subscription to the service starts from $4.99 per month.

NBC is available via cable plans and, if you're a cord-cutter, you can watch the network via Hulu ($7.99 per month with a 30-day free trial), DirecTV (from $64.99 per month with a five-day free trial), and FuboTV (from $74.99 per month with a seven-day free trial).

How to watch the Tour de France in the UK

In the UK, the Tour de France will be aired free to air on TV ITV4 , and Welsh-language channel S4C as well as via Eurosport and Discovery+ .

A 'standard' subscription to Discovery+, which includes Eurosport's cycling coverage, will set you back £6.99 per month or £59.99 per year. The package includes year-round cycling streams as well as other live sports, including snooker, tennis, motorsports, the Paris Olympic Games, and more.

A premium subscription, which includes all that plus TNT Sports (Premier League, Champions League and Europa League football plus rugby, wrestling, UFC, and MotoGP), costs an additional £29.99 per month.

How to watch the Tour de France around the world

In Australia, national broadcaster SBS will carry live Tour de France coverage.

For a local feel and full French-language coverage of the race, head to France TV Around Europe, broadcasters include ARD in Germany, Sporza and RTBF in Belgium, Rai in Italy, and RTVE in Spain.

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If you are outside of your home region and need to access your live streaming services to watch the action, you may find your access to be geo-restricted.

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Tour de France 2023 on TV: Watch live coverage and ITV highlights

Your guide on how to watch the Tour de France 2023 live on TV and details about highlights throughout the event.

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The Tour de France is ready to put riders to the ultimate test once again with a cluster of the world's finest ready to brave the hills of the French countryside in pursuit of glory.

Fans can soak up all the action live on TV, with options including comprehensive coverage on free-to-air and paid platforms.

Jonas Vingegaard triumphed in last year's Tour after finishing second to Tadej Pogačar in 2021. The pair look set to clash once more this year in a tantalising battle that could shape the Tour.

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British riders include the likes of Mark Cavendish, Adam Yates, Simon Yates and Tom Pidcock. Last year's third-place finisher Geraint Thomas will not feature in France after coming second in the Giro d'Italia and turning his attention to the Vuelta a España later this summer.

The route will lead riders from Bilbao, Spain, through to the finish line in Paris, with a whole lot of inevitable drama in between.

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How to watch Tour de France 2023 on TV and live stream

UK viewers can watch all of the action live on ITV4 and discovery+ , the main hub for all Eurosport live coverage.

ITV4 will broadcast daily coverage of all the stages throughout the event. ITVX will also stream the coverage online.

Every stage will also be broadcast between the Eurosport 1 and 2 channels with discovery+ encompassing all of their coverage online.

The discovery+ Entertainment & Sport plan is available for £6.99 a month or £59.99 per year .

You can also add discovery+ Entertainment & Sport to your Amazon Prime Video account by signing up for the service as an add-on.

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You can also stream the event on GCN+ which is available for £6.99 per month or £39.99 per year.

Welsh-language channel S4C is also showing live coverage of the race.

Tour de France 2023 highlights on TV

There will be regular highlights shows across ITV4, discovery+ , Eurosport, GCN+ and S4C throughout the Tour de France so you can keep track of all the biggest moments.

The ITV4 highlights show airs at 7pm each night of the event, with the final day show starting at 9pm.

Who won the Tour de France 2022?

Jonas Vingegaard triumphed in the 2022 Tour de France with two minutes and 43 seconds between him and former champion Tadej Pogačar.

Wout van Aert started the Tour in command, Pogačar picked up the lead approaching the halfway mark, before Vingegaard claimed the lead after Stage 11 and didn't look back.

Tour de France past winners

2010: Andy Schleck

2011: Cadel Evans

2012: Bradley Wiggins

2013: Chris Froome

2014: Vincenzo Nibali

2015: Chris Froome

2016: Chris Froome

2017: Chris Froome

2 018: Geraint Thomas

2019: Egan Bernal

2020: Tadej Pogacar

2021: Tadej Pogacar

2022: Jonas Vingegaard

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Rivalries, crashes and meltdowns: Tour de France storylines to watch

Imagine speeding down a winding mountain road going 60 mph, protected by little more than carbon, spandex and a helmet, surrounded by nearly 200 competitors as thousands of stunned onlookers shout and jeer. 

