The annual Tour de France starts again tomorrow in Düsseldorf. With the apps below, you can follow the Tour de France on your iPhone, including all the events surrounding it.
Don’t miss a thing of the Tour de France with these apps
To follow the Tour de France, you no longer have to be glued to your television or radio. After all, your smartphone offers enough possibilities to keep up to date with the latest cycling news. Below we have listed the most useful apps to follow the Tour de France 2017.
1. NOS Tour de France Video
This year, the NOS, as the official channel of the Tour, has created a special app. With the NOS Tour de France Video app you can watch all the videos that the broadcaster makes of the cycling race on your iPhone. The app also offers handy notifications for when a stage starts, with which you immediately open a live stream.
→ Download NOS Tour de France Video in the App Store (free)
2. Cycling App – Tour de France 2017
The Cycling app was made by cycling fans, but it is one of the most comprehensive apps in the overview. In the application you can see the Tour rankings, request driving schedules and keep track of what is happening live. In addition, the Cycling app allows you to request the Twitter accounts of individual riders, which makes the Tour a lot more personal. The app is free to use, but costs 3.99 euros once for all options.
→ Download Cycling App in the App Store (free)
3. Tour de France 2017
Also this year, the organization of the Tour de France has released an official app. The Tour de France 2017 app offers everything you want to know about the tour. From the different stages to information about teams and drivers: the app is fully equipped with all the information. The official app also works on your Apple Watch, so you can even keep track of how your favorite team or rider is doing.
→ Download Tour de France 2017 from the App Store (free)
4. NOS
In addition to the aforementioned video app, the NOS also reports on the Tour de France in its own app. In the app you can not only watch TV broadcasts, but also news, rankings and other details. The NOS app is especially useful if you do not want to watch a video, but you do want to read articles. For those times when you can watch videos, there is plenty to watch in the form of special TV broadcasts about the Tour.
→ Download NOS in the App Store (free)
5. Cycling Sounds
Much of the atmosphere of the Tour de France is created by the sounds of the event. Hours before the riders arrive, the advertising caravan has already passed by, with all the noise that goes with it. Cycling Sounds introduces you to all the sounds of the Tour de France, including the three-tone tour horn. The app also lets you turn on the audience sound, if you don’t think the atmosphere on TV is good enough.