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Tour de France Women 2025 on TV: Watch live coverage and highlights
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date: 2025-07-25T07:00:45.000Z
creator: Ned Holmes
subject: Cycling
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: discovery+
subject: Tour de France
description: Your guide on how to watch the Tour de France Women 2025 live on TV and details about highlights throughout the event.
encoded: The Tour de France Femmes returns for its fourth edition at the end of July as the best in women's cycling battle it out across nine stages. Last year's drama will be hard to beat after Kasia Niewiadoma won by four seconds to deny Demi Vollering a second consecutive title. Niewiadoma and Vollering both go in search of a historic second win in 2025 but will face competition from the likes of Marlen Reusser and Sarah Gigante. Watch the Tour de France Women 2025 on TNT Sports via discovery+ Premium monthly pass The extended route will start with the Grand Départ in Brittany before weaving east across France and finishing with some punishing mountain stages that conclude in the Alpine town of Châtel. That should make for fantastic viewing and if last year is anything to go by, it could go right down to the wire. RadioTimes.com brings you all the details about how to watch the Tour de France 2025. How to watch Tour de France Women 2025 on TV and live stream UK viewers can watch all of the action live on TNT Sports. There are multiple ways to get TNT Sports. If you already have BT Broadband, you can add TNT Sports to your existing contract from just £18 per month. You can add the ‘Big Sport’ package for £40 per month which includes all TNT Sports and 11 Sky Sports channels via a NOW pass. Fans can watch TNT Sports via discovery+ Premium monthly pass without signing up to a contract. Regular subscribers can also stream matches on a variety of devices, including laptops, smartphones and tablets via the discovery+ app. You can also access TNT Sports via discovery+ and stream directly to your smart TV. Watch Tour de France with discovery+ Premium including TNT Sports Tour de France Women 2025 highlights on TV There will be regular highlights shows across TNT Sports, via discovery+, so you can keep track of all the biggest moments. Tour de France Women 2025 past winners 2022: Annemiek van Vleuten 2023: Demi Vollering 2024:Kasia Niewiadoma Check out more of our Sport coverage o…

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Tour de France 2025 schedule: Stages, dates and times
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date: 2025-07-04T12:08:58.000Z
creator: Ned Holmes
subject: Cycling
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: discovery+
subject: ITVX
subject: Tour de France
description: Your complete guide to watching the Tour de France, with details including dates, times and the full schedule for each stage.
encoded: Normal service resumes at the 112th edition of the Tour de France, which will conclude in Paris after last year's shake-up. The French capital hosted the Olympics in 2024, meaning the race ended in Nice and not on the Champs-Élysées, but the iconic finish line returns this summer. Defending champion Tadej Pogačar is the favourite to be wearing the yellow jacket when the riders arrive in Paris at the end of July, but the likes of Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel and Primož Roglič will hope to have something to say about that. Watch the Tour de France on TNT Sports via discovery+ Premium monthly pass, ITV4 and ITVX For the first time since 2021, the Grand Depart is back on French soil as this year's Tour de France gets going in Lille. Among the 21 stages that will wind across the country and finally head to Paris are six mountain stages and two time trials – with the biggest race in the cycling calendar set to thrill viewers again this year. RadioTimes.com brings you all the dates and times you need to know in the Tour de France 2025 schedule. When does Tour de France 2025 start? The race begins on Saturday 5th July 2025 in Lille, France. The event will come to an end on Sunday 27th July 2025, with the final stage to be held in Paris, France. Tour de France 2025 route and schedule All UK time. Subject to change. Saturday 5th July – 12:10pm Stage 1: Lille to Lille, 184.9 km Sunday 6th July – 11:15am Stage 2: Lauwin‑Planque to Boulogne‑sur‑Mer, 209.1 km Monday 7th July – 12:10pm Stage 3: Valenciennes to Dunkirk, 178.3 km Tuesday 8th July – 12:15pm Stage 4: Amiens to Rouen, 174.2 km Wednesday 9th July – 12:10pm Stage 5: Caen to Caen (Individual Time-Trial), 33 km Thursday 10th July – 11:35am Stage 6: Bayeux to Vire Normandie, 201.5 km Friday 11th July – 11:10am Stage 7: Saint‑Malo to Guerlédan (Mûr‑de‑Bretagne), 197 km Saturday 12th July – 12:10pm Stage 8: Saint‑Méen‑le‑Grand to Laval, 171.4 km Sunday 13th July – 12:10pm Stage 9: Chinon to Châteauroux, 174.1 km Monday 1…

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Tour de France 2025 on TV: Watch live coverage and highlights
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date: 2025-07-04T11:19:42.000Z
creator: Ned Holmes
subject: Cycling
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: discovery+
subject: ITVX
subject: Tour de France
description: Your guide on how to watch the Tour de France 2025 live on TV and details about highlights throughout the event.
encoded: The Tour de France – the highlight of the cycling calendar – returns for 2025 and has all the makings of an unforgettable edition. Defending champion Tadej Pogačar aims to put his name among the immortals with a fourth title, but will face stern competition from rivals Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel and Primož Roglič. Indeed, the return of mountain stages at the likes of Col de la Loze and Hautacam, where Pogačar has come undone in past years, means the race for the yellow jersey is far from a foregone conclusion. Watch the Tour de France on TNT Sports via discovery+ Premium monthly pass, ITV4 and ITVX Twenty-one stages across 23 days will take riders through gruelling climbs, daring descents, and lung-busting sprints before they reach Paris and the race's conclusion on the Champs-Élysées on Sunday 27th July. The Tour de France reaches audiences far beyond anything else in the sport and fans will be licking their lips ahead of the 2025 event. RadioTimes.com brings you all the details about how to watch the Tour de France 2025. How to watch Tour de France 2025 on TV and live stream UK viewers can watch all of the action live on TNT Sports and ITV4 for free-to-air coverage. There are multiple ways to get TNT Sports. If you already have BT Broadband, you can add TNT Sports to your existing contract from just £18 per month. You can add the ‘Big Sport’ package for £40 per month which includes all TNT Sports and 11 Sky Sports channels via a NOW pass. Fans can watch TNT Sports via discovery+ Premium monthly pass without signing up to a contract. Regular subscribers can also stream matches on a variety of devices, including laptops, smartphones and tablets via the discovery+ app. You can also access TNT Sports via discovery+ and stream directly to your smart TV. Watch Tour de France with discovery+ Premium including TNT Sports ITV returns to broadcast live coverage throughout the event on ITV4, while you can also stream it on demand via ITVX. Tour de France 2025 highligh…