Now, imagine doing that for six hours a day for three weeks, with just two rest days to gather enough strength and wits to keep going.

Welcome to the Tour de France, the most elite bicycle race in the world and perhaps the most grueling endurance challenge undertaken by professional athletes.

For the first time in the race’s 111-year history, the Tour de France will begin in Italy and end somewhere other than in Paris, which is hosting the Summer Olympics . Cyclists will traverse nearly 2,200 miles of stunning European landscapes, departing from Florence on Saturday and snaking up to the Pyrenees Mountains, through the Alps and down to the Mediterranean Sea. It will conclude in Nice on July 21. 

It’s no secret that while the Tour de France draws tens of millions of viewers worldwide every year, American audiences have largely overlooked professional cycling after Lance Armstrong’s very public professional demise. 

In 2012, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency accused Armstrong’s seemingly untouchable team of running “the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen.”

Armstrong, who won seven Tours after having cancer, vehemently denied the allegations for years until he confessed in a 2013 interview with Oprah Winfrey. His downfall culminated when the Union Cycliste Internationale, professional cycling’s governing body, stripped him of all seven Tour de France victories. 

After years of disinterest, American viewership may be on the rebound, thanks, in part, to the release of “Unchained,” a Netflix show by the production team behind the blockbuster “Drive to Survive” docuseries, which focuses on Formula 1 racing. “Unchained” goes behind the scenes of cycling’s biggest rivalries, capturing in vivid detail the commitment, sacrifice and zeal needed to conquer the Tour de France. Think violent crashes, uncontrollable sobbing and inter-team mudslinging.  

With so much drama surrounding professional cycling’s biggest race, here are a few storylines to watch in the coming Tour de France.

Jonas v. Tadej 

This year’s biggest showdown will be a tiebreaker for the ages. Jonas Vingegaard, the Danish superpower leading team Visma-Lease a Bike, will return to defend the yellow jersey after he won the Tour de France in 2022 and last year. But Tadej Pogačar, a Slovenian wunderkind riding for UAE Team Emirates, has a score to settle. He took home the yellow jersey in 2020 and 2021, and this year he obliterated competitors in the spring classics and in Italy’s grand tour, the Giro d’Italia. 

Vingegaard heads to Florence with a major disadvantage after he was hospitalized for nearly two weeks with a collapsed lung, a broken collarbone and broken ribs in April during the Tour of Basque Country. He spent much of the spring recovering from the horrific crash and training at altitude with teammate Wout Van Aert, who was injured in a separate crash. 

Complicating matters is the recently announced departure of American cyclist Sepp Kuss from Visma’s Tour de France lineup. He shepherded team Visma to three grand tour victories last year. But Tuesday, Visma announced Kuss has Covid and won’t ride in the Tour. 

Setting a Tour record 

Will Mark Cavendish beat the record for most stage wins at the Tour de France? With 34 victories behind him, Cavendish, the Astana Qazaqstan Team sprinter, remains tied with the great Eddy Merckx. He planned to smash that record last year and retire from professional cycling, but he crashed out of the Tour before he achieved his dream. Now 39 years old, Cavendish will head to Florence with that one goal in mind.

But he has fierce competition by the name of Jasper Philipsen of team Alpecin-Deceuninck. Philipsen, of Belgium, emerged last year as the peloton’s top sprinter, winning four stages with the help of teammate Mathieu van der Poel, also known as the Flying Dutchman. 

Combined, Philipsen and van der Poel are perhaps the most formidable pair and perhaps the most controversial. Philipsen’s aggressive tactics, including trying to block other riders, repeatedly came under question last year, triggering reviews by race officials and drawing criticism from viewers and pundits alike. Race officials ultimately ruled in favor of Philipsen, but his reputation had been sullied by the end of the Tour.

Evenepoel debut 

Soudal Quick-Step’s Remco Evenepoel will chase a podium finish in his Tour de France debut. But at 24 years old, Evenepoel remains untested at the grand Tour, and he has suffered several setbacks in recent months. 

