France Televisions: 33 million viewers in France watched the Tour de France 2018

The Tour de France 2018 (from 07 to 29/07/2018), won by Welshman Geraint Thomas (Team Sky), was watched by 33 million viewers (for at least a minute) on the France Télévisions channels, according to the public audio-visual group, on 30/07/2018. This figure is down 12.1% compared to the 2017 edition which drew 37 million viewers on the TV channels of the group.

"With the live Tour de France, France 2 has posted a very good average audience throughout the 21 stages with 3.3 million viewers and a 35.2% audience share. The channel was also placed at the top of the ratings each afternoon during the live Tour de France," said France Televisions. This figure is down by 15.1% compared to the 2017 edition, which drew an average of 3.8 million viewers on France 2 (38.4%).

France Télévisions proposed for the second consecutive year to live broadcast each stage in full by broadcasting the first stage on France 3. The 21 stages of the Tour de France 2018 drew an average of 2.1 million viewers each afternoon on France 3 (audience share: 19.7%). This figure is down 9.5% compared to the previous…