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The 109th edition of the Tour de France starts from Copenhagen, Denmark, on Friday, July 1, 2022, and finishes on the Champs-Elysées in Paris on Sunday, July 24. On the program: 3328 km, 21 stages, 3 rest days, 6 mountain stages, 29 climbs of second, first, or hors catégorie, 5 summit finishes, but also a passage over the cobbled roads of the North. Find the main outlines of the route, as well as the details of the stages and the TV broadcast times for the 2022 Tour de France.

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How to follow the 2022 Tour de France on TV?

The 2022 Tour de France is broadcast live on France Télévisions and Eurosport. Stages generally start between 12 PM and 1:30 PM and finish around 5:30 PM. You can also find delayed broadcasts on Eurosport 1 and 2.

For France Télévisions (France 2 and France 3), the team consists of Alexandre Pasteur, Marion Rousse, and Laurent Jalabert on commentary, accompanied by Franck Ferrand for the heritage aspect, and Benoît Durand, Nicolas Geay, and Thomas Voeckler on motorcycles. Laurent Luyat and Yoann Offredo return every evening to review the stage in the show Vélo Club. Finally, the show TLS Tour de France, presented by Fabien Lévêque, provides an update on all the day’s news (Monday to Thursday at 8:45 PM and Fridays and Saturdays at 8:10 PM).

The 2022 Tour de France can also be watched live and in full on all Eurosport platforms: Eurosport 1, the Eurosport app, and Eurosport.fr. Commentary is provided by Guillaume Di Grazia with Jacky Durand and Steve Chainel every day, and by David Moncoutié for the mountain stages. Louis-Pierre Frileux and Florian Pigeon are the special correspondents on the race. Throughout the race, the show Les Rois de la Pédale can be followed before and after each stage with Géraldine Weber and Lesly Boitrelle, featuring reactions, expert analysis, debates, and behind-the-scenes content.

An unprecedented Grand Départ in Denmark for the 2022 Tour de France

The Tour de France was already supposed to start from Denmark in 2021, but the management of the Grande Boucle preferred to postpone it due to the pandemic. On July 1, the Tour de France will start for the first time in its history from Denmark with a 13 km individual time trial in Copenhagen. The next day, the route promises to be dangerous for the general classification contenders, with 18 km on the bridge connecting the island of Zealand to Funen, over the Baltic Sea, with possible echelons. For the third stage between Vejle and Sønderborg, the peloton will cross the region from north to south, with a probable sprint finish. The peloton will then fly to France and enjoy a first rest day on Monday, July 4.

The Tour then makes its big return to the North, with a stage that promises to be spectacular between Lille and Arenberg on July 6, featuring the mythical cobbles of Paris-Roubaix.

The East of France takes center stage

After the North, it’s time for the East. The seventh stage will see the riders arrive at La Super Planche des Belles Filles, a classic of the Grande Boucle, barely 48 hours after the cobbles. After two hilly stages in Lausanne and Châtel, the riders will enjoy their second rest day before tackling an epic week in the Alps.

The Altiport de Megève, the Col du Granon, and Alpe d’Huez will be the scene of three successive summit finishes.

Then the race will head towards the South of France through its central part, with a finish in Saint-Etienne on July 15, and in Mende on July 16, at the top of the Montée Jalabert (3 km at 10%). After a finish in Carcassonne the next day, the riders will enjoy their third rest day on July 18.

The Pyrenees in the final week of the 2022 Tour de France

After a finish in Foix, the 17th stage promises to be epic between Saint-Gaudens and Peyragudes with the Col d’Aspin (12 km, 6.5%), Hourquette d’Ancizan (8.2 km, 5.1%), the Col de Val Louron-Azet (10.7 km, 6.8%), and the climb to Peyragudes (8 km, 7.8%).

The next day, the peloton will connect Lourdes to Hautacam, for another summit finish, with the Col d’Aubisque (16.4 km, 7.1%), the Col de Spandelles (10.3 km, 8.3%) and Hautacam (13.6 km at 7.8%) for a grandiose finale.

Finally, after a finish in Cahors, the last rendezvous of the 2022 Tour de France will be between Lacapelle-Marival and Rocamadour, for a 40 km individual time trial, the day before the arrival in Paris.

The profiles, maps, and climbs of the 2022 Tour de France stages