Evenepoel, the two-time world champion from Belgium, broke his collarbone and a shoulder blade at the Tour of Basque Country in the crash that took out Vingegaard. He crashed again this month at the Critérium du Dauphiné. He quickly recovered and went on to conquer the time trial, but he ultimately lost the top spot to Slovenian cyclist Primož Roglič, who is also gunning for the yellow jersey at the Tour de France. 

In his latest setback, Evenepoel was forced to bow out of the Belgian National Championships after he came down with a cold. He has less than a week to recover before he tackles the Tour de France.

Roglič vengeance 

Whether Roglič can beat former teammate Vingegaard and win his first Tour de France will be one of the best storylines to watch. 

Roglič, who rode on team Visma for five seasons, is no stranger to first place. He won the Vuelta a España three years in a row, from 2019 to 2021, and he took first at the Giro d’Italia last year. In 2020, he came in second at the Tour de France but lost to fellow Slovenian Pogačar. 

Last year, Roglič sought a second win at the Vuelta a España, but he was pressured to back up his then-teammate Kuss. The unexpected change frustrated the already ornery Roglič, and soon afterward he announced he would leave Visma. Now with team BORA-hansgrohe, Roglič will face off against both Vingegaard and Pogačar at the Tour.

Doping problems

Professional cycling can’t seem to shake the shadow of doping more than a decade after Armstrong confessed to cheating.

Vingegaard’s jaw-dropping time trial last year, when he beat Pogačar by 98 seconds, set tongues wagging. His performance was almost too good, triggering rumblings inside and outside the peloton that he might have used performance-enhancing drugs. Vingegaard, who tested negative several times throughout the 2023 season, denied cheating and said he welcomed the tests to help prove his innocence.

This year, two cyclists have been disciplined for using prohibited substances. In May, Colombian cyclist Miguel Ángel López was banned for four years in an investigation led by Spanish authorities concerning a doctor who worked in the sport. The UCI anti-doping tribunal found him guilty of using and possessing menotropins, a female fertility drug that can stimulate production of testosterone in men. 

Last week, Italian cyclist Andrea Piccolo was dropped by his team, EF Education-EasyPost, on suspicion of transporting human growth hormone. His dismissal was all the more shocking given that his team manager, Jonathan Vaughters, had confessed to doping during his tenure as a professional cyclist riding on Armstrong’s team. 

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Tour de France 2024: How to watch the cycling Super Bowl, full schedule, livestream info and more

The 111th Tour de France begins in Florence, Italy this Saturday, June 29. The annual long-distance race will bring together some of the biggest names in cycling, including two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogačar, Primož Roglič, Remco Evenepoel, Juan Ayuso, Carlos Rodríguez, Adam Yates, João Almeida and Matteo Jorgenson. The Tour De France will cover 2,170 miles across 21 days of racing, finishing in Nice on July 21. This year's Tour will be the first ever to not finish in Paris (due to the 2024 Olympics).

Want to tune into the 2024 Tour de France (AKA the cycling Super Bowl)? Here's everything you need to know about the cycling event, including the odds of who will take home the yellow jersey in 2024, where to stream the 2024 Tour de France and more.

How to watch the Tour de France from the US:

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Tour de France dates: June 29 - July 21

Tour de France TV channel: NBC

Tour de France streaming: Peacock

How to watch the 2024 Tour de France without cable:

Starting at just $6 a month, a Peacock subscription is the easiest way to stream live sports and events airing on NBC, including this year’s Tour de France! On top of access to the Tour de France, the streaming platform is the home of the 2024 Olympics, and the easiest way to stream most live sports and events airing on NBC. You’ll also get access to thousands of hours of shows and movies, including beloved sitcoms such as Parks and Recreation and The Office . For $12 monthly you can upgrade to an ad-free subscription which includes live access to your local NBC affiliate (not just during designated sports and events) and the ability to download select titles to watch offline.

Is there a free Tour de France livestream?

Don’t want to pay for Peacock to watch the Tour de France? UK-based streaming platform ITVX will have a free livestream of their Tour de France coverage throughout the race. To access this free livestream though, you’ll need a VPN.

