buoyed by the strong performance of the French Julian Alaphilippe and Thibaut Pinot, France Télévisions has recorded hearings outstanding last weekend. In fact, Saturday afternoon, the Tour de France had a total of 51.2% of the audience share according to Médiamétrie, is 5,52 million viewers. Prior to this, on France 3, in the late morning, the competition has gathered 27.1% of viewers. This success contrasts with the mixed record of last year, which was attended by less viewers than the edition of 2017. From the outset, the July 6, 2019, 30.6 million of French people have already watched the race, which represents a gain of 300,000 people compared to the Tour de France 2018, and this even before the beginning of the third week.

Even the newscast of France 2 has taken advantage of this craze. Saturday July 20, the evening of the victory of Thibaut Pinot in the col du Tourmalet, the news of Laurent Delahousse was attended by 3.76 million ...