Reigning champion Tadej Pogacar was unseated as Tour de France king after Jonas Vingegaard came out on top in the duo's gripping battle for the yellow jersey.
The route this year began in Vingegaard's native Denmark and along the east of France before finishing on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on July 24.
With just the finale in the French capital to come, The Sporting News has the details on how to follow the action live.
How to stream and watch the 2022 Tour de France on TV
- In the UK, the Tour de France will be live on GCN+, Discovery+, Eurosport and ITV.
In Australia, the Tour de France is once again being telecast live and exclusively by SBS on free-to-air and digital television.
The race can also be watched in Australia by downloading the SBS Skoda Tour Tracker app, with vision able to viewed on devices and also via Chromecast to television.
Tour de France 2022 schedule and stages
| # | Date (local time) | Length | Stage | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 1 | 13.2 km (8.2 miles) | Copenhagen to Copenhagen (individual time-trial) | Yves Lampaert |
| 2 | July 2 | 202.5 km (125.8 miles) | Roskilde to Nyborg (flat) | Fabio Jakobsen |
| 3 | July 3 | 182 km (113.1 miles) | Vejle to Sonderborg (flat) | Dylan Groenewegen |
| Transfer | July 4 | -- | NA | — |
| 4 | July 5 | 171.5 km (106.6 miles) | Dunkerque to Calais (hilly) | Wout van Aert |
| 5 | July 6 | 157 km (97.6 miles) | Lille Metropole to Arenberge Porte du Hainaut (hilly) | Simon Clarke |
| 6 | July 7 | 220 km (136.7 miles) | Binche to Longwy (hilly) | Tadej Pogacar |
| 7 | July 8 | 176.5 km (109.7 miles) | Tomblaine to La Super Planche des Belles Filles (mountain) | Tadej Pogacar |
| 8 | July 9 | 186.5 km (115.9 miles) | Dole to Lausanne (hilly) | Wout van Aert |
| 9 | July 10 | 193 km (119.9 miles) | Aigle to Chatel Les Portes du Soleil (mountain) | Bob Jungels |
| Rest day | July 11 | -- | Morzine Les Portes du Soleil | NA |
| 10 | July 12 | 148.5 km (92.3 miles) | Morzine Les Portes du Soleil to Megeve (hilly) | Magnus Cort |
| 11 | July 13 | 152 km (94.4 miles) | Albertville to Col du Granon Serre Chevalier (mountain) | Jonas Vingegaard |
| 12 | July 14 | 165.5 km (102.8 miles) | Briancon to Alpe D'Huez (mountain) | Thomas Pidcock |
| 13 | July 15 | 193 km (119.9 miles) | Le Bourg D'Oisanas to Saint-Etienne (flat) | Mads Pedersen |
| 14 | July 16 | 192.5 km (119.6 miles) | Saint-Etienne to Mende (hilly) | Michael Matthews |
| 15 | July 17 | 202.5 km (125.8 miles) | Rodez to Carcassonne (flat) | Jasper Philipsen |
| Rest day | July 18 | -- | Carcassonne | NA |
| 16 | July 19 | 178.5 km (110.9 miles) | Carcassonne to Foix (hilly) | Hugo Houle |
| 17 | July 20 | 130 km (80.8 miles) | Saint-Gaudens to Peyragudes (mountain) | Tadej Pogacar |
| 18 | July 21 | 143.5 km (89.2 miles) | Lourdes to Hautacam (mountain) | Jonas Vingegaard |
| 19 | July 22 | 188.5 km (117.1 miles) | Castelnau-Magnoac to Cahors (flat) | Christophe Laporte |
| 20 | July 23 | 40.7 km (25.3 miles) | Lacapelle-Marival to Rocamadour (individual time-trial) | Wout van Aert |
| 21 | July 24 | 116 km (72.1 miles) | Paris La Defense Arena to Paris Champs-Elysees | — |
Tour de France teams 2022
There are 22 teams in the 2022 Tour de France, with eight riders per team for a total of 176 cyclists in the field.
Last year, Bahrain Victorious won the team classification, ending a run of three straight victories by Movistar Team.
| Team | Country |
|---|---|
| AG2R Citroen Team | France |
| Astana Qazaqstan Team | France |
| Bahrain Victorious | Bahrain |
| Bora-Hansgrohe | Germany |
| Cofidis | France |
| Ef Educations-Easypost | United States |
| Groupama-FDJ | France |
| Ineos Grenadiers | Great Britain |
| Intermarche- Wanty-Gobert Materiaux | Belgium |
| Israel-Premier Tech | Israel |
| Jumbo-Visma | Netherlands |
| Lotto Soudal | Belgium |
| Movistar Team | Spain |
| Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | Belgium |
| Team BikeExchange-Jayco | Australia |
| Team DSM | Germany |
| Trek-Segafredo | United States |
| UAE Team Emirates | United Arab Emirates |
| Alpecin-Fenix | Belgium |
| Team Arkea-Samsic | France |
| B&B Hotels-KTM | France |
| Totalenergies | France |
Tour de France past winners
Pogacar is looking for his third straight win in the Tour de France, which would make him the sixth cyclist to win the event in at least three consecutive years.
The others are Louison Bobet (1953-55), Jacques Anquetil (1961-64), Eddy Merckx (1969-72), Miguel Indurain (1991-95) and Chris Froome (2015-17).
Lance Armstrong won seven straight races from 1999 to 2005 but his victories have been vacated due to doping offences.
Recent Tour de France winners
| Year | Winner | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Tadej Pogacar | Slovenia |
| 2020 | Tadej Pogacar | Slovenia |
| 2019 | Egan Bernal | Colombia |
| 2018 | Geraint Thomas | Wales |
| 2017 | Chris Froome | England |
| 2016 | Chris Froome | England |
| 2015 | Chris Froome | England |
| 2014 | Vincenzo Nibali | Italy |
| 2013 | Chris Froome | England |
| 2012 | Bradley Wiggins | England |
| 2011 | Cadel Evans | Australia |
| 2010 | Andy Schleck* | Luxembourg |
| 2009 | Alberto Contador | Spain |
| 2008 | Carlos Sastre | Spain |
| 2007 | Alberto Contador | Spain |
| 2006 | Oscar Pereiro** | Spain |
| 2005 | Lance Armstrong*** | USA |
| 2004 | Lance Armstrong*** | USA |
| 2003 | Lance Armstrong*** | USA |
| 2002 | Lance Armstrong*** | USA |
| 2001 | Lance Armstrong*** | USA |
| 2000 | Lance Armstrong*** | USA |
| 1999 | Lance Armstrong*** | USA |
| 1998 | Marco Pantani | Italy |
*Aberto Contador won the race, but failed a drug test later
**Floyd Landis won the race, but failed a drug test later
***Lance Armstrong has had all his titles vacated due to doping. No winner was named in his place.