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Tour de France LIVE: Jonas Vingegaard blows away Tadej Pogacar to win stage 16 time trial

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Jonas Vingegaard took a huge leap towards clinching a second Tour de France triumph in as many years with a barnstorming performance in the individual time trial on Stage 16. The 22km route from Passy to Combloux proved no trouble for the yellow jersey holder who flew out of the blocks and never let up.

Earlier in the day, France’s Remi Cavagna set the pace and led the way for most of the afternoon before being pipped by Jumbo-Visma’s Wout van Aert.

When the two general classification rivals, Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar , heading out for their runs it was clear they were miles ahead of the rest of the field. Pogacar decided to switch from a time trial bike to a road one with 56km and a steep climb to go which cost him vital seconds.

It made no difference in the end though due to Vingegaard’s display. He finished 1’ 38” ahead of Pogacar and is now almost two minutes ahead in the GC standings with five days of the Tour left to go.

Relive all the latest from today’s stage 16 below:

Jonas Vingegaard takes control of Tour de France with big time trial victory

Jonas Vingegaard seized control of the Tour de France with a huge victory in the stage 16 time trial.

The defending champion began the day just 10 seconds ahead of two-time winner Tadej Pogacar after two mountain stages over the weekend failed to find any meaningful difference between the two men who have won the previous three Tours.

But in the only race against the clock this year, Vingegaard blew away the entire field over the 22.4 kilometres between Passy and Combloux, putting 98 seconds into Pogacar to open up a significant lead with only two mountain stages remaining.

Vingegaard blew away the entire field over the 22.4 kilometres between Passy and Combloux.

Jonas Vingegaard wins stage 16!

“I was feeling great today,” says Jonas Vingegaard after his victory today. “I think it’s the best time trial I have ever done. I’m really proud of what I did today and I’m really happy about the victory.

“Today I even surprised myself with the time trial I did. I didn’t expect to do so well.”

When asked if the time difference for his victory means the Tour de France is over he added: “No, there’s still a lot of hard stages to come so we have to keep fighting the next days and we’re looking forward to it.

“I’m really, really happy with the victory today and I’m really proud of it. It’s my first time trial victory in the Tour de France.”

Here’s how the top of the General Classification standings look after Jonas Vingegaard’s wonderful win:

1. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 63hr 06min 53sec

2. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) +1min 48sec

3. Adam Yates (UAE Emirates) +8min 52sec

4. Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) +8min 57sec

5. Jai Hindley (Bohra-Hansgrohe) +11min 15sec

Here’s the top five results in today’s time trial:

1. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 32min 36sec

2. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) +1min 38sec

3. Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) +2min 51sec

4. Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) +2min 55sec

5. Simon Yates (Jayco–AlUla) + 2min 58sec

Remy Cavagna, Adam Yates, Mattias Skjelmose, Mads Pederson and David Gaudu make up the rest of the top 10.

That performance is unbelievable. The Yellow Jersey holder takes the victory in this individual time trial. He flew out of the blocks and did not stop.

There was no bike change, no let up and Jonas Vingegaard blows everyone elase out of the water. He finishes in 32 minutes and 36 seconds.

That’s an extra 1’ 38” added on to his existing lead over Tadej Pogacar in the GC. Vingegaard is on the way to back-to-back Tour de France victories!

Tour de France stage 16

Tadej Pogacar goes quicker than Wout van Aert with a time of 34 minutes 14 seconds. It’s not going to be enough...

Oh my word! Jonas Vingegaard is 1minute and 5seconds faster that Tadej Pogacar. That’s a huge amount of time and will give him one hand on the 2023 Tour de France title.

There’s 3km to go for the yellow jersey holder.

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Tour de France stage 16 as it happened: Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar do battle against the clock

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The second rest day has passed and we're back into the action at the Tour de France . Today, it's an individual time trial - the only one of this year's race - and the stage is set for a GC showdown between Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates). 

10 seconds separate the duo ahead of the day, with the Dane in command of the yellow jersey. Can Pogačar finally topple him? Join me, Tom Davidson , for live updates as we find out. 

Passy > Combloux - ITT (22.4km)

Ahead of today's stage start at 12:05 (BST), let's take a look at what's in store for the riders. 

The French Alps play host to a tough, uphill time trial between the communes of Passy and Combloux. At only 22.4km in length, it's a short race against the clock, but the final kicker to the line (2.5km at 9.4%) will certainly slow the riders down.

There have been rumours of planned bike changes before the Côte de Domancy, with some expected to change their time trial steeds for road bikes, so keep an eye out for that. 

Key start times

Here are some of the start times to look out for in today's ITT. The riders will go down the ramp in ascending order depending on where they are in the general classification, so the current lanterne rouge , Soudal Quick-Step's Michael Mørkøv, will be off first. 

12:05 - Michael Mørkøv (Soudal Quick-Step) 13:10 - Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious) 14:21 - Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 14:22 - Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) 15:00 - Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal Quick-Step) 15:19 - Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) 15:36 - Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) 15:38 - Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) 15:46 - Simon Yates (Jayco AlUla) 15:50 - Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma)

15:52 - Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) 15:54 - Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) 15:56 - Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) 15:58 - Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) 16:00 - Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma)

All times are in BST. Check out our sister website Cyclingnews for a full list . 

Here's some pre-race reading for you. My colleague Adam Becket , who is on the ground in Combloux today, has been asking the Tour de France peloton what they're expecting from the ITT. 

"It's not going to be one for the specialists," Stefan Küng told him. "It's going to be more one for the GC contenders." 

Read the full piece: The Tour de France's crucial stage 16 time trial

If the Côte de Domancy sounds familiar to you, it might be because it was the key climb in the 1980 World Championships, held in Sallanches and won by Frenchman Bernard Hinault. That day, the peloton tackled the climb 20 times, with only 15 riders making it to the finish. 

The Côte has also featured twice before at the Tour. It made its debut in 2016 in the Sallanches-Megève time trial, and returned to host a Pierre Latour stage win in 2021.

Bike change for Tadej? 

Pogacar trocou de bike no reconhecimento da crono ind de amanhã.#Tdf2023 #ciclismonaespn pic.twitter.com/v7aQwVBBRS July 17, 2023

During his recon ride of the time trial course yesterday, Tadej Pogačar performed a bike change, switching to his road bike for the steep final climb. 

It is likely that the Slovenian's time trial bike is considerably heavier than his lightweight Colnago V4RS . If he can knock off a few kilograms of weight there, then he has the potential to save a handful of watts and take back crucial seconds. 

It is unknown if Jonas Vingegaard will also go for a bike change, though he has been spotted on a stripped-back, weight-cutting Cérvelo P5 TT bike. The chances are he'll ride it the whole way. 

Ahead of today's stage, the Eritrean national road race champion, Awet Aman, rode the ITT course on a single-speed Qhubeka bike . 

Aman took on the challenge to raise money for the Qhubeka charity, which donates bicycles to children across southern Africa. Today, on Mandela Day, the Tour is celebrating its partnership with Qhubeka. 

#TDF2023 20y old Eritrean national road race champion 2023 is riding @LeTour ITT on a @Qhubeka bike on #MandelaDay Read more about Qhubeka and donatehttps://t.co/BtP58oc3do pic.twitter.com/m2vnOGMTQN July 18, 2023

King of the mountains duel

It's not all about the yellow jersey battle today. There's going to be a fight for KOM points on the top of the category-two Côte de Domancy. 

