The 2018 Tour de France could be the most intriguing edition of the years. Many years. Let's quickly go over the reasons.
Chris Froome is in the running to join the Five Jersey Jersey Club, matching the non-asterisk record.
Speaking of asterisks, Froome was briefly ruled out of the Tour because of a miraculous doping investigation. He was whitened five days before stage 1.
Froome also has a win in the legs of the Giro d'Italia, which should make him tired and more vulnerable than ever before to the opponents. – Romain Bardet, Nairo Quintana, Vincenzo Nibali, Adam Yates, Richie Porte, Tom Dumoulin and many others – all with varied skills and an incessant thirst to overthrow Froome.
They will ride a course that throws light on kilometers of time trial and it is full of pebbles and new steep climbs that will test all disciplines of the rider.
This will be a dramatic tour on and off-road, from Noirmoutier-en-l Ile to Paris and the Champs-Elysées. . Here's how to look at all this.
Map of the Tour's official website:
This year, the Tour de France starts in France – removing the recent tradition of starting a foreign country – but Brittany can feel like another country. The first week is relatively tamed up to stage 9, where runners take pavements en route to Roubaix. From there, a long transfer to the Alps, where the rider will face Alpe d'Huez on stage 12, then the Pyrenees, which includes a 17-kilometer canyon-breath of 65 kilometers that promises to be one of the most unique days of the race that we have seen for decades.
Stream information
Assuming you live in the United States, the NBCSN will broadcast the Tour for the three weeks of racing. The broadcasts generally resume the current stages around 7:30 am ET and end around 11:30 am (although the odd steps, like the short stage 17, start at 9:00 am).
You can watch the same show via the NBC Sports app. And if you want to see complete scenes without advertising, you can pay to get NBC Sports Gold.
You can see the full broadcast schedule of the NBCSN Tour de France here
Step By Step Guide
Here is a guide to the eight stages of the Tour de France that you must absolutely watch. Here is the full schedule:
Step 1, 201 kilometers from Noirmoutier-en-L & the island to Fontenary-le-Comte
Saturday, July 7, 1965
Type of scene: Flat
Start Time: 5:00 pm ET / 11:00 am local
Streaming: NBCSN at 6 pm ET, NBC Sports Gold at 4:40 am (link)
Step 2, 182.5 Miles from Mouilleron-Saint-Germain to La Roche-sur-Yon
Sunday 8 July 1965
Type of scene: Flat
Time: 7:10 EP / 13h10 local time
Streaming: NBCSN at 7:30 am ET, NBC Sports Gold at 7 am (link)
Step 3, 35.5 kilometers at Cholet
Monday, July 9
Type of scene: Time trial by Teams
Time of Departure: 9:10 am ET / 3:10 pm local time
Streaming: NBCSN and NBC Sports Gold at 9:00 am
Stage 4, 195 kilometers from La Baule at Sarzeau
Tuesday 10 July
Type of scene: [1 9459039] Plat
Time of Departure: 7:05 EST / 1:05 PM
Streaming: NBCSN at 7:30 am ET, NBC Sports Gold at 7:00 am
Stage 5, 204.5 kilometers from Lorient at Quimper
Wednesday, July 11
Type of Scene: ] Hilly
Time of Departure: 6:20 am ET / local 6:20 pm
Streaming: NBCSN at 8:00 am ET, NBC Sports Gold at 6 h 10
Stage 6, 181 km from Brest to Mûr-de-Bretagne Guerlédan
Thursday, July 12
Type of scene: Hilly
Time of departure: 7:05 AM EST / 13h05 local
