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How to watch Tour de France 2023: TV channel and FREE live stream today

The 2023 Tour de France is underway.

The fight for the yellow jersey began in Spain with a stage win for British rider Adam Yates before heading across France over three weeks and 21 stages.

One thing to look out for will be Mark Cavendish on his return to the Tour.

The veteran sprinter is in pursuit of the all-time record for stage wins.

Here’s how to follow the biggest race in cycling on TV...

How to watch the Tour de France 2023

TV channel: In the UK, each stage will be shown live on Eurosport 1 and ITV4.

Live stream: A free live stream will be available on ITVX while Eurosport can be accessed online via Discovery+ or the Sky Go app if you subscribe through Sky TV.

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How to watch the Tour de France live stream 2024

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The wait is nearly over for the biggest bike race of the year, the Tour de France 2024 . Like us, you'll probably be wanting to tune in and watch, so we've put together a comprehensive guide to exactly how you can watch everything from live coverage to highlights of this iconic Grand Tour.

This will be the first Tour since GCN+ closed down , so make sure you read our how to watch guide carefully to make sure you can be fully tuned in. If you're away from home, you can watch for free from anywhere using a VPN.

When is the Tour de France? 

The Tour de France will begin in Florence on June 29, and finish three weeks later on July 21 in Nice. Individual stages will be broadcast in full on Discovery+ .  

Check your chosen streaming service in your territory for broadcast times of individual stages. 

How to watch the Tour de France for free 

The Tour de France is free to watch in Australia on SBS On Demand .

Streaming services are often geo-restricted, so if you're an Aussie away from home, make sure to use a VPN to watch your free Tour de France live stream from abroad.

We'll show you how to do that just below with NordVPN, which comes highly recommended via our sister site TechRadar .

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How to watch the Tour de France live stream in the UK

Eurosport.co.uk and discovery+ are the homes of cycling in the UK. Subscriptions are £6.99 per month. There's also an annual plan for discovery+ at £59.99, if you're after the full race calendar of live streams.

How to watch the Tour de France live stream in the USA

Bike racing fans in the US will be able to watch the Tour de France on the FloBikes platform. The TV app is available on Roku, Fire TV, Chromecast and Apple TV, as well as on Android and iOS. Subscriptions cost $150 per year. 

Watch Tour de France 2024 live stream on FLOBikes in USA

FloBikes boasts an impressive bill of live racing throughout the season, including the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and more. A monthly subscription will cost you $30 while a yearly account will set you back $150 ($12.50 per month).

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This year's race should be an exciting battle for overall victory, with four potential winners all vying for the maillot jaune. Reigning champion Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike), Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step) and Primož Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe) are the men most likely, although newly-anointed Giro d'Italia champion Pogačar is the only rider to have come through the early season unscathed. The other three have missed training time after tangling with each other in the same crash in Itzulia Basque Country in April.

Vingegaard was the worst affected , and in early June there was still a question mark over whether he would definitely be at the Tour de France, but he was announced on the start list the week before the race.

There are plenty of sprinting opportunities scattered throughout the race. Last year's green jersey Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) will be the man to beat, pushed hard others including Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) and Fabio Jakobsen (dsm-firmenich-PostNL). Many eyes will also be on Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan), who returns for his last Tour de France in the hope of finally beating the all-time 35-stage-win record that he is currently tied on with Eddy Merckx.

The final stage sees the race make way for the Paris Olympic Games and finish outside the capital for the first time in history, with a time trial from Monaco to Nice.

Check out our page on the Tour de France 2024 route for everything you need to know about the 21 stages from Florence to Nice, and look at our almost complete start list for the race .

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The biggest race of the season, the Tour de France , is upon us, with the three-week race kicking off on Sunday, June 29, in Florence, Italy and concluding in Nice on Sunday, July 21.

The Tour de France is free to air on ITVX (UK) and SBS On Demand (AUS) . Away from home? You can watch free from anywhere using a VPN .

The race is set to play host to the most anticipated yellow jersey battle in years as two-time winners Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike) and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) do battle against fellow superstars Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and Primož Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe).

Dates: June 29-July 21

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The star quartet will be supported by a host of big names, including Sepp Kuss , Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease A Bike), Juan Ayuso , João Almeida, Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates), Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep), Jai Hindley and Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe).

They'll all be joined at the start by the cream of the crop of the international peloton, including a host of other GC rivals such as Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla), Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), Enric Mas (Movistar), David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), and Ineos Grenadiers quartet Egan Bernal , Carlos Rodríguez, Tom Pidcock, and Geraint Thomas.

Elsewhere, look out for sprinters and Classics men including Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan), Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious), Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Dstny), Fabio Jakobsen (DSM-Firmenich PostNL), Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease A Bike), Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), and Alpecin-Deceuninck pairing Jasper Philipsen and Mathieu van der Poel .

How to watch the Tour de France for free

The 2024 Tour de France will be aired for free in Australia on SBS on Demand , in the UK by ITV4 , and in Wales by S4C .

If you live or are on holiday in any of these countries then enjoy the month of racing with no subscription fees to pay. However, if you're away from home on holiday during the racing then it's possible to keep up with the racing without resorting to shelling out for a local streaming subscription.

A VPN could solve your problem, and we have all the information on h ow to watch the action using a VPN below.

How to watch the Tour de France in the USA & Canada

NBC hold the broadcasting rights for the Tour de France in the USA. The race will be broadcast live on NBC, as well as the network's streaming service, Peacock TV .

FloBikes will air the Tour de France in Canada. An annual subscription will set you back $29.99/month or $150/year.

Viewers in the USA can watch the Tour live via the network, while highlights and on-demand streams will also be available.

Peacock TV offers a seven-day free trial for those who want to try before you buy. A full subscription to the service starts from $4.99 per month.

NBC is available via cable plans and, if you're a cord-cutter, you can watch the network via Hulu ($7.99 per month with a 30-day free trial), DirecTV (from $64.99 per month with a five-day free trial), and FuboTV (from $74.99 per month with a seven-day free trial).

How to watch the Tour de France in the UK

In the UK, the Tour de France will be aired free to air on TV ITV4 , and Welsh-language channel S4C as well as via Eurosport and Discovery+ .

A 'standard' subscription to Discovery+, which includes Eurosport's cycling coverage, will set you back £6.99 per month or £59.99 per year. The package includes year-round cycling streams as well as other live sports, including snooker, tennis, motorsports, the Paris Olympic Games, and more.

A premium subscription, which includes all that plus TNT Sports (Premier League, Champions League and Europa League football plus rugby, wrestling, UFC, and MotoGP), costs an additional £29.99 per month.

How to watch the Tour de France around the world

In Australia, national broadcaster SBS will carry live Tour de France coverage.

For a local feel and full French-language coverage of the race, head to France TV Around Europe, broadcasters include ARD in Germany, Sporza and RTBF in Belgium, Rai in Italy, and RTVE in Spain.

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If you are outside of your home region and need to access your live streaming services to watch the action, you may find your access to be geo-restricted.

In this case, a VPN service will come in handy, allowing your computer to pretend it's home and let you log into your streaming accounts to catch all of the racing action.

Our colleagues at TechRadar thoroughly tested several VPN services and came up with a few great recommendations below.

1. NordVPN - get the world's favorite VPN We've put all the major VPNs through their paces and we rate NordVPN as the best for streaming Netflix as our top pick, thanks to its speed, ease of use and strong security features. It's also compatible with just about any streaming device out there, including Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Xbox and PlayStation, as well as Android and Apple mobiles.

There are a couple other very good options that are safe, reliable and offer good bandwidth for streaming sports. Check out two other top options below - ExpressVPN and the best budget option, Surfshark .

2. Try ExpressVPN risk-free for 30 days ExpressVPN offers a 30-day money back guarantee with its VPN service. You can use it to watch on your mobile, tablet, laptop, TV, games console and more. There's 24/7 customer support and three months free when you sign-up.

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Currently topping our charts as the fastest VPN around, Surfshark keeps giving us reasons to recommend it. It's a high-value, low-cost option that's easy to use, full of features, and excellent at unblocking restricted content. 

With servers in over 100 countries, you can stream your favorite shows from almost anywhere. Best of all, Surfshark costs as little as $2.30 per month, and it comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee to try it out.

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The 2023 Tour de France sees Slovenian two-time winner Tadej Pogacar aim to claim a third yellow jersey in four years, but he is up against the reigning champion Jonas Vingegaard and his formidable Jumbo-Visma team.

