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Tour de France Opens on All-French Route with Pogačar Favored and Vingegaard Confident

Stage 1’s flat sprint in Lille will decide the first yellow jersey with live coverage on SBS, TNT Sports, free-to-air ITV4, ITVX.

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XDS Astana Team's Italian rider Davide Ballerini (C) and UAE Team Emirate - XRG team's Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar (R) cycle with the pack of riders (peloton) during the 1st stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 184.9 km starting and finishing in Lille Metropole, northern France, on July 5, 2025.
Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia and Marc Soler of Spain and UAE Team Emirates - XRG during the 112th Tour de France 2025, training UAE Team Emirates - XRG / #UCIWT / on July 03, 2025 in Lille, France.

Overview

  • The 112th Tour de France runs July 5–27 entirely on French soil for the first time since 2020, covering 21 stages from Lille through the Pyrenees and Alps to a final-day Montmartre loop before the Champs-Élysées finish.
  • Three-time defending champion Tadej Pogačar arrives off a Giro-Tour double as the overwhelming favorite to claim a record fourth yellow jersey.
  • Two-time winner Jonas Vingegaard, recovered from last year’s crash, says he has never been stronger and aims to challenge Pogačar in the high mountains.
  • Stage 1’s 184.9 km route around Lille is predicted to end in a mass sprint, with sprinters such as Jasper Philipsen, Tim Merlier and Jonathan Milan targeting the inaugural maillot jaune.
  • Broadcasters have finalized multi-platform coverage for Australia and the UK in what will be the last year of free-to-air ITV4 transmission, alongside streaming on SBS On Demand and discovery+ via TNT Sports.