News about Tour de France

All 21 stages will air on Peacock, NBC's streaming service. NBC will have live coverage of stages 1 and 20, with highlights of stages 2, 15, 20 and 21.

Canadian Derek Gee finished ninth on GC at the Tour last year, but misses out after a gruelling but successful Giro campaign in the spring. 22-year-old Joseph Blackmore, the 2024 Tour de l'Avenir winner, is a hugely talented Brit who'll be making his debut at the race.

The 112th edition of the Tour de France gets under way in Lille on Saturday with the three-week race ending on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday, 27 July. The riders will tackle six mountain stages including trips to the Pyrenees and Alps during the gruelling 3,320km (2,063-mile) race.