Our reporters on the ground have discovered that Neilson Powless (EF Education EasyPost) will be running a unique set-up today - a road bike with a disc wheel - in an attempt to regain the polka dot jersey. The American is riding a 54/40, with a 40mm deep front wheel and turned-in hoods. 

Giulio Ciccone, the current king of the mountains, is expected to change bikes at the foot of the climb. He is currently tied with Powless on 58 points. 

Stage 16 gets underway

Michael Mørkøv (Soudal Quick-Step) rolls down the start ramp and opens proceedings for today's stage. 

Already, just a few kilometres into the course, Mørkøv is climbing. The first ascent is uncategorised, but with pitches at 10%, it is not to be sniffed at. 

John Degenkolb hits the deck! Just 200 metres into his run, the dsm-firmenich rider swings onto a right hander and slides out. Oily roads perhaps? 

Alexis Renard (Cofidis) has gone down, too. Same corner as Degenkolb's crash. 

I'm now grimacing every time a rider comes into the first bend. Two riders have already fallen, and the stage only started 15 minutes ago. 

Make that three crashes. Nils Eekhoff goes down as well. The first corner is cursed. 

Mørkøv has 6km remaining of his effort and is now on the Côte de Domancy. He has stuck with his TT bike and is sat up comfortably in his saddle, spurred on by the fans that line the roadside. 

13% gradients now for Mørkøv. It looks tough, and it's not abating. 

With 4km to go, the road kicks up to 14%. The race organisers have put a line of yellow rope at the side of the road, which most fans are staying behind. 

The tough climbing has stopped for Mørkøv, 3km from the line, and he's back in his aerotuck position. Expect other riders to do similar throughout the day. 

Norwegian TT champ Soren Waerenskjold (Uno-X) performs the first bike change of the day, and ships a few seconds in doing so. He did so at 5.6km to go, at the bottom of the climb. 

Mørkøv was the first off and he's the first across the line. 39-46 is the benchmark, with an average speed of 33.8km/h.

The main takeaway is that the climbing doesn't really stop for the last 6km, even if the categorised ascent is just 2.5km long. 

Hi all, Tom Thewlis here taking over a bit while Tom Davidson grabs some lunch!

Peter Sagan is out on the course at the moment and on the verge of catching Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Emirates) Strong ride from the seven-time Tour de France green jersey winner. He's in sixth place out on the road at the first intermediate time check, although that won't count for much whatsoever by the time the favourites get going later. Either way, hats off to him. 

Sagan has just passed Bjerg as he goes for a bike change. That's got to be the slowest bike change in history. Perhaps UAE are using Bjerg as a guinea pig for a change for Pogacar later?

Looks like Bjerg has just passed Sagan again..... that didn't last long! Bjerg changed his bike on a pretty steep section of the Côte de Domancy.... will be interesting to see if UAE choose the same point for a change for Pogacar IF he chooses to switch. 

Right! Here goes Rémi Cavagna. The Frenchman can put some serious power down, so could go well here. The French national champ isn't the most accomplished on hillier terrain, but should still put in a solid ride. 

Sean Kelly is saying on Eurosport right now that he doesn't see how a bike change can make that much difference today. Are we seeing more mind games from UAE and Pogačar this afternoon? 

Here's Cavagna out on the road. He's absolutely flying at the moment as expected.

Rain is forecast out on the course this afternoon and the black clouds are looking pretty ominous!

Cavagna is still flying.... he's about go go through the second check point out on the road. He's just set the best time at the second check point and is about to start climbing the Côte de Domancy.

Cavagna is being roared on by the French supporters as he tackles the 11% gradients on this climb. He's going really deep to get a good result here, not far now to the finish.

Mads Pedersen has just taken over the hot seat at the finish, beating Bahrain Victorious' Nikias Ardnt's time by 1-12. Cavagna should almost certainly displace Pedersen straightaway though.  

As expected there we have it! Cavagna beats Pedersen and sets a new time of 35-42 and averages 37.6 kph.

We bid farewell to Tom Thewlis now, as I (Tom Davidson) am back from my lunch break. Three-bean Mexican soup, for those of you wondering. 

The current podium, with around 80 riders still to come, is: 

1. Rémi Cavagna (Soudal Quick-Step) - 35.42 2. Mads Pedersen (Trek Segafredo) - 36.07 3. Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious) - 36.35

Speaking after his effort, Cavagna has said his time should be well beaten this afternoon. He reckons he's in for a "top 10, maybe top 15". 

Kasper Asgreen (Soudal Quick-Step) comes close to his team-mate's time, but he's 35 seconds short of the hot seat. 

A sprint finish? In a time trial? 

Bryan Coquard and Benoît Cosnefroy had some fun when they crossed the line. 

Oh quel sprint chaud sur Combloux entre Le Coq et @BenoitCosnefroy ! Quel final messieurs ! Merci ! 😁#TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/KM0lS08KIB July 18, 2023

Victor Lafay (Cofidis) hits the floor, within touching distance of the finish line. Looks like his chain locked up as he got out the saddle. 

Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) are both out on the course.

Remember, Powless has set out to do the entire course on a modified road bike - complete with a disc wheel. He's after the KOM points. 

We're well over the halfway mark, with just 56 riders still to start. The big guns will start setting off in an hour or so. 

⏱ Tick, Tock...💛 Get ready!🤍 Soyez prêts !#TDF2023 | @TISSOT pic.twitter.com/VtDJWXqakA July 18, 2023

Here goes Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), everyone's favourite nearly man. The hilly course isn't suited to him, but he'll definitely give it a good nudge. 

Cavagna's time (35-42) still reigns supreme in Combloux.

A strong TT pain face from Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies). He's provisionally in fourth place, 51 seconds off Cavagna. 

Küng sets a new best time to the first time check, around 7km into the course. He'll slow down on the climb, though (or will he?).

Powless has powered up the Côte de Domancy. He grinds to a near standstill at the top, but he's still got 4km to go.  

A bike change for Küng, who looks to be bang on Cavagna's pace at the moment. 

Tough final effort for Küng as he comes into the line here. He faded towards the end there and finished fifth, quite a way off Cavagna's time. 

You can see a few riders really beginning to struggle as they gradually reach the summit of the Côte de Domancy. 

It looks pretty hot and humid out there, here's what Kasper Asgreen had to say at the finish. "[It's] really brutal. The last part from the steep part to the finish line was endless, it's still 5-6% uphill after [the Côte de Domancy]. With the heat and the humidity, it's horrible."

Here goes Wout van Aert down the start ramp. Jumbo-Visma, interestingly, are still yet to win a stage in this year's Tour.

Let's take a moment to appreciate Giulio Ciccone's polka dot skinsuit. Very classy, Giulio. 

A strong time from Alexey Lutsenko. He comes home in fourth, 49 seconds off Cavagna, whose time is looking better and better with each rider that finishes. 

Ciccone climbs the Côte de Domancy faster than Powless and, as things stand, will continue to wear the polka dot jersey on Wednesday. 

Tom Pidcock is out on the road. Here are 21 things you probably didn't know about him . 

Wout van Aert is trending faster as this ride goes on. 7th at the first time check, 4th at the second. Let's see if he can hold the pace up the 2.5km Côte. 

Van Aert is on course to beat Cavagna's time! The Belgian still has 3.7km to go, but he's crushing the double-figure gradients. 

Here come the Top 5. Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) is out on the course. Adam Yates, Carlos Rodríguez, Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard will follow over the next ten minutes. 

