Tour de France 2022 on TV: Watch live coverage and ITV highlights
Your guide on how to watch the Tour de France 2022 live on TV and details about highlights throughout the event.
The Tour de France 2022 enters the final few days of action with a grandstand finish set up as riders prepare to embark on a gruelling stretch through the Pyrenees.
The 109th edition of the Grand Tour has provided plenty of drama already throughout the varied landscapes with a big lead change halfway through the trek.
Reigning champion Tadej Pogacar, who has won the last two editions of the Tour de France, led five stages before being hunted down by Jonas Vingegaard, who is mounting a lead at the top.
Vingegaard held a lead of more than two minutes going into the final week, with just seconds separating Pogacar from third-placed Geraint Thomas. Fellow Brit Adam Yates is back in fifth.
Fans around the world will be keen to keep track of all the unfolding events and dramatic moments live on TV and online, and UK fans have more than a few options to choose from.
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How to watch Tour de France 2021 on TV and live stream
The Tour de France will be shown live on Eurosport platforms, including discovery+, and free-to-air on ITV4 for the duration of the event.
ITV4 boasts the rights to show live coverage until 2023, bringing you all the daily drama without paying a penny.
Streaming platform discovery+ will have full coverage from each stage, available to watch live and on-demand. You can sign up for discovery+ for just £6.99 per month or £59.99 annually.
Eurosport will also be showing all the action live on their TV channels and digital platforms including through Amazon Prime Video. You can grab a seven-day free trial of the Eurosport add-on plus a 30-day free trial of Amazon Prime.
You can also stream the event on GCN+ which is available for £6.99 per month or £39.99 per year.
Welsh-language channel S4C is also showing live coverage of the race. You can tune in via Sky, Freeview, Virgin and Freesat, as well as via BBC iPlayer.
Tour de France 2022 highlights on ITV
You can tune in for a full highlights show at 7pm on ITV during each night of the Tour de France 2022, apart from on Day 1 when the highlights show is at 8pm.
The hour-long show will bring you all the latest updates from each stage of the gruelling trek.
There will also be regular highlights across discovery+, Eurosport, GCN+ and S4C throughout the Tour de France so you can keep track of all the biggest moments.
Tour de France 2022 TV schedule
Tuesday 19th July: Stage 16
Live: 2pm (ITV) / TBC (Eurosport/discovery+)
Highlights: 7pm (ITV)/ TBC (Eurosport/discovery+)
Wednesday 20th July: Stage 17
Live: 12pm (ITV) / TBC (Eurosport/discovery+)
Highlights: 7pm (ITV)/ TBC (Eurosport/discovery+)
Thursday 21st July: Stage 18
Live: 12:30pm (ITV) / TBC (Eurosport/discovery+)
Highlights: 7pm (ITV)/ TBC (Eurosport/discovery+)
Friday 22nd July: Stage 19
Live: 2pm (ITV) / TBC (Eurosport/discovery+)
Highlights: 7pm (ITV)/ TBC (Eurosport/discovery+)
Saturday 23rd July: Stage 20
Live: 3pm (ITV) / TBC (Eurosport/discovery+)
Highlights: 7pm (ITV)/ TBC (Eurosport/discovery+)
Sunday 24th July: Stage 21
Live: 4pm (ITV) / TBC (Eurosport/discovery+)
Highlights: 7pm (ITV)/ TBC (Eurosport/discovery+)
Who won the Tour de France 2021?
Tadej Pogacar won the Tour de France in 2021 by a considerable margin of more than five minutes ahead of runner-up Jonas Vingegaard.
Pogacar, who was 22 at the time, became the youngest rider ever to win the Tour twice, having also recorded a victory in 2020.
Richard Carapaz rounded off the podium, though he finished seven minutes off the top step.
Tour de France past winners
2010: Andy Schleck
2011: Cadel Evans
2012: Bradley Wiggins
2013: Chris Froome
2014: Vincenzo Nibali
2015: Chris Froome
2016: Chris Froome
2017: Chris Froome
2018: Geraint Thomas
2019: Egan Bernal
2020: Tadej Pogacar
2021: Tadej Pogacar
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Michael Potts is the Sport Editor for Radio Times, covering all of the biggest sporting events across the globe with previews, features, interviews and more. He has worked for Radio Times since 2019 and previously worked on the sport desk at Express.co.uk after starting his career writing features for What Culture. He achieved a first-class degree in Sports Journalism in 2014.
