The Tour De France is the world’s most well-known cycling race and a monumental challenge for broadcasters. The TM Forum, through its Catalyst programme, set out to examine how 5G technology could be used to cover the event. 

This year, the Tour De France generated 105 hours of live coverage with 190 countries broadcasting the race between 176 riders who covered a total of 3,351 kilometres in front of approximately 12 million spectators along the route...