To watch ITVX from the US, you’ll need to sign up for a good streaming VPN and choose a UK server. From there, you should be able to watch ITVX totally free from the US.

A VPN (virtual private network) helps protect your data, can mask your IP address and is perhaps most popular for being especially useful in the age of streaming. Whether you’re looking to watch Friends on Netflix (which left the U.S. version of the streamer back in 2019) or tune in to a boxing match this weekend without paying the PPV prices, a VPN can help you out. Looking to try a VPN for the first time? This guide breaks down the best VPN options for every kind of user .

Stream free Tour de France coverage

ExpressVPN offers “internet without borders,” meaning you can catch free coverage of the 2024 Tour de France without shelling out for Peacock. All you'll need to do is sign up for ExpressVPN, change your server location to the UK and then find free livestream coverage on one of the streaming platforms mentioned above. 

ExpressVPN’s added protection, speed and range of location options make it an excellent choice for first-time VPN users looking to stretch their streaming abilities, plus, it's Endgadget's top pick for the best streaming VPN . New users can save 49% when they sign up for ExpressVPN’s 12-month subscription. Plus, the service offers a 30-day money-back guarantee, in case you're nervous about trying a VPN.

How long is the Tour de France?

The 2024 Tour de France will cover 3,492km (2,170 miles) across 21 days of racing. The longest day of racing will be Stage 3, Piacenza to Turin, at 229km (142 miles).

Where does the Tour de France end?

The Tour de France cycles to a stop on July 21, 2024 in Nice, France. It'll mark the first time in Tour De France history that the ride won't finish in Paris.

How many riders are in the Tour de France?

176 cyclists are riding in the Tour de France this year, making up 22 Tour de France teams.

2024 Tour de France full schedule:

Florence to Rimini (Italy), 128 miles (hilly stage) - Coverage begins at 6:30 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Cesenatico to Bologna (Italy), 120 miles (hilly stage) - Coverage begins at 6:05 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Piacenza to Turin (Italy), 142 miles (flat stage) - Coverage begins at 6:50 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Pinerolo (Italy) to Valloire (France), 86 miles (mountain stage) - Coverage begins at 7 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Saint-Vulbas, 110 miles (flat stage) - Coverage begins at 6:55 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Mâcon to Dijon, 101 miles (flat stage) - Coverage begins at 7 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin, 16 miles (individual time trial) - Coverage begins at 7:10 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Semur-en-Auxois to Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, 109 miles (flat stage) - Coverage begins at 6 a.m. ET (Peacock, NBC)

Troyes to Troyes, 124 miles (hilly stage) - Coverage begins at 7:05 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Orléans to Saint-Amand-Montrond, 116 miles (flat stage) - Coverage begins at 6:55 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Évaux-les-Bains to Le Lioran, 131 miles (mountain stage) - Coverage begins at 6:55 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Aurillac to Villeneuve-sur-Lot, 127 miles (flat stage) - Coverage begins at 6:55 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Agen to Pau, 106 miles (flat stage) - Coverage begins at 7:30 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Pau to Saint-Lary-Soulan, 94 miles (mountain stage) - Coverage begins at 6:30 a.m. ET (Peacock, NBC)

Loudenvielle to Plateau de Beille, 123 miles (mountain stage) - Coverage begins at 6:55 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Gruissan to Nîmes 187 km, 116 miles (flat stage) - Coverage begins at 6:50 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to SuperDévoluy, 111 miles (mountain stage) - Coverage begins at 6:05 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Gap to Barcelonnette, 111 miles (hilly stage) - Coverage begins at 6:55 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Embrun to Isola 2000, 90 miles (mountain stage) - Coverage begins at 7:05 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Nice to Col de la Couillole, 83 miles (mountain stage) - Coverage begins at 7:35 a.m. ET (Peacock, NBC)

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Tour de France 2024: TV and streaming, schedule, stages, route, and what to watch for

Cycling’s premier event is about to get underway.

And it will look a little different than in year’s past.

The 2024 Tour de France, the 111th in history, begins on Saturday June 29. However, the starting point for this year’s Tour de France, as well as the finish line, will mark a series of firsts for the event.