And while Vingegaard and Pogacar are expected to fight out the yellow jersey, there is an open race to finish on the podium.

Australia’s 2022 Giro d’Italia winner Jai Hindley, Spain’s Enric Mas, rising Danish star Mattias Skjelmose, home favourite David Gaudu, 2019 Giro winner Richard Carapaz and Pogacar’s new teammate Adam Yates are all in the running, while Ineos riders Tom Pidcock and Dani Martinez could also end up high in the general classification. Ultimately it will come down to who can cling on to the wheels of Vingegaard and Pogacar the longest.

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Tour de France coverage can be found this year on ITV4, Eurosport, Discovery+ and GCN+ (Global Cycling Network).

Live racing each day will be shown on ITV4, starting around 1pm ( guide here ), before highlights on ITV4 at 7pm each day . It can all be streamed online via ITVX.

Eurosport and GCN+ will show every minute of every stage. It is also being shown on Eurosport’s Discovery+ streaming service.

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How to watch Stage 1 of the 2024 Tour de France on Saturday – TV and live stream details as Tadej Pogacar hunts yellow

Published 28/06/2024 at 18:25 GMT

The Tour de France is back. And this year, it promises to be bigger than ever. The six biggest names in the men's peloton are set to do battle over 21 stages, with defending champion Jonas Vingegaard joined by Tadej Pogacar, Primoz Roglic, Remco Evenepoel, Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel on a bumper start list. So how can you watch Stage 1? And when does coverage get underway?

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The Tour de France is shaping up to be an all-time classic, with the big four riders likely to lock horns for the first time simultaneously in a Grand Tour event.

Reigning title holder Jonas Vingegaard, Giro d'Italia 2024 runaway champion Tadej Pogačar, three-time Vuelta a España winner Primož Roglič and Vuelta 2022 top dog Remco Evenepoel are all set to compete against one another.

Vingegaard has been uncertain to start due to injury, but the expectation is that he will return to the saddle in time for the Grand Depart.

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The Tour de France will look a lot different in 2024, with the first ever start from Italy to be staged in Florence. It is also the first time the event won't conclude in Paris, with Nice to be given the honour.

Paris will be preoccupied in the run-up to the Olympics 2024, meaning the Tour de France has been shifted, not that fans will mind with such a deep pool of talent to savour across the event.

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UK viewers can watch all of the action live on discovery+ , the main hub for all Eurosport live coverage, and ITV4 for free-to-air coverage.

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Tour de France 2024: How to watch the cycling Super Bowl, full schedule, livestream info and more

The 111th Tour de France begins in Florence, Italy this Saturday, June 29. The annual long-distance race will bring together some of the biggest names in cycling, including two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogačar, Primož Roglič, Remco Evenepoel, Juan Ayuso, Carlos Rodríguez, Adam Yates, João Almeida and Matteo Jorgenson. The Tour De France will cover 2,170 miles across 21 days of racing, finishing in Nice on July 21. This year's Tour will be the first ever to not finish in Paris (due to the 2024 Olympics).

Want to tune into the 2024 Tour de France (AKA the cycling Super Bowl)? Here's everything you need to know about the cycling event, including the odds of who will take home the yellow jersey in 2024, where to stream the 2024 Tour de France and more.

How to watch the Tour de France from the US:

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Tour de France dates: June 29 - July 21

Tour de France TV channel: NBC

Tour de France streaming: Peacock

How to watch the 2024 Tour de France without cable:

Starting at just $6 a month, a Peacock subscription is the easiest way to stream live sports and events airing on NBC, including this year’s Tour de France! On top of access to the Tour de France, the streaming platform is the home of the 2024 Olympics, and the easiest way to stream most live sports and events airing on NBC. You’ll also get access to thousands of hours of shows and movies, including beloved sitcoms such as Parks and Recreation and The Office . For $12 monthly you can upgrade to an ad-free subscription which includes live access to your local NBC affiliate (not just during designated sports and events) and the ability to download select titles to watch offline.

Is there a free Tour de France livestream?

Don’t want to pay for Peacock to watch the Tour de France? UK-based streaming platform ITVX will have a free livestream of their Tour de France coverage throughout the race. To access this free livestream though, you’ll need a VPN.

To watch ITVX from the US, you’ll need to sign up for a good streaming VPN and choose a UK server. From there, you should be able to watch ITVX totally free from the US.

A VPN (virtual private network) helps protect your data, can mask your IP address and is perhaps most popular for being especially useful in the age of streaming. Whether you’re looking to watch Friends on Netflix (which left the U.S. version of the streamer back in 2019) or tune in to a boxing match this weekend without paying the PPV prices, a VPN can help you out. Looking to try a VPN for the first time? This guide breaks down the best VPN options for every kind of user .

Stream free Tour de France coverage

ExpressVPN offers “internet without borders,” meaning you can catch free coverage of the 2024 Tour de France without shelling out for Peacock. All you'll need to do is sign up for ExpressVPN, change your server location to the UK and then find free livestream coverage on one of the streaming platforms mentioned above. 

ExpressVPN’s added protection, speed and range of location options make it an excellent choice for first-time VPN users looking to stretch their streaming abilities, plus, it's Endgadget's top pick for the best streaming VPN . New users can save 49% when they sign up for ExpressVPN’s 12-month subscription. Plus, the service offers a 30-day money-back guarantee, in case you're nervous about trying a VPN.

How long is the Tour de France?

The 2024 Tour de France will cover 3,492km (2,170 miles) across 21 days of racing. The longest day of racing will be Stage 3, Piacenza to Turin, at 229km (142 miles).

Where does the Tour de France end?

The Tour de France cycles to a stop on July 21, 2024 in Nice, France. It'll mark the first time in Tour De France history that the ride won't finish in Paris.

How many riders are in the Tour de France?

176 cyclists are riding in the Tour de France this year, making up 22 Tour de France teams.

2024 Tour de France full schedule:

Florence to Rimini (Italy), 128 miles (hilly stage) - Coverage begins at 6:30 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Cesenatico to Bologna (Italy), 120 miles (hilly stage) - Coverage begins at 6:05 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Piacenza to Turin (Italy), 142 miles (flat stage) - Coverage begins at 6:50 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Pinerolo (Italy) to Valloire (France), 86 miles (mountain stage) - Coverage begins at 7 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Saint-Vulbas, 110 miles (flat stage) - Coverage begins at 6:55 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Mâcon to Dijon, 101 miles (flat stage) - Coverage begins at 7 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin, 16 miles (individual time trial) - Coverage begins at 7:10 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Semur-en-Auxois to Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, 109 miles (flat stage) - Coverage begins at 6 a.m. ET (Peacock, NBC)

Troyes to Troyes, 124 miles (hilly stage) - Coverage begins at 7:05 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Orléans to Saint-Amand-Montrond, 116 miles (flat stage) - Coverage begins at 6:55 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Évaux-les-Bains to Le Lioran, 131 miles (mountain stage) - Coverage begins at 6:55 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Aurillac to Villeneuve-sur-Lot, 127 miles (flat stage) - Coverage begins at 6:55 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Agen to Pau, 106 miles (flat stage) - Coverage begins at 7:30 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Pau to Saint-Lary-Soulan, 94 miles (mountain stage) - Coverage begins at 6:30 a.m. ET (Peacock, NBC)

Loudenvielle to Plateau de Beille, 123 miles (mountain stage) - Coverage begins at 6:55 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Gruissan to Nîmes 187 km, 116 miles (flat stage) - Coverage begins at 6:50 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to SuperDévoluy, 111 miles (mountain stage) - Coverage begins at 6:05 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Gap to Barcelonnette, 111 miles (hilly stage) - Coverage begins at 6:55 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Embrun to Isola 2000, 90 miles (mountain stage) - Coverage begins at 7:05 a.m. ET (Peacock)

Nice to Col de la Couillole, 83 miles (mountain stage) - Coverage begins at 7:35 a.m. ET (Peacock, NBC)

Monaco to Nice, 21 miles (individual time trial) - Coverage begins at 10:10 a.m. ET (Peacock)

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How to watch the Tour de France 2024, wherever you are

Watch the tour from start to finish

Tour de France 2024 is almost here. Unless you’re amongst the crowds who line the track with grasped banners and words of support, you’re not getting anywhere close to the podium. But, there are more than a few ways to watch the Tour de France. From watching it stateside to using a VPN , here’s how to watch the Tour de France wherever you are.

