Details of Netflix's Tour de France documentary were announced this week.

The exact launch date for the program has not yet been confirmed, but it was indicated at the Cannes Series Festival that it will begin during the Criterium du Dauphiné race, which starts on Sunday, June 4.

The Cannes Series, a TV festival linked to the famous Cannes International Film Festival, is taking place this week, with a new Tour de France special on Monday.

Guests were shown the entire first episode of the series, which revolves primarily around the Quick-Step Alphavini team.

French star Julien Alaphilippe was reportedly eliminated, and Yves Lampère's shocking victory on the first stage and Fabio Jacobsen's win the next day were treated in the context of his comeback from a life-threatening crash in 2020.

"We worked at the border between documentary and film, trying to find the personalities and where they came from," series producer Jan Lubrbuac told RMC (opens in new tab).

"With Fabio, we tried to show that he almost died two years ago and that two years later he made his first Tour de France appearance and won a stage. There was some luck, but we were there to find it."

RMC Sport also aired comments from neutral spectators in the audience. One spectator said he was "truly immersed and gripped by the intensity of the racing," while another highlighted the "incredible theatricality."

The newspaper Ouest France (open in new tab) had a reporter in attendance, who stated that the venue was "far from full," but that the people there seemed impressed. That reporter felt that "the tendency to crash was a little too pronounced," but acknowledged that the cameras on the bikes and team cars provided insight into the tactics of the sport and allowed viewers to "feel the adrenaline of the race."

Netflix's cameras will be used by eight of the 22 teams that will make up the 2022 Tour de France, including winner Jonas Vingegaard's Jumbo Visma, plus Ineos Grenadier, Groupama-FDJ, EF Education-. EasyPost, Alpecin-Fenix, Bora-Hansgrohe, and AG2R Citroën Team, went behind the scenes.

Produced by the Quadbox production company, the series consists of eight episodes and will air in 190 territories worldwide. The English title is Tour de France: Au cœur du peloton ("Inside the peloton") in France.

Netflix reportedly footed the €8 million production bill to produce the series and paid €1 million in fees to various parties. Tour de France organizer ASO and host broadcaster France Televisions each received €250,000; the eight teams split the remaining €500,000, with each team receiving €62,000 ($67,000).

Earlier this year, an official trailer was shown at the Mobile Live World Congress.