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Tour de France 2024 on TV: Watch live coverage and highlights
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date: 2024-06-26T07:00:45.000Z
creator: Michael Potts
subject: Cycling
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: discovery+
subject: ITVX
subject: Tour de France
description: Your guide on how to watch the Tour de France 2024 live on TV and details about highlights throughout the event.
encoded: The Tour de France is shaping up to be an all-time classic, with the big four riders likely to lock horns for the first time simultaneously in a Grand Tour event. Reigning title holder Jonas Vingegaard, Giro d'Italia 2024 runaway champion Tadej Pogačar, three-time Vuelta a España winner Primož Roglič and Vuelta 2022 top dog Remco Evenepoel are all set to compete against one another. Vingegaard has been uncertain to start due to injury, but the expectation is that he will return to the saddle in time for the Grand Depart. Watch the Tour de France on discovery+ Standard, discovery+ Premium including TNT Sports, ITV4 and ITVX The Tour de France will look a lot different in 2024, with the first ever start from Italy to be staged in Florence. It is also the first time the event won't conclude in Paris, with Nice to be given the honour. Paris will be preoccupied in the run-up to the Olympics 2024, meaning the Tour de France has been shifted, not that fans will mind with such a deep pool of talent to savour across the event. RadioTimes.com brings you all the details about how to watch the Tour de France 2024. How to watch Tour de France 2024 on TV and live stream UK viewers can watch all of the action live on discovery+, the main hub for all Eurosport live coverage, and ITV4 for free-to-air coverage. Every stage will be broadcast between the Eurosport 1 and 2 channels, with discovery+ encompassing all of their coverage online. The discovery+ Standard plan is available for £6.99 a month or £59.99 per year. Alternatively, the discovery+ Premium monthly pass costs £30.99 per month and offers all live sport across Eurosport and TNT Sports (formerly BT Sport) platforms, including Premier League and European football, as well as UFC, motorsport and more. Watch Tour de France with discovery+ Premium including TNT Sports ITV return to broadcast live coverage throughout the event on ITV4, while you can also stream it on demand via ITVX. Tour de France 2024 highlights on TV There wi…

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Best cyclists of all time
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date: 2023-07-05T16:03:50.000Z
creator: Paul Norman
subject: Cycling
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Evergreen
subject: Tour de France
description: We’ve sifted through their record of wins to select the best road cyclists ever.
encoded: With a history going back over 130 years, choosing a top ten for road cyclists is difficult; so much has changed in cycling even in the last 20 years, and the modern approach is much more scientific than in the past, when race wins were often measured in hours, not seconds. There’s also a variety of talents to consider. Although winning a three week grand tour (of Italy, Spain or France) is a mark of superiority, there are riders like Mark Cavendish who could never win a grand tour outright, but have still racked up an impressive string of victories. For the four riders who have won the Tour de France five times, that alone is only an indication of their dominance, and all have a string of wins in shorter stage races and one day races to their names as well, justifying their inclusion. With all that in mind, RadioTimes.com rounds up our list of the top 10 road cyclists of all time 10. Chris Froome (Great Britain) Froome has won four Tours de France, two Vueltas a España and the Giro d’Italia once, at one point in 2018 being the reigning champion in all three grand tours simultaneously. A crash in 2019 just ahead of the Tour de France put him out of competition for months. He’s hasn't returned to peak form since and, at age 38, is reaching the end of his professional cycling career, but he’s still the most successful grand tour rider currently competing. 9. Sean Kelly (Ireland) Kelly was the outstanding one day racer of the 1980s, winning all the major classics multiple times, bar the Tour of Flanders. He also won the Tour de France green jersey classification four times and the one week Paris-Nice stage race seven years in a row. Kelly was a natural sprinter and exploited the tough conditions typical in the early season races, but could also climb strongly, which won him a single grand tour win at the Vuelta a España in 1988. 8. Marco Pantani (Italy) Nicknamed The Pirate, Pantani lived up to his name, sporting a bandana, gold earrings and a goatee beard. His riding …

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Best cyclists in the world 2023
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date: 2023-06-29T16:00:05.000Z
creator: Paul Norman
subject: Cycling
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Evergreen
subject: Tour de France
description: Our round-up of the best road cyclists in the world right now in 2023.
encoded: The Tour de France is the world’s premier cycle race and many of the world’s best riders will be lining up for the start. They’ll be looking to make their mark with stage wins and in the points and king of the mountain competitions over the three weeks of the race, or just to show their team’s colours in a breakaway. A select few will be aiming to wear the race leader’s yellow jersey and maybe win the race overall when it arrives in Paris. Ranking the top road cyclists in the world is a tough task given the variety of events and style differences between some of the best around. Not all will ride the Tour de France. Some are specialists in the early-season one-day races, while others like Primož Roglič, who won the Giro d’Italia in May, will skip the Tour so that they’re in peak form for later-season races such as the Vuelta a España, which starts in August. A three week grand tour takes a lot out of the riders. RadioTimes.com brings you our ranking of the 10 best cyclists in the world right now. 1. Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark) Jumbo-Visma Winner of the Tour de France in 2022, Vingegaard is a superb climber and also won the King of the Mountains classification and two individual mountain stages during the race. Concentrating on stage races, he’s been low-key so far in 2023, but has won all the races he’s started with the exception of Paris-Nice in March, including domination of the Critérium du Dauphiné in early June - a traditional test for riders ahead of the Tour de France. 2. Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia) UAE Team Emirates Pogačar had won two Tours de France before age 23, also taking the King of the Mountains and Best Young Rider prizes on both occasions. He’ll be looking for revenge at this year’s Tour, having been bested by Vingegaard last year. He’s a fearsome competitor, taking a string of one-day race wins in early 2023, before crashing and breaking his wrist in the Liège–Bastogne–Liège classic in April. Since then, he’s largely been out of competition and will b…