To mark 100 years since Ottavio Bottecchia became the first Italian rider to win the Tour de France, this year’s race will begin in Italy, with riders setting off in Florence. The first three stages of this year’s Tour de France will keep riders in Italy, before the Tour’s fourth stage sees riders make the journey from Pinerolo in Italy, to Valloire in France.

In addition, this year’s Tour de France schedule coincides with the 2024 Paris Summer Games, which begin in Paris at the end of July. As such the Tour de France will conclude in Nice, with the final stage of the 2024 Tour de France bringing riders from Monaco to Nice.

This year’s Tour de France also concludes with an individual time trial, the first time the event has concluded with an ITT since 1989. That year saw the legendary duel on the final day between Greg LeMond and Laurent Fignon.

This year’s event has no shortage of storylines, starting with the battle between Dane Jonas Vingegaard, riding for Visma—Lease a Bike, and Slovenian Tadej Pogačar of UAE Team Emirates.

Vingegaard is the reigning Tour de France champion, winning in both 2022 and 2023 ahead of his rival Pogačar. But his status for this year’s Tour de France is a huge question mark, as Vingegaard endured a horrific crash at the Tour of Basque Country in April. The Danish cyclist suffered a broken collarbone, several broken ribs, a pulmonary contusion and a pneumothorax as a result of the crash, and spent 12 days in the hospital.

Vingegaard’s questionable form has opened the door for Pogačar to perhaps claim another title. The Slovenian took home the prestigious yellow jersey, the maillot jaune, in both 2020 and 2021; his victory in 2020 at the age of 21 made him the second-youngest winner in race history.

The two are the odds-on favorites to compete for the top spot on the podium again in 2024, but Vingegaard’s recent crash has made his rival the favorite.

Beyond the two favorites, there are some other riders in the field who could challenge for the yellow jersey. Primož Roglič from Slovenia, riding for Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe, is one of the older riders in the field but might have some unfinished business after losing out to fellow Slovenian Pogačar in 2020. Roglič failed to finish in both 2021 and 2022, but won the Critérium du Dauphiné at the start of the month, fending off a late challenge from Matteo Jorgenson from Visma—Lease a Bike.

Remco Evenepoel from Soudal Quick-Step is another rider to watch. The Belgian cyclist suffered a crash of his own at Basque Country, but seemed back in form during the Critérium du Dauphiné when he was part of the chasing pack that put Roglič under pressure in the final stage. Considered one of the sport’s premier time trialists, the schedule sets up well for him with the 2024 Tour de France containing a pair of time trials, including the one on the final day previously mentioned.

For American fans Jorgenson represents your best hope for Tour de France glory. However, his role this year might best be described as “undetermined,” given Vingegaard’s questionable form. Should Vingegaard be healthy Jorgenson may serve as an auxiliary leader for Visma, and one of the sport’s premier domestiques. But if Vingegaard struggles with his health as a result of his recent crash, the 24-year-old could be thrust into a major role. And given his recent performance — including finishing just eight seconds behind Roglič at Dauphiné — he is certainly worth keeping an eye on.

For more on the favorites in the 2024 Tour de France field Bernd Buchmasser has you covered here .

Here is how to watch, a look at each stage, and more.

How to watch the 2024 Tour de France

NBC Sports is your home for every stage of the 110th Tour de France, with the bulk of the coverage airing live each day on Peacock. NBC and USA Network will also air live coverage during of three stages of the 2024 Tour de France: Stage 8, Stage 14, and Stage 20.

All NBC and USA Network coverage also streams on NBCSports.com/live, as well as the NBC Sports app.

Here is the full broadcast schedule:

What teams are competing in the 2024 Tour de France

22 teams are competing in the 2024 Tour de France: That includes all 18 UCI WorldTeams, and 4 UCI ProTeams.

