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Clear room in your DVR- the Tour de France is coming !
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People's, just noticed while checked my dvr's upcoming recordings that 7 stages of various years of the TdF are set to record on NBCSN. One stage each from 2011,2013,2015,2016,2019,and two from 2014. Not sure of any rhyme or reason for the years and stages. Also, may be more to follow because I think my dvr only looks ahead about a week.

Additionally, the web site http://www.letour.fr claims the tour has been not cancelled ( yet!) but instead was postponed until 8-29 thru 9-20-2020.
The following is from the site.

Following the President’s address on Monday evening, where large-scale events were banned in France until mid-July as a part of the fight against the spread of COVID-19, the organisers of the Tour de France, in agreement with the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), have decided to postpone the Tour de France to Saturday 29th August to Sunday 20th September 2020.

Initially scheduled to take place from the 27th June to the 19th July, the Tour de France will follow the same route, with no changes, from Nice to Paris. Over the last few weeks, there has been constant communication between riders, teams, the organisers as well as other relevant third parties all with the support of the UCI, who are responsible for arranging a new global cycling schedule, in which the Tour de France takes pride of place.

The organisers of the Tour de France are in regular contact with and have reached agreement with all of the different parties involved, from the local communities to the public authorities.

The women’s event, La Course by le Tour de France avec FDJ, which was initially scheduled to take place on the 19th July on the Champs Elysées, will also be postponed to a date that is still to be determined, but it will take place during the Tour de France 2020. Equally, the 30th edition of the Etape du Tour cyclosportive, originally schedule to take place on the 5th July, will be postponed to a date yet to be determined.

We would like to thank all of cycling’s stakeholders, the Tour de France’s partners, its broadcasters as well as all of the local authorities for their reactivity and their support. We all hope that the 2020 Tour de France will help to turn the page on the difficult period that we are currently experiencing.

Would be nice if it happens.

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Yep, it got pushed back a while ago to the end of August start.

The 'latest' I've read elsewhere (I'm in the UK) is certainly ASO are planning on it running, but some changes to logistics and some restrictions on spectators (not a ban but things like maybe banning the cars and campervans that set up at the roadside 3 days early on mountain climbs, and limit spectators to by foot and by bike.

I can't for the life of me see the Etap taking place... 8000+ people on 1 stage from all over the world. That's not happening. Unless it's in 2021.
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