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Tour de France 2023 schedule: Dates, times and route
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date: 2023-06-28T14:46:52.000Z
creator: Michael Potts
subject: Cycling
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: discovery+
subject: ITV
subject: Tour de France
description: Your complete guide to watching the Tour de France with details including dates, times and the full schedule for each stage.
encoded: The Tour de France schedule is locked in and ready to roll with the world's finest cycling stars ready to convene for another crack at the most prestigious race. The 2023 edition of the Tour will actually begin in Bilbao, Spain, before rising and falling throughout the lush French countryside before arriving at the finish line in Paris. It's not uncommon to start the Tour in another country, with 2022 kick-starting in Copenhagen, Denmark, and next year set to begin in Florence, Italy. Watch the Tour de France on discovery+ via Amazon Prime Video and on ITV4 Last year saw Danish superstar Jonas Vingegaard claim victory after finishing second in his maiden Tour de France voyage in 2021. Fans across the globe will be keen to see how his expected third battle with Tadej Pogačar will develop over the course of the coming weeks, and we're on hand to offer the full route and riders list below. RadioTimes.com brings you all the dates and times you need to know in the Tour de France 2023 schedule. When does Tour de France 2023 start? The race begins on Saturday 1st July 2023 at the Fossacesia Marina. The event will come to an end on Sunday 23rd July 2023, with the final stage to be held on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Most stages begin between 11am and 1pm throughout the event. Tour de France 2023 route and schedule Saturday 1st July Stage 1: Bilbao to Bilbao, 182km Sunday 2nd July Stage 2: Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastian, 209km Monday 3rd July Stage 3: Amorebieta-Etxano to Bayonne, 185km Tuesday 4th July Stage 4: Dax to Nogaro Circuit, 182km Wednesday 5th July Stage 5: Pau to Laruns, 165km Thursday 6th July Stage 6: Tarbes to Cauterets, 145km Friday 7th July Stage 7: Mont de Marsan to Bordeaux, 170km Saturday 8th July Stage 8: Libourne to Limoges, 201km Sunday 9th July Stage 9: Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat to Puy de Dôme, 184km Monday 10th July Rest day: Clermont-Ferrand Tuesday 11th July Stage 10: Parc Vulcania to Issoire, 167km Wednesday 12th July Stage 11: Clermont Ferrand t…

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Tour de France 2023 on TV: Watch live coverage and ITV highlights
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date: 2023-06-28T14:43:06.000Z
creator: Michael Potts
subject: Cycling
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: discovery+
subject: ITV
subject: Tour de France
description: Your guide on how to watch the Tour de France 2023 live on TV and details about highlights throughout the event.
encoded: 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. Watch the Tour de France on discovery+ via Amazon Prime Video and on ITV4 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. RadioTimes.com brings you all the details about how to watch the Tour de France 2023. 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. Watch the Tour de France on discovery+ via Amazon Prime Video 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 regula…

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When is the Tour de France 2023? Dates, schedule and route
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date: 2023-06-06T11:12:27.000Z
creator: Michael Potts
subject: Cycling
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Tour de France
description: Your guide to when the Tour de France 2023 will go ahead, including the schedule for the event.
encoded: The Tour de France is on the horizon with riders from across the globe gearing up for the most prestigious cycling event in the world. Last year's edition of the Tour finished with a resounding victory by Jonas Vingegaard competing for Team Jumbo-Visma. The Danish rider finished runner-up in the 2021 edition of the Tour, his maiden voyage in the event, and will be determined to maintain his terrific form across the challenging route this time around. Watch the Tour de France on discovery+ via Amazon Prime Video Tadej Pogačar, champion in 2020 and 2021 and runner-up in 2022, is forging quite the rivalry with Vingegaard for top honours in the Tour - and is expected to go strongly again. Geraint Thomas, who finished third in 2022, will not feature this year after opting to compete in the Giro d'Italia. Fans will be intrigued to see how this edition of the Tour pans out with plenty of upcoming riders determined to enjoy a breakout ride that could see them soar up the classification going into the closing stages. RadioTimes.com brings you all the dates you need to know for the Tour de France 2023. When is the Tour de France 2023? The Tour de France 2023 will begin on Saturday 1st July 2023 and run until Sunday 23rd July 2023. Tour de France 2023 schedule and route All UK time. Saturday 1st July Stage 1 – Bilbao to Bilbao, 182km Sunday 2nd July Stage 2 – Vitoria-Gasteiz to Saint-Sébastien, 209km Monday 3rd July Stage 3 – Amorebieta-Etxano to Bayonne, 185km Tuesday 4th July Stage 4 – Dax to Nogaro, 182km Wednesday 5th July Stage 5 – Pau to Laruns, 165km Thursday 6th July Stage 6 – Tarbes to Cauterets-Cambasque, 145km Friday 7th July Stage 7 – Mont-de-Marsan to Bordeaux, 170km Saturday 8th July Stage 8 – Libourne to Limoges, 201km Sunday 9th July Stage 9 – Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat to Puy de Dôme, 184km Monday 10th July REST Tuesday 11th July Stage 10 – Vulcania to Issoire, 167km Wednesday 12th July Stage 11 – Clermont-Ferrand to Moulins, 180km Thursday 13th July Stage 12 – R…