18 UCI WorldTeams

Alpecin-Deceuninck

Arkéa-B&B Hotels

Astana Qazaqstan Team

Decathalon-AG2R La Mondiale

EF Education-EasyPost

Groupama-FDJ

Ineos Grenadiers

Intermarché-Wanty

Movistar Team

Red Bull—Bora—Hansgrohe

Soudal—Quick-Step

Team Bahrain Victorious

Team dsm—firmenich PostNL

Team Jayco-AlUla

Visma—Lease a Bike

UAE Team Emirates

UCI ProTeams

Israel—Premier Tech

Lotto—Dstny

Team TotalEnergies

Uno-X Pro Mobility

The 2024 Tour de France map

Here is the official map of the 2024 Tour de France:

You can also view the map on the official Tour de France website.

Stages, dates, and distances for the 2024 Tour de France

Here are the stages for the 2024 Tour de France. According to the official website there are eight stages classified as flat, four stages classified as hilly, seven mountain stages (including four summit finishes: Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet in Stage 14, Plateau de Beille in Stage 15, Isola 2000 in Stage 19, and Col de la Couillole in Stage 20). There are also two individual time trials, along with a pair of rest days.

Overall, the 2024 Tour e France route covers 3,498 kilometers (2,174 miles) and contains 52,230 meters (171,358 feet) of total vertical climb.

If riders were hoping to ease into the 2024 Tour de France, they have another thing coming. The opening stage of this year’s Tour not only marks the first time the race has started in Italy, but it might be the toughest opening stage in history, featuring 3,600 meters (11,811 feet) of climbing. The final climb into San Marino, featuring over seven kilometers (4.35 miles) of climb at nearly five degrees.

The two toughest stretches are likely Stages 14 and 15, as well as Stages 19 and 20. Not only are all four stages mountain stages — meaning riders will have to conquer the mountains on back-to-back days — but all four stages contain a summit finish: Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet in Stage 14, Plateau de Beille in Stage 15, Isola 2000 in Stage 19, and Col de la Couillole in Stage 20.

Stage 9 is a very intriguing stage. While it is classified as “hilly” Stage 9, which sees riders start and finish in Troyes, it also contains 14 “white road” sectors. White roads on the Tour de France are dusty, gravel roads that have been a feature of this event.

In addition, the 2024 Tour de France concludes with an Individual Time Trial, the second ITT of this year’s race and the first time the Tour de France will finish in such fashion since the legendary LeMond-Fignon duel in 1989.

2024 Tour de France results

Stage 1: Florence to Rimini

Stage Winner: Romain Bardet, Team dsm-firmenich PostNL

Overall Leader: Romain Bardet, Team dsm-firmenich PostNL

Romain Bardet, aided in large part by his Team dsm-firmenich PostNL teammate Frank Van den Broek, captured the difficult first stage of the 2024 Tour de France on Saturday. For Bardet, who is competing in his final Tour de France after announcing his upcoming retirement following next year’s Critérium du Dauphiné before a switch to gravel. This stage win was his first in seven years, and he’s the first Frenchman to don the famous yellow jersey since Julian Alaphilippe in the 2021 race.

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LIVE COVERAGE OF THE 111 TH TOUR DE FRANCE BEGINS THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 29, ACROSS PEACOCK AND NBC

Live Coverage of All 21 Stages of Tour de France June 29-July 21 Across Peacock, and NBC; Final Round Coverage Concludes Sunday, July 21, at 8 a.m. ET Exclusively on Peacock

Peacock to Stream Live Start-to-Finish Coverage of Every Stage , Plus Daily Tour de France Pre-Race Shows

Production Elements Include Enhanced Augmented Reality Features, Interactive Stage Maps, GPS Race Tracking & More

THEMOVE , Hosted by Lance Armstrong and Offering Incisive Perspective on Tour de France and Cycling, Available on Peacock throughout the Tour

STAMFORD, Conn. – June 27, 2024 – NBC Sports will present three weeks of wall-to-wall live and encore coverage of the 111 th Tour de France across Peacock and NBC from June 29-July 21.

This year’s Tour de France marks the first Grand Départ in Italy (and the 26 th that’s taken place abroad). Due to this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, it will mark the first time the race will not finish in the French capital, with the final stage occurring in Nice.

