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The fight for the famous yellow jersey commences on Friday with the start of the 2022 Tour de France.
Geraint Thomas will lead the Ineos Grenadiers in his pursuit of a second Tour crown against the fearsome dominance of Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar.
Chris Froome is also among the riders ahead of the Grand Depart in Copenhagen but the man to beat is UAE Team Emirates leader Pogacar, who won in 2020 and 2021 and is still only 23 years old.
Here is everything you need to know ahead of the 109th Tour getting underway...
Tour de France 2022 route
The Danish capital of Copenhagen will host the Grand Depart with two flat stages through Denmark before the Tour heads to northern France and Belgium.
The route then heads down France’s eastern border to the Alps for a series of mountainous stages that dip into Switzerland in its second week.
A series of long, flatter stages across southern France to the Pyrenees make up the majority of the third week before a fresh set of mountain stages and the traditional finish in Paris.
Tour de France 2022 stage dates
The 2022 Tour de France gets underway on Friday, July 1 with an individual time trial through the streets of Copenhagen.
Date | Stage | Type |
July 1 | Copenhagen (Denmark) | Individual time trial |
July 2 | Roskilde to Nyborg (Denmark) | Flat |
July 3 | Vejle to Sonderborg (Denmark) | Flat |
July 5 | Dunkirk to Calais | Hilly |
July 6 | Lille to Arenberg | Hilly |
July 7 | Binche (Belgium) to Longwy | Hilly |
July 8 | Tomblaine to La Planche des Belles Filles | Mountain |
July 9 | Dole to Lausanne (Switzerland) | Medium-mountain |
July 10 | Aigle (Switzerland) to Chatel | Mountain |
July 12 | Morzine to Megeve | Medium-mountain |
July 13 | Albertville to Col du Granon | Mountain |
July 14 | Briancon to Alpe d'Huez | Mountain |
July 15 | Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Saint-Etienne | Flat |
July 16 | Saint-Etienne to Mende | Medium-mountain |
July 17 | Rodez to Carcassonne | Flat |
July 19 | Carcassonne to Foix | Medium-mountain |
July 20 | Saint-Gaudens to Peyragudes | Mountain |
July 21 | Lourdes to Hautacam | Mountain |
July 22 | Castelnau-Magnoac to Cahors | Flat |
July 23 | Lacapelle-Marival to Rocamadour | Individual time trial |
July 24 | Paris La Defense Arena to Paris (Champs-Elysees) | Flat |
Tour de France 2022 latest odds
Tadej Pogacar - 4/6
Primoz Roglic - 4/1
Jonas Vingegaard - 4/1
Geraint Thomas - 14/1
Daniel Martinez - 17/1
Alexander Vlasov - 19/1
Odds provided by Betfair.
How to watch the 2022 Tour de France
TV channel: The Tour will be broadcast live daily on Eurosport.
Live stream: Discovery+ subcribers can tune in via their website and app, as well as Sky Sports customers who subscribe to Eurosport through the Sky Go app.