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Tour de France 2020 dates | TV schedule and live stream
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date: 2020-09-19T10:55:51.000Z
creator: Michael Potts
subject: Cycling
subject: News
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Tour de France
description: The Tour de France 2020 is coming around after being rescheduled and we've got all the details including date and TV schedule
encoded: Following the coronavirus lockdown, elite-level cycling is back in business as a fresh batch of contenders aim for glory in the 2020 Tour de France – and by the end of this weekend we'll have a winner. The rescheduled pinnacle of the cycling calendar may not have been able to draw crowds to the streets, but plenty will be tuning in from across the globe to see the race come to an end. Former champions – and British stars – Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas are not taking part in this year's event with Team Ineos. Froome has spent most of the last year on the treatment table recovering from a horror crash prior to last year's Tour, but had returned to action, albeit in a more tepid manner. However, their absence hasn't reduced the drama on the roads. Check out all the details you need to know about the Tour de France in 2020 including dates, teams, riders, the route, stages and past winners. When did Tour de France 2020 start? The Tour de France started on Saturday 29th August 2020, roughly two months after it was originally scheduled to take place. It has been a full-length event, wrapping up in Paris on Sunday 20th September 2020. How to watch Tour de France 2020 on TV and live stream You can watch all of the live action on ITV4 with highlights shows running regularly on the night of every stage at approximately 7pm. Exact times for live coverage will be confirmed below in the stage list. Coverage can also be live streamed daily via ITV Hub. Fans can also tune in to watch all of the action live on Eurosport in the UK. Free 7-day trial for Eurosport via Amazon Prime Live coverage of every stage will be broadcast between the Eurosport 1 and 2 channels before a daily highlights show each evening. Amazon Prime members can get a 7-day free trial to the Eurosport channel. After the free trial, the Eurosport channel is £6.99 per month. Amazon Prime is £7.99 per month but can be accessed with a 30-day free trial. Tour de France 2020 route and TV times Stage 19 Date: Friday 1…

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Tour de France 2020 prize money - How much the winner earns
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date: 2020-09-03T15:55:46.000Z
subject: Cycling
subject: News
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Tour de France
description: The Tour de France gets underway with riders battling for up to £2m in prize money this year
encoded: The Tour de France is back this autumn following a forced postponement due to coronavirus. And the riders will all be desperate to get their race underway and fight for the money, honour and status at stake. Legends have been made at the Tour de France over the years, while the very best cyclists can become exceptionally wealthy should they win one of the individual prizes. Tour de France 2020 dates The Tour this year has no international Grand Depart. Instead it will begin in Nice and end, as is tradition, in Paris. Here’s everything you need to know about the The Tour de France 2020 prize money available. The Tour de France 2020 total prize money The Tour de France 2020 had to be hurriedly rescheduled once the original race earlier this summer was cancelled. But organisers have not changed the prize money total that will be paid to riders and teams during the month-long race. The Tour de France 2020 total prize money stands at €2,293,000 (£2,064,000). That’s a tiny increase from €2,291,700 in 2019 and €2,287,750 the year before. How is Tour de France prize money split? The prize pot is spread across a number of disciplines during the Tour de France. The biggest prize is for the overall winner of the General Classification race, who also earns the Yellow Jersey and the glory. However, there are also prizes for the top sprinter, mountain climber and young rider. What’s more, prizes are handed out every day for whoever wins each stage, whoever wears the Yellow Jersey and even for the first rider at the top of the Col de la Loze (17th stage). Tour de France 2020 winner prize The overall winner of the Tour de France 2020 will earn €500,000 (£450,000). There is also €11,000 available for the rider who wins the stage classification. Whichever rider wears the Yellow Jersey will earn €500 a day. Tour de France points classification prize money Sprinters earn €1,500 for each sprint they win, while the daily Green Jersey holder will earn €300. The overall winner of the point…

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Tour de France 2019: Watch on TV, live stream, start time, route map, prize money, jersey colours
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date: 2019-07-28T11:51:42.000Z
creator: Michael Potts
subject: Cycling
subject: News
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Tour de France
description: The Tour de France 2019 is under way and we have rounded up the key details you need to know about the big event
encoded: The Tour de France has started its 106th run with riders from around the world gathering to prove their worth in the saddle. Defending champion Geraint Thomas will hope for back-to-back success but faces stiff competition from other top contenders in the field. Sport on TV in 2019 calendar: How to watch every major event LIVE on TV and online Colombian stars Nairo Quintana and Rigoberto Uran are desperate to make an impact this year while Vincenzo Nibali is also among the contenders expected to make a charge for the prestigious title. RadioTimes.com has rounded up everything you need to know about how to watch the Tour de France 2019 – plus route and prize money information. When is the Tour de France 2019 The event gets underway on Saturday 6th July and runs until Sunday 28th July. Some of our articles contain contextual affiliate links. You can support us by clicking on these as we may earn commission if you make a purchase. There is no extra cost to you and we never allow this to bias our content. How to watch the Tour de France 2019 You can watch all of the live action on ITV with a highlights show on the night of every stage. Coverage can also be live streamed daily via ITV Hub. Welsh-language channel S4C are also broadcasting every stage of the competition live. Fans can also tune in to watch all of the action live on Eurosport in the UK. Watch the Giro for free with a 7-day trial for the Amazon Eurosport channel Live coverage of every stage will be broadcast between the Eurosport 1 and 2 channels before a daily highlights show each evening. Eurosport's comprehensive coverage will also feature a new show, The Breakaway, which will discuss the big issues from the Tour de France along with fan interaction and questions from viewers at home. Amazon Prime members can get a 7-day free trial to the Eurosport channel. After the free trial, the Eurosport channel is £6.99 per month. Amazon Prime is £7.99 per month but can be accessed with a 30-day free trial. Tour de F…