Daily live coverage of the Tour de France, featuring all 21 stages, begins this Saturday, June 29, at 5:30 a.m. ET on Peacock with Stage 1 beginning in Florence. The 2024 Tour de France will conclude with the final stage on Sunday, July 21 at 8 a.m. ET on Peacock.

NBC will present live coverage of Stage 8 (Saturday, July 6) and Stage 14 (Saturday, July 13) at 8 a.m. ET, as well as encore coverage of the penultimate Stage 20 (Saturday, July 20) at 4 p.m. ET.

Coverage throughout each day of the 21-stage event begins with the Tour de France Pre-Race Show on Peacock, followed by live race coverage.

This Thursday, June 27, Peacock presents live coverage of the Tour de France Teams Presentation at 12:30 p.m. ET.

Peacock will stream live start-to-finish coverage of every stage of the 2024 Tour de France, as well as full-stage replays, highlights, stage recaps, rider interviews, and more.

To sign-up and watch every minute of live action from the 2024 Tour de France, click here .

Peacock’s expansive programming features live coverage of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Premier League, U.S. Women’s and Men’s National Teams soccer matches (in Spanish), Sunday Night Football, Big Ten football and basketball, Notre Dame Football, NASCAR, NTT INDYCAR SERIES, and much more. Peacock also offers daily sports programming on the NBC Sports channel.

2024 TOUR DE FRANCE

The 2024 Tour de France will cover a total distance of approximately 2,170 miles, beginning in Florence, Italy, and finishing 23 days later in Nice, France.

Expected yellow jersey frontrunners in this year’s field include defending two-time champion Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) of Denmark, and two-time champion and 2022 and 2023 runner-up Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) of Slovenia, who won this year’s Giro d’Italia. Contenders are also expected to include Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) and Vingegaard’s former teammate Primož Roglič (Red Bull BORA – hansgrohe).

Green jersey contenders expected to compete include Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), who won four stages and the green jersey in last year’s race and Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) . Great Britain’s Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan Team) looks to break a tie with Belgian legend Eddy Merckx (34) for the most stage wins in race history.

Americans expected to participate in this year’s Tour de France include 2024 Paris-Nice winner Matteo Jorgenson (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), who finished fourth in mountains classification last year, and Sean Quinn , the 2024 U.S. National Road Race Champion.

COMMENTATORS

NBC Sports’ cycling play-by-play caller Phil Liggett , universally known as the ‘voice of cycling,’ will cover his 52 nd Tour de France alongside analyst Bob Roll . Liggett and Roll will be on-site at each stage, along with reporters Steve Porino and former professional cyclist Christian Vande Velde .

Paul Burmeister will host daily pre-race and post-race studio coverage alongside Brent Bookwalter and Tejay van Garderen , who is making his NBC Sports debut as a Tour de France analyst.

PRODUCTION HIGHLIGHTS

NBC Sports will integrate several features into its coverage of this year’s Tour de France:

• ‘Team Radio’ Audio: NBC Sports will present select ‘Team Radio’ audio during the broadcast, playing clips of the communication between team directors and riders throughout the race
• NBC Sports will utilize a cutting edge “Virtual” graphics Telestrator, which debuted throughout the 2019 Tour de France and produces augmented reality cyclist graphics for the commentators to move and analyze
• The enhanced augmented reality features will include 3-D animated maps that track where the riders are in real time on the route and profile the stage terrain
• Vande Velde will have a camera focused on him as he reports to offer real-time updates on race situations, while traveling aboard a motorcycle on the course
• Real-time data of course gradients and the riders’ speeds

NBC Sports’ coverage will include real-time speeds of both the leaders and the peloton, and additional maps that show more detailed versions of the finishes and each mountain climb.

Coverage will also utilize several production enhancements and updated graphic elements, including a pointer feature to easily identify and focus on one rider in the peloton, and exclusive profiles on teams and riders.

THEMOVE ON PEACOCK

THEMOVE , the No. 1 downloadable cycling podcast in the world on Apple, available on Peacock throughout the 111 th Tour de France, offers an incisive perspective on the Tour de France and cycling, with course previews and race analysis from Lance Armstrong and George Hincapie .

Peacock will offer on-demand access to episodes of THEMOVE following Stages 1, 4, 11, 14, 15, 19, 20, and 21, as well as a preview show ahead of the start of the Tour de France.

