The fight for the famous yellow jersey commences on Friday with the start of the 2022 Tour de France.
Geraint Thomas will lead the Ineos Grenadiers in his pursuit of a second Tour crown against the fearsome dominance of Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar.
Chris Froome is also among the riders ahead of the Grand Depart in Copenhagen but the man to beat is UAE Team Emirates leader Pogacar, who won in 2020 and 2021 and is still only 23 years old.
Here is everything you need to know ahead of the 109th Tour getting underway...
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Tour de France 2022 route
The Danish capital of Copenhagen will host the Grand Depart with two flat stages through Denmark before the Tour heads to northern France and Belgium.
The route then heads down France’s eastern border to the Alps for a series of mountainous stages that dip into Switzerland in its second week.
A series of long, flatter stages across southern France to the Pyrenees make up the majority of the third week before a fresh set of mountain stages and the traditional finish in Paris.
Tour de France 2022 stage dates
The 2022 Tour de France gets underway on Friday, July 1 with an individual time trial through the streets of Copenhagen.
Date
Stage
Type
July 1
Copenhagen (Denmark)
Individual time trial
July 2
Roskilde to Nyborg (Denmark)
Flat
July 3
Vejle to Sonderborg (Denmark)
Flat
July 5
Dunkirk to Calais
Hilly
July 6
Lille to Arenberg
Hilly
July 7
Binche (Belgium) to Longwy
Hilly
July 8
Tomblaine to La Planche des Belles Filles
Mountain
July 9
Dole to Lausanne (Switzerland)
Medium-mountain
July 10
Aigle (Switzerland) to Chatel
Mountain
July 12
Morzine to Megeve
Medium-mountain
July 13
Albertville to Col du Granon
Mountain
July 14
Briancon to Alpe d'Huez
Mountain
July 15
Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Saint-Etienne
Flat
July 16
Saint-Etienne to Mende
Medium-mountain
July 17
Rodez to Carcassonne
Flat
July 19
Carcassonne to Foix
Medium-mountain
July 20
Saint-Gaudens to Peyragudes
Mountain
July 21
Lourdes to Hautacam
Mountain
July 22
Castelnau-Magnoac to Cahors
Flat
July 23
Lacapelle-Marival to Rocamadour
Individual time trial
July 24
Paris La Defense Arena to Paris (Champs-Elysees)
Flat
Tour de France 2022 latest odds
Tadej Pogacar - 4/6
Primoz Roglic - 4/1
Jonas Vingegaard - 4/1
Geraint Thomas - 14/1
Daniel Martinez - 17/1
Alexander Vlasov - 19/1
Odds provided by Betfair.
How to watch the 2022 Tour de France
TV channel: The Tour will be broadcast live daily on Eurosport.
Live stream: Discovery+ subcribers can tune in via their website and app, as well as Sky Sports customers who subscribe to Eurosport through the Sky Go app.