When is it?

The Tour de France will roll away on 29 June for its 111th edition. For the first time ever, the Grand Départ will take place in Italy and, due to the Olympic and Paralympic Games taking place in Paris, the race will not finish in the French capital for the first time. Instead, the world’s best cyclists will end the race in Nice on 21st July.

For its 111th outing, the gruelling contest is a month-long marathon of mountain climbs, downhill sprints and more than a few falls. The Tour has born legends, controversies, and along the way, some champions who risk everything for a yellow jersey (as well as a few endorsement deals along the way).

Where to watch: US

If you’re in the US, the best way to watch the Tour de France is through  Peacock Premium . Peacock will air every single live stage of the Tour de France daily. On some days, NBC and USA Network will also be showing coverage and highlights.

A Peacock subscription with access to the Tour de France can be bought from $5.99, or $59.99 per year, through a Peacock Premium account.

Where to watch: UK

In the UK, there’s plenty of free options to catch every minute of the Tour de France. This year, coverage can be found on ITV4, Eurosport, Discovery+ and GCN+ (Global Cycling Network).

Air times are still yet to be confirmed, but live racing and highlights will be shown on ITV4 each day. It can also be streamed online through ITVX . Eurosport and GCN+ will also be showing every single minute, climb and sprint from every stage. It’s also being shown through Eurosport’s Discovery+ streaming service, which gains access to sports content from the Eurosport Player, which ceased to exist from 13 January 2023.

How to use a VPN to watch the Tour de France 2023

Want to watch the Tour de France in Français, or see a sprint finish in Spanish? You can through a VPN. Here’s how:

1. Choose and download a VPN – check out our list of the best VPNs around

2. Pick a server location  – VPN apps enable you to choose where you want to watch shows from.

3. Head to your streaming service of choice – now you can watch Tour de France streams without issue.

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Tour de France 2024 start list

The biggest race of the year, the Tour de France 2024, is here! Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) is the overwhelming favorite, what with his scintillating form, and because his main rivals have all sustained injuries in the early part of the year.

Read on and we'll show you how to watch the Tour de France 2024 live streams from anywhere with a VPN , and potentially for FREE .

Tour de France 2024 live streams take place between Saturday, June 29 and Sunday, July 21. Start times vary. • FREE STREAMS —   Watch on ITVX (UK) SBS (Australia) RAIplay (Italy) RTBF (Belgium) France.tv (France) •  U.S. — Watch on Peacock •   Canada — Watch on FloBikes •   U.K. — Watch on Discovery+ • Watch anywhere — Try NordVPN

Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), Primož Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Remco Evenepoel (Soudal–Quick-Step) are the main other riders with their eyes on the big prizr but the trio of leaders at Ineos Grenadiers, Tom Pidcock, Egan Bernal and Carlos Rodríguez will all fancy themselves for the podium.

Of course the Tour is not all about the race for yellow. There are a multitude of sub plots to enjoy watching each day. Not least of these is newly-knighted Sir Mark Cavendish and his quest to win one last Tour de France stage to take his overall record to 35. After coming out of retirement for ONE LAST TRY will all the stars finally aline – or will he just have to settle for sharing the record with Eddy Merckx?

Read on for where to watch Tour de France 2024 and live coverage of a whole month of top cycling action, wherever you are in the world.

FREE Tour de France 2024 live streams

If you live in the UK, Australia, Italy, Belgium or France then you can look forward to a FREE Tour de France live stream in 2024.

The UK's ITV ITVX and Australia’s SBS are set to serve up free streams of the biggest race of 2024 as is Italy's Rai , Belgium's RTBF and France's France.TV

But what if you’re based in any of these countries but aren’t at home to catch that free Tour de France coverage? Maybe you’re on holiday and don’t want to spend money on pay TV in another country, when you’d usually be able to watch for free at home?

Don't worry — you can watch via a VPN instead. We'll show you how to do that below.

Tour de France 2024 live streams around the world

Away from home at the moment and blocked from watching the cycling on your usual subscription?

You can still watch the Tour de France 2024 live thanks to the wonders of a VPN (Virtual Private Network). The software allows your devices to appear to be back in your home country regardless of where in the world you are. So ideal for viewers away on vacation or on business. Our favorite is NordVPN . It's the best on the market:

There's a good reason you've heard of NordVPN. We specialize in testing and reviewing VPN services and NordVPN is the one we rate best. It's outstanding at unblocking streaming services, it's fast and it has top-level security features too. With over 5,000 servers, across 60 countries, and at a great price too, it's easy to recommend.

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Using a VPN is incredibly simple.

1. Install the VPN of your choice . As we've said, NordVPN is our favorite.

2. Choose the location you wish to connect to in the VPN app. For instance if you're in the U.S. and want to view a U.K. service, you'd select U.K. from the list.

3. Sit back and enjoy the action. Head to ITVX, or another streaming service, and watch the action.

How to watch 2024 Tour de France live streams in the U.S.

Cycling fans in the U.S. can watch the 2024 Tour de France on NBC . It'll also be available to stream via Peacock (from $4.99 per month).

If you don't have NBC via cable or you've already cut the cord, you can watch the network via  DirecTV  (from $64.99 per month with a five-day free trial), and  FuboTV  (from $74.99 per month with a seven-day free trial) or Hulu with Live TV ($7.99 per month with a 30-day free trial).

And if you're currently out of the U.S. but still want to watch the race, then don't forget to explore  NordVPN  set out above.

In addition to showing the Tour de France 2024, Peacock  airs most Premier League soccer matches as well as a huge library of licensed content drawn from various brands. That includes shows like "30 Rock", "The Voice", "Law & Order: SVU" and "This Is Us".

How to watch Tour de France 2024 live streams in the U.K.

Every Tour de France stage is being shown for free in the U.K. courtesy of ITV and ITVX  (formerly ITV Hub). 

For those who prefer Welsh-language commentary, S4C is also providing free coverage of the race. This can be accessed for free via BBC iPlayer .

Live coverage of the 2024 Tour de France will also be broadcast in the UK on Eurosport and Discovery+.

A 'standard' subscription to Discovery+ which includes Eurosport's cycling coverage will set you back £6.99 per month or £59.99 per year. The package includes year-round cycling streams as well as other live sports including snooker, tennis, motorsports, the Paris Olympic Games, and more.

A premium subscription, which includes all that plus TNT Sports ( Premier League , Champions League and Europa League football plus rugby, wrestling, UFC, and MotoGP) costs an additional £30.99 per month.

If you're currently traveling overseas, don't worry, as you can use NordVPN to watch from abroad.

How to watch Tour de France 2024 live streams in Canada

Cycling fans in the Canada can watch the 2024 Tour de France on  FloBikes . A subscription will set you back CAN$150 for the year or CAN$29.99 on a monthly basis.

Not at home right now? Use NordVPN or another VPN service to trick your device into thinking you're still in Canada.

Tour de France 2024 stages

This year’s Tour de France kicks off in Italy with three stages starting in Florence then traveling through Emilia-Romagna from Rimini in the east via Bologna to Turin. The first two are packed with climbs so expect attacking riding then the third is a nailed on sprint finish as there is barely a lump on the 230km between Plaisance and Turin.

On day four the race then hits the mountains and to start with the route climbs 40 km due west though the ski resort of Sestrieres but only on a pitch of 3.7%, then after this takes on the short climb over the Col de Montgenèvre to cross into France. The final climb is the mighty Col du Galibier, however it’s the ‘easy’ side from Briançon that the riders face before the rapid descent to the finish in Valloire. 

That’s it for the first visit to the Alps as the race next heads into two sprint days, stage 5 from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Saint-Vulbas and then the featureless stage 6 from Macon to Dijon.

Stage even will likely see the first serious GC action on the 25.3km flat time trial from Nuits-saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin. The TT specialists will also be up for this one as with little to no elevation it’s just about as pure a time trial course as you could plot. 

The 183km stage 8 from Semur-en-Auxois to Colombey-les-Deux-Églises is fairly lumpy and will tempt breaks but the sprinters team should be able to control things if they pay attention. 

Stage 9 is one all the riders will have been dreading as it contains the unpredictable madness of dirt roads with a total of 15 sectors across the 199km. Starting and finishing in Troyes there are also four small climbs to contend with but it’s the unmade surfaces that will present the most danger.

After the stress of stage 9 Monday is the first race day of the race then the action resumes on Tuesday with a pan flat 187km from Orléans to Saint-Amand-Montrond.

