The Tour de France international sporting event returns on SBS. The 2021 Tour de France will be available live, free and in HD, exclusive to SBS from Saturday 26 June to Sunday 18 July.
From Brest to Paris, the 108th Tour de France will feature eight flat stages, five hilly stages, and two individual time trial stages. The race will traverse a total of nine regions, 31 departments and cover six mountain stages with three finishes at altitude. The eighth stage, from Vierzon to Le Creusot, will navigate 248kms and will be the longest stage since the year 2000.
SBS will again provide extensive coverage of the Tour de France. Broadcast times vary, with most stages starting at 8:30pm AEST. Then, tune into SBS daily for morning updates from 7.00am and stage replays from 11.00am. Every stage of the Tour de France will stream live on SBS On Demand and the Cycling Central website. Cycling Central will feature news, opinion, stats, highlights and video on demand.
Full stage replays will be available online via SBS On Demand shortly after the stage, with the two-hour version on SBS daily.
The route that the cyclists will take is as follows:
The SBS commentary team will once again cover the event live from SBS’s studios with cycling journalist Michael Tomalaris at the helm. He’ll be joined by co-host and former Giro d’Italia stage winner David McKenzie. Calling every stage from start to finish is former road cyclist and triple winner of the Tour de France’s green jersey Robbie McEwen and Matthew Keenan who’s known for his encyclopaedic knowledge of world cycling. World record-breaking cyclist Dr. Bridie O’Donnell will return to the team for the second time to provide in-depth analysis throughout the race.
SBS will launch a brand-new live preview show called Bonjour Le Tour, hosted by former cycling champion Kate Bates with SBS French Radio’s Christophe Mallet. The show will present key highlights from each stage, as well as showcase the regions of France that will feature in the upcoming stage. Bonjour Le Tour will celebrate all the cultural moments that only the Tour can deliver, broadcasting on SBS from 5.00pm – 6.00pm on weekdays, and 5.30pm – 6.30pm on weekends.
SBS’s food accompaniment Plat du Tour returns for a second year, airing during SBS’s coverage of the Tour de France. Hosted by renowned French chef Guillaume Brahimi, Plat du Tour took over from the long-running Taste le Tour that wrapped in 2019 after 15 seasons with Gabriel Gaté.
Plat du Tour champions the rustic, homespun skills of the French cook. Guillaume Brahimi will take viewers on a tour of great French cooking, and the series will feature 21 recipes that originate from different regions of France and correlate to the different Tour de France stages.
Guillaume Brahimi
The SBS ŠKODA Tour Tracker App will show the full stages from start to finish with no ad breaks during racing. There are also catch-up highlights and videos, as well as additional stage, rider and team information. You can download the Android version by clicking here and the IOS version by clicking here.
Tour de France Stages LIVE on SBS HD and via the ŠKODA Tour Tracker (All times AEST)
SATURDAY JUNE 26
LIVE: 2021 Stage 1
1930 – 0130 on SBS HD
(Tour Tracker starts at 2000)
SUNDAY JUNE 27
LIVE: 2021 Stage 2
2030 – 0200 on SBS HD
(Tour Tracker starts at 2100)
MONDAY JUNE 28
LIVE: 2021 Stage 3
2030 – 0155 on SBS HD
(Tour Tracker starts at 2100)
TUESDAY JUNE 29
LIVE: 2021 Stage 4
2130 – 0120 on SBS HD
(Live pictures start on the ŠKODA Tour Tracker before SBS HD at 2115)
WEDNESDAY JUNE 30
LIVE: 2021 Stage 5
2030 – 0145 on SBS HD
(Live pictures start on the ŠKODA Tour Tracker before SBS HD at 2005)
THURSDAY JULY 1
LIVE: 2021 Stage 6
2130 – 0155 on SBS HD
(Tour Tracker starts at 2145)
FRIDAY JULY 2
LIVE: 2021 Stage 7
2030 – 0140 on SBS HD
(Live pictures start on the ŠKODA Tour Tracker before SBS HD at 1850)
SATURDAY JULY 3
LIVE: 2021 Stage 8
2030 – 0140 on SBS HD
(Tour Tracker starts at 2100)
SUNDAY JULY 4
LIVE: 2021 Stage 9
2030 – 0140 on SBS HD
(Tour Tracker starts at 2050)
REST DAY 1 – MONDAY JULY 5
TUESDAY JULY 6
LIVE: 2021 Stage 10
2030 – 0150 on SBS HD
(Tour Tracker starts at 2055)
WEDNESDAY JULY 7
LIVE: 2021 Stage 11
2030 – 0200 on SBS HD
(Live pictures start on the ŠKODA Tour Tracker before SBS HD at 1950)
THURSDAY JULY 8
LIVE: 2021 Stage 12
2130 – 0145 on SBS HD
(Live pictures start on the ŠKODA Tour Tracker before SBS HD at 2120)
FRIDAY JULY 9
LIVE: 2021 Stage 13
2030 – 0150 on SBS HD
(Live pictures start on the ŠKODA Tour Tracker before SBS HD at 1955)
SATURDAY JULY 10
LIVE: 2021 Stage 14
2030 – 0120 on SBS HD
(Live pictures start on the ŠKODA Tour Tracker before SBS HD at 2015)
SUNDAY JULY 11
LIVE: 2021 Stage 15
2030 – 0210 on SBS HD
(Live pictures start on the ŠKODA Tour Tracker before SBS HD at 2010)
REST DAY 2 – MONDAY JULY 12
TUESDAY JULY 13
LIVE: 2021 Stage 16
2030 – 0150 on SBS HD
(Tour Tracker starts at 2055)
WEDNESDAY JULY 14
LIVE: 2021 Stage 17
2030 – 0130 on SBS HD
(Live pictures start on the ŠKODA Tour Tracker before SBS HD at 1945)
THURSDAY JULY 15
LIVE: 2021 Stage 18
2130 – 0150 on SBS HD
(Live pictures start on the ŠKODA Tour Tracker before SBS HD at 2125)
FRIDAY JULY 16
LIVE: 2021 Stage 19
2030 – 0215 on SBS HD
(Live pictures start on the ŠKODA Tour Tracker before SBS HD at 2005)
SATURDAY JULY 17
LIVE: 2021 Stage 20
2030 – 0215 on SBS HD
(Tour Tracker starts at 2055)
SUNDAY JULY 18
LIVE: 2021 Stage 21
2300 – 0400 on SBS HD
(Tour Tracker starts at 0005)