TDF 2020, presented by ŠKODA

I rarely write such a negative review, but this app, while “good looking”, is pretty awful. Navigation is terrible... the standings list has no link functionality to read about an individual rider. You can’t even search for a rider name in the team list? Really?? Hell’s bells, i JUST found the well-hidden live tracking! I get that they decided to add a bit more info for the tourist going to see the Tour, but the app experience seems to have been scrambled and gutted...

I’m guessing this version was designed by someone with zero experience and understanding of usability, modern native app patterns, accessibility and 508 compliance. The execution is terrible and many of the best functionalities of previous versions of the app have been stripped out or redesigned to be either completely useless or totally confusing - or both. The text overall is way too small, even in areas it doesn’t need to be. As others noted, yellow text on grey background? That’s basic UI design 101 stuff. Terrible! No more live TV access? That’s the main reason many of us use the app and are willing to pay for it!!! The live tracking map only allows view half the screen? Remove all the extraneous crap and let the user view and interact with the map full screen. I could go on and on and on. Very frustrating as this was once a very nice app I looked forward to, and would have been happy to pay tens of dollars to use for three weeks a year. Terrible, terrible redesign.

I think the app in general is fairly good. One thing that would be useful is an alert (for those who click to receive notifications) when there is 5k to go for those in front. These races are hours long and it’d be nice to be able to see the end even if we haven’t been able to watch the whole time.

Thank you so much for finally having an app with the breakdown of each of the stages, photos, great recap videos without being blocked out here in the United States due to NBC televising the event. Finally I can see Stage video previews, highlights and summaries, and interviews each day without restriction, from an actual official event app!

Reading the poor reviews surprised me. I am able to track riders, jerseys, stages, and media with this. It is a great way to check in on stages if I don’t have access to a television too. The only improvement I’d like is a link to riders’ media accounts. It could be that this is already available, but I’m missing it. Vive le tour!