No Tour de France on ITV from 2026
It looks like free-to-air coverage of the world’s biggest cycling race will be no more after the 2025 editions of the Tour de France, as Warner Bros. Discovery announced exclusive coverage until “at least 2030”One of the UK’s most beloved televisual sporting traditions of the summer will come to an end in 2026, following the news that the Tour de France will no longer be shown on ITV after next year, after Warner Bros.
In 2025, ITV is set to broadcast its 25th edition of the Tour de France, after taking over the UK televisual rights from Channel 4 in 2001.Warners Bros. Discovery also announced that the Tour de France Femmes will now be exclusive in Ireland and Norway, alongside coverage for viewers in every market in Europe.
“Our role as the Home of Cycling has seen us harness the most passionate team of cycling experts to consistently elevate our coverage of the sport while telling its stories to the widest possible audience,” added WBD Sports Europe’s head of content Scott Young. Discovery, which merged with Warner Brothers in 2022, first bought a 20 per cent stake in GCN’s parent company Play Sports Group in 2017, before taking full ownership in 2021 in a bid to “amplify” its position as the “home of cycling”.We’ve noticed you’re using an ad blocker. If you like road.cc, but you don’t like ads, please consider subscribing to the site to support us directly. As a subscriber you can read road.cc ad-free, from as little as £1.99.
at least with Ned and Millar you get jokes, laughs and discussions about other things than cycling - I've learnt alot about the geological features of France and its volcanoes for instance with their little films made by that chap from Utrecht.
Eurosport hide their highlights away late at night in between endless repeats of snooker or whatever tiddlywinks championships they've covered that week.
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