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2014 Tour de France stage one, Leeds to Harrogate

“This is bigger than pro cycling”: Fan petitions government to save free-to-air Tour de France coverage in UK, condemning paywall as “massive missed opportunity” to boost cycling numbers and combat congestion

The petition, launched this week, urges the government to make the Tour a ‘Category A’ sporting event, ensuring it remains free to air like the Olympics, Wimbledon, and the FIFA World Cup

Thu, Apr 03, 2025 10:59

Sports Minister dismisses Tory MP’s concerns that £30.99 a month TNT subscription will lead to cycling “disappearing behind paywall” in Westminster Hall debate, saying “it’s not for the government to intervene”

“The cycling boom that formed part of the London 2012 legacy is now in danger of being dropped by the peloton,” MP Ben Obese-Jecty said in the debate, further highlighting the demise of Eurosport as a “hammer blow for cycling coverage in the UK”

Wed, Mar 05, 2025 12:24

Brian Cookson at 2013 Junior World Track Championships

“Can you imagine any retailer of any other product getting away with that?” Ex-UCI president Brian Cookson uses baked beans analogy to hit out at “outrageous and incompetent” Warner Bros. Discovery for “trying to kill cycling for British customers”

Beanz Meanz Heinz, but TNT means… no cycling, at least according to former British Cycling chief Cookson

Tue, Feb 04, 2025 18:28

Cycling fans report Warner Bros. Discovery to market regulator for “abuse of monopoly” and “price gouging” after moving cycling behind £30.99-a-month paywall, as Tory MP slams “terrible decision”

“Next month cycling coverage is going to become a prohibitively expensive luxury to a huge number of fans,” MP Ben Obese-Jecty said on Friday, as fans called for the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate the move

Fri, Jan 31, 2025 13:33

TNT Sports to put cycling behind £30.99-a-month paywall, as Eurosport coverage to end and future of free-to-air Tour de France remains unclear

Viewers in UK and Ireland to see Eurosport content, including its extensive coverage of professional cycling, moved over to TNT Sports from end of February — and will have to pay significantly more to watch

Tue, Jan 28, 2025 00:01

“The Tour is the only race that matters. And that’s gone now”: Ned Boulting on the end of free-to-air Tour de France coverage in the UK and his “deep sense of loss”

“The Tour is going to go into a place where, in the UK media landscape, you normally find biathlon and hockey,” ITV’s lead cycling commentator told the road.cc Podcast

Fri, Nov 01, 2024 15:58

2024 Tour de France jersey winners Zac Williams/SWpix.com

No Tour de France on ITV from 2026 as Eurosport becomes exclusive UK broadcaster

It looks like free-to-air coverage of the world’s biggest cycling race will be no more after the 2025 editions of the Tour de France, as Warner Bros. Discovery announced exclusive coverage until “at least 2030”

Fri, Oct 25, 2024 09:46

Tour de France 2024 podium Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel (ASO/Billy Ceusters)

“Putting cycling behind a paywall isn’t how to grow the sport”: Fans react to “awful, disgraceful” news of ITV losing Tour de France broadcast rights, Does Pogačar lack morals for signing bumper new contract with UAE Team Emirates? + more on the live blog

Another dark, damp morning, but hey, just one more day till we can ride off into the (hopefully sunnier) weekend! In the meantime, Adwitiya’s your host for the day with all the latest cycling news and views

Fri, Oct 25, 2024 08:55

Emily Bridges: Documentary on transgender cyclist to be broadcast on ITV next week

'Race To Be Me' will tell the story of Bridges' unsuccessful battle to compete in the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Sat, Nov 26, 2022 17:20

Drink at Your Desk Live! with Ned Boulting is live on YouTube next Friday at 4.30pm

One of the most familiar voices in cycling will be joining us next Friday for the latest edition of Drink At Your Desk Live! Be sure to set a reminder and send in your questions

Fri, Sep 17, 2021 15:27