We have a new best time! Wout van Aert keeps his TT bike for the whole course and thunders into the hot seat with 35-27, knocking 15 seconds off Cavagna's time. 

Ladies and gentlemen, Tadej Pogačar is on the course. 

Two minutes have passed. It's Jonas Vingegaard time. 

The battle for the yellow jersey is now playing out before us. 

No surprise here, but both Vingegaard and Pogačar are on course to beat Wout van Aert's time. This duel is not going to disappoint. 

Vingegaard is 16 seconds up on Pogačar at the first time check. There's still a lot of riding to go though, including the category-two climb.

Vingegaard has railed the descent of the first uncategorised climb, hitting speeds of around 80km/h. This is going to be a one-two for him and Pogačar at the finish line.  

Chapeau to Simon Yates, too. The Brit smiles as he comes through the third time check, just three seconds down on Wout van Aert. He could edge a few seconds closer to a Top 5 at the end of the day. 

30 SECONDS . Vingegaard is 30 seconds up on Pogačar. There's still 10km to go. 

As expected, Pogačar goes for a bike change. He loses a handful of seconds in the process, but can he make it up with his climbing bike? 

Simon Yates comes in seven seconds down on Van Aert's time. It's likely to be a top-five placing on the day for the Jayco AlUla rider. 

50 SECONDS . Vingegaard's gap has extended to 50 seconds. If he holds this, he'll have a minute's advantage over Pogačar at the end of the day. 

The third time check confirms it. Vingegaard is 1-05 up on Pogačar. This is not only the Dane's stage to lose, it's his Tour de France to lose, too. 

2km to go for Pogačar now, but it's damage limitation time. 

Vingegaard's advantage is now in excess of 1-20. Wow. 

Pogačar finishes with a 34.14. 

Jonas Vingegaard wins stage 16!

Just seconds after Pogačar crosses the line, Vingegaard follows suit. The Dane stretches out his GC advantage by a whopping 1-38, and is well on the way to his second Tour de France title. 

Some ride by the reigning champion today, who was a level above the rest of the field. 

Hold tight, I'll have a full race report up soon. 

Here's the full report from stage 16: Jonas Vingegaard powers closer to Tour de France title with dominant stage 16 time trial victory

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Tour de France 2022 Stage 16 LIVE - No change in top three as Hugo Houle lands emotional win in Foix for Canada

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Updated 19/07/2022 at 15:29 GMT

• - HUGO HOULE WINS STAGE 16 OF THE TOUR DE FRANCE IN FOIX
• - JORGENSON CRASHES ON FINAL DESCENT TO HAND INITIATIVE TO ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH
• - MAJKA PACING SHEDS YELLOW JERSEY GROUP, THOMAS & YATES IN TROUBLE
• - POGACAR ATTACKS OVER THE SUMMIT TO PUT PRESSURE ON VINGEGAARD ON DESCENT
• - DOUBLE ATTACK FROM POGACAR ON PORT DE LERS CAUSES A BIG SHAKE-OUT

‘Knockout blow mode!’ – Pogacar launches uphill, downhill attacks on Vingegaard

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Tour de France 2022: Hugo Houle wins stage 16 as race hits the Pyrenees – as it happened

Houle becomes only the second Canadian winner of a stage, the top three emerge unscathed, and Nairo Quintana goes fourth

• 19 Jul 2022 Jeremy Whittle's stage 16 report
• 19 Jul 2022 Stage 16 classification
• 19 Jul 2022 Hugo Houle speaks!
• 19 Jul 2022 Provisional GC standings after stage 16
• 19 Jul 2022 Canada's Hugo Houle wins stage 16 for Israel Premier-Tech!
• 19 Jul 2022 Eekhoff takes intermediate sprint
• 19 Jul 2022 Today's main breakaway is formed
• 19 Jul 2022 General classification after stage 15
• 19 Jul 2022 Preamble
• 19 Jul 2022 Stage 16 guide: Carcassonne to Foix (178.5km)

Jeremy Whittle's stage 16 report

As we close down for the day, word emerges that Marc Soler failed to finish within the stage’s time limit. Tadej Pogacar therefore loses another UAE Team Emirates colleague in his push to defend the title.

That’s all from me today. Thanks for reading, and hope those experiencing excessively toasty weather are remaining safe and well. Tomorrow: more mountains as stage 17 tears from Saint-Gaudens to Peyragudes. Join us then!

Points standings 1 Van Aert 399pts 2 Pogacar 182 3 Philipsen 176 4 Pedersen 158 5 Jakobsen 155

King of the Mountains standings 1 Geschke 58pts 2 Meintjes 39 3 Powless 37 4 Vingegaard 36 5 Ciccone 35

Youth rankings 1 Pogacar 2 Pidcock 3 Jorgensen

Team 1 Ineos 2 Groupama-FDJ 3 Jumbo-Visma

Stage 16 classification

1 Hugo Houle (Israel-Premier Tech) 4hr 23min 47sec 2 Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ) +1min 10sec 3 Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech) +1:10 4 Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) +1:12 5 Michael Storer (Groupama-FDJ) +1:25 6 Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) +1:40 7 Dylan Teuns (Bahrain-Victorious) +1:40 8 Simon Geschke (Cofidis) +2:11 9 Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) +5:04 10 Damiano Caruso (Bahrain-Victorious) +5:04

Hugo Houle speaks!

“I never won a race – I guess it’s the right place to win my first! They let me go. I went out, full gas. At the end I hang on, hang on, hang on. At the end in a technical section I gained some more time. When they showed me ‘one minute’ I thought – ‘Unreal, I’m going to do it!’ I was getting some cramp because I was missing some food as I couldn’t get my car for the last 60km.

“I had one dream – win the stage for my brother, who died when I turned professional. I won it for him. It’s incredible … I’m just so happy.”

Provisional GC standings after stage 16

1 Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo Visma) 64h 28min 09sec 2 Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) +2min 22sec 3 Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) +2:43 4 Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic) +4:15 5 David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) +4:24 6 Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) +5:28 7 Louis Meintjes (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux) +5:46 8 Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) +6:18 9 Romain Bardet (DSM) +6.37 10 Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) +10:11 ------ 11 Enric Mas (Movistar) +12:45

Bardet still had around 1.5km left when the leaders finished. Horrible day for both the DSM rider and writers of cycling liveblogs namechecking potential winners of a stage.

There’ll be no change in the top three – Van Aert tries to drag the pace on to eke a bit of time for Pogacar among the yellow jersey group. No dice: Vingegaard, Pogacar and Thomas cross the line together.

Huge emotion for Houle. His brother Pierrik was killed by a drunk driver while out running in 2012. Today’s victor saluted the sky as the line approached – I think it’s fair to say there’s no mystery over who that was for.

Canada's Hugo Houle wins stage 16 for Israel Premier-Tech!

Tongue out on the final corner. He punches the air in delight.

There is no North American 1-2-3 – Madouas gets back up with the chasers, almost from nowhere, and takes second. Woods takes third on a great day for IPT.

1.5km to go: This is the last couple of minutes that anyone can say Hugo Houle has never won anything of note. What a performance.

3.5km to go: The Canadian takes the lead out to over a minute. He gulps in the air and takes the corners safely and comfortably. We’re closing in on a North American 1-2-3.

5km to go: As delight looms for House, spare a thought for Soler, 47:29 back and only just at the foot of the second climb.

