Top cyclist David Millar joins ITV Tour de France coverage

Veteran road-racing cyclist David Millar joins ITV’s Tour De France coverage for 2014.

Millar will lend his expert insight and analysis to ITV’s on-screen team during the first three days of coverage alongside presenter Gary Imlach, reporters Ned Boulting and Matt Rendell, cycling legend Chris Boardman, and commentators Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen.

David is the only British rider to have worn all the Tour de France jerseys, and is due to retire from professional racing at the end of the year. This was supposed to be his last Tour, but he was not selected to take part by his team Garmin-Sharp.

Live action from the first three stages based in England, running from Leeds to Harrogate, York to Sheffield, and Cambridge to London, will be shown on ITV and ITV4, with daily live coverage of the rest of the Tour to be shown on ITV4.

It is the fifth time ITV4 has screened daily live coverage and extended highlights of the Tour, with a total of 98 hours of cycling to be shown during the event. Last year, ITV signed a new deal to show cycling’s showpiece event until 2019.