The revolution will not be televised. Just two weeks after it was announced that Eurosport would be closed down, Netflix revealed on Thursday that Tour de France: Unchained will end after its third season is aired later this year. This might not be quite as seismic as the Warner Bros. Discovery/TNT bombshell, but it is very much more bad news for cycling, cycling fans, and those who don't even know they like the sport yet.
Tour de France: Unchained was not perfect, and for diehard pro cycling fans probably seemed quite surface level, but I know more than a few people who got into the sport this way. In just two years of existence, the programme became a gateway drug for many non-cycling obsessives and non-sports fans to get into the world we all love.
