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Tour de France on TV and Stream
The Tour de France is considered to be the most prestigious cycling tournament in the world, and many cyclists vie viciously against one another to wear the much-coveted yellow jersey. But, what exactly is so special about this race? And, what makes it such an exciting sport on TV today? Check out our frequently updated TV sport schedule right here!
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TOUR DE FRANCE SQUADS
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Tour de France 2022 Teams
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UAE-Team Emirates
1. George Bennett
2. Marc Hirschi
3. Rafal Majka
4. Brandon McNulty
5. Tadej Pogačar
6. Marc Soler
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Team Jumbo-Visma
11. Primoz Roglic
12. Robert Gesing
13. Steven Kruijswijk
14. Sepp Kuss
15. Tony Martin
16. Mike Teunissen
17. Wout van Aert
18. Jonas Vingegaard -
INEOS Grenadiers
21. Geraint Thomas
22. Richard Carapaz
23. Jonathan Castroviejo
24. Tao Geoghegan Hart
25. Michal Kwiatkowski
26. Richie Porte
27. Luke Rowe
28. Dylan van Baarle -
Israel Start-Up Nation
31. Chris Froome
32. Guillaume Boivin
33. Omer Goldstein
34. André Greipel
35. Reto Hollenstein
36. Dan Martin
37. Michael Woods
38. Rick Zabel -
Trek - Segafredo
41. Vincenzo Nibali
42. Julien Bernard
43. Kenny Elissonde
44. Bauke Mollema
45. Mads Pedersen
46. Toms Skujins
47. Jasper Stuyven
48. Edward Theuns -
Deceuninck - Quick Step
51. Julian Alaphilippe
52. Kasper Asgreen
53. Davide Ballerini
54. Mattia Cattaneo
55. Mark Cavendish
56. Tim Declercq
57. Dries Devenyns
58. Michael Mørkøv -
Movistar Team
61. Miguel Ángel López
62. Jorge Arcas
63. Imanol Erviti
64. Iván García Cortina
65. Enric Mas
66. Marc Soler
67. Alejandro Valverde
68. Carlos Verona -
BORA - hansgrohe
71. Peter Sagan
72. Emanuel Buchmann
73. Wilco Kelderman
74. Patrick Konrad
75. Daniel Oss
76. Nils Politt
77. Lukas Pöstlberger
78. Ide Schelling -
Groupama - FDJ
81. David Gaudu
82. Bruno Armirail
83. Arnaud Démare
84. Jacopo Guarnieri
85. Ignatas Konovalovas
86. Stefan Küng
87. Valentin Madouas
88 Miles Scotson -
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
91. Guillaume Martin
92. Rubén Fernández
93. Simon Geschke
94. Jesús Herrada
95. Christophe Laporte
96. Anthony Perez
97. Pierre-Luc Périchon
98. Jelle Wallays -
Alpecin-Fenix
101. Mathieu van der Poel
102. Silvan Dillier
103. Tim Merlier
104. Xandro Meurisse
105. Jasper Philipsen
106. Jonas Rickaert
107. Kristian Sbaragly
108. Petr Vakoc -
EF Education - Nippo
111. Rigoberto Urán
112. Stefan Bissegger
113. Ruben Guerreiro
114. Sergio Higuita
115 Michael Valgren
116 Magnus Cort
117 Neilson Powless
118. Michael Woods -
AG2R Citroën Team
121. Benoît Cosnefroy
122. Dorian Godon
123. Oliver Naesen
124. Ben O’Connor
125. Aurélien Paret-Peintre
126. Nans Peters
127. Michael Schär
129. Greg Van Avermaet -
Team Arkéa Samsic
131. Warren Barguil
132. Nacer Bouhanni
133. Anthony Delaplace
134. Élie Gesbert
135. Daniel McLay
136. Nairo Quintana
137. Clément Russo
138 Connor Swift -
Team DSM
141. Søren Kragh Andersen
142. Tiesj Benoot
143. Cees Bol
144. Mark Donovan
145. Nils Eekhoff
146. Joris Nieuwenhuis
147. Casper Pedersen
148. Jasha Sütterlin -
Lotto Soudal
151. Caleb Ewan
152. Jasper De Buyst
153. Thomas De Gendt
154. Philippe Gilbert
155. Roger Kluge
156. Harry Sweeny
157. Tosh Van der Sande
158. Brent Van Moer -
Bahrain - Victorious
161. Jack Haig
162. Pello Bilbao
163. Sonny Colbrelli
164. Marco Haller
165. Matej Mohoric
166. Wout Poels
167. Dylan Teuns
168. Fred Wright -
Team BikeExchange
171. Michael Matthews
172. Esteban Chaves
173. Luke Durbridge
174. Lucas Hamilton
175. Amund Grøndahl Jansen
176. Christopher Juul-Jensen
177. Luka Mezgec
178. Simon Yates -
Astana - Premier Tech
181. Jakob Fuglsang
182. Alex Aranburu
183. Stefan de Bod
184. Omar Fraile
185. Dmitriy Gruzdev
186. Hugo Houle
187. Ion Izagirre
188. Alexey Lutsenko -
Team Qhubeka ASSOS
191. Sergio Henao
192. Carlos Barbero
193. Sean Bennett
194. Victor Campenaerts
195. Simon Clarke
196. Nic Dlamini
197. Michael Gogl
198. Max Walscheid -
Team TotalEnergies
201. Pierre Latour
202. Edvald Boasson Hagen
203. Jérémy Cabot
204. Victor de la Parte
205. Faien Doubey
206. Cristián Rodríguez
207. Julien Simon
208. Anthony Turgis -
Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux
211. Louis Meintjes
212 Jan Bakelants
213 Jonas Koch
214. Lorenzo Rota
215. Boy van Poppel
216. Danny van Poppel
217. Loïc Vliegen
219. Georg Zimmermann -
B&B Hotels p/b KTM
221 Bryan Coquard
222. Cyril Barthe
223. Franck Bonnamour
224. Maxime Chevalier
225. Cyril Gautier
226. Cyril Lemoine
227. Quentin Pacher
228. Pierre Rolland
Historical Background
The Tour de France is part of a series of 3-week-long races known as The Grand Tours. The Grand Tours are the only races that are allowed to last longer than 14 days, and apart from the Tour de France, there are the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España.