7km to go: Quite a nasty gash on Jorgenson’s arm but he’s back on his bike and has caught Woods. The lead is 55 seconds for Houle. It’s absolutely his to lose.

The yellow jersey contenders are 6:25 back and are very much in sticking rather than twisting territory.

🇺🇸 @MatteoJorg has rejoined 🇨🇦 @rusty_woods and is straight on the chase! 🇺🇸 @MatteoJorg rejoint 🇨🇦 @rusty_woods et repart de plus belle ! #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/lfy9q8fElh — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 19, 2022

10km to go: Barring calamity, Houle is about to join his team’s sports director as a Canadian winner of a Tdf stage. Woods is now 45 seconds back.

13.5km to go: Jorgensen is down! He gets it wrong on a tight hairpin, and takes a tumble. Thankfully he’s safely up, but that could have handed the stage to Houle, who has taken the lead out to 35 seconds. Woods now chases.

17km to go: Houle is 24 seconds clear. Steve Bauer is the only Canadian to have won a Tour de France stage, the opener in 1988.

19.0km to go: No full-on aggression on the way down from any of the GC contenders, and as things stand it’ll be as you were on the podium. What a day for Quintana though – he’s looking like ending the day fourth. Bardet has only crested Péguère’s peak.

21.5km to go: Vingegaard, Pogacar and Thomas reach the peak, and they’ve done their climbing for the day. Will the Slovenian stick or twist?

24.5km to go: Always a little misleading when the leader is over the hill and there are groups still grimacing in the closing stages of their way up. However, with a 6:12 gap from front to yellow, about to crest the peak it’s safe to say the lead in reality is shortly to show as significantly under six minutes now – possibly more like five.

27km to go: Houle is the first to hit downhill, with a 25-second advantage. Jorgenson, Storer and Woods are the chase trio.

Bardet currently is 1:45 down on Quintana and Yates. In the live standings he’s dropped out of the top five.

27.75km: Dicey moment as Rafal Majka (UAE Team Emirates) grinds to a halt as part of the yellow jersey group. Thankfully he just needs a new bike and those immediately behind respond in time to avoid a collision.

29km to go: Tom Pidcock and Chris Froome are among many, many people suffering on the Péguère climb.

Vingegaard and Pogacar have taken some distance from the peloton. Quintana is clinging on to them and both he and Adam Yates look like leapfrogging Bardet today. Yates is dragging Thomas along to keep his Ineos teammate in sight of the GC leaders.

30km to go: The chase group is down to three: Jorgensen, Storer and Woods. They’re starting to munch a little time out of Houle.

Bardet, after looking like being dropped by the peloton, is now safely back with the pack, but certainly doesn’t look the freshest among it.

30.5km to go: The lead is holding steady around 50 seconds. Houle fancies this. Can he manage one more push on the climb?

Caruso hits the wall (thankfully not literally) – suddenly he looks like I felt in the closing stages of a horrible treadmill trudge at the weekend. Storer and Woods (the latter Houle’s teammate, let’s not forget) look the strongest of the chasers.

🇮🇹 @CarusoDamiano and 🇫🇷 @tonygallopin are dropped from the first chasing group. 🇮🇹 @CarusoDamiano et 🇫🇷 @tonygallopin sont distancés du groupe des poursuivants #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/JL9RWar3cT — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 19, 2022

32km to go: Some 4.5km to the climb, Houle goes 46 seconds clear. Gallopin is reeled in by a group of five – Madouas, Caruso, Jorgenson, Storer and Woods. Van Aert and Vlasov are now in a group of six 1:18 off the front.

🏁 34KM 🇨🇦 @HugoHoule 🇫🇷 @tonygallopin +14" Chasers/Poursuivants +35" Gr. 💚🔴 +57" Gr. 💛 +7'41" #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/u7sz21EbXA — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 19, 2022

34km to go: Up they go again, with the big-time climb of the Mur de Péguère looming. Houle now 25 seconds clear. The yellow jersey group is exactly eight minutes back. Will Pogacar try and press again either side of the peak?

37km to go: As always, the downhills prove as much of a test as the climbs. Houle is on the move up front. He opened up 15 seconds on Tony Gallopin (Trek-Segafredo), who is suddenly on his own around 40 seconds clear of a bunch of five – Madouas, Caruso, Jorgenson, Storer and Woods. Vlasov was there but has fallen away.

Confirmation now emerges that Soler is still there, 36 mins back.

Update: I might have gone a bit early there on Soler …

@stuartgoodwin I see Soler more than 34 minutes back. I have no idea how he hopes to finish within the elimination time. And it's far too late for his team to help him. — Beau Dure 🇺🇦🌈🖖☮️ (@duresport) July 19, 2022

43.5km to go: The effort ebbs again from the defending champion, enabling Thomas to get back on terms. The indication is that Pogacar definitely wants to take time out of his podium rivals today.

46.5km to go: Pogacar hits the top of the climb and goes again! Vingegaard scrambles once more, and gets back on his wheel. Thomas initially wants no part of it this time, on an extremely technical descent. The top two in GC briefly go toe to toe, but Pogacar sees nothing but yellow polyester over his shoulder.

49km to go: Pogacar attacks! All those scratching their heads wanting a move from the Slovenian get what they want as he swings rightwards and slams down the hammer.

But Vingegaard responds, as does Thomas …

53km to go: Am awaiting confirmation, but Soler is no longer being picked up by the official tracking. That might be that for the Spanish rider.

Geschke takes 10 KoM points at the top of Port de Lers, followed by Van Aert (8), McNulty (6), Jorgensen (4), Caruso (2) and Woods (1).

⚪🔴 10 points for the polka dot jersey 🇩🇪 @simongeschke at the Port de Lers. ⚪🔴 10 points pour le @maillotapois au Port de Lers. #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/8CFhagbGHY — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 19, 2022

On the downhill, Dylan Teuns (Bahrain-Victorious) flies down to join the group up front.

54.5km to go: The lead group now numbers seven, and Van Aert is right up there. Caruso, Storer and Woods are also joined by Geschke, McNulty and Jorgensen before the Port de Lers summit.

55.5km to go: Movistar are on the move at the front of the peloton, possibly as a response to the threat posed up the road by Vlasov. Enric Mas started the day in 10th. Teammates Carlos Verona and Gregor Mühlberger join him and they burst 30 seconds clear of the bunch.

57km to go: Green jersey holder Van Aert looks almost terrifyingly at ease in the chase group, possibly wanting to improve the day for Jumbo-Visma.

The group, consisting of Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates), Van Aert, Vlasov (!), Hugo Houle (Israel-Premier Tech) and Geschke are 25 seconds off the front.

60km to go: Caruso, Storer and Woods are now a trio up front.

3⃣ riders in the lead, with the @WoutvanAert group trailing by 1' 3⃣ coureurs en tête à présent, le groupe @WoutvanAert est à 1 minute. 🇮🇹 @CarusoDamiano 🇦🇺 @mjstorer_au 🇨🇦 @rusty_woods #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/jcods0Sbrg — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 19, 2022

Joanna, writing from Turks and Caicos, emails:

“Was just pondering over Soler clearly struggling to stay in the race to potentially aid Pog. If he feels better in coming days and the fact that Rog seemed to have left the tour with a few miles left in him (compounded by Steven crashing and leaving) … Do you think the Rog decision will come back to haunt TJV?”

Soler is now almost 24min off the front. I think immediate concerns for the team is that he ends the day able to get off the bike himself rather than with assistance.

