{"id":40295,"date":"2022-08-15T14:00:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/?p=693356"},"modified":"2022-08-15T14:23:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T12:23:12","slug":"tour-de-france-netflix-documentary-2023-release-date-speculation-and-news","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/rss_feed\/tour-de-france-netflix-documentary-2023-release-date-speculation-and-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour de France Netflix documentary 2023: release date speculation and news"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Stan Portus\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 15 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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In March 2022, Netflix announced it was partnering with A.S.O. to create a documentary series on the 2022 Tour de France<\/a>.<\/p>\n

France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions, France\u2019s national television broadcaster, will participate and the series will be produced by Quadbox, a joint venture between production company Quad and Box to box Films.<\/p>\n

Box to Box films is the sports film producer behind Netflix\u2019s incredibly popular Formula 1 series Drive to Survive<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Drive to Survive<\/em> saw interest in Formula 1 increase substantially in 2020. According to global analytics company Nielson<\/a>, an average of 2.7 million 16 to 35-year-olds became interested in F1 every month in the year beginning March 2000.<\/p>\n

If Netflix\u2019s Tour de France proves anywhere near as popular as Drive to Survive<\/em>, there could be a huge increase in interest in the Tour de France and cycling more generally.<\/p>\n

Netflix hasn\u2019t revealed a great deal about the show as of yet, but keep reading to find out what we know so far.<\/p>\n

What is the Tour de France Netflix documentary release date?<\/h2>\n
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The peloton at the Tour de France cycling along the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es.<\/span><\/figcaption> Anne-Christine Poujoulat \/ Getty Images <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

An exact release date for Netflix\u2019s Tour de France series is yet to be announced, but we do know the series will air in the first half of 2023.<\/p>\n

We expect the series will be available to watch in late June. The 2023 edition of the Tour de France starts on Saturday 1 July in Bilbao, northern Spain. Netflix released season 4 of Drive to Survive<\/em> a week before round 1 on the 2022 Formula 1 calendar and it\u2019s not unfeasible the streaming giant will take the same approach with its Tour de France series.<\/p>\n

France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions is also set to release a documentary about the Tour a few days before the Grand D\u00e9parts<\/a>, so it makes sense that Netflix would time its release with this.<\/p>\n

What is the Tour de France Netflix documentary about?<\/h2>\n
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Tadej Poga\u010dar and Jonas Vingegaard battling it out on stage 17 of the 2022 Tour de France.<\/span><\/figcaption> Marco Bertorello \/ Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Netflix has said its Tour de France series will \u201cfollow as closely as possible all the actors of the Tour de France, from cyclists to team managers to understand the multiple stakes of a race\u201d.<\/p>\n

It promises to show the racing but also the \u2018backstages\u2019 of the eight teams involved, from how they prepare for the Grand Boucle\u2019s stages to crossing the finish line.<\/p>\n

Yann Le Mo\u00ebnner, director general of A.S.O., which organises the Tour de France, says the docuseries will show how the race poses the \u2018ultimate challenge\u2019 for its competitors through a narrative approach.<\/p>\n

Laurent-Eric Le Lay, sports director at France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions, says it will \u201callow everyone to experience part of the daily life of champions and teams\u201d.<\/p>\n

This is not dissimilar to Drive to Survive<\/em> which, to a certain extent, dramatises the F1 season and provides behind-the-scenes footage fans wouldn\u2019t usually see.<\/p>\n

Cyclingnews<\/a> has reported that 70 accreditations were issued for filming at the 2022 Tour de France for the series. Each of the eight teams involved is said to have had a dedicated film crew, while a separate crew tried to cover the broader story of the race.<\/p>\n

Which teams are involved in the Tour de France Netflix documentary?<\/h2>\n
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Wout van Aert leading the peloton at the 2022 Tour de France.<\/span><\/figcaption> Anne-Christine Poujoulat \/ Getty Images <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

There are eight WorldTour teams<\/a> involved in the Tour de France Netflix documentary:<\/p>\n