Streaming: NBCSN at 7:30 am ET, NBC Sports Gold at 6:50 am
Stadium 7, 231 kilometers from Fougères at Chartres
Friday, July 13
Type of scene: Apartment
Time of departure: 6:05 EST / 12:05 local
Streaming: NBCSN at 8:00 am, NBC Sports Gold at 5:50 am
Stadium 8, 181 kilometers from Dreux to Amiens Métropole
Saturday 14 July
Type of scene: ]
Time of departure: 5:35 am ET / 11:35 local
Streaming: NBCSN and NBC in 7:30 am ET, NBC Sports Gold at 5:20 am [19659057] Step 9, 156.5 kilometers from Arras Citadelle at Roubaix
Sunday, July 15th
Type of scene: Cobbles
Time of departure: 6: 35 am ET / 12: 35 local
Streaming: NBCSN at 6:30 am ET, NBC Sports Gold at 6:20 am
REST DAY, Annecy
Monday, July 16
Stage 10, at 158.5 kilometers from Annecy to Grand-Bornand
Tuesday 17 July
Type of scene: Mountain
Time: 7:15 EP / 1:15 PM local time
Streaming: NBCSN at 7:30 am HE, NBC Gold Sports at 7am
Step 11, 108.5 Miles from Albertville to La Rosiere St. Bernard Space
Wednesday, July 18
Type: Mountain
Start Time: 8:00 pm ET / 2 pm local
Streaming: NBCSN at 8 pm ET, NBC Sports Gold at 7:50 am
Step 12, 175.5 kilometers from Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs at Alpe d'Huez
Thursday, July 19
Type of scene: Mountain
Time of departure: 6h10 hrs / 12h10 Local
Streaming: NBCSN at 6:30 pm ET, NBC Sports Gold at 6 am
Stage 13: 169.5 kilometers from Bourg d'Oisans in Valence
Friday, July 20th
Type of # Step: Apartment
Time of Departure: 7:35 am ET / 1:35 local
Streaming: NBCSN at 8 pm ET, NBC Sports Gold at 7:20 am
Step 14: 188 kilometers from Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Mende
Saturday 21 July
] Type of scene: Hilly
Time of departure: 7:05 pm EST / 13h05
Streaming: NBCSN at 8 pm ET, NBC Sports G old at 6:50
Step 15: 181.5 kilometers from Millau to Carcassonne
Sunday, July 22
Type of scene: ] Hilly
Time of departure: 7:10 AM / 1:10 local time [19659090] Streaming: NBCSN at 7:30 am ET, NBC Sports Gold at 7:00 am
CLOSING DAY, Carcassonne
Monday, July 23
Stage 16: 218 kilometers from Carcassonne to Bagneres-de-Luchon
Tuesday July 24
Type of Scene: Mountain
Time of Departure: 5:30 ET / 11:30 am Local
Streaming: NBCSN at 8:00 am ET, NBC Sports Gold at 5:20 am [19659098] Stage 17: 65 kilometers from Bagneres-de-Luchon to Saint-Lary-Soulon Col du Portet
Wednesday, July 25
Type of scene: ] Mountain
Time of departure: 9:15 am ET / 3:15 pm local
Streaming: NBCSN at 9:30 am ET, NBC Sports Gold at 8:50 am
Stage 18: 171 kilometers from Trie-sur-Bais e in Pau
Thursday, July 26 [19659108] Type of scene: Flat
Time of departure: 7:55 am ET / 1:15 pm local time
Streaming: NBCSN at 8:00 am ET, NBC Sports Gold at 7:40 am
Stage 19: 200.5 kilometers from Lourdes to Laruns
Friday, July 27
Type of scene: ] Mountain
Time of departure: 6 am 05 am / 12:05 local
Streaming: NBCSN at 7:30 am ET, NBC Sports Gold at 5:50 am
Stage 20: 31 kilometers from Pée-sur-Nivelle to Espelette
Saturday, July 28 [19659118] Type of Scene: Individual Time Trial
Time of Departure: 6 amET / 12 pm local
Streaming: NBCSN at 7:30 am ET, NBC Sports Gold at 5:50 am
Stage 21: 116 kilometers from Houilles to Paris Champs-Elysées
Sunday, July 29
Type of scene: Apartment
Time of departure: 10:15 ET / 4:15 PM al
Streaming: NBCSN at 9:30 am ET, NBC Sports Gold at 10 am
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