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Tour de France 2018 live on TV: full ITV and Eurosport coverage guide and stage schedule
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date: 2018-07-29T11:00:24.000Z
creator: Ben Allen
subject: Cycling
subject: News
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Tour de France
description: What time to watch Geraint Thomas win the biggest event in the cycling calendar on TV and online
encoded: The 2018 Tour de France is nearly over, with the best cyclists in the world having ridden over 21 gruelling stages on the race to Paris. Live TV coverage in the UK is on both ITV4 and Eurosport, right through to the finish line – which Geraint Thomas is expected to cross in first place – at the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday 29th July. Sport on TV 2018 calendar: how to watch the Fifa World Cup, Wimbledon and more How to watch the new Premier League season on TV – fixtures, costs and sports rights revealed How can I watch the Tour de France on TV and online? Daily live coverage of the tour will be shown on ITV4 and Eurosport (see below for exact times) though the final day (Sunday 29th July) will be live on ITV. Coverage of the final stage will air from 3-7pm on ITV and 2:30-6:30pm on Eurosport. Stage 21 runs from Houilles to Paris Champs-Élysées – a distance of 116km. Each day's racing will also be available to stream live online via the ITV Hub and the Eurosport Player. There will be a daily highlights show on both ITV4 and Eurosport 1 from 7pm every day (though it will jump to 9pm on the final day of competition on ITV4). Can I watch Eurosport if I'm not a subscriber? Yes, there is an option to follow Eurosport's cycling coverage even if the channel isn't part of your TV package. If you're an Amazon Prime subscriber, you can sign up to watch Eurosport via their Amazon Channels service. It gives you a seven-day free trial, and then afterwards you can pay to watch for just the month of the race without having to pay for a year's contract. A similar service is also available on online streaming service TV Player. Full Tour de France 2018 – live TV schedule and stage dates Saturday 7th July – Stage 1 Noirmoutier-en-l'Ile to Fontenay-le-Comte, 189km ITV4: 9.30am- 3.15pm Eurosport 1: 9.30am- 3.15pm Sunday 8th July – Stage 2 Mouilleron-Saint-Germain to La Roche-sur-Yon, 183km ITV4: 12pm- 5pm Eurosport 1: 12pm- 5pm Monday 9th July – Stage 3 Cholet to Cholet, team time …

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What time is the Tour de France 2017 on TV?
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date: 2017-07-01T05:15:00.000Z
creator: Radio Times Staff
subject: Cycling
subject: News
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Tour de France
description: Everything you need to know about how to watch the race live on TV
encoded: The Tour de France 2017 will be the 104th edition of the race. The cyclists set off in Düsseldorf (yes, Germany – cycling can be odd sometimes) on 1 July, and conclude with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris on 23 July. Here's how to watch the action live on TV and catch up with the highlights every evening. What time can I watch the race on TV? ITV4 Live coverage of stage one, a 14km individual time-trial in Düsseldorf, will begin at 2pm on Saturday 1 July. Subsequent stages will then be broadcast from 11am every day live on ITV4. You can also catch highlights at 7pm every night on ITV4, or via itv.com/tourdefrance. ITV4’s coverage will be presented by Gary Imlach, with analysis by Chris Boardman, commentary by Ned Boulting and David Millar, and reports from Daniel Friebe. Check out the full live ITV Tour de France schedules below: Saturday 1st July Live: 2:00pm-6:00pm, highlights: 7pm-8pm Sunday 2nd July Live: 11:00am-4:45pm, highlights: 7pm-8pm Monday 3rd July Live: 11:00am-4:45pm, highlights: 7pm-8pm Tuesday 4th July Live: 11:00am-4:30pm, highlights: 7pm-8pm Wednesday 5th July Live: 12:00pm-4:45pm, highlights: 7pm-8pm Thursday 6th July Live: 11:00am-5:00pm, highlights: 7pm-8pm Friday 7th July Live: 11:00am-5:00pm, highlights: 7pm-8pm Saturday 8th July Live: 11:00am-4:30pm, highlights: 7pm-8pm Sunday 9th July Live: 10:30am-4:30pm, highlights: 7pm-8pm Monday 10th July Rest day highlights: 7pm-8pm Tuesday 11th July Live: 12:00pm-5:00pm, highlights: 7pm-8pm Wednesday 12th July Live: 12:00pm-5:15pm, highlights: 7pm-8pm Thursday 13th July Live: 09:45am-4:30pm, highlights: 7pm-8pm Friday 14th July Live: 1:30pm-5:00pm, highlights: 7pm-8pm Saturday 15th July Live: 12:00pm-5:00pm, highlights: 7pm-8pm Sunday 16th July Live: 12:00pm-5:30pm, highlights 7pm-8pm Monday 17th July Rest day highlights: 7pm-8pm Tuesday 18th July Live: 12:30pm-4:45pm, highlights: 7pm-8pm Wednesday 19th July Live: 11:00am-5:00pm, highlights: 7pm-8pm Thursday 20th July Live: 11:30am-5:00pm, highlights…