On Wednesday things spice up with a day of small yet steep climbs on stage 11 in the Massif Central, the highlight and high point of which is the fantastic Pas de Peyrol but then it’s back to the flat for stage 12 between Aurillac and Villeneuve-sur-Lot and stage 13 from Agen to Pau.

Pau is nicknamed the gateway to the Pyrenees and that it is as stage 14 heads right into the mountains to cross the one and only Col du Tourmalet, the Hourquette d’Ancizan to then finish at Pla d’Adet. This first summit finish will have been worth the wait and will likely be the most decisive stage of the whole the week. Right after that comes another brutal Pyrenean day with four first category climbs on stage 15 before the second summit finish in two days on top of the Plateau de Beille.

Following this comes the second rest day then it’s time for the final week, and what a final week. Stage 16 from Gruissan to Nimes is easy enough then stage 17 to Superdevoluy crossing the Col du Noyer and stage 18 to Barcelonnette will certainly push the riders but its the next two that are killer. 

Stage 19 from Embrun to the summit finish at Isola 2000 crosses both the Col de Vars and the giant Cime de la Bonette, which at 2,802 meters is the highest paved road in France and although only 144km-long gains a huge 4,400m of altitude. 

Then the penultimate stage, stage 20 is shorter still at 132km and gains even more elevation with a whopping 4600m to be climbed. Starting in Nice and finishing on top of the Col de la Couillole it ticks off 1 second category and 3 first category climbs along the way. 

To finish the race, in place of the usual sprint in Paris to avoid clashing with the Olympics there is a 23.5km time trial into Nice. This is the first time the race has finished with a time trial since 1989, could it throw up as much drama? 

Stage 1 | Saturday June 29 , Firenze - Rimini, 206km

Stage 2 | Sunday June 30 , Cesenatico - Bologna, 200km

Stage 3 | Monday July 1 , Piacenza - Torino, 229km

Stage 4 | Tuesday July 2 , Pinerolo - Valloire, 138km

Stage 5 | Wednesday July 3 , Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - Saint Vulbas, 177km

Stage 6 | Thursday July 4 , Mâcon - Dijon, 163km

Stage 7 | Friday July 5 , Nuits-Saint-Georges - Gevrey-Chambertin, 25km ITT

Stage 8 | Saturday July 6, Semur-en-Auxois - Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, 176km

Stage 9 | Sunday July 7, Troyes - Troyes 199

Rest day | Monday July 8

Stage 10 | Tuesday July 9, Orléans - Saint-Amand-Montrond, 187km

Stage 11 | Wednesday July 1 0, Évaux-les-Bains - Le Lioran, 211km

Stage 12 | Thursday July 11, Aurillac - Villeneuve-sur-Lot, 204km

Stage 13 | Friday July 12, Agen - Pau, 171km

Stage 14 | Saturday July 13, Pau - Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet, 152km

Stage 15 | Sunday July 14, Loudenvielle - Plateau de Beille, 198km

Rest day | Monday July 15

Stage 16 | Tuesday July 16, Gruissan - Nîmes 187

Stage 17 | Wednesday July 17, Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux - Superdévoluy, 178km

Stage 18 | Thursday July 18, Gap - Barcelonnette, 179km

Stage 19 | Friday July 19,  Embrun - Isola 2000, 145km

Stage 20 | Saturday July, 20, Nice - Col de la Couillole, 133km 

Stage 21 | Sunday July 21, Monaco - Nice, 34km ITT

Today at the Tour de France

Stage one starts in the magical city of Florence and it set to be a barnstormer from start to finish. This is no easy stage to kick off the event but 206 kilometres of relentless ups and downs which will tempt break aways and worry the GC riders who will have to be at their most attentive the whole day. 

With numerous big name riders such as Tom Pidcock and Alberto Bettiol having publicly stated they would like to be in the yellow jersey by the end of the day, today's stage will be like throwing a match into a box of fireworks. 

What happened to Remco Evenepoel and Jonas Vingegaard?

If it wasn’t for the fateful events of April 5th at the Tour of the Basque Country we would have been building up to a very different looking Tour de France in 2024, but the horrendous crash that saw not one but two of the favourites end up in hospital changed the whole season in seconds. With both Remco Evenepoel (Soudal–Quick-Step) and two time winner and defending champion Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) sustaining multiple fractures it was a doubt they would see any more action this year. 

They have however both recovered enough to be on the start line but far from the condition they would have liked to be in, especially when they are trying to beat a Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) who seemingly won the Giro without breaking sweat.

Evenepoel tested his form in the Critérium du Dauphiné where he convincingly won the time trial but he suffered in the mountains, especially when the gradient went into double figures. Vingegaards’ form though is a total mystery as he’s been kept at altitude away from racing but the team have said he would not be on the start line unless they thought he could win. 

This is the Tour de France 2024 start list with all the riders for each team.

• Ion Izagirre Insausti
• Alexis Renard
• Axel Zingle
• Jesus Herrada Lopez
• Piet Allegaert
• Bryan Coquard
• Simon Geschke
• Guillaume Martin

Groupama-FDJ

• David Gaudu
• Clement Russo
• Romain Gregoire
• Lenny Martinez
• Kevin Geniets
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From Florence to the Beaches of Nice: How to Watch the 2024 Tour de France

This year’s edition starts in Italy and features one of the toughest opening stages ever, a 206-kilometer ride from Florence to Rimini taking riders through the heart of the Apennine mountains.

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The Tour de France was first raced in 1903 when journalist (and former bike racer) Henri Desgrange organized the event to promote L’Auto-Vélo, a French sporting newspaper that he edited–and is known today as L’Equipe. The newspaper was actually printed on yellow paper, which fuels one of the narratives surrounding the origins of the maillot jaune . That year’s Tour covered 2,428 km (1,509 mi) spread over just six stages–the average stage length was about 405 km (251 mi)–and only 21 of the original 60 starters finished the inaugural event.

Despite the low number of finishers, the event was an overwhelming success, and the Tour has since become one of the largest sporting events in the world, an event for which teams with multi-million dollar budgets spend years trying to win. For the riders, just a single stage win or day in the yellow jersey is a career-defining achievement. Riders who win the overall title–even just once–go down in history.

This year’s race covers 3,492 km (2,165 mi) spread over 21 stages, with eight days for the sprinters, two individual time trials, seven mountain stages, and about four stages for the punchy opportunists who head up the road in search of “do-or-die” breakaway stage victories–we love those guys.

Here’s everything you need to know about the 2024 Tour de France:

The route of the 2024 Tour de France is unlike any we’ve ever seen, mainly because it’s bookended by two of the biggest “firsts” in the event’s 110-year history: it’s the first to begin in Italy and the first to end outside of Paris (in Nice).

The Tour begins in Florence on Saturday, June 29th, the first of three-and-a-half stages in Italy. And we’re expecting fireworks right away: Stages 1 and 2 are two of the toughest opening stages we’ve ever seen, even harder than the opening stages of last year’s Tour, which took place in the hilly Basque region of northern Spain.

After a day for the sprinters on Stage 3, Stage 4 begins in Pinerolo and brings the race back into France via the 2,642m Col du Galibier. The second-highest climb in this year’s race, the first rider to the summit will win a cash prize given each year in honor of Degrange. By the end of one of the earliest mountain stages in Tour history, the GC battle will be in full swing.

The sprinters will then get two more chances as the race heads north. But the GC battle will resume on Friday, July 5th, with Stage 7, the first of two individual time trials in this year’s Tour. The first week ends with Sunday’s Stage 9, an exciting stage featuring 14 sections of white gravel roads through France’s Champagne region. This will be the first gravel stage in the history of the men’s Tour de France–the women completed a gravel stage of their own through the region in 2022.

After the Tour’s first Rest Day, the race resumes on Tuesday, July 9th, and begins a southwesterly trip–through the Massif Central, which hosts a rugged finish to Stage 11–toward the Pyrenees. Along the way, the sprinters will have a few more opportunities to win a stage before the high mountains return over the weekend.

And they return in a big way, with back-to-back hors categorie (“beyond category”) summit finishes in the mountains that form the border between France and Spain. Saturday’s Stage 12 takes the riders over the Tourmalet–which Desgrange first thought was too hard for the Tour de France–and ends with a finish at the Pla d'Adet ski resort, while Sunday’s Stage 13 ends on the Plateau de Beille–after almost 198km of racing.

