The 2013 Tour de France begins on Saturday, June 29 (AEST) and will be televised exclusively by SBS in Australia.
We’ve compiled a Tour de France TV schedule to help you figure out when coverage will start.
Starting with the 6.4km prologue time-trial through the streets of Liège, Belgium, SBS is beaming every stage of the great race live from 10.00pm (AEST). This includes a recap of the previous day’s stage and Gabriel Gate’s regular gastronomic segment.
Live visuals of the stage proper begin at around 10.30pm.
Stalwarts Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen head the SBS presentation team, with input from Matthew Keenan and special comments from the likes of Dave McKenzie and Anthony Tan.
SBS also offers online access to the Tour via SBS Tour Tracker (live video and statistics) and YouTube (highlights and recaps).
The Roar will be live blogging each stage and presenting a stage recap diary.
|
Date |
Stage |
Location |
Start Time (AEST) |
SBS |
|
Sat, 29 June |
1 |
Porto-Vecchio > Bastia (212km) |
10.00pm |
LIVE |
|
Sun, 30 July |
2 |
Bastia > Ajaccio (154km) |
10.00pm |
LIVE |
|
Mon, 1 July |
3 |
Ajaccio > Calvi (145km) |
10.00pm |
LIVE |
|
Tues, 2 July |
4 (TTT) |
Nice > Nice (32km) |
10.00pm |
LIVE |
|
Wed, 3 July |
5 |
Cagnes-sur-Mer > Marseille (219km) |
10.00pm |
LIVE |
|
Thur, 4 July |
6 |
Aix-en-Provence > Montpellier (176km) |
10.00pm |
LIVE |
|
Fri, 5 July |
7 |
Montpellier > Albi (205km) |
10.00pm |
LIVE |
|
Sat, 6 July |
8 |
Castres > Ax 3 Domaines (194km) |
10.00pm |
LIVE |
|
Sun, 7 July |
9 |
Saint-Girons > Bagnères-de-Bigorre (165km) |
10.00pm |
LIVE |
|
Mon, 8 July |
Rest |
Saint-Nazaire – Loire-Atlantique |
- |
|
|
Tues, 9 July |
10 |
Saint-Gildas-des-Bois > Saint-Malo (193km) |
10.00pm |
LIVE |
|
Wed, 10 July |
11 (ITT) |
Avranches > Mont-Saint-Michel (33km) |
10.00pm |
LIVE |
|
Thur, 11 July |
12 |
Fougères > Tours (218km) |
10.00pm |
LIVE |
|
Fri, 12 July |
13 |
Tours > Saint-Amand-Montrond (173km) |
10.00pm |
LIVE |
|
Sat, 13 July |
14 |
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule > Lyon (191km) |
10.00pm |
LIVE |
|
Sun, 14 July |
15 |
Givors > Mont Ventoux (242km) |
10.00pm |
LIVE |
|
Mon, 15 July |
Rest |
Vaucluse |
- |
- |
|
Tues, 16 July |
16 |
Vaison-la-Romaine > Gap (168km) |
10.00pm |
LIVE |
|
Wed, 17 July |
17 (ITT) |
Embrun > Chorges (32km) |
10.00pm |
LIVE |
|
Thur, 18 July |
18 |
Gap > Alpe-d’Huez (168km) |
10.00pm |
LIVE |
|
Fri, 19 July |
19 |
Bourg-d’Oisans > Le Grand-Bornand (204km) |
10.00pm |
LIVE |
|
Sat, 20 July |
20 (TT) |
Annecy > Annecy – Semnoz (125km) |
10.00pm |
LIVE |
|
Sun, 21 July |
21 |
Versailles > Paris Champs-Élysées (118km) |
10.00pm |
LIVE |
June 22nd 2012 @ 6:47pm
Kit Harvey said | June 22nd 2012 @ 6:47pm | Report comment
Nicely updated TV schedule, certainly some confusion with the rights this year!
June 26th 2012 @ 9:47am
RooBay said | June 26th 2012 @ 9:47am | Report comment
I’m sorry but Phil and Paul are well past it, David Mackenzine still thinks Ryder Hesjedal is “the second Canadian to win the Giro after Andy Hampsten” (ouch) and Anthony Tan isn’t much chop. As for Tomalaris – even after 12 or so Tours he remains an insight-free zone.
SBS – full marks for your coverage of the Tour. In many ways it has been the chief reason the sport has grown so rapidly in the past 10 or so years. You need to fix the commentary team though.
July 6th 2012 @ 11:05pm
Gary said | July 6th 2012 @ 11:05pm | Report comment
I don’t mind Phil and Paul but Mathew Keenan has an ideal voice for newspapers or magazines! Can’t stand his commentry and turn the sound of until Phil and Paul come on. Keenan could turn Cadel Evans off the sport with his annoying voice!
Otherwise top marks to SBS – the Tour is the best 3 weeks of TV each year.