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Tour de France 2016: The ups and downs of this year's route
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date: 2016-07-02T05:00:00.000Z
creator: Procycling
subject: Cycling
subject: News
subject: Sport
subject: Travel
subject: TV
subject: Tour de France
description: Procycling magazine gives us the expert view...
encoded: The real star of the Tour is always the route, and while it’s not as initially intimidating in 2016 as it was last year, it’s going to be tricky to plot a course to victory through it. Comparatively subtle the route may be but the effect of this is to raise the tension and intensity. There’s an uphill finish on stage 2, a mountain summit finish on stage 5, and the Pyrenees begin on stage 7. 2015 was a series of four clearly-defined phases: Classics opening week, Pyrenees, Massif Central, Alps. 2016 is far more complex, less regular, more a piece of free-form jazz than a traditionally-constructed symphony in four movements. There’s a flat stage, a hilly stage, and two more flat stages in the first four days, and then the uphill finish at Le Lioran in the Massif Central, followed by one more flat stage. At this point, the sprinters will have had four of their seven chances for a stage win. Meanwhile, the GC contenders will have had to manage the Cherbourg hill finish, and the very hard route to Le Lioran. Mont St-Michel, stage 1 None of the Massif Central climbs of stage 5 are particularly hard – there are two third-cat climbs and two second-cats, before the final third-cat ascent and a short downhill to the finish. It’s ambush territory, and the final 50km look intense, without being outrageously hard – the kind of territory, in other words, on which the best bike racing happens. The Tour peloton is still getting used to the idea that hilly stages can be as good a place to win the yellow jersey as the high mountains but the 2016 route, and stages like this, are an ideal place to continue working on this project. Read more: A quick guide to the Tour de France's jargon There are three nicely varied Pyrenean stages to follow: an easy one, and two more difficult ones. Stage 7 ‘only’ includes the Col d’Aspin, near the finish.Meanwhile, stage 8 is an interesting mix of the traditional and the modern – the classic Pau-to-Luchon stage is a Tour staple. But instead of running…

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Lance Armstrong won his races even if he did take drugs says biopic actor
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date: 2015-10-16T09:52:00.000Z
creator: Huw Fullerton
subject: Cycling
subject: Movies
subject: News
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Tour de France
description: Ben Foster, who plays the disgraced cyclist in new film The Program, also discusses his own use of the same performance-enhancing drugs that Armstrong took
encoded: The fall of seven-time Tour de France champion and charity founder Lance Armstrong is well documented. The cyclist was stripped of his titles in 2012 after he was discovered to have taken performance-enhancing drugs ahead of all of his victories. But the actor who plays the disgraced athlete in anew film, The Program, thinks Armstrong won those races fair and square – because when it came to drug use the playing field was level. “I think he did win – I do!” actor Ben Foster (who plays Armstrong in the Stephen Frears-directed biopic) told RadioTimes.com. “Some people will say he didn’t win, he stole, he doped, he lied. “My feeling is that, statistically, you have to go down 18 riders to find one clean rider. So this is a culture of dope – he just did it better. That’s the competition.” Foster in The Program, left; Lance Armstrong, right Foster went on to compare Armstrong’s use of performance-enhancing drugs to other techniques used by athletes to give them an edge, including 18-time Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Michael Phelps. “I mean, Phelps was sleeping in the oxygen tents, where it reduces your oxygen so you create more of it,” Foster said. “People train at altitude, for this reason. Everybody’s looking for an edge.” “The line of it – there’s always gonna be doping, there’s always gonna be enhancement. How it’s regulated is the most interesting to me. There’s too much money at stake. And companies and endorsements are tied up with making sure that their races and games are exciting.” “Hopefully people who leave the theatre will be struck with a question rather than an answer, which is – what would you do if you could raise half a billion dollars in cancer research and awareness, but you also had to lie in a culture of lying? Would you lie to protect that which you built, which is saving lives? I pose that question. It keeps me up sometimes at night.” View oEmbed on the source website Foster has more insight than most into Armstrong's choice – in the course …

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Chris Froome won the Tour de France but Geraint Thomas has won cycling fans' hearts
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date: 2015-07-27T13:45:00.000Z
creator: James Gill
subject: Cycling
subject: News
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Tour de France
description: The Welshman has come through crashes, controversy and crunching pain, and done it all with a smile on his face. Here's why Geraint Thomas has been the real star of Team Sky
encoded: Chris Froome has made history, becoming the first British rider to win the Tour De France twice. But in a challenging year for both the Tour and 'Froomey' himself, it's been another British rider who has captured the imagination. Geraint Thomas, Froome's faithful 'domestique' throughout this year's remarkable Team Sky victory, is an easy man to get behind. He's frank, open, and seemingly happy to go the extra mile in front of the media as well as on the bike. From dusting himself down after crashing off a cliff to being touted as a future team leader, this was the Welshman's breakthrough year. The ups Thomas eventually finished 15th in the overall rankings, but if he hadn't broken his body for the sake of team leader Froome there is every sign he could have finished much higher. He was fourth until stage 19, and former Team Sky coach Sean Yates even compared him to another Great British rider: Sir Bradley Wiggins. "Geraint Thomas is a phenomenon, he's a one of a kind almost," Yates said after stage 12. "Obviously Bradley Wiggins has won Olympic medals and won the Tour de France, and Geraint looks like he can follow in his footsteps in the long term." The downs Even when he's had a rough ride, Thomas took the setbacks with philosophical good grace – and a way with words worthy of Eric Cantona. When he slipped down the pecking order during Stage 19, this was his answer. “As they say, sometimes you’re the hammer, sometimes you’re the nail," he said. "I was a cheapy little Ikea one today. It was terrible.” The fun What do riders facing 3,360km of cycling hell eat? Teams have tightly regulated diet plans thanks to their own travelling chef – although, in Thomas's case, clearly there's some room for manoeuvre. Surely Welsh cakes are not Team Sky-sanctioned snacks? View oEmbed on the source website No lasting damage – they make 'em tough in Cardiff. View oEmbed on the source website The boos Team Sky are a victim of their own success; in such a dominant year, in a sport wi…