As if the mountains aren’t enough cause for excitement, it’s also a holiday weekend: Sunday is Bastille Day–July 14th–so expect the roads on both days to be packed with “festive” fans. By the end of the day, the list of riders capable of winning the 2024 Tour de France will be much shorter than it was a week prior.

The Tour’s third and final week takes the race back east, where an Alpine finale looms. In all, the riders will spend four days in the mountains during the third week, first in the high Alps–with summit finishes at the end of Stage 17 ( at Superdévoluy) and Stage 19 (at Isola 2000). And don’t snooze on Thursday’s Stage 18, a saw-toothed stage from Gap to Barcelonnette that’s filled with short, jagged climbs and could be the perfect place for an ambush–or a Hail Mary–before the final weekend.

But this year’s final weekend is not what we’ve come to expect from Tours of the past. With the Summer Olympics beginning in Paris just five days after the end of the race, this year’s Tour skips its traditional finish on the Champs Elysees and instead finishes in Nice–after the hardest final weekend we’ve seen in decades.

The weekend opens on Saturday, July 20th, with Stage 20, a short but intense stage through the maritime Alps featuring four categorized ascents, including a summit finish on the Category 1 Col de la Couillole.

And just in case that doesn’t settle things, Sunday’s Stage 21 certainly will, as–for the first time in 35 years–the Tour de France ends with an individual time trial. And it’s a hard one: a 33.7 km race against the clock that takes the riders over the Col d'Èze, a tough Category 2 ascent that always features in the final stage of March’s Paris-Nice, an 8-day stage race that Tour contenders often use to build form during the first part of their seasons.

This might bode well for American fans–for two reasons. First, the last time the Tour de France ended with an individual time trial, American Greg Lemond defeated France’s Laurent Fignon–who entered the day wearing the yellow jersey–to win the Tour by eight seconds.

And this year’s winner of Paris-Nice–which finished with a stage over the Col d'Èze–was American Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), a 24-year-old from Idaho who took the yellow jersey on that final stage. Jorgenson will be lining up at this year’s Tour; could history repeat itself? We can’t wait to find out.

When it comes to watching the Tour de France, you’ve got lots of options. NBC’s Peacock ($5.99/month or $59.99/year) streams all events organized by A.S.O., which means you can watch the Tour de France now and then the Tour de France Femmes in August. (And if you’re looking for ad-free coverage, you’ll need a subscription to Peacock Premium Plus, which runs $11.99 per month or $119.99 for the year.)

The Peacock app is available on Roku, Apple devices, Android and AndroidTV devices, Google platforms, Chromecast, Xbox consoles, PlayStation 4 and 5 consoles, VIZIO SmartCast TVs, and LG Smart TVs. You can also watch online via the Peacock website.

If you have a good cable package and prefer conventional viewing on your television, you’re in luck: NBC will offer the race to cable subscribers via the USA Network and CNBC. Live coverage often starts around 7 a.m. EDT, so 9-to-5ers will likely need to record each stage and watch later. (Check the full schedule for details.)

If you’re in Canada, FloBikes ($29.99/month CDN) is the best way to watch the Tour de France. All 21 stages are available live and on-demand on FloBikes.com, the FloSports iOS app, and the FloSports app for Amazon FireTV, Roku, and Apple TV.

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) won the 2023 Tour de France, defeating Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) to defend his title from 2022. The two champions engaged in a tense battle during the first two weeks of the race and entered the second Rest Day separated by just ten seconds on the Tour’s General Classification.

But Vingegaard exploded at the start of the third week, crushing Pogačar in an individual time trial on Stage 16 and then dropping him in the Alps on Stage 17. In just two stages, the Dane’s lead went from ten seconds to more than seven minutes. Pogačar saved face by winning Stage 20, but for the second year in a row, the winner of back-to-back Tours in 2020 and 2021 was forced to settle for second place–and the white jersey as the Tour’s Best Young Rider. Pogačar’s teammate, Great Britain’s Adam Yates–won Stage 1 and wore the Tour’s first yellow jersey–finished third overall.

Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) was without question the Tour’s best sprinter. The Belgian won four stages and ran away with the green jersey as the winner of the Tour’s Points Classification. Italy’s Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) won the polka dot jersey as the Tour’s King of the Mountains.

Jonas Vingegaard-Hansen (Visma-Lease a Bike)

At this point in time, we’re waiting to hear if Vingegaard will even be starting this year’s Tour de France. The defending champion was one of several Tour favorites taken down in a massive crash at the Tour of the Basque Country in early April. The Dane spent twelve days in the hospital after breaking several bones and suffering a punctured lung in the fall and only resumed training a few weeks ago. Visma-Lease a Bike recently said he has a 50-50 chance of starting the race, but only will do so if the team feels he’s 100% ready to challenge for a third consecutive victory.

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)

The uncertainty surrounding Vingegaard’s participation makes Pogačar the top favorite. The Slovenian won back-to-back Tours in 2020 and 2021 and scored back-to-back second-place finishes behind the Dane in 2022 and 2023. He’s been training since winning six stages and the General Classification at the recent Giro d’Italia and looks on track to become the first rider since Italy’s Marco Pantani (in 1998) to win the Giro-Tour double.

Primož Roglič (BORA-hansgrohe) and Remco Evenepoel (Soudal–Quick-Step)

Vingegaard wasn’t the only Tour contender who went down in that terrible crash at the Tour of the Basque Country: Slovenia’s Primož Roglič–who was leading the race at the time–and Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel were victims as well, and both riders immediately abandoned the race. Roglič injured his knee–but suffered no major injuries–but Evenepoel needed surgery after breaking his clavicle and scapula.

Unlike Vingegaard, both riders were able to get back to training relatively quickly, and they both competed at the recent Critérium du Dauphiné . Roglič won two stages and the General Classification despite almost cracking at the end of the final stage. Evenepoel won the Dauphiné’s only individual time trial, but showed he still has some room to improve after fading in the mountains. He finished the race in seventh place overall.

Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS Grenadiers)

Rodríguez, who won a stage and finished fifth in last year’s Tour de France, won the final stage and finished fourth overall at the Dauphiné, the latest in a series of high-stage race finishes for the 23-year-old. He’ll likely be joining Colombia’s Egan Bernal (who won the Tour in 2019) and Great Britain’s Geraint Thomas (Who won the Tour in 2018) on the starting line in Florence to form one of the deepest eight-rider line-ups in this year’s race.

Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike)

If Vingegaard proves unable to start the Tour, don’t be surprised if Visma-Lease a Bike turns to Matteo Jorgenson to lead the team in his place. After winning Paris-Nice and Dwars door Vlaanderen in March, the American spent much of April and all of May at training camps, building form for the summer.

Well, it must’ve worked, as the 24-year-old nearly snatched the Dauphiné from Roglič after riding away with Rodríguez at the end of the final day. In the end, he lost the race by only eight seconds–another interesting coincidence given Lemond’s margin of victory at the Tour in 1989.

The American has never captained a team at the Tour de France, but he raced the French grand tour in 2022 and 2023–so he at least knows what the Tour’s pressure-cooker atmosphere feels like. And he should benefit from the presence of his teammate Sepp Kuss , the American who shockingly won last year’s Vuelta a España and played a pivotal role in each of the six grand Tours won by the team prior to his own victory at the Vuelta last September.

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It is time for the second Grand Tour of the year and, for most cycling fans, the Tour de France 2024, is the big one. However, there is some shift from tradition this year. The Grand Départ is in Florence and the finish in Nice, not Paris.

We are in for a brutal battle for the Yellow Jersey. The field includes Carlos Rodríguez and Egan Bernal leading the Ineos Grenadiers and Jonas Vingegaard of Team Visma - Lease a Bike. He's a back-to-back winner of this legendary race, having won in 2022 and 2023. Can he make it a hat-trick?

It's Tadej Pogacar who they'll all be trying to keep pace with though. The Slovenian has already won the Giro d’Italia this season. Can he become the first rider to do the double since Marco Pantani in 1998?

And there's no need to leave these questions hanging. You can watch the Tour de France 2024 for yourself with every stage available to stream free. Read on for how to watch the Tour de France live streams from anywhere and all the TV channel and cable-free options you'll need for this three-week feast of cycling.

