Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Tour de France Fan Demographics in United Kingdom

Tour de France has an estimated audience of 2.5M people in United Kingdom.

#2among Cycling in United Kingdom
#34among events in United Kingdom
#201in Sports

The average Tour de France fan in United Kingdom is 42.0 years old, more male, and lives primarily in Greater London.

By number of fans, Tour de France ranks #2 among the 240 objects in Cycling in United Kingdom — 79.9× the group median.

Its fans are 2.4 years younger than the group average of 44.4.

Women make up 28.9% of the fan base, 2.0 percentage points fewer than the group average.

Compared with the other 239 objects in Cycling, Tour de France fans stand out for their interest in road.cc, Vital MTB and Family-friendly.

Interest is seasonal: May, June and July account for 86% of the year's searches, November is the quietest month.

Most fans live in Greater London, South East, North West.

Top affinities include Tour of Flanders, Chris Froome, Rouleur (magazine), with strongest over-indexing on Tour of Flanders (26.12× the country average).

Demographically, the Tour de France audience skews more male with an average age of 42.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Sports Activity, Risk Appetite.

The typical Tour de France fan in United Kingdom is more male, around 42.0 years old, with strong Sports Activity tendencies and a notable affinity for Tour of Flanders.

Category: Sports · Type: Event · Subtype: Cycling

Data status: Q3/2026 · Source & method

Section 01

At a glance

Audience size
2.5M
in United Kingdom
Gender
28.9%♀
71.1% male
Age
42.0
average years
Country rank
#3131
among all objects in United Kingdom
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+3%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Solution
Section 02

Demographics of Tour de France fans

28.9% are female, 71.1% are male, average age 42.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

28.9%
Female
71.1%
Male
Demographic split for Tour de France audience in United Kingdom
MetricValue
Female28.9%
Male71.1%
Average age42.0
Estimated audience size2.5M
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.0
average years
Age distribution of the Tour de France audience in United Kingdom
Age bracketShare%
16-2414%
25-3418%
35-4421%
45-5424%
55+23%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.7%

of the worldwide Tour de France audience comes from United Kingdom.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Tour de France
CountryShare
France33.2%
United States9.3%
Germany8.1%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the United Kingdom average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Tour de France fans by region: top regions in United Kingdom
#RegionReachAffinity×
01South West~300K1.32×
02Greater London~400K1.30×
03South East~400K1.14×
04North West~300K1.13×
05Scotland~200K1.09×
06Wales~100K1.05×
07East of England~200K0.99×
08East Midlands~200K0.97×
09Northern Ireland~60K0.87×
10North East~80K0.82×
11Yorkshire and the Humber~200K0.74×
12West Midlands~100K0.60×
Section 04
Brands and objects ranked by affinity with this audience. Values above 1.0× mean over-representation compared with the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Affinities of the Tour de France audience vs. the country average
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Tour of FlandersSports26.12×
02Chris FroomeSports23.63×
03Rouleur (magazine)Sports22.86×
04road.ccSports18.59×
05Vital MTBSports17.70×
06Bradley WigginsSports15.81×
07Tadej PogačarSports14.91×
08Family-friendlyTopic13.83×
09Cyclo-crossSports13.23×
10Evans CyclesSports13.16×
11Bicycle touringSports12.09×
12Grand Tour (cycling)Sports12.04×
13Rapha (sportswear)Cars & Mobility11.83×
14Cycling teamSports11.78×
15Cycling WeeklySports11.17×
16Ineos GrenadiersSports10.81×
17Road bicycleSports8.36×
18Road cyclingSports8.09×
19Cars (film)Movies & TV6.13×
20Sustainable transportCars & Mobility5.01×
Section 05
Strongest and weakest personality traits of this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Tour de France audience

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

↑ What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Personality traits of the Tour de France audience vs. the country average · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Sports ActivityPOWER1.76×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL1.74×
Design AffinityPREMIUM1.66×
0×1.00× baseline2×
↓ Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Personality traits of the Tour de France audience vs. the country average · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.83×
ExtroversionTHRILL0.84×
IndividualismJOY0.85×
0×1.00× baseline2×
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Source & method

Source
Rascasse Solution, own modelling
What “fans” means here
Estimated number of people in United Kingdom with measurable interest in Tour de France over the last 12 months. Modelled, not counted; people interested in several events count for each of them.
Data basis
Anonymised behavioural signals: search demand, social media signals, sponsorship and event data. Not a survey.
Period
10/2025 – 09/2026 · updated quarterly · data status Q3/2026
Confidence
high gender and age data available and an audience of at least 100,000 people

Cite as: “Rascasse Solution, Q3/2026, rascasse.com/explore/gb/tour-de-france-14259” · Methodology