In terms of the context of the race, the 21 stages are always a case of survival of the fittest, and I’m certainly not one to tell anyone feeling the aftershocks of earlier injuries sustained whether they should or shouldn’t grin and bear it through discomfort.

If Pogacar can’t find a way back to yellow, however, team meetings at Jumbo-Visma are going to be moody, no question about that. Anyone betting against him before last Thursday was a very brave individual indeed.

62km to go: Caruso opens up a half-minute gap as the peloton reaches the climb. Vlasov is 56sec back among a group of 14. Michael Storer (Groupama-FDJ) and Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech) are betwixt group and leader.

64km to go: The lead group shatters as the gradient ramps up.

Damiano Caruso (Bahrain-Victorious) makes a break and opens his jersey to more or less wear it as a cape. Straight away on the climb 10 riders are staring at their pedals and rocking alarmingly. Caruso won the Giro di Sicilia in April and looks strong.

⛰ The breakaway has started the climb up the Port de Lers. 🇮🇹 @CarusoDamiano and 🇫🇷 @leGacOlg have attacked. ⛰ L'échappée entame la montée au Port de Lers. 🇮🇹 @CarusoDamiano et 🇫🇷 @leGacOlg ont pris quelque longueurs d'avance. #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/3DLZiRG2xC — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 19, 2022

66km to go: Things get very, very real for those with heavy legs in just over 1km. Soler now 10mins 30 off the back. I’m not sure he’s getting to the downhill on the other side of this climb.

In real-time, Vlasov is more or less level with Pogacar in second on the virtual GC. We’ll get a lot more interested in that if it’s still the case two mountains down the road.

68km to go: Soler-watch: he’s still on the bike, over nine minutes behind the peloton, which is 8:05 behind the lead.

Live-tracking suggests the lead group has already shed a member (now numbers 28) before hitting the serious climb. Unclear who that is at this stage. More will doubtless fall away as the heave increases.

71km to go: Grumbles among the riders in the lead group about the distribution of effort up front. The leaders have been moving upwards for several km now and the real ramp up is imminent.

76km to go: Inbox lights up a bit in relation to Thomas (good afternoons to Pete Younger, James Abbott and Tom Stuart respectively).

All suggesting his waiting game is the right one, which indeed is as the man himself said yesterday .

“Oh come along now Stuart, it’s not as if Thomas is just swanning about out there, he knows what he can and can’t do better than us,” says James.

People only call me Stuart when I’ve been naughty as well, so that’s me told.

“It’s been pretty clear from the racing so far that both Pog and Vingegaard are stronger than him on the climbs,” adds Tom, “and it’s not as if he has an enormous time gap behind him to 4th place on GC. If he wants to win, certainly a big move is needed, but if the people ahead of you don’t show signs of weakness such that the move might stick, then it’s no longer a risk – more like throwing away a podium place.”

“Perhaps on Thursday if there’s no big change ahead of G,” reckons Pete. “But the race may fall into his lap if riders keep withdrawing. These tactics paid off in Tour de Suisse last month after all.”

It’s clear Ineos are absolutely fine with how the stage is panning out, and that doubtless includes Soler’s plight. Whenever there’s an overhead shot the Ineos jerseys leap out in train as a visual demonstration of the strength they still have out there.

80km to go: Reminder: what’s happening to Soler isn’t a sprinter feeling the heat in the hills – he’s seen as a key player in the mountains. He departed last year’s race after a first stage crash.

Peloton 7:37 back, Soler now 13:18 and probably feeling like he’s riding a Raleigh Budgie with hamstrings made of rope.

An important teammate for 🇸🇮 @TamauPogi , 🇪🇸 @solermarc93 is struggling at the back, over 3' behind the Yellow group. Équipier de 🇸🇮 @TamauPogi , 🇪🇸 @solermarc93 connaît des difficultés à l'arrière de la course, avec plus de 3' de retard sur le groupe Maillot Jaune #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/WDWU9RrM6O — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 19, 2022

82km to go: Around 9km to go before the gradient starts to laugh at everyone and say: “Oh yeah, that was the easy bit lads.” And then chortles again twice more further up the road.

Rash prediction: by the peak of Port de Lers, there will not be a lead group of 29 riders.

87.5km to go: Soler’s going to do extremely well to finish today and that’s potentially awful news for his teammate Pogacar. Now 10:34 off the lead and dropping fast. Alberto Contador, on the back of a motorbike for Eurosport, suggests his compatriot looks all but done.

Still no response further back to the lead group challenge being laid down by Vlasov.

90km to go: A glorious sight of the peloton snaking across the full width of the road. They’re 7:28 off the lead group.

We’re in calm before the bleurgh territory for those who fear climbs. Solar is deep in that territory right now however – he’s 1:40 off the back of the bunch. He just cocked the camera operator a snook that suggests he’d much rather they’d just bugger off and shove a lens at someone, anyone else.

The Port de Lers is a gruelling climb, and @JumboVismaRoad are well aware of dangerous it can be In last year's @RondeIsard , their @TJVacademy turned the race upside down and @GLeemreize set the @Strava KOM on his way to 🏆 #TDFdata #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/OtOGgsrepw — letourdata (@letourdata) July 19, 2022

98km to go: The peloton’s over 7 mins back. Dropping off the back alarmingly, Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates, started the stage 79th) – he looks more than a little green around the gills. Imagine taking on a cat 1 climb when you feel rough. Good luck Marc.

Paulo Biriani writes:

“I love Geraint Thomas (as does my wife for a different reason) but can someone just get it through to him that he will need to take a risk if he wants to win rather than waiting and waiting and waiting …”

I don’t have his pager number but it’s a point well made. Ineos look organised today and don’t seem too displeased about how the stage is panning out. It feels hideously unlikely that he can just stay on the coattails of Vingegaard and Pogacar and then overhaul both in Saturday’s time trial, so it feels like he must put in a telling effort at some point. Friday’s flat stage 19?

Local interest corner: As the peloton rolled by the intermediate sprint marker, the official Tour feed offered the splendid titbit that Lavelanet is the hometown of Fabien Barthez – who has apparently been spotted roadside today.

The former France goalkeeper is still enjoying a second wind as a racing driver.

108km to go: With a rise in pace up front for the sprint, the gap to the bunch is up to 6:40. Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe), well in there with the lead group, is now into the top five on virtual GC as things stand.

The Russian rider is no mug, having won the Tour de Romandie and the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana this year. He started the stage 11th, 10:32 off the lead, and all other top 10 GC riders are among the peloton.

Eekhoff takes intermediate sprint

111km to go: Wasn’t an eyeballs-out effort in the end – Van Aert looks like waltzing to another 20 points under minimal pressure before DSM’s Nils Eekhoff almost jokily pulls ahead … and takes the sprint. The Jumbo-Visma rider almost bursts out laughing in response.

112km to go: Green jersey group looks like it will be hitting the sprint with a gap around the 6:25 mark. 1km to go before all hell breaks loose for a bit. Van Aert is very handily positioned.

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2024 Tour de France begins June 29 and includes historic firsts. Everything to know

The Paris Olympics and Paralympics will not be the only prestigious international sporting event held in France this summer. 

The Tour de France, the preeminent event on the men’s cycling calendar, will return for its 111th edition from June 29 to July 21. During the three-week ride, 176 cyclists, representing 22 teams of eight, will complete 21 stages across hilly, flat and mountainous terrain. The course includes a grueling 52,230 meters (over 170,000 feet) of elevation gain and is 3,492 kilometers (2,170 miles) long. The taxing schedule includes only two rest days. 