How to watch a FREE Tour de France live stream

One of the best things about the Tour de France is that it's completely free to watch in lots of countries around the world. For example:

UK – ITV4 and ITVX streaming service / S4C and S4C on BBC iPlayer

France – France TV Sport

Belgium – RTBF  

Italy – Rai Sport

Australia – SBS

If you're from any of the countries listed above but you're abroad right now, don't worry about missing out on that free coverage. All you need to do is subscribe to a VPN to watch a free Tour de France live stream and re-connect to your home streaming coverage.

How to watch Tour de France 2024 from outside your country

If you're keen to watch the Tour de France but you're away from home and the coverage is geo-blocked, then you could always use a VPN to access it (assuming you're not breaching any broadcaster T&Cs, of course). You may be surprised by how simple it is to do.

Use a VPN to get a Tour de France live stream from anywhere.

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USA: How to watch Tour de France live stream 2024 without cable

Cycling fans can watch the Tour de France on both NBC and Peacock in the US.

NBC is the official US broadcaster for the Tour de France 2024.  Peacock will live stream the race too.

How to watch Tour de France 2024 without cable

Peacock costs from $5.99 a month for an ad-supported version of the service that also offers live coverage of every big WWE event, plus the NFL and plenty more live sports. You also have the option of paying $12 a month for commercial-free coverage.

OTT streaming service  Sling TV  is reasonably priced and includes both NBC and USA Network in select markets, as part of its  Sling Blue  package. The usual cost is from $40 a month, but if you're new to the service you can get  your first month half-price .

Another over-the-top streaming service that includes USA Network and NBC in select markets is  Fubo . It's a much more comprehensive cable replacement and carries more than 100 channels including Fox, CBS and ESPN.

Prices start at $79.99 a month but new users get a 7-day FREE trial .

If you subscribe to Peacock, Sling or Fubo and find yourself unable to access coverage because you're out of the country, consider using a VPN as outlined below. Try NordVPN with a 30-day money-back guarantee .

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How to watch 2024 Tour de France: live stream cycling in Canada

FloBikes is the place to watch live Tour de France coverage in Canada.

A subscription costs CA$29.99 (roughly $22) per month or CA$150 (roughly $110) for the year.

Not in Canada to catch that FloBikes stream? Use a VPN to make sure you don't miss a moment.

How to watch 2024 Tour de France: live stream cycling in New Zealand

Sky Sport is the place to watch the 2024 Tour de France in New Zealand, though be warned that most of the action takes place in the dead of night.

If you're willing to stay late enough to tune in, Sky Sport subscribers can watch every stage online using the country's Sky Go service, while cord-cutters and anyone else can try the Sky Sport Now streaming-only platform. A pass costs $24.99/week, $44.99/month or $449.99/year.

Away from home? Use a VPN to watch a Tour de France live stream from abroad.

How to watch a free Tour de France live stream in the UK

ITV always goes all-out with its coverage of the Tour de France, and cycling fans can watch every stage of the race for free on ITV4 in the UK. 

Use a VPN to watch a Tour de France free live stream from abroad.

That means you can fire up a free Tour de France live stream on  ITVX , which has an excellent app that's available on nearly everything that plugs in these days - just give it a search on your device, phone or console of choice.

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Welsh-language coverage of the Tour de France is available from  S4C , which is available to stream for FREE in Wales via BBC iPlayer.

If you’re out of the UK but still want to watch, make sure you install a VPN so you can continue accessing UK streaming services from anywhere.

How to watch Tour de France 2024: live stream cycling FREE in Australia

Cycling fans Down Under can also watch every stage of the Tour de France for free on SBS . The only catch is those brutal broadcast timings.

If you stay up late enough to tune in, you can also live stream Tour de France coverage on the free-to-use SBS On Demand platform.

As well as apps for Android and iOS, you can access SBS On Demand on Android TV, Amazon Fire TV stick, Apple TV and most smart TVs.

Outside Australia? Don't worry if you're out of the country and want to catch that free SBS live stream – just grab a VPN and you can watch the race as if you were back at home on your laptop, mobile or other TV streaming device. 

Tour de France 2024 stages and dates

Stage 1 | Saturday, June 29: Firenze – Rimini, 206km

Stage 2 | Sunday, June 30: Cesenatico – Bologna, 200km

Stage 3 | Monday, July 1: Piacenza – Torino, 229km

Stage 4 | Tuesday, July 2: Pinerolo – Valloire, 138km

Stage 5 | Wednesday, July 3: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne – Saint Vulbas, 177km

Stage 6 | Thursday, July 4: Mâcon – Dijon, 163km

Stage 7 | Friday July 5: Nuits-Saint-Georges – Gevrey-Chambertin, 25km ITT

Stage 8 | Saturday, July 6: Semur-en-Auxois – Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, 176km

Stage 9 | Sunday, July 7: Troyes – Troyes 199

Rest day | Monday, July 8

Stage 10 | Tuesday, July 9: Orléans – Saint-Amand-Montrond, 187km

Stage 11 | Wednesday, July 10: Évaux-les-Bains – Le Lioran, 211km

Stage 12 | Thursday, July 11: Aurillac – Villeneuve-sur-Lot, 204km

Stage 13 | Friday, July 12: Agen – Pau, 171km

Stage 14 | Saturday, July 13: Pau – Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet, 152km

Stage 15 | Sunday, July 14: Loudenvielle – Plateau de Beille, 198km

Rest day | Monday July 15

Stage 16 | Tuesday, July 16: Gruissan – Nîmes 187

Stage 17 | Wednesday, July 17: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux – Superdévoluy, 178km

Stage 18 | Thursday, July 18: Gap – Barcelonnette, 179km

Stage 19 | Friday, July 19:  Embrun – Isola 2000, 145km

Stage 20 | Saturday, July, 20: Nice – Col de la Couillole, 133km 

Stage 21 | Sunday, July 21: Monaco – Nice, 34km ITT

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Tour de France 2024: How to Watch a Free Livestream

Your guide to watching the 111th edition of the world's most iconic bike race, including all the teams, stages and full schedule.

Get set for three intense weeks of calf-shredding climbs and nail-biting sprints as the world's best riders take on the 111th Tour de France.

The first four stages of this year's race all begin in Italy, while there's a huge break with tradition with the final stage taking place in Nice rather than Paris for the first time ever due to the Olympic and Paralympic Games being held in the French capital.

Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard is joined by fellow yellow jersey frontrunners Tadej Pogacar, Primoz Roglic, Remco Evenepoel, Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel on one of the strongest start lists of recent years.

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Tour de France 2024: Where and when is it?

The Tour de France begins with Stage 1 in Florence on Saturday, June 29, and ends with a tradition-breaking passage from Monaco to Nice on Sunday, July 21.

A full schedule for this year's event can be found below.

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Livestream Tour de France 2024 in the US

Limited linear TV coverage of this year's Tour de France will be broadcast on NBC, with the network showing Stage 8 (Saturday, July 6) and Stage 14 (Saturday, July 13) live at 8 a.m. ET, as well as encore coverage of the penultimate Stage 20 (Saturday, July 20) at 4 p.m. ET.

For more comprehensive coverage of this year's Tour, Peacock is where it's at, with the streaming service showing all 21 stages of this year's tour live and uninterrupted, as well as all the buildup and post-stage analysis.

Live coverage of each stage

A basic Peacock subscription will grant you access to MSNBC and live NBC News channels, priced at $6 per month. You can level things up with Peacock Premium Plus for $12 per month.

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Sling TV's Blue subscription carries access to NBC. 

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Hulu with Live TV

Hulu with Live TV costs $77 a month and includes NBC in most markets. Click the "View channels in your area" link on its  welcome page  to see which local channels are offered in your ZIP code.

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DirecTV Stream's $75-a-month Plus package includes NBC in most markets. You can use its  channel lookup tool to see which local channels are available where you live.

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Livestream Tour de France 2024 in the UK for free

Free-to-air channel ITV4 will be showing every stage of this year's tour live in the UK. This also means you'll be able to stream all the action free via the network's online platform ITVX.

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Cycling fans in the UK can watch every stage live for free on ITV's on demand streaming service ITVX (formerly ITV Hub) from anywhere. The service has dedicated apps for Android, Apple and Amazon Fire devices, as well as most smart TV platforms.

Stream Tour de France 2024 in Australia for free

It's good news for cycling fans Down Under, with every stage of the Tour de France set to be broadcast for free in Australia on SBS .

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Viewers can livestream Tour de France coverage on the free-to-use SBS On Demand service.

