Tour de France, stage eight today. Time, route, and where to watch it on free-to-air TV.

We start again with Tadej Pogacar in the yellow jersey

The 2025 Tour de France returns to action. Today, Saturday, July 12, the Grande Boucle begins its eighth stage , covering 171.4 kilometers from Saint-Menn-Le-Grand to Laval Espace Mayenne. Wearing the yellow jersey is Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), who won yesterday's stage and is now leading the general classification with a 54-second advantage over Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick-Step) and 1:11 ahead of third-place Kevin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels). Here's the time, route, and where to watch today's stage on TV (including free-to-air) and streaming.

Tour de France, route of the eighth stage

Today's stage of the Tour de France is 171.4 kilometers long, starting in Saint-Meen-Le-Grand and ending in Laval Espace Mayenne. It's a stage that could be described as a "transit" stage, with no significant elevation changes. The riders will traverse a wide plain and some gentle climbs. There's only one categorized climb along the route, and the riders will cover approximately 1,700 meters of elevation gain.

Tour de France: schedule and where to watch it on TV

The 2025 Tour de France will be broadcast live (free to air) on Rai 2, with broadcasts scheduled—depending on the stages—between 2 and 3 PM. Today's seventh stage will begin around 1:10 PM, with the finish expected between 5:04 PM and 5:24 PM. Full stages are available live on Discovery+ and Eurosport, and can be viewed on Tim Vision, Dazn, and Amazon Prime Video.