EUROSPORT AND GCN GEAR UP TO SCREEN MAIDEN VIRTUAL TOUR DE FRANCE

Eurosport and Global Cycling Network (GCN) will combine forces to bring the first ever Virtual Tour de France to millions of cycling fans across Europe and Asia, available on any screen they choose to watch. 

Concluding on the original finish of the 2020 Tour de France, Eurosport and GCN will show all six hour-long stages featuring the best 23 professional men’s and 16 women’s teams over three consecutive weekends from 14:00 CET Saturday 4 July – Sunday 19 July. Hosted by Tour de France organizers Amaury Sport Organization (ASO) and virtual cycling platform Zwift, the event will be available live via Eurosport 1 in 64 markets* as well as live and on-demand via the Eurosport App and the GCN App.   

Fans will be able to see the biggest names in the sport, including recent Tour de France winners Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas and Egan Bernal, as well as Marianne Vos, Anna Van der Breggen and Chloé Dygert, race across unique virtual landscapes created by Zwift such as the iconic final stage of Paris’ Champs Élysées. 

Building on a successful partnership that saw Eurosport and GCN screen the Zwift Tour for All exclusively across its full portfolio of channels and digital platforms, the Virtual Tour de France precedes an eagerly anticipated return to professional racing, beginning with the Classics and Strade Bianche on 1 August. Eurosport also recently announced its extension to show the Tour de France (29 August – 20 September 2020) exclusively in 38 markets and La Vuelta (20 October – 8 November 2020) exclusively in 50 through to 2025 with the Giro d’Italia also screened from 3 October – 25 October.

Virtual Tour de France stages

Saturday 4th July: Stage 1: Nice, 36.4 km (4 x 9.1 km, hilly stage)

Sunday 5th July: Stage 2: Nice, 29.5 km (682 m of ascent, mountain stage)

Saturday 11th July: Stage 3: North-East France, 48 km (flat stage)

Sunday 12th July: Stage 4: South-West France, 45.8 km (2 x 22.9 km laps, hilly stage)

Saturday 18th July: Stage 5: Mont Ventoux, 22.9 km (finish at Chalet-Reynard, mountain stage)

Sunday 19th July: Stage 6: Paris Champs-Elysées, 42.8 km (6 laps of the circuit)

Teams competing

Women’s

Alé BTC Ljubljana; Team Arkéa; Boels-Dolmans Cycling Team; CANYON//SRAM Racing; CCC-Liv Team; Ceratizit – WNT Pro Cycling; Drops; FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope; Lotto Soudal Ladies; Parkhotel Valkenburg; Rally Cycling; TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank; Trek-Segafredo Women; TWENTY20 Pro Cycling; Team Sunweb; Valcar Travel & Service

Men’s

AG2R La Mondiale; Arkéa Samsic; Alpecin-Fenix; Astana Pro Team; B&B Hotels-Vital; Concept; Team Bahrain McLaren; Bora Hansgrohe; CCC Team; Team Cofidis; Circus-Wanty Gobert; Deceuninck – Quick-Step; EF Education First Pro Cycling; Groupama-FDJ; Israel Start-Up Nation; Team INEOS; Team Jumbo-Visma; Lotto-Soudal; Mitchelton-SCOTT; NTT Pro Cycling; Rally Cycling; Team Sunweb; TOTAL Direct Énergie; Trek-Segafredo

*Live in Europe and Asia with delayed coverage in the UK and Russia