Tour de France: The 1st stage live today on Livestream, TV and Liveticker

Today, Saturday, the Tour de France 2018 starts: Here you can find out where the first stage leads and where you can watch the tour today live on TV, live stream or live ticker.

In 2018, the Tour de France will take place from 7 to 29 July. It’s the 195th edition of the bike race.

At the start of the Tour de France, the riders have a 201km stretch ahead of them: the first stage leads from Noirmoutier-en-l’Ile to Fontenay-le-Comte and along the coast.

Since the Tour de France starts with a long flat stage, the hour could directly strike for the top sprinters. At km 119.5 there is a sprint classification, at km 187 a category 4 climb.

The riders start at 11 am, the end of the stage is expected between 3.30 pm and 4.05 pm. All further information about the first stage can be found on the official website.

The Tour de France 2018 can be watched in full on free TV, as the public TV station ARD has secured the rights for the tour. The start of the stage will be broadcast from 10:55 a.m. by the sister channel One, and ARD will replace the coverage from 1 p.m. onwards.

As usual, ARD also offers a live stream for transmission. All further information on the transmission can be found here.

Eurosport also broadcasts the bicycle race on free TV and shows it on the Internet in a free live stream.

SPOX not only offers live tickers for top international football, but also for numerous other sporting events. SPOX also has the complete Tour de France in its live ticker. Click here for the live ticker of stage 1. There is also an overview of the live tickers for all stages of the Tour de France.

In total, the 2018 Tour de France consists of 21 stages, with two days off. More information about the stages can be found here.