Everything you need to know about 2015's Tour de France
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date: 2015-07-04T10:00:00.000Z
subject: Cycling
subject: News
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Tour de France
description: Who’s going to win? What challenges lie ahead? Our stablemate Procycling magazine answers these questions and more...
encoded: The Big Four Every now and again, you get a Tour de France in which a generation of champions are all in their prime. Think back to the contests of the mid-1970s, when Eddy Merckx, Luis Ocaña, Bernard Thévenet, Felice Gimondi and Joop Zoetemelk, all past or future yellow jerseys, went head to head. Or the late 1980s, when Greg Lemond, Laurent Fignon, Pedro Delgado and Stephen Roche contested a series of exciting and high quality races. There’s a similar sense of anticipation about 2015. A quartet of Grand Tour winners have targeted the race and all four can realistically hope to win the final yellow jersey in Paris on 26th July. It’s hard to look past Chris Froome, Vincenzo Nibali, Alberto Contador and Nairo Quintana for the eventual winner. The bookies agree – at the time of writing, you couldn’t find a better price than 5/1 on Nibali, the fourth favourite; the fifth favourite, Joaquim Rodríguez, was 25/1. Between them, these four have won 12 Grand Tours. One or other of them has won seven of the last eight, and in the exception, the 2013 Vuelta, Nibali was second by only 37 seconds. The exciting thing is that, assuming the big four all get a clear run to the race, any one of them could win. Chris Froome out-climbed both Contador and Quintana when he won the 2013 tour and at his best, physically he is probably the strongest Grand Tour rider in the world, but he is tactically vulnerable and prone to crashing. Chris Froome at the Critérium du Dauphiné last month, which he won Contador is consistent, strong and tactically sharp, and has been the dominant Grand Tour rider of the last eight years but he is 32 now and may have his July peak compromised by the fact he has already won a tough edition of the Giro d’Italia. Nibali might not be such a spectacular climber but he’s tactically the sharpest of the four, descends faster and copes much better with the demands of the opening week – not coincidentally, he’s the only one of the four with a strong Classics pedigree.…

What do the coloured Tour de France jerseys mean?
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date: 2015-07-03T22:01:00.000Z
creator: Emma Daly
subject: Cycling
subject: News
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Tour de France
description: From polka-dots to the iconic yellow jersey, those eye-catching tops have nothing to do with fashion or cyclists' team colours...
encoded: A pack of 198 riders have descended on the Dutch city of Utrecht for this year's Tour de France. It's the 102nd edition of the prestigious three-week racing event and on 26th July the holder of the iconic yellow jersey will be crowned champion. The jerseys often move between riders as each team battles to get their riders the most points or the fastest times in each of the 21 stages. Here's how the cyclists, including defending champion Vincenzo Nibali, can get their hands on one (or more) of those instantly recognisable jerseys: Yellow Traditionally known as the maillot jaune, this iconic jersey is given to the rider with the lowest cumulative time going into each new stage. At the end of the entire tour, it’s the holder of the yellow jersey who’s crowned the overall winner. Throughout the tour, if a rider is leading in more than one classification, he’ll wear the yellow jersey as it’s the most important in the race. The other jersey will be given to the rider placed second in that classification. The Tour de France has finished on the Champs-Élysées every year since 1975 when French cyclist Bernard Thévenet won. To mark the 40th anniversary of this famous finish, the 2015 yellow jersey is inspired by Thévenet's jaune maillot (same collar and zipper), and features an Arc de Triomphe motif (click the thumbnail for a larger image). Polka-dot The rider wearing the white jersey with red polka-dots is known as the 'King of the Mountains', as it’s awarded to the best climber in the race. During stages that involve climbs, points are awarded to the first rider to reach the top, as well as a number of riders who follow closely behind. Ascents are graded – based on length, gradient and their position in the stage – from 4 (the easiest) to hors catégorie (the hardest). The category of the climb denotes how many points are awarded and how many riders are eligible. For example, ten riders can pick up points on a climb that falls into the hardest category, while only the first …

You don't have to be a pain in the Tour de France to get a cycling selfie
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date: 2014-07-07T10:30:00.000Z
creator: Emma Daly
subject: Cycling
subject: News
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Tour de France
description: All you need is a bit of consideration (and imagination), so it seems...
encoded: Sticking your head out in front of 200+ cyclists pounding down the road to grab a quick selfie of the Tour de France may sound like a good idea… No wait. That sounds like a terrible idea. And frankly, it’s really staring to get on the cyclists’ nerves. “It’s the new pain the a***,” says Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas. “People have got their back to the peloton taking selfies… They don’t realise we use every part of the road. They’re a lot of us and we use every inch.” Best Tour De France selfie ever? @ITV @letour @KatieHolroyde #amazing pic.twitter.com/HaqwCnvPwj — Fran Reeve (@FranJReeve) July 6, 2014 Of course, cyclists are chuffed with the turn out. “Going up Holme Moss I had goosebumps,” Thomas admits, as aerial pictures doing the rounds on the web show the cyclists can barely be differentiated from the crowd. But if you want to grab a picture of yourself with the cycling stars, “go and sit in a tree,” says Thomas. US racing star Tejay van Garderen agrees. He writes on Twitter, “Standing in the middle of the road with you [sic] back turned while 200 cyclists come at you, just to take a selfie. #think #TDF2014 “That being said, I love the crowds and thank you for your support. But please give us room.” And of course – you are technically missing the action… View oEmbed on the source website But, there are ways around it... This would be the ideal time to jump in View oEmbed on the source website This is a pretty good effort View oEmbed on the source website This looks pretty darn safe "Standard- barrier selfie! #tourdefrance" via @becsj76 Or forget the lycra-clad pros altogether and grab a Tour-themed yellow Boris Bike... View oEmbed on the source website Follow the Tour de France action from 12:00pm today on ITV

