All 21 stages of the 2025 Tour de France air live on Peacock. The 112th Tour runs from July 5-27, starting in Lille and ending on Paris’ Champs-Elysees. Peacock coverage starts at 6 or 6:30 a.m. ET on most days with pre-race shows. NBC joins for live coverage of stages 1 and 20, plus highlights of stages 2, 15, 20 and 21.

The biggest race of the year has started: the Tour de France. On Saturday, July 5, the peloton started from Lille, with the race set to conclude three weeks later with the (not so) traditional finish in the French capital,

A promised two-rider battle fades away as the three-time winner from Slovenia shows his superiority in the Pyrenees—and everywhere else.

Though it doesn’t always hold sway, Tour de France tradition dictates that in the event of an unfortunate crash or mechanical problem, the peloton sits up and waits for the rider in the yellow jersey. But Pogačar wasn’t in yellow on Wednesday. Irish rider Ben Healy snagged the overall lead earlier in the week and had the jersey on his shoulders.

So far we’ve seen a largely-imperious Tadej Pogačar, an aggressive Visma-Lease A Bike squad, a super-strong Ben Healy, a hyper-committed Mathieu van der Poel and myriad other storylines. All in all it’s been an enthralling edition of the Tour.

When a man began running down the course at the Tour de France in protest of an Israeli team’s participation, a security guard pulled no punches.

Here is a breakdown of the racers who have won the Tour de France the most times: Five: Eddy Merckx (Belgium), Bernard Hinault (France), Miguel Induráin (Spain), Jacques Anquetil (France) Three: Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia)*, Philippe Thys (Belgium), Louison Bobet (France), Greg LeMond (USA)

Tour de France riders have applauded for a minute before the 12th stage in memory of Samuele Privitera, the 19-year-old Italian who died after a crash while racing in Italy.

The world’s most famous bike race unveils a different route every year, but efforts to keep the details under wraps are hampered by the amateur sleuths hunting for clues.