Tour de France 2009 on TV

By Nigel Wynn

30-Jun-2009 | 0 comments

British interest in the 2009 Tour de France will be sky-high this year with Isle of Man sprint ace Mark Cavendish attempting to beat his tally of four stage wins at last year's race.

Garmin-Slipstream Brits Bradley Wiggins and David Millar will also be out to excel in the time trial stages, and perhaps go for the odd breakaway win or two.

With such big interest, coverage of the 2009 Tour on British television is comprehensive, with Eurosport and ITV4 both covering the race with a mixture of live footage and compact highlights shows.

Below we list when you can watch the Tour on TV.

BRITISH EUROSPORT
British Eurosport is covering every stage of the 2009 Tour de France with live broadcasts backed up with evening highlights.

Eurosport will also be showing live coverage of the team presentation in Monaco on Thursday, July 2. All live coverage will be shown in high definition on Eurosport HD, as well as the regular British Eurosport channel.

All times are UK time. Broadcast times may be subject to change.

British Eurosport is available on satellite and cable systems.

Date	Stage	Live	Highlights
2 July	Team Presentation	1700-1830	2130-2230
4 July	Stage 1	1430-1900	2315-0015
5 July	Stage 2	1215-1630	2045-2155
6 July	Stage 3	1300-1700	2100-2200
7 July	Stage 4	1300-1730	2100-2155
8 July	Stage 5	1300-1700	2105-2155
9 July	Stage 6	1300-1645	2055-2150
10 July	Stage 7	1230-1645	2100-2155
11 July	Stage 8	1100-1700	2045-2145
12 July	Stage 9	1130-1630	2100-2155
13 July	REST DAY	-	-
14 July	Stage 10	1230-1700	2100-2155
15 July	Stage 11	1300-1715	2100-2155
16 July	Stage 12	1300-1715	2100-2155
17 July	Stage 13	1300-1700	2100-2155
18 July	Stage 14	1315-1700	2100-2155
19 July	Stage 15	1445-1715	2100-2155
20 July	REST DAY	-	-
21 July	Stage 16	1130-1700	2100-2155
22 July	Stage 17	1100-1715	2200-2255
23 July	Stage 18	1315-1715	2100-2155
24 July	Stage 19	1330-1700	2100-2155
25 July	Stage 20	1145-1545	2100-2155
26 July	Stage 21	1200-1730	2100-2155

ITV4
Full ITV4 Tour de France 2009 schedule to be confirmed.

ITV4 is available on Freeview, satellite and cable systems.

July 2 Greatest Moments 7pm
July 4 Highlights 8pm-9pm
July 5 LIVE 10.50am (60 minutes)
July 5 Highlights 7pm-8pm
July 6 Highlights 7pm-8pm
July 7 Highlights 7pm-8pm
July 8 Start and finish 7pm-8pm