NBC SPORTS SOCIAL MEDIA

Fans can keep up with the Tour de France through NBC Sports’ social media platforms throughout the race, including exclusive behind-the-scenes photos, interviews, video clips, up-to-date news reports and stories from around the cycling world through the NBC Sports Cycling Facebook page and @NBCSCycling on Twitter. In addition, fans can visit NBCSports.com/cycling for a live stream schedule, stage maps, results, routes and more.

NBC SPORTS’ 2024 TOUR DE FRANCE SCHEDULE

(subject to change, all times ET)***All live coverage on NBC is also available on the NBC Sports app:

- NBC SPORTS -

2024 Tour de France: Romain Bardet wins Stage 1, full race results

Bold racing from France’s Romain Bardet and the Netherlands’ Frank van den Broek paid off as the pair got their storybrook ending to win Stage 1 of the 111th edition of the Tour de France on Saturday. 

In his final year before retirement, Bardet will finally wear the coveted yellow jersey. Bardet had previously won three Tour de France stages from 2015-2017, but this opening stage win will surely be the sweetest.  

After his win, Bardet told the media that the yellow jersey was the last goal of his decade-long career.

“I’m finally myself, I’m at a loss for words,” Bardet said . 

Bardet was joined at the finish line by teammate van den Broek, who helped the team leader all the way to the finish line, highlighting the importance of teamwork throughout the 21-stage race. 

Stage 1 of the 2024 Tour de France featured an unprecedented Grand Départ in Italy to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ottavio Bottecchia's historic 1924 victory as the first Italian to win the Tour. Riders completed a challenging 205 km (128 miles) hilly route with seven categorized climbs and over 3,600m (11,800 feet) in elevation gain. Originating in Florence, Italy, cyclists rode through San Marino and the Apennine mountain range to reach the Italian city of Rimini on the Adriatic coast. 

Bardet and van den Broek broke away from the peloton with approximately 40km to go. Although the field faced a strong headwind down the flat road into Rimini, the pair managed to withstand an encroaching peloton armed with the field’s best sprinters with just a few meters to spare. 

A group of the best climbers broke away for most of the race, but Norway’s Jonas Abrahamsen did enough to earn the King of the Mountains classification and will wear the polka-dotted jersey used to recognize the best climber. 

Temperatures over 90 added to the difficulty of this stage and team Astana Qazaqstan paid a heavy price. Team leader Mark Cavendish appeared to struggle with heat-related issues and dropped from the peloton early on. His teammate, Michele Gazzoli of Italy, who also seemed affected by the heat, became the first man to withdraw from the race.

Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, the favorite to win the 2024 Tour de France, set himself up well with a fourth-place finish, while Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard proved he is certainly healthy enough to be in the mix as he pursues a three-peat after sustaining serious injuries in a crash in April. 

Here’s a full list of results from Stage 1:

2024 Tour de France Stage 1 results

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The Tour de France 2024 is a 21-day endurance race that features some of best cyclists in the world.

The race will course through France starting on Saturday, June 29 with a start time of 6 a.m. ET/3 a.m. PT and ending on Sunday, July 21.

It airs on NBC and USA Network, but will also stream live in its entirety on Peacock . Cord-cutters can also watch the race with any live TV streaming service that carries NBC and USA Network, like DirecTV Stream , Fubo , Hulu + Live TV and Sling Blue .

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The Tour de France airs on NBC and USA Network, so the best way to watch the cycling event on TV is with DirecTV Stream or Fubo . Both streaming services offer a 5-day and a 7-day free trial, respectively, so you can watch few days of the Tour de France for free.

The event is also available to stream with Sling Blue (starting at $22.50 for your first month of service) and Hulu + Live TV  (starting at $76.99/Mo.) — both of which offer NBC and USA Network. Although Sling doesn’t have a free trial, Fubo and Hulu + Live TV has a three-day free trial to try out the service before you commit for the month.

The Tour De France broadcasts on NBC and USA Network, and livestreams via DirecTV Stream and Peacock starting on Saturday, June 29 through Sunday, July 21.

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