This year’s race will start in Florence, Italy, and conclude at the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France. It will be the first time the finish line is not in or near Paris because the city will be hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games. And the first time since 1975 the race will not finish on the Champs-Élysées.

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The final stage will also break from tradition as it will be one of two time trial stages, which means the leader could be determined in the final leg. The last time the Tour de France ended with a time trial was in 1989.

In addition to Italy and France, the route passes through San Marino and Monaco. The route is famous for its picturesque scenery, from quaint rural villages to the towering Alps. 

Each stage is timed, and the rider with the lowest cumulative time across all stages wins the acclaimed maillot jaune, or yellow jersey, to signify the general classification winner. Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, 27, hopes to seek a coveted three-peat but is still working his way back from a serious crash that hospitalized him for 12 days in April. If he does race, he will face fierce competition from a talented field that includes 2020 and 2021 winner Tadej Pogača of Slovenia.

Separate awards are also given to the best sprinter, climber and young cyclist. 

Sepp Kuss, who finished as the top American in 12th place at last year’s Tour de France, is also set to return. Like last year, he will race on the same team as Vingegaard. 

How to watch the 2024 Tour de France live

All stages of the Tour de France, as well as pre- and post-race coverage, will be available to stream live on Peacock. USA Network will also stream some of the stages. 

NBC will simultaneously broadcast select stages of the event. 

Stage 1 will begin June 29 at 6 a.m. ET. The rest of the stages typically start between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. ET. 

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How to watch the 2024 Tour de France | Live streams, broadcasters, plus stage start and end times

How to watch this year’s Tour in the UK, US and Australia

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It's almost time to throw your winter and spring fitness out of the window, as you settle in to sit on the couch watching three weeks of wall-to-wall coverage of the 2024 Tour de France – plus another week in August for the Tour de France Femmes.

This year, there's something a little different on offer with the Grand Départ in Florence, and another three Italian stage starts before the race enters France.

Although it skirts Paris, this time the race never makes it to the Champs-Élysées, heading back south to finish in Nice.

If you’ve got five-plus hours to spend each day, you can watch the entire men's race end-to-end in many territories. For the more time-pressed, plenty of highlight options compress the day’s action into an hour or so.

If you’re really stuck for time, daily five-minute highlights on the Le Tour website – which are also posted to YouTube – will keep you abreast of all the action.

Unlike many other big cycling races, terrestrial broadcasters pay attention to the Tour de France, so you can watch at least some of it subscription-free in most territories. There's a full list of broadcasters by country on the official Le Tour site.

There’s also the option to use a VPN to stream from a country with free terrestrial coverage, although most VPNs with decent geographic reach and streaming speeds will require a subscription – and you may have to listen to commentary in French.

How can I watch the Tour de France live in the UK?

In the UK, ITV4 and Eurosport/Discovery+ are broadcasting live. ITV4 is free to air, as is S4C for Welsh speakers.

Eurosport requires a subscription at £6.99 per month or £59.99 per year.

There's coverage on TG4 in the Republic of Ireland.

All of the above offer evening highlights and analysis of the day’s action too.

How can I watch the Tour de France live in the US?

Viewers in the US can enjoy daily coverage on NBC Sports and Peacock. You can watch on NBC on demand too – there's no additional charge above your cable, satellite or telco TV provider's subscription cost.

Peacock access requires a subscription to its premium tier, priced at $5.99 plus tax per month. There's currently a deal at $19.99 for a year's access for new subscribers.

How can I watch the Tour de France live in Australia?

Cycling fans in Australia can enjoy every stage live on SBS . Handily, there’s a free on-demand service if you’re not an insomniac, while there are daily highlights on the SBS Sport website. There's coverage and more on the SBS Tour Tracker app too.

Stages and start times

Like the race itself, stage start times are a moveable feast, with starts as early as 11.15am CET and as late as 2.40pm CET.

End times will vary significantly too, depending on stage length, how hard the terrain is and how fast it’s ridden.

Fortunately, the Tour de France has organised a few of these races before, so it has a pretty good idea of when the first riders are likely to reach the finish.

Again, that’s highly variable – anything from 4.28pm CET to 7.30pm CET – so you need to be on your toes to make sure you're watching early enough not to miss the end-stage action.

Here’s a table, taken from the official Le Tour website, of expected start and end times for each stage. If you want to see particular action, the time the race is expected to reach intermediate points is set out on the site too, right down to railway level crossings and tiny villages in la France profonde .

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This year’s edition starts in Italy and features one of the toughest opening stages ever, a 206-kilometer ride from Florence to Rimini taking riders through the heart of the Apennine mountains.

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The Tour de France was first raced in 1903 when journalist (and former bike racer) Henri Desgrange organized the event to promote L’Auto-Vélo, a French sporting newspaper that he edited–and is known today as L’Equipe. The newspaper was actually printed on yellow paper, which fuels one of the narratives surrounding the origins of the maillot jaune . That year’s Tour covered 2,428 km (1,509 mi) spread over just six stages–the average stage length was about 405 km (251 mi)–and only 21 of the original 60 starters finished the inaugural event.

Despite the low number of finishers, the event was an overwhelming success, and the Tour has since become one of the largest sporting events in the world, an event for which teams with multi-million dollar budgets spend years trying to win. For the riders, just a single stage win or day in the yellow jersey is a career-defining achievement. Riders who win the overall title–even just once–go down in history.

This year’s race covers 3,492 km (2,165 mi) spread over 21 stages, with eight days for the sprinters, two individual time trials, seven mountain stages, and about four stages for the punchy opportunists who head up the road in search of “do-or-die” breakaway stage victories–we love those guys.

Here’s everything you need to know about the 2024 Tour de France:

The route of the 2024 Tour de France is unlike any we’ve ever seen, mainly because it’s bookended by two of the biggest “firsts” in the event’s 110-year history: it’s the first to begin in Italy and the first to end outside of Paris (in Nice).

The Tour begins in Florence on Saturday, June 29th, the first of three-and-a-half stages in Italy. And we’re expecting fireworks right away: Stages 1 and 2 are two of the toughest opening stages we’ve ever seen, even harder than the opening stages of last year’s Tour, which took place in the hilly Basque region of northern Spain.

After a day for the sprinters on Stage 3, Stage 4 begins in Pinerolo and brings the race back into France via the 2,642m Col du Galibier. The second-highest climb in this year’s race, the first rider to the summit will win a cash prize given each year in honor of Degrange. By the end of one of the earliest mountain stages in Tour history, the GC battle will be in full swing.

The sprinters will then get two more chances as the race heads north. But the GC battle will resume on Friday, July 5th, with Stage 7, the first of two individual time trials in this year’s Tour. The first week ends with Sunday’s Stage 9, an exciting stage featuring 14 sections of white gravel roads through France’s Champagne region. This will be the first gravel stage in the history of the men’s Tour de France–the women completed a gravel stage of their own through the region in 2022.

After the Tour’s first Rest Day, the race resumes on Tuesday, July 9th, and begins a southwesterly trip–through the Massif Central, which hosts a rugged finish to Stage 11–toward the Pyrenees. Along the way, the sprinters will have a few more opportunities to win a stage before the high mountains return over the weekend.

