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The 2021 Tour de France was the 108th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three grand tours.Originally planned for the Danish capital of Copenhagen, the start of the 2021 Tour (known as the Grand Départ) was transferred to Brest because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with Copenhagen hosting four matches in the UEFA Euro 2020, which had also been rescheduled to 2021 because of the pandemic.
26 June 2021 – Brest to Landerneau, 197.8 km (122.9 mi) [1] Countdown and start of Stage 1. The first stage of the Tour featured a hilly course from Brest to Landerneau. Brest hosted the Grand Départ for the fourth time in the Tour's history, with the last time being in 2008. The course featured six categorised climbs, giving the riders ...
Cycling on NBC is the de facto name for broadcasts of multiple-stage bicycle races produced by NBC Sports, [4] the sports division of the NBC [5] television network. This includes broadcasts of the Tour de France, [6] Vuelta a España, UCI World Tour Championships, Tour of California, USA Pro Cycling Challenge, [7] and Liège–Bastogne–Liège.
The fastest time-trial is Rohan Dennis's stage 1 of the 2015 Tour de France in Utrecht, won at an average of 55.446 kilometres per hour (34.453 mph). [229] [230] The fastest stage win was by the 2013 Orica GreenEDGE team in a team time-trial. It completed the 25 kilometres (16 mi) in Nice (stage 5) at 57.8 kilometres per hour (35.9 mph). [231 ...
2021 UCI World Tour Races [12] Race Date Winner Second Third Ref Tour Down Under: 19–24 January Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [13] Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race: 31 January UAE Tour: 21–27 February Tadej Pogačar (SLO) Adam Yates (GBR) João Almeida (POR) [14] Omloop Het Nieuwsblad: 27 February Davide Ballerini (ITA)
The 2021 UCI World Tour was a series of races that included twenty-nine road cycling events throughout the 2021 cycling season. [1] The tour started with the opening stage of the UAE Tour on 21 February, [ 1 ] and concluded with Il Lombardia on 9 October.
Thomas Bjørn (1) 4 Sep [d] Legends Open de France: France 180,000 Thomas Levet (2) 12 Sep: Scottish Senior Open: Scotland 270,000 Thomas Levet (3) 3 Oct: Farmfoods European Senior Masters: England 300,000 Markus Brier (1) 10 Oct 9 May: Riegler & Partner Legends: Austria 225,000 Mauricio Molina (1) 5 Nov 16 May: Sergio Melpignano Senior Italian ...
17 July – Over 100,000 people protest across France against Emmanuel Macron's plan to require COVID-19 vaccinations for health workers, along with other restrictions on unvaccinated citizens. [9] 23 July – 8 August – France compete at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and win 10 gold, 12 silver, and 11 bronze medals. [10] 7 August