Airdate: Tour de France / Tour de France Femmes 2022

The very first Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will follow the Tour de France as the cycling calendar hits full speed from Friday 1 July.

SBS will provide extensive coverage of both events Live and in HD with the men’s race starting 1 July to 24 July and the women’s race from 24 July to 31 July.

For the first time since 2019, the SBS commentary team will be back on the ground in France delivering exclusive coverage. Commentating and analysing for the 2022 Tour de France are Matthew Keenan in his 16th year commentating the Tour, world hour record holder and Australian Time Trial champion Dr. Bridie O’Donnell and Simon Gerrans, whose victories include Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Milan-San Remo, and stage wins at all three Grand Tours. Joining the commentary team for the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will be two-time national road champion and founding member of the first-ever independent international women’s cycling union Gracie Elvin.

Reporting on location will be former Giro d’Italia stage winner and long-standing SBS presenter David McKenzie, SBS French Radio’s Christophe Mallet and Gracie Elvin. The trio will also present daily highlight’s every evening while Mark Renshaw will providensights and in-depth analysis on how key stages are won and lost as host of a new complementary digital series The Finale.

SBS Director of Sport, Ken Shipp said: “SBS has been at the forefront of a momentous year of cycling to date with Jai Hindley’s outstanding victory at the Giro d’Italia, becoming the first Australian to win this Grand Tour. And with the first edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift taking place alongside the Tour de France this year, it’s set to be an unforgettable marker in the sport’s history. As Australia’s cycling network, SBS is incredibly proud to broadcast these extraordinary moments in time, with our world class coverage which we will continue to deliver to Australian audiences for many years to come.”

Spanning four countries, the 109th Tour de France will begin in Denmark’s capital city Copenhagen, before moving south through France, Belgium, and Switzerland, ending in Paris. The race will feature nine new stage towns, with 21 stages in total including six mountain stages with five summit finishes, six flat stages, seven hilly stages and two individual time trials. In France, the race will visit 8 regions and 29 departments with stage six boasting the longest trek at 220km while, stage five will see the return of cobbles after a four-year absence, with 19.4km of cobbles split across 11 sections.

In a ground-breaking first edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, riders will cross three regions and 11 departments over eight days, beginning in Paris and finishing in La super Planche des Belles Filles. The race will feature a total of eight stages including two hilly stages, four flat stages, and two mountain stages with one summit finish at stage eight. Stage three will see the track begin to incline before reaching the striking ‘white roads’ of stage four where riders will navigate chalky tracks through the Champagne vineyards. The race will also feature one mountain massif, the Vosges, during the last two stages, while stage five checks in as the longest stretch at 174km.

Broadcast times vary, with most stages starting at 9:30pm AEST (full schedule below). Then, tune into SBS daily for Morning Updates from 7.00am, stage replays from 12.00pm on SBS and 2pm on SBS VICELAND and evening highlights from 5.00pm weekdays and 4.30pm weekends. Every stage of the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will stream live on SBS On Demand and the SBS Sport website. SBS Sport will feature news, opinion, stats, highlights, and video on demand.

The ŠKODA Tour Tracker app will return in 2022, streaming live pictures and allowing viewers to see real time data, stage profiles and catch-up video to complement the full Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift coverage, with a fully comprehensive offering.

The Zwift SBS Tour de France podcast also returns, hosted by SBS French Radio’s Christophe Mallet and David McKenzie with experts and special guests. Covering both the men’s and women’s event, the daily podcast features updates on the race, interviews with riders and fascinating conversations on the distinctly ‘French’ things that make this cycling race one of the biggest sporting events in the world.

While riders tackle the mountainous French countryside, esteemed French chef Guillaume Brahimi will take viewers on a culinary journey when SBS’s food accompaniment Plat du Tour returns for its third year. Airing during SBS’s coverage of the Tour de France, the series will feature 21 recipes that originate from different regions of France and correlate to the different tour stages.

