After the European stage racing season kicked off with Étoile de Bèsseges last week, the peloton returns to southern France for the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de la Provence.

The four-day race started on Thursday and includes a partial climb of Mont Ventoux. There are a host of big names on the start list, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) making his debut at the race, while 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana-Premier Tech) also started their seasons in Provence🍒.

Davide Ballerini (Deceuninck-QuickStep) won the op🤪enin🥃g stage of the race and holds the leader's jersey as the peloton take on stage 2.

Cyclingnews will be bringing you full reports, res𒊎ults, news, interviews, and analysis throughout the race. Read on to find out how to watch the Tour de la Provence via live stream, no matter your location, with .

Bernal's Ineos Grenadiers squad have sent a strong squad to Fraꦚnce, with Iván Sosa, Eddie Dunbar and Gianni Moscon also taking part, while Laurens De Plus will make his debut with the team.

Alaphilippe has also be joined by some big hitters in Rémi Cavagna, Kasper Asgreen and Yves Lampaert. Meanwhile, Astana send the Izagirre brothers and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alexey Lutsenko alongside Vlasov, who won a stage last year.

Giro stage winner Ben O'Connor makes his AG2R Citroën debut, with Aurelien Paret-Peintre looking to continue his good form after a GP la Marseillaise win to start his year. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jack Haig, W൩out Poels and Dylan Teuns lead a strong Bahrain Victorio🐼us team.

Bauke Mollema and Giulio Ciccone leads Trek-Segafredo, while Ciccone's compatriot 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Aru makes his Qhubeka Assos debut. 

Elsewhere, Spaniards Enric Mas (Movistar) and Jesús Herrada (Cofidis) start their seasons in Provence, as Philippe Gilbert and &E🎉acute;toile de Bèsseges winner Tim Wellens lea💜d Lotto Soudal.

A handful of big-name sprinters started the race, with Matteo Trentin and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates), Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ), John Degenkolb (Lotto Soudal) and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nacer Bouhanni (Arkéa-Samsic) taking part. Other fastmen include Phil Bauhaus (Ba🌜hrain Victorious), Ben Swift (Ineos Grenadiers), and Max Kanter (Team DSM).

The first two days of the race feature plenty of hills, with🦋 stage 1 to Six-Fours-les-Plages set for a sprint finish while stage 2 to Manosque finishes uphill.&nb🎀sp;

Stage 3, the queen sta🃏ge, will see the riders tackle 15km of Mont Ventoux to Chalet Reynard, while stage 4 is one for the sprinters.

Read on for all the information on how to watch the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2021 Tour de la Provence.

Tour de la Provence live stream

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The Tour de la Provence will be aired in France online via TV, with around two to three hours a day of live coverage av🐓ailable each day.

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In the UK and around Europe, the race will be aired live on the , with a subscription costing £6.99 for a month, £4.99 for a year-long monthly pass, or £39.99 for a 12-month pass.  will al🐭so show the race – that also costs £6.99 per month or £39.99 per year. 

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