Whilst each one of The Grand Tours is pretty significant, the Tour de France is considered the most important out of the 3, to the extent that it's even considered to be the most important cycling race on the globe. This is partly because the Tour de France is the oldest of The Grand Tours.
The Tour de France premiered in 1903 as a 6-day race, in hopes of increasing sales of the now-defunct sports newspaper known as L'Auto. The race was a tremendous success and sales of L'Auto skyrocketed. This eventually led to the race being extended and improved upon, until it came to be what we know and love today!
Classifications
Classifications are the competitions that the race presents to its participants to win awards. There are 4 main classifications, which are: the general classification, the mountain classification, the points classification, and the young riders classification.
The general classification is the most important and oldest of all the classifications. The general classification is awarded to the riders who finish all of the stages in the least amount of time; the winners of this classification get to wear the illustrious yellow jersey!
The mountain classification, introduced in 1933, is given to riders who earn the most points from clearing the climbs along the race. Points are given to the first riders to make the climb, according to the steepness of the climb. The winner dons a polka dot jersey and is called the King (or Queen) of the Mountains!
The points classification, added in 1953, is awarded to riders who earn the most points from finishing stages, and 'sprint points' first. Points are awarded according to the type of stage riders accomplish. The winner of this classification wears the green jersey!
The young riders classification, added in 1975 but amended in 1987 to its current form, is reserved for cyclists that are under the age of 26. The winner of this classification is determined in the same way as the general classification, and is awarded the white jersey!
Broadcasting
The domestic rights for broadcasting are held by France 2 and France 3, which are French public national television channels. These channels then also sell their coverage of the Tour de France to other channels, including NBC, ITV4, and Eurosport! Be sure to tune in to watch the Tour de France!
Culture
The Tour de France is easily one of the most popular sporting events in the world! This can be seen in the culture that's been created around the sport by devoted fans! For example, Ernest Hemingway mentioned the race and Ottavio Bottecchia, the first Italian winner, in his book The Sun Also Rises!
The best example of a devoted fan is Didi Senft, also known as Didi the Devil, who appears going about the Tour de France (and the Giro d'Italia!) in a red devil's costume painting the roads with tridents! Senft has been doing this since 1993 and has become a beloved part of the race!
Doping and Deaths
Sadly, the use of performance-enhancing drugs has happened in about every sport at some point or another of its history. It has unfortunately happened in the Tour de France, and, in fact, it has a long history of people being caught using or allegedly having used such substances.
The most infamous case of doping in the history of the Tour de France is Lance Armstrong, who was considered the most successful cyclist of all time for winning the race 7 times in a row. That was until evidence came to light that proved Armstrong was doping during his cycling career, and he was stripped of his victories.
Saddest of all are the deaths that happened during the race, whether from accidents or drug abuse. The only recorded drug-related death happened in 1967, when Tom Simpson's heart gave out from amphetamine usage. Other deaths happened through accidents, like when Fabio Casartelli crashed in 1995 whilst going 88km/h.
Notable Records
Let's turn away from the grim side of things and get back to the excitement! No TV sport article would be complete without mentioning some of the records that have been set in the sport! Firstly, we have Eddy Merckx's impressive record of being the only cyclist to win all of the classifications in the same year, in 1969!
Although he didn't win the young riders classification (it didn't yet exist), he won the mountain classification, the points classification, the combination classification, the combativity award, and the general classification all in the same race! Wow, that's amazing!
Only 2 riders have ever won the Tour de France, but never wore the yellow jersey until it was over! These were Jean Robic, and Jan Janssen! And, only 3 riders, Maurice Garin, Ottavio Bottecchia, and Nicolas Frantz, have ever won the race whilst also being in the lead of every stage!
The Riders That Outran Them All
But, what about the best of the best to ever enter the Tour de France? Don't worry, we've got that covered too! There are 4 great names that must be mentioned, which are: Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault. and Miguel Indurain! These are some of the greatest riders to ever pick up a bicycle, and each one has won the Tour de France 5 times, with Jacques Anquetil being the first rider to do so!
The End of the Tour
Well, this brings us to a close, but what a ride that was, huh? We bet that you can't wait to watch the Tour de France on TV! It's definitely one of the most exciting live sports on TV today! Simply tune in to the channels we mentioned above and enjoy!
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