Recipes include Langoustine and Truffle Pasta from the ancient city of Saint Gaudens, Raclette Savoyarde, a cheesy treat from the alps and Tourte des Pyrénées aux Myrtilles, a blueberry torte from the heart of the Pyrenees.

Plat du Tour segments will be available for catch-up on SBS Food Online and SBS On Demand and will air as special episodes on SBS Food after the 2022 Tour de France is complete. Plat du Tour is produced by Blink TV for SBS.

Tour de France

STAGE	DATE	START TIME (AEST)	START TIME (AWST)
1	Friday 1 July	12:00am on SBS	10:00pm on SBS VICELAND 12:00am on SBS
2	Saturday 2 July	8:30pm on SBS	6:30pm on SBS VICELAND 8:30pm on SBS
3	Sunday 3 July	9:30pm on SBS	7:30pm on SBS VICELAND 9:30pm on SBS
TRANSFER DAY
4	Tuesday 5 July	9:30pm on SBS	7:30pm on SBS VICELAND 9:30pm on SBS
5	Wednesday 6 July	9:30pm on SBS	7:30pm on SBS VICELAND 9:30pm on SBS
6	Thursday 7 July	9:30pm on SBS	7:30pm on SBS VICELAND 9:30pm on SBS
7	Friday 8 July	9:30pm on SBS	7:30pm on SBS VICELAND 9:30pm on SBS
8	Saturday 9 July	9:30pm on SBS	7:30pm on SBS VICELAND 9:30pm on SBS
9	Sunday 10 July	8:30pm on SBS	6:30pm on SBS VICELAND 8:30pm on SBS
REST DAY
10	Tuesday 12 July	9:30pm on SBS	7:30pm on SBS VICELAND 9:30pm on SBS
11	Wednesday 13 July	9:30pm on SBS	7:30pm on SBS VICELAND 9:30pm on SBS
12	Thursday 14 July	9:30pm on SBS	7:30pm on SBS VICELAND 9:30pm on SBS
13	Friday 15 July	9:30pm on SBS	7:30pm on SBS VICELAND 9:30pm on SBS
14	Saturday 16 July	8:30pm on SBS	6:30pm on SBS VICELAND 8:30pm on SBS
15	Sunday 17 July	9:30pm on SBS	7:30pm on SBS VICELAND 9:30pm on SBS
REST DAY
16	Tuesday 19 July	9:30pm on SBS	7:30pm on SBS VICELAND 9:30pm on SBS
17	Wednesday 20 July	9:30pm on SBS	7:30pm on SBS VICELAND 9:30pm on SBS
18	Thursday 21 July	9:30pm on SBS	7:30pm on SBS VICELAND 9:30pm on SBS
19	Friday 22 July	9:30pm on SBS	7:30pm on SBS VICELAND 9:30pm on SBS
20	Saturday 23 July	9:30pm on SBS	7:30pm on SBS VICELAND 9:30pm on SBS
21	Sunday 24 July	12:30am on SBS	10:30pm on SBS VICELAND 12:30am on SBS

Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift

STAGE	DATE	START TIME (AEST)	START TIME (AWST)
1	Sunday 24 July	9:30pm on SBS	7:30pm on SBS VICELAND 9:30pm on SBS
2	Saturday 25 July	10:30pm on SBS	8:30pm on SBS VICELAND 10:30pm on SBS
3	Monday 26 July	10:30pm on SBS	8:30pm on SBS VICELAND 10:30pm on SBS
4	Tuesday 27 July	10:30pm on SBS	8:30pm on SBS VICELAND 10:30pm on SBS
5	Wednesday 28 July	10:30pm on SBS	8:30pm on SBS VICELAND 10:30pm on SBS
6	Thursday 29 July	10:30pm on SBS	8:30pm on SBS VICELAND 10:30pm on SBS
7	Friday 30 July	11:30pm on SBS	9:30pm on SBS VICELAND 11:30pm on SBS
8	Saturday 31 July	11:30pm on SBS	9:30pm on SBS VICELAND 11:30pm on SBS