| Dates: 29 August – 20 September |
| Coverage: Live text commentary on each stage on the BBC Sport website and app |
This year’s rescheduled Tour de France starts in Nice on Saturday and finishes in Paris on Sunday, 20 September.
The riders will tackle a particularly tough course, with plenty of unique touches, as they race 3,470km around France.
Britain’s Adam Yates is targeting stage wins over general classification in his fifth Tour and has given BBC Sport his insight into each of the stages.
This page will be updated throughout the Tour with the winner and brief report after each stage has been completed.
Saturday, 29 August – stage one: Nice – Nice, 156km
Winner: Alexander Kristoff (Nor/UAE-Team Emirates)
Report: Kristoff wins first stage as several riders crash in rain
Alexander Kristoff timed his sprint finish to perfection to win the opening stage, with Mads Pedersen second and Cees Bol third. There were several crashes on wet roads, but Team Ineos’ defending champion Egan Bernal largely avoided the trouble and finished safely in the peloton.
Sunday, 30 August – stage two: Nice – Nice, 186km
Winner: Julian Alaphilippe (Fra/Deceuninck-Quick-Step)
Report: Alaphilippe rides into yellow with Yates second overall
Our Tour guide Adam was in with a shout of winning stage two after launching a late attack alongside Julian Alaphilippe and Swiss youngster Marc Hirschi.
In the end he did not have the legs in the final sprint, but his third place in Nice was enough to put him into second overall, four seconds behind effervescent Frenchman Alaphilippe.
Monday, 31 August – stage three: Nice – Sisteron, 198km
Winner: Caleb Ewan (Aus/Lotto Soudal)
Report: Ewan sprints to dazzling victory
As Adam said this was indeed a sprint finish, and one taken in spectacular fashion by Aussie speedster Caleb Ewan.
After Peter Sagan had led out from distance it looked like Irishman Sam Bennett was set for victory, but Lotto Soudal’s Ewan came from deep, squeezed past a fading Sagan on the barriers and swooped around Bennett to win in sensational style.
Tuesday, 1 September – stage four: Sisteron – Orcieres-Merlette, 160.5km
Primoz Roglic made a statement of intent with victory on the first summit finish of this year’s race. The Slovenian’s Jumbo-Visma team set the pace on the final climb before Roglic countered a late attack by Guillaume Martin to claim his third Tour stage win.
Despite Roglic’s show of strength, most of the contenders did not lose any time, with Julian Alaphilippe retaining the yellow jersey and Adam Yates remaining second overall.
Winner: Primoz Roglic (Slo/Jumbo-Visma)
Report: Roglic shows impressive form in summit finish win
Wednesday, 2 September – Stage 5: Gap – Privas, 183km
Our guide Adam Yates claimed the yellow jersey for the first time in his career in strange circumstances after Julian Alaphilippe was docked 20 seconds for taking a bottle off a team support member inside the final 20km of the stage.
It had been a quiet day until the finale, with unusually no breakaway forming, before Belgium’s Wout van Aert underlined his all-round talents by beating the best sprinters in the race. Ireland’s Sam Bennett finished third to take the green jersey off Peter Sagan.
Winner: Wout van Aert (Bel/Jumbo-Visma)
Report: Yates takes yellow after Alaphilippe penalised
Thursday, 3 September – stage six: Le Teil – Mont Aigoual, 191km
A strong eight-man group established a healthy lead early on before Kazakh champion Alexey Lutsenko steadily dropped the rest of his breakaway partners. The Astana rider rode the last 17km alone to take an impressive first Tour stage win.
Adam Yates comfortably retained the yellow jersey, with none of the contenders mounting any attacks, although Julian Alaphilippe sprinted late on to grab one second back.
Winner: Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz/Astana)
Report: Lutsenko wins first Tour stage as Yates stays in yellow
Friday, 4 September – Stage seven: Millau – Lavaur, 168km
Crosswinds played their part as Wout van Aert claimed his second stage win of the race in a reduced bunch sprint finish. Britain’s Adam Yates managed to keep in the leading group but several of his general classification rivals missed out with Tadej Pogacar and Mikel Landa both losing more than a minute.
Winner: Wout van Aert (Bel/Jumbo-Visma)
Report: Yates keeps yellow as Van Aert continues to impress
Saturday, 5 September – stage eight: Cazeres-sur-Garonne – Loudenvielle, 141km
Britain’s Adam Yates retained the Tour de France leader’s yellow jersey as Nans Peters rode to a superb solo win on stage eight. A tough day of climbing saw Yates respond to several attacks on the final climb on the Col de Peyresourde to maintain his advantage. France’s Peters led home the survivors of a 13-man breakaway to record a memorable win in the Pyrenees.
Winner: Nans Peters (Fra/AG2R-La Mondiale)
Report: Yates defends Tour de France lead after tough mountain stage
Sunday, 6 September – stage nine: Pau – Laruns, 153km
Britain’s Adam Yates lost the leader’s yellow jersey to Primoz Roglic as Tadej Pogacar won the stage. Yates was dropped on the final climb, while Pogacar edged fellow Slovenian Roglic in a sprint to the line.
Winner: Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE-Team Emirates)
Report: Yates loses yellow jersey to Roglic
Monday, 7 September – rest day: Carente-Maritime
Rest days are always welcome. I am a rider that likes to take it easy when the opportunity is there, so I’ll just take an easy spin. The only difference this year is that we can’t stop mid-ride for a coffee stop, we will have to take that inside the team’s hotel ‘bubble’.
Tuesday, 8 September – stage 10: Ile d’Oleron – Ile de Re, 168.5km
Wednesday, 9 September – stage 11: Chatelaillon-Plage – Poitiers, 167.5km
Thursday, 10 September – stage 12: Chauvigny – Sarran, 218km
Friday, 11 September – stage 13: Chatel-Guyon – Puy Mary, 191.5km
Saturday, 12 September – stage 14: Clermont-Ferrand – Lyon, 194km
Sunday, 13 September – stage 15: Lyon – Grand Colombier, 174.5km
Monday, 14 September- rest day: Isere
Tuesday, 15 September – stage 16: La Tour-du-Pin – Villard-de-Lans, 164km
Wednesday, 16 September – stage 17: Grenoble – Meribel, 170km
Thursday, 17 September – stage 18: Meribel to La Roche-sur-Foron, 175km
Friday, 18 September – stage 19: Bourg-en-Bresse – Champagnole, 166.5km
Saturday, 19 September – stage 20: Lure – La Planche des Belles Filles, 36.2km (Time trial)
Sunday, 20 September – stage 21: Mantes-la-Jolie to Paris, 122km
