What is Tour de France: Unchained's IQ Score?

Tour de France: Unchained has an IQ Score of 131/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Stimulating tier. The score breaks down to 42/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 10/50 Educational Value, and 50/50 Craft & Quality.

Is Tour de France: Unchained educational?

Tour de France: Unchained is low on educational value, 10/50 on TVI's rubric. Watch for entertainment, not for learning.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's IQ Score is calculated as round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers: Masterclass (≥160), Stimulating (≥130), Competent (≥100), Passive (≥70), and Numbing (<70). The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

Tour de France: Unchained , IQ Score 131/200

Tour de France: Unchained has an IQ Score of 131/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Stimulating tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MPH·Updated 2026-05-21·Methodology

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131/ 200

Stimulating

Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention

Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

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Why you should trust this score

Methodology reviewed by Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician scientist. Master of Public Health, with substantial coursework in research methodology. Reviews the rubric and its application across the adult catalog.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.2

Formula

round(C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4

Database scale

2,282 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Netflix's 2023 docuseries chronicling Formula 1's success-format applied to professional cycling's premier event. The structural commitment to letting individual-rider specificity (Wout van Aert's domestique work, Tadej Pogačar's aggressive climbing) be the actual subject rather than the general competition framing is what gives the series its anthropological weight.

Sports-documentary as access-bargained character study.

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