Watch the 2012 Tour De France Live Stream (for free)

The pack rides on the moun­tain dur­ing the ninth stage of the TdF 2011 from Issoire to Saint-Flour on July 10, 2011. Photo by Ste­fano Rellandini

The 99th Tour De France goes from June 30 to July 22, 2011. The route involves 20 stages and almost every stage exceeds 100 miles and there are only two days of rest cov­er­ing a grand total of 2,173 miles. :o

 

Free, live stream­ing options for the Tour De France 2012 in the US

The races tend to start around 8am EST (5am Pacific) and if you want to watch it live, stream­ing for free, wake up and try these links:

Sports-Livez.com Ch 7 pro­vides a stream when the tour is under­way that is in French.

Sports-Livez.com Ch 6 pro­vides a stream as well that may be in English.

Watch the tour on your TV

The most com­monly avail­able option is the Ver­sus chan­nel if you have it avail­able. Ver­sus (NBC) has exclu­sive rights to the TdF cov­er­age so you won’t find it on ESPN. Here is the TV Sched­ule for the Tour De France 2012 on Ver­sus / NBC Sports

Photo/Video Recap and High­lights

And of course, if you just want to see the high­lights, here is a great source:

YouTube chan­nel: Le Tour De France con­tain­ing videos in many lan­guages updated daily