The 2023 Tour de France is currently underway featuring all the top cyclists and teams from across the world, check out all the details of the race below including route, dates, and schedule
Going into the competition, Jonas Vingegaard of Jumbo-Visma will be looking to defend his championship against rival Tadej Pogaar.
Tour de France 2023 schedule, dates, time, route, teams and riders, prize money, live stream telecast where to watch
๐ #TDF2023 – stage 18 : @Bourg_en_Bresse
๐ After some hard days in the mountains, the sprinters will find a more suitable terrain where Tom Boonen won in 2007.
๐ Aprรจs plusieurs jours en montagne, les sprinteurs retrouveront le sourire lร ou Tom Boonen s'est imposรฉ en 2007. pic.twitter.com/0rosb9p6Cm
— Tour de Franceโข (@LeTour) June 13, 2023
Tour de France: Unchained ๐๏ธ
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— Strava (@Strava) June 8, 2023
๐ก #TDF2023 | Dans 1 mois, la #HauteSavoie dรฉroulera le tapis rouge au Tour de France !
Cette annรฉe le #Dep_74 sera ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐, avec presque ๐/๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฬ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐-๐๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ ! pic.twitter.com/BrKtbFMIld
— Dรฉpartement de la Haute-Savoie (@Dep_74) June 16, 2023
Meanwhile, Pogaar will be looking for vengeance after losing the Tour for the first time in his career last year.
Tour de France 2023 route
The race route for the Tour de France 2023 will be 3,404 kilometres (2,115 miles) long. The race started off with three challenging stages in the Basque Country region of northern Spain. Following which the competitors will face the first mountain day on Stage 5.
Cyclists will then head to the Col du Tourmalet on Stage 6, and then to Puy de Dรดme on Stage 9. From there they will then climb the Grand Colombier, Col de Joux Plane, and Col de la Loze before reaching the Vosges mountains near the German border.
Tour de France 2023 teams
This year, the Tour de Franceโs peloton will consist of 22 teams, which features 18 UCI World Teams that received automatic invitations. The other four UCI ProTeams make up the rest of the teams. The entire list can be found here.
Tour de France 2023 start date and schedule
The 2023 Tour de France will begin on Saturday, July 1 in Bilbao, Spain. After three weeks of intense cycling an action, the race will finally conclude on Sunday, July 23 in Paris. There will be two rest days on July 10 (between stages 9 and 10) and on July 17 (between stages 15 and 16). The cyclists are set to finish one stage each day.
Tour de France 2023 stages
The upcoming Tour de France 2023 will feature 21 stages, including 1 individual time trial and 6 flat, 6 hilly, and 8 mountainous ones. The time trial racing is just 14 miles of the route, and it will be the first time that the Tour features only one individual time trial. Every edition of the race since 2015 has featured two time trial stages.
Tour de France 2023 how to watch live
Cycling fans worldwide can watch the live TV and streaming coverage on various TV channels and streaming platforms like GCN+, Eurosport, ITV4, S4C, NBC, Peacock, SBS, Sky Sport, and more. Moreover, Netflix crews will also follow the race to film the second series of the โTour de France: Unchained seriesโ.
The total prize fund for the 2023 Tour de France sits at โฌ2,308,200 (around $2.5m/ยฃ1.9m) in 2023.