FOLLOW THE TOUR AT WORK

The Tour de France is the greatest race on the planet, but it takes place during the working day. What to do...

A LA BUREAU

If you work in an office, you’re spoilt for choice – so long as you have an understanding or absentee boss! The best option is to visit the ITV website or get Eurosport Player on your computer, which will enable you to watch live at your desk. Probably best not to go full screen, though, and have a document or two open that you can hide the picture with should your boss emerge from their gilded office. If that’s not possible, keep an eye on cyclingnews.com.

A LA FABRIQUE

Not everyone works in a cushy office like us though, so if you’re in a factory or workshop you won’t have a computer to hand. Except you do, in the shape of your phone! If you’re stuck on a production line it’s going to be tough, but BBC 5Live Xtra often has live commentary on key stages that you might be able to persuade your workmates to switch to from Heart FM if there is a digital radio around.

A L’EXTERIEUR

If you work outside regularly you probably have one of those huge waterproof radios that entertain everyone in the street. Unless it’s DAB, though, it won’t be much help. Like a factory or workshop worker, you do have your phone – and if listening or watching is too costly to wallet and battery life, there will be live updates and stats available for every stage via the Cyclingnews Tour Tracker app. If there’s no signal where you are, well, there’s always the highlights…