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The upcoming season of Tour de France: Unchained on Netflix will probably be its final. Expected to return in June 2025, Netflix’s protection of the Tour de France is not going to proceed for the 2025 race, scheduled to happen throughout 21 phases from July fifth to July twenty seventh this yr.
Le Parisien initially reported the cancellation, citing sources who said that Netflix has no plans to movie the 2025 occasion later this yr. A crew member talked about that they might usually be contacted by Netflix concerning renewal by this time, however no name had been acquired. The report additionally means that price could have been an element, stating (translated into English), “Netflix also pays hundreds of thousands of euros to the organizer and the teams that open their doors to the cameras. This should not disrupt the economics of cycling, with each team receiving around 50,000 euros.”
The cancellation was later confirmed by numerous biking magazines, together with CyclingNews.com, which spoke immediately with Netflix. A spokesperson for Netflix said, “After three seasons, we are naturally coming to an end of this cycle. We’re very proud of the work we’ve done and of the public response to the documentary series, which has allowed us to offer a fresh take on this legendary competition.”
Although Le Parisien means that declining viewership led to the cancellation, the truth is that the present probably struggled to realize a powerful viewers within the first place. Looking on the international high 10 stats, season 1 solely appeared within the high 10 rankings for a single week, accumulating simply 1.5 million views. Season 2 lasted two weeks within the high 10s, debuting with 1.1 million views—down 400K from the primary season.
Regarding regional efficiency, season 1 appeared within the high 10s in 15 international locations, with Denmark, Slovenia, and Belgium rating because the strongest markets. Season 2, nonetheless, solely made the highest 10 in 11 international locations, with the identical main markets.
The docu-drama collection was produced by Box to Box Films, the identical workforce behind F1: Drive to Survive and Quad.
This marks Netflix’s second main sports activities documentary cancellation of 2025. The different is Six Nations: Full Contact, which has concluded after two seasons. The discount in sports activities documentaries aligns with Netflix’s broader content material technique. Historically, Netflix has aggressively invested in rising content material areas—whether or not animation, gaming, or sports activities documentaries—to gauge viewers curiosity. After a number of years, underperforming titles are sometimes reduce as Netflix refines its focus.
We’re monitoring all of Netflix’s 2025 cancellations, together with different collection which have been formally confirmed to be ending.
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