And they return in a big way, with back-to-back hors categorie (“beyond category”) summit finishes in the mountains that form the border between France and Spain. Saturday’s Stage 12 takes the riders over the Tourmalet–which Desgrange first thought was too hard for the Tour de France–and ends with a finish at the Pla d'Adet ski resort, while Sunday’s Stage 13 ends on the Plateau de Beille–after almost 198km of racing.

As if the mountains aren’t enough cause for excitement, it’s also a holiday weekend: Sunday is Bastille Day–July 14th–so expect the roads on both days to be packed with “festive” fans. By the end of the day, the list of riders capable of winning the 2024 Tour de France will be much shorter than it was a week prior.

The Tour’s third and final week takes the race back east, where an Alpine finale looms. In all, the riders will spend four days in the mountains during the third week, first in the high Alps–with summit finishes at the end of Stage 17 ( at Superdévoluy) and Stage 19 (at Isola 2000). And don’t snooze on Thursday’s Stage 18, a saw-toothed stage from Gap to Barcelonnette that’s filled with short, jagged climbs and could be the perfect place for an ambush–or a Hail Mary–before the final weekend.

But this year’s final weekend is not what we’ve come to expect from Tours of the past. With the Summer Olympics beginning in Paris just five days after the end of the race, this year’s Tour skips its traditional finish on the Champs Elysees and instead finishes in Nice–after the hardest final weekend we’ve seen in decades.

The weekend opens on Saturday, July 20th, with Stage 20, a short but intense stage through the maritime Alps featuring four categorized ascents, including a summit finish on the Category 1 Col de la Couillole.

And just in case that doesn’t settle things, Sunday’s Stage 21 certainly will, as–for the first time in 35 years–the Tour de France ends with an individual time trial. And it’s a hard one: a 33.7 km race against the clock that takes the riders over the Col d'Èze, a tough Category 2 ascent that always features in the final stage of March’s Paris-Nice, an 8-day stage race that Tour contenders often use to build form during the first part of their seasons.

This might bode well for American fans–for two reasons. First, the last time the Tour de France ended with an individual time trial, American Greg Lemond defeated France’s Laurent Fignon–who entered the day wearing the yellow jersey–to win the Tour by eight seconds.

And this year’s winner of Paris-Nice–which finished with a stage over the Col d'Èze–was American Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), a 24-year-old from Idaho who took the yellow jersey on that final stage. Jorgenson will be lining up at this year’s Tour; could history repeat itself? We can’t wait to find out.

When it comes to watching the Tour de France, you’ve got lots of options. NBC’s Peacock ($5.99/month or $59.99/year) streams all events organized by A.S.O., which means you can watch the Tour de France now and then the Tour de France Femmes in August. (And if you’re looking for ad-free coverage, you’ll need a subscription to Peacock Premium Plus, which runs $11.99 per month or $119.99 for the year.)

The Peacock app is available on Roku, Apple devices, Android and AndroidTV devices, Google platforms, Chromecast, Xbox consoles, PlayStation 4 and 5 consoles, 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. EDT, so 9-to-5ers will likely need to record each stage and watch later. (Check the full schedule for details.)

If you’re in Canada, FloBikes ($29.99/month CDN) is the best way to watch the Tour de France. All 21 stages are available live and on-demand on FloBikes.com, the FloSports iOS app, and the FloSports app for Amazon FireTV, Roku, and Apple TV.

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) won the 2023 Tour de France, defeating Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) to defend his title from 2022. The two champions engaged in a tense battle during the first two weeks of the race and entered the second Rest Day separated by just ten seconds on the Tour’s General Classification.

But Vingegaard exploded at the start of the third week, crushing Pogačar in an individual time trial on Stage 16 and then dropping him in the Alps on Stage 17. In just two stages, the Dane’s lead went from ten seconds to more than seven minutes. Pogačar saved face by winning Stage 20, but for the second year in a row, the winner of back-to-back Tours in 2020 and 2021 was forced to settle for second place–and the white jersey as the Tour’s Best Young Rider. Pogačar’s teammate, Great Britain’s Adam Yates–won Stage 1 and wore the Tour’s first yellow jersey–finished third overall.

Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) was without question the Tour’s best sprinter. The Belgian won four stages and ran away with the green jersey as the winner of the Tour’s Points Classification. Italy’s Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) won the polka dot jersey as the Tour’s King of the Mountains.

Jonas Vingegaard-Hansen (Visma-Lease a Bike)

At this point in time, we’re waiting to hear if Vingegaard will even be starting this year’s Tour de France. The defending champion was one of several Tour favorites taken down in a massive crash at the Tour of the Basque Country in early April. The Dane spent twelve days in the hospital after breaking several bones and suffering a punctured lung in the fall and only resumed training a few weeks ago. Visma-Lease a Bike recently said he has a 50-50 chance of starting the race, but only will do so if the team feels he’s 100% ready to challenge for a third consecutive victory.

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)

The uncertainty surrounding Vingegaard’s participation makes Pogačar the top favorite. The Slovenian won back-to-back Tours in 2020 and 2021 and scored back-to-back second-place finishes behind the Dane in 2022 and 2023. He’s been training since winning six stages and the General Classification at the recent Giro d’Italia and looks on track to become the first rider since Italy’s Marco Pantani (in 1998) to win the Giro-Tour double.

Primož Roglič (BORA-hansgrohe) and Remco Evenepoel (Soudal–Quick-Step)

Vingegaard wasn’t the only Tour contender who went down in that terrible crash at the Tour of the Basque Country: Slovenia’s Primož Roglič–who was leading the race at the time–and Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel were victims as well, and both riders immediately abandoned the race. Roglič injured his knee–but suffered no major injuries–but Evenepoel needed surgery after breaking his clavicle and scapula.

Unlike Vingegaard, both riders were able to get back to training relatively quickly, and they both competed at the recent Critérium du Dauphiné . Roglič won two stages and the General Classification despite almost cracking at the end of the final stage. Evenepoel won the Dauphiné’s only individual time trial, but showed he still has some room to improve after fading in the mountains. He finished the race in seventh place overall.

Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS Grenadiers)

Rodríguez, who won a stage and finished fifth in last year’s Tour de France, won the final stage and finished fourth overall at the Dauphiné, the latest in a series of high-stage race finishes for the 23-year-old. He’ll likely be joining Colombia’s Egan Bernal (who won the Tour in 2019) and Great Britain’s Geraint Thomas (Who won the Tour in 2018) on the starting line in Florence to form one of the deepest eight-rider line-ups in this year’s race.

Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike)

If Vingegaard proves unable to start the Tour, don’t be surprised if Visma-Lease a Bike turns to Matteo Jorgenson to lead the team in his place. After winning Paris-Nice and Dwars door Vlaanderen in March, the American spent much of April and all of May at training camps, building form for the summer.

Well, it must’ve worked, as the 24-year-old nearly snatched the Dauphiné from Roglič after riding away with Rodríguez at the end of the final day. In the end, he lost the race by only eight seconds–another interesting coincidence given Lemond’s margin of victory at the Tour in 1989.

The American has never captained a team at the Tour de France, but he raced the French grand tour in 2022 and 2023–so he at least knows what the Tour’s pressure-cooker atmosphere feels like. And he should benefit from the presence of his teammate Sepp Kuss , the American who shockingly won last year’s Vuelta a España and played a pivotal role in each of the six grand Tours won by the team prior to his own victory at the Vuelta last September.

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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 Tuscany 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.

In this case, a VPN service will come in handy, allowing your computer to pretend it's home and let you log into your streaming accounts to catch all of the racing action.