The platform has dedicated apps for Android and iOS, and you can also access the service on Android TV, Amazon Fire TV stick, Apple TV and most smart TVs.

Stream Tour de France 2024 in Canada

Dedicated cycling streaming service FloBikes is the place to watch live Tour de France coverage in Canada.

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A subscription to FloBikes currently costs $150 per year (roughly CA$205), or $30 per month (roughly CA$41). The service has dedicated apps for Android and Apple devices.

Tour de France 2024: Stages and full schedule

• Saturday, June   29   – 11:30 a.m. CEST / 10:30 a.m. BST / 5:30 a.m. EDT / 2:30 a.m. PDT / 7:30 p.m. AEST Stage 1: Florence to Rimini, 206km 
• Sunday, June 30   – 12 p.m. CEST / 11 a.m. BST / 6 a.m. EDT / 3 a.m. PDT / 8 p.m. AEST Stage 2: Cesenatico to Bologna, 199km 
• Monday, July 1 – 11 a.m. CEST / 10 a.m. BST / 5 a.m. EDT / 2 a.m. PDT / 7 p.m. AEST Stage 3: Plaisance to Turin, 230.5km 
• Tuesday, July   2   – 1 p.m. CEST / 12 p.m. BST / 7 a.m. EDT / 4 a.m. PDT / 9 p.m. AEST Stage 4: Pinerolo to Valloire, 140km 
• Wednesday, July   3   – 1 p.m. CEST / 12 p.m. BST / 7 a.m. EDT / 4 a.m. PDT / 9 p.m. AEST Stage 5: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Saint-Vulbas, 177.5km 
• Thursday, July   4   – 12:30 p.m. CEST / 11:30 a.m. BST / 6:30 a.m. EDT / 3:30 a.m. PDT / 8:30 p.m. AEST Stage 6: Mâcon to Dijon, 163.5km 
• Friday, July   5   – 12:30 p.m. CEST / 11:30 a.m. BST / 6:30 a.m. EDT / 3:30 a.m. PDT / 8:30 p.m. AEST Stage 7: Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin, 25.3km (Individual Time-Trial) 
• Saturday, July   6  – 1 p.m. CEST / 12 p.m. BST / 7 a.m. EDT / 4 a.m. PDT / 9 p.m. AEST Stage 8: Semur-en-Auxois to Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, 183.5km 
• Sunday, July   7  – 1:15 p.m. CEST / 12:15 p.m. BST / 7:15 a.m. EDT / 4:15 a.m. PDT / 9:15 p.m. AEST Stage 9: Troyes to Troyes, 199km
• Monday, July   8  – Rest Day: Orléans 
• Tuesday, July   9  – 1 p.m. CEST / 12 p.m. BST / 7 a.m. EDT / 4 a.m. PDT / 9 p.m. AEST Stage 10: Orléans to Saint-Amand-Montrond, 187.5km 
• Wednesday, July 10  – 11:15 a.m. CEST / 10:15 a.m. BST / 5:15 a.m. EDT / 2:15 a.m. PDT / 7:15 p.m. AEST Stage 11: Évaux-les-Bains to Le Lioran, 211km 
• Thursday, July 11  – 12:30 p.m. CEST / 11:30 a.m. BST / 6:30 a.m. EDT / 3:30 a.m. PDT / 8:30 p.m. AEST Stage 12: Aurillac to Villeneuve-sur-Lot, 204km 
• Friday, July   12  – 1:30 p.m. CEST / 12:30 p.m. BST / 7:30 a.m. EDT / 4:30 a.m. PDT / 9:30 p.m. AEST Stage 13: Agen to Pau, 165.5km
• Saturday, July 13  – 12 p.m. CEST / 11 a.m. BST / 6 a.m. EDT / 3 a.m. PDT / 8 p.m. AEST Stage 14: Pau to Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet, 152km 
• Sunday, July   14  – 12 p.m. CEST / 11 a.m. BST / 6 a.m. EDT / 3 a.m. PDT / 8 p.m. AEST Stage 15: Loudenvielle to Plateau de Beille, 198km 
• Monday, July   15  – Rest Day
• Tuesday, July   16  – 1 p.m. CEST / 12 p.m. BST / 7 a.m. EDT / 4 a.m. PDT / 9 p.m. AEST Stage 16: Gruissan to Nîmes, 189km 
• Wednesday, July   17  – 12:30 p.m. CEST / 11:30 a.m. BST / 6:30 a.m. EDT / 3:30 a.m. PDT / 8:30 p.m.  AEST Stage 17: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Superdévoluy, 178km 
• Thursday, July 18  – TBC CEST / TBC BST / TBC EDT / TBC PDT / TBC AEST Stage 18: Gap to Barcelonnette, 180km 
• Friday, July   19  – TBC CEST / TBC BST / TBC EDT / TBC PDT / TBC AEST Stage 19: Embrun to Isola 2000, 145km 
• Saturday, July   20  – TBC CEST / TBC BST / TBC EDT / TBC PDT / TBC AEST Stage 20: Nice to Col de la Couillole, 133km
• Sunday, July   21  – TBC CEST / TBC BST / TBC EDT / TBC PDT / TBC AEST Stage 21: Monaco to Nice, 33.7km (Individual Time-Trial)

Tour de France 2024: Teams and riders

Visma-Lease a Bike: Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark), Tiesj Benoot (Belgium), Matteo Jorgenson (United States), Wilco Kelderman (Netherlands), Christophe Laporte (France), Bart Lemmen (Netherlands), Jan Tratnik (Slovenia), Wout van Aert (Belgium)

UAE Team Emirates: Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia), Joao Almeida (Portugal), Juan Ayuso, Nils Politt (Germany), Pavel Sivakov (France), Marc Soler (Spain), Tim Wellens (Belgium), Adam Yates (Great Britain)

Jayco AlUla: Simon Yates (Great Britain),Luke Durbridge (Australia),Dylan Groenewegen (Netherlands), Chris Harper (Australia), Chris Juul-Jensen (Denmark), Michael Matthews (Australia), Luka Mezgec (Slovenia), Elmar Reinders (Netherlands)

Ineos Grenadiers: Carlos Rodriguez (Spain), Egan Bernal (Colombia), Jonathan Castroviejo (Spain), Laurens De Plus (Belgium), Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland), Tom Pidcock (Great Britain), Geraint Thomas (Great Britain), Ben Turner (Great Britain)

Lidl-Trek: Giulio Ciccone (Italy), Julien Bernard (France), Tim Declercq (Belgium), Ryan Gibbons (South Africa), Mads Pedersen (Denmark), Toms Skujins (Latvia), Jasper Stuyven (Belgium), Carlos Verona (Spain)

Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale: Felix Gall (Austria), Bruno Amirail (France), Sam Bennett (Ireland), Dorian Godon (France), Paul Lapeira (France), Oliver Naesen (Belgium), Nans Peters (France), Nicolas Prodhomme (France)

Bahrain-Victorious: Pello Bilbao (Spain), Nikias Arndt (Germany), Phil Bauhaus (Germany), Santiago Buitrago (Colombia), Jack Haig (Australia), Matej Mohoric (Slovenia), Wout Poels (Netherlands), Fred Wright (Great Britain)

Soudal Quick-Step: Remco Evenepoel (Belgium), Jan Hirt (Czech Republic), Yves Lampaert (Belgium), Mikel Landa (Spain), Gianni Moscon (Italy), Casper Pedersen (Denmark), Ilan van Wilder (Belgium), Louis Vervaeke (Belgium)

Red Bull BORA-hansgrohe: Primoz Roglic (Slovenia), Nico Denz (Germany), Marco Haller (Austria), Jai Hindley (Australia), Bob Jungels (Luxembourg), Matteo Sobrero (Italy), Danny van Poppel (Netherlands), Aleksandr Vlasov

Groupama-FDJ: David Gaudu (France), Kevin Geniets (Luxembourg), Romain Gregoire (France), Stefan Kung (Switzerland), Valentin Madouas (France), Lenny Martinez (France), Quentin Pacher (France), Clement Russo (France)

Alpecin-Deceuninck: Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands), Silvan Dillier (Switzerland), Robbe Ghys (Belgium), Soren Kragh Andersen (Denmark), Axel Laurance (France), Jasper Philipsen (Belgium), Jonas Rickaert (Belgium), Gianni Vermeersch (Belgium)