Chris Boardman talks Tour de France: I would unequivocally have taken Bradley Wiggins
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date: 2014-07-05T05:01:00.000Z
creator: Brian Viner
subject: Cycling
subject: News
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Tour de France
description: “It might not be the best decision for team morale, or the overall result, but I think it would be best for British cycling”
encoded: Imagine Harrogate without Betty’s tea rooms, or even Yorkshire without puddings. To some folk, the thought of a Tour de France unfolding without 2012 winner Bradley Wiggins is no less unsettling, especially a Tour de France beginning just across the Pennines from Wiggins’s Lancashire home. But when the Tour gets under way in Leeds on Saturday, with genteel Harrogate at the end of its 190km first stage, Britain’s most decorated still-competitive cyclist will not be a part of Britain’s Team Sky. His relative lack of race-fitness and the reported “friction” (which might be read as mutual loathing) between him and the team’s main rider, Chris Froome, who won last year’s Tour, are all factors in his almost-certain exclusion. Chris Boardman, the 1992 Olympic gold medallist who also knows what it feels like to wear the Tour’s coveted yellow jersey, understands why Wiggins is being left out, but thinks the British public will feel short-changed. “There is an assumption that winning the race should always be the team goal. And taking Bradley Wiggins might not be the best recipe for bing on the top step in Paris [where the Tour ends on Sunday 27 July]. But it’s what the fans want to see, it’s good for the brand. Crossing the line first isn’t always what’s best.” Boardman, who promotes cycling not just as a sport, but also as a form of transport, knows that in Wiggins he has PR gold. “Bradley can be mercurial, volatile, but that makes him interesting,” he says. “He wears his heart on his sleeve, and people enjoy that. I watch other sports people, like Lewis Hamilton, who are very correct and always say the right thing, and frankly it’s pretty boring. Get Tour de France DVDs and books at the Radio Times Shop, click here for more details “So if it had been my decision, if he was fit and healthy and committed, I would unequivocally have taken Bradley Wiggins. It might not be the best decision for team morale, or the overall result, but I think it would be best for British cycling…

Lance Armstrong admits to doping in all seven Tour de France wins - video
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date: 2013-01-18T08:40:00.000Z
creator: Tim Glanfield
subject: Cycling
subject: News
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Tour de France
description: In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, the disgraced cyclist says he repeatedly used performance-enhancing drugs, calling himself "arrogant" and "a bully"
encoded: Lance Armstrong has publicly admitted that he used performance-enhancing drugs to help him win all seven of his Tour de France titles, after years of denying he had cheated. The 41-year-old cyclist, once considered the greatest his sport had ever seen, finally came clean in the first part of a much-hyped exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey on her American cable network OWN. The interview opened with a simple but extremely revealing exchange (see video below) with Oprah asking Armstrong to answer her questions with just a “yes or no”. “Yes or no? Did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance?” asked Oprah. “Yes,” replied Armstrong. “Was one of those banned substances EPO?” / “Yes.” “Did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance?” / “Yes.” “Did you ever use any other banned substances like testosterone, cortisone or human growth hormones?” / “Yes.” “In all seven of your Tour de France victories, did you ever take banned substsances or blood dope?” / “Yes.” “In your opinion, was it humanly possible to win the Tour de France without doping – seven times in a row?” / “No, not in my opinion.” However, Armstrong stopped short of admitting accusations that he was a mastermind behind doping in the sport and that had bribed officials to cover up his cheating. He also said that he had not taken drugs during his comeback in 2009. "I didn't invent the culture and I didn't try to stop the culture... and the sport is now paying the price of that and I'm sorry for that. I didn't have access to anything else that anybody else did," he said. Armstrong said that he lost himself in the fairytale of an athlete overcoming testicular cancer and making a comeback to rise to the top of his sport. He said “This story” – which included the establishment of his own cancer charity, Livestrong – “was so perfect for so long.” Answering allegations that he instructed team mates to take EPO and similar drugs, he said: “[I was] the…

Teleprompt: Tour de France
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date: 2011-07-01T12:48:08.000Z
creator: geoff.ellis
subject: News
subject: Sport
subject: TV
subject: Tour de France
description: Everything you need to know about this year's cycling extravaganza
encoded: Saddle up - the Tour de France starts on Saturday Almost 200 riders face a major cycle-logical battle – they’re going to be cycling 163 kilometres a day for the next three weeks. That’s equivalent to riding from London to Coventry every day. OK, they get a couple of rest days but you’d need them if you were planning to ride a total of 3,430.5 kilometres in three weeks. If you start from London now and stay with the pace, you’d be in Beirut in three weeks. Except Le Tour wheels around France. Aaah, France, home of cheese eaters And some magnificent scenery that provides a stunning backdrop as the peloton glides along at an average speed of 25mph. You can spend up to five hours a day admiring the countryside while watching Eurosport’s live coverage. ITV4 coverage is more compact. The spokesmen start on Saturday in La Vendée. Sunday’s stage two sees the team time trial, then it’s off through Brittany, Normandy and a tour of France in an anticlockwise direction, ending in Paris. At the front will be Alberto Contador, who is favoured to win his fourth Tour. Last time out he got the better of Andy Schleck by the slimmest of slim margins – 39 seconds. Contador got the drop on the Luxembourger when Schleck’s chain came off while climbing an Alp. Flying the British flag Bradley Wiggins heads the British challenge at the front of Team Sky. No Brit has ever made the final podium, although Wiggins did come fourth in 2009. So far, Wiggins is having a good season, having won the Dauphiné, which is to the tour as Queens is to Wimbledon. Whooosh. . . Would be the sound of the Manx Express, alias Mark Cavendish, stealing a stage win with a sprint finish that makes the rest look like they’re going backwards. He’s won 15 stages in three tours so far but it all depends on his team-mates at HTC-Highroad getting him to the front at the right time. Apart from leg-tremblingly fast acceleration, one reason why Cav is so hard to beat is that his low position on the bike means his rivals can’…