Our colleagues at TechRadar thoroughly tested several VPN services and came up with a few great recommendations below.

1. NordVPN - get the world's favorite VPN We've put all the major VPNs through their paces and we rate NordVPN as the best for streaming Netflix as our top pick, thanks to its speed, ease of use and strong security features. It's also compatible with just about any streaming device out there, including Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Xbox and PlayStation, as well as Android and Apple mobiles.

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PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Matthieu Pavon’s confidence had taken a hit in recent weeks after two straight missed cuts, a hiccup in what had otherwise been a strong first season on the PGA Tour.

“To be fair,” the 31-year-old Frenchman said, “it wasn’t the highest so far this season.”

Some extra work on his putting before the U.S. Open changed that trajectory, and on Thursday he became the first player to have multiple eagles (two) in an Open round at the Pinehurst No. 2 course that also hosted in 1999, 2005 and 2014. He closed with a 3-under 67, sending him to the clubhouse just two shots behind leader Patrick Cantlay from the morning half of the draw.

It was another highlight in what has been an eventful past year, which included becoming the first French player since World War II to win a PGA Tour event when he closed with a birdie to win at Torrey Pines in January . He missed the cut at last month’s PGA Championship and at last week’s Memorial.

“You know you’re going to make mistakes, but it’s all about avoiding big numbers,” Pavon said. “And obviously I made my four best swings of the day on the par 5s and dropped two putts, so it gave me a nice two eagles. It gave me a little bit of freedom today.”

He played like he felt it, too, on the Donald Ross-designed course known for its domed greens and sandy areas featuring native plants instead of traditional rough.

The highlights came in the first 10 holes, starting when he hit a 4-iron approach on the 582-yard fifth to set up an 18-foot putt for the first eagle. After a birdie on No. 8, he struck again at the 619-yard 10th, using a 3-wood on his second shot to set up a 27-foot putt. Pavon sent the ball smoothly rolling toward the cup before it caught the left lip and dropped.

At that point, Pavon was 5-under and in sole possession of the lead while marking the seventh time a player had two eagles in a U.S. Open round since 2000. Not bad for a guy who had only made one cut in three previous appearances.

“It’s funny because (eagles) pretty much come when you don’t really expect them,” Pavon said.

Then again, it sounds like he had done the homework to be ready when the opportunity came.

Pavon said putting coach Jon Karlsen came to see him in Florida about two weeks ago for pre-Open work, tweaking their approach to prepare for greens Pavon described as “faster, slopier, grainier — nothing that I really experienced in Europe.”

“It’s not really technical,” Pavon said of the adjustments. “It’s more about seeing breaks because when it’s slower, when you have less break, the ball doesn’t move as much as here. Here, it’s really steep, it’s fast, it’s grainy so the ball moves quite a lot.”

Consider it part of the learning curve for a player who has made some big leaps in the past year. That included claiming his first European tour victory at the Spanish Open in October , and then closing with four straight birdies at the DP World Championship in Dubai — the last being enough to earn his PGA Tour card.

Now, he has a chance this weekend to add to a short U.S. resume, one headlined by that January win as well as finishing tied for 12th at the Masters.

“My game this year is quite good overall,” Pavon said. “I had a few weeks down, but it happens in a year. Yeah, you have stuff that you have to adjust for the PGA Tour. I wasn’t like, let’s say, fully prepared for this. Short game needs to be really tighter here. This is where I can see the biggest difference.”

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UEFA EURO 2024 fixtures and results: When and where are the matches?

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

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UEFA EURO 2024 kicked off on Friday 14 June and ends with the final in Berlin on Sunday 14 July. See dates, venues and schedule.

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Check out the full UEFA EURO 2024 final tournament schedule below. All kick-off times are CEST.

When are the EURO 2024 matches?

Group stage.

14 Jun e Group A : Germany 5-1 Scotland ( Munich )

15 June A : Hungary 1-3 Switzerland ( Cologne ) B : Spain 3-0 Croatia ( Berlin ) B : Italy 2-1 Albania ( Dortmund )

16 June D : Poland 1-2 Netherlands ( Hamburg ) C : Slovenia 1-1 Denmark ( Stuttgart ) C : Serbia 0-1 England ( Gelsenkirchen )

17 June E : Romania 3-0 Ukraine ( Munich ) E : Belgium 0-1 Slovakia ( Frankfurt ) D : Austria 0-1 France ( Düsseldorf )

18 June F : Türkiye 3-1 Georgia ( Dortmund) F : Portugal 2-1 Czechia ( Leipzig )

19 June B : Croatia 2-2 Albania ( Hamburg ) A : Germany 2-0 Hungary ( Stuttgart ) A : Scotland 1-1 Switzerland ( Cologne )

20 June C : Slovenia vs Serbia ( Munich , 15:00) C : Denmark vs England ( Frankfurt , 18:00) B : Spain vs Italy ( Gelsenkirchen , 21:00)

21 June E : Slovakia vs Ukraine ( Düsseldorf , 15:00) D : Poland vs Austria ( Berlin , 18:00) D : Netherlands vs France ( Leipzig , 21:00)

22 June F : Georgia vs Czechia ( Hamburg , 15:00) F : Türkiye vs Portugal ( Dortmund , 18:00) E : Belgium vs Romania ( Cologne , 21:00)

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23 June A : Switzerland vs Germany ( Frankfurt , 21:00) A : Scotland vs Hungary ( Stuttgart , 21:00)

24 June B : Croatia vs Italy ( Leipzig , 21:00) B : Albania vs Spain ( Düsseldorf , 21:00)

25 June D : Netherlands vs Austria ( Berlin , 18:00) D : France vs Poland ( Dortmund , 18:00) C : England vs Slovenia ( Cologne , 21:00) C : Denmark vs Serbia ( Munich , 21:00)

26 June E : Slovakia vs Romania ( Frankfurt , 18:00) E : Ukraine vs Belgium ( Stuttgart , 18:00) F : Czechia vs Türkiye ( Hamburg , 21:00) F : Georgia vs Portugal ( Gelsenkirchen , 21:00)

Rest days on 27 and 28 June

When does the EURO 2024 round of 16 start?

29 June 38 2A vs 2B ( Berlin , 18:00) 37 1A vs 2C ( Dortmund , 21:00)

30 June 40 1C vs 3D/E/F ( Gelsenkirchen , 18:00) 39 1B vs 3A/D/E/F ( Cologne , 21:00)

1 July 42 2D vs 2E ( Düsseldorf , 18:00) 41 1F vs 3A/B/C ( Frankfurt , 21:00)

2 July 43 1E vs 3A/B/C/D ( Munich , 18:00) 44 1D vs 2F ( Leipzig , 21:00)

Rest days on 3 and 4 July

When do the EURO 2024 quarter-finals start?

5 July 45 W39 vs W37 ( Stuttgart , 18:00) 46 W41 vs W42 ( Hamburg , 21:00)

6 July 48 W40 vs W38 ( Düsseldorf , 18:00) 47 W43 vs W44 ( Berlin , 21:00)

Rest days on 7 and 8 July

When do the EURO 2024 semi-finals start?

9 July 49 W45 vs W46 ( Munich , 21:00)

10 July 50 W47 vs W48 ( Dortmund , 21:00)

Rest days on 11, 12 and 13 July

When is the EURO 2024 final?

14 July W49 vs W50 ( Berlin , 21:00)

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