EF Education-EasyPost: Richard Carapaz (Ecuador), Alberto Bettiol (Italy), Stefan Bissegger (Switzerland), Rui Costa (Portugal), Ben Healy (Ireland), Neilson Powless (United States), Sean Quinn (United States), Marijn van den Berg (Netherlands)

Lotto Dstny: Arnaud De Lie (Belgium), Cedric Beullens (Belgium), Victor Campenaerts (Belgium), Jarrad Drizners (Australia), Sebastien Grignard (Belgium), Maxim van Gils (Belgium), Harm Vanhoucke (Belgium), Brent van Moer (Belgium)

Israel-Premier Tech: Stevie Williams (Great Britain), Pascal Ackermann (Germany), Guillaume Boivin (Canada), Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark), Derek Gee (Canada), Hugo Houle (Canada), Krists Neilands (Latvia), Jake Stewart (Great Britain)

Cofidis: Guillaume Martin (France), Piet Allegaert (Belgium), Bryan Coquard (France), Simon Geschke (Germany), Jesus Herrada (Spain), Ion Izagirre (Spain), Alexis Renard (France), Axel Zingle (France)

Movistar: Enric Mas (Spain), Alex Aranburu (Spain), Davide Formolo (Italy), Fernando Gaviria (Colombia), Oier Lazkano (Spain), Gregor Muhlberger (Austria), Nelson Oliveira (Portugal), Javier Romo (Spain)

Arkea-B&B Hotels: Kevin Vauquelin (France), Amaury Capiot (France), Clement Champoussin (France), Arnaud Demare (France), Raul Garcia Pierna (Spain), Dan McLay (Great Britain), Luca Mozzato (Italy), Cristian Rodriguez (Spain)

Intermarche-Wanty: Louis Meintjes (South Africa), Biniam Girmay (Eritrea), Kobe Goossens (Belgium), Hugo Page (France), Laurenz Rex (Belgium), Mike Teunissen (Netherlands), Gerben Thijssen (Belgium), Georg Zimmermann (Germany)

dsm-firmenich PostNL: Romain Bardet (France), Warren Barguil (France), John Degenkolb (Germany), Nils Eekhoff (Netherlands), Fabio Jakobsen (Netherlands), Oscar Onley (Great Britain), Frank van den Broek (Netherlands), Bram Welten (Netherlands)

Astana Qazaqstan: Mark Cavendish (Great Britain), Davide Ballerini (Italy), Cees Bol (Netherlands), Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kazakhstan), Michele Gazzoli (Italy), Alexey Lutsenko (Kazakhstan), Michael Morkov (Denmark), Harold Tejada (Colombia)

Uno-X Mobility: Magnus Cort (Denmark), Jonas Abrahamsen (Norway), Odd Christian Eiking (Norway), Tobias Halland Johannessen (Norway), Alexander Kristoff (Norway), Johannes Kulset (Norway), Rasmus Tiller (Norway), Soren Waerenskjold (Norway)

TotalEnergies: Steff Cras (Belgium), Mathieu Burgaudeau (France), Sandy Dujardin (France), Thomas Gachignard (France), Fabien Grellier (France), Jordan Jegat (France)

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Tour de France 2024 pits Tadej Pogačar against Jonas Vingegaard. When is it and how to watch

Sport Tour de France 2024 pits Tadej Pogačar against Jonas Vingegaard. When is it and how to watch

A historic Tour de France is set to get underway in Italy this weekend, with a genuine modern great hoping to achieve something that few have attempted, let alone achieved in the sport's illustrious history.

Tadej Pogačar, winner of this year's Giro d'Italia, is aiming to become the first man in 26 years to win the Giro-Tour double.

Standing in his way is the two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard Hansen, named in Visma-Lease a Bike squad despite the appalling injuries he suffered at the Tour of the Basque Country earlier this year.

But it's not just these two winners of the last four Tours de France who are expected to be in contention.

There's four-time grand tour winner Primož Roglič, who also claimed his second Critérium du Dauphiné victory earlier this month backed by new team Bora-Hansgrohe, while 2022 World Champion and Vuelta winner Remco Evenepoel is also in the mix, although he will have to hope to put some of his wretched recent fortune behind him to contest properly.

Then there's two-time grand tour winner Egan Bernal, who is on the return from life-threatening injuries suffered in 2022 and leads a strong Ineos-Grenadiers team.

The Pogačar double is on

The list of names to have achieved something approaching cycling's holy grail is a list of the sport's greatest names.

Fausto Coppi (twice). Jacques Anquetil. Eddie Merckx (three times). Bernard Hinault (twice). Stephen Roche. Miguel Indurain (twice) and Marco Pantani.

It is indisputable that Pogačar has the verve, panache and skill to join them — his insatiable appetite to win across grand tours and one day races alike has seen him referred to by Merckx's old nickname of "Cannibal", but with a twist, "Cannibale Gentile".

The parallels between Pog and Pantani were firmly established during this year's Giro d'Italia , a near-uncontested romp to victory in which Pogačar proved he was a cut above the rest of the opposition.

On stage 2 , Pogačar repeated a feat achieved by Pantani on the infamous 1999 Giro by overcoming a puncture at the foot of the steep 11 kilometre climb to Santuario di Oropa before powering past the entire field to win the stage.

Pogačar went on to win the race by 9 minutes and 56 seconds, the largest winning margin at the Giro in 59 years.

"If I arrive at the Tour de France with these legs that I have now, I think it's going to be just fine," Pogačar said at the end of the Giro, ahead of taking a week off to "enjoy some coffee rides and good cake" before heading back to altitude.

He is backed by an extraordinary UAE Team Emirates squad, featuring a bevvy of stars all geared to assist him in the high mountains.

Riders have come close to the double in the years since Pantani managed it — Chris Froome won the Giro then finished third at the Tour in 2018 for one.

British rider Froome, incidentally, is the last rider to win two grand tours in the same year, when he won the Tour and the Vuelta in 2017.

What form does Vingegaard have?

Vingegaard Hansen was having a brilliant start to 2024 before disaster struck in the Basque Country in March.

The two-time Tour champion won both stage races he completed, O Gran Camiño and Tirreno-Adriatico, including the mountain classification.

But then, on the slippery, dangerous roads of the Itzulia Basque Country, disaster struck.

Vingegaard Hansen, Roglič, Evenepoel and Australian Jay Vine all went down on the fourth stage from Etxarri Aranatz to Legutio , suffering an assortment of injuries.

Vingegaard Hansen broke his ribs, collarbone and punctured his lung in the incident that saw Vine fracture a cervical vertebra and suffer two additional fractures in his thoracic spine.

The Danish star has not raced since and, up until the Visma-Lease a Bike team was named, was no certainty to race at the Tour.

The situation is an intriguing reversal of the situation the pair faced last year when it was Pogačar who was injured leading into the France showdown after be broke his wrist at Liege-Bastogne-Liege.

Pogačar seemed to be OK until the 17th stage, when he dramatically imploded on the slopes of the Col de la Loze.

"I'm gone. I'm dead," he said over the team radio before limping home over five minutes behind Vingegaard Hansen.

Can Vingegaard Hansen use his team to maintain the pressure on Pogačar? If he does he'll have to do it without chief lieutenant and Vuelta a España winner Sepp Kuss, who is out of the race with COVID.

(By the way, if you're confused by the addition of Hansen to Vingegaard's name, don't be. Vingegaard, who was officially Vingegaard Rasmussen, officially took the last name of his wife, Trine Marie Hansen, last year, but will likely still be called Vingegaard as Danes typically drop their second family name.)

Mark Cavendish going for the record. Again

After last year's crushing disappointment, when the Manx missile crashed out on the eighth stage of the Tour .

The bunch sprint specialist was aiming for a record 35th stage win at the race, bettering the record of 34 that he currently shares with Merckx.

When he clambered into the back of an ambulance last year, it appeared that his quest would be over.

Having battled debilitating illnesses, loss of form and multiple crashes over a road career that has extended almost two decades, Cavendish appeared done.

However, the now 39-year-old, newly knighted sprint star is back for one more attempt at the record.

He'll be up against a full cast of challengers, including four-time stage winner at last year's Tour Jasper Philipsen and the ultra-aggressive, take-no-prisoners approach from his Alpecin-Deceuninck team.

How will the Aussies go?

Australia's best chance of success at this year's race may well be vicariously through their teammates.

Former Giro winner Jai Hindley will ride fully in support of Roglič at Bora-Hansgrohe, while Jack Haig will work for Santiago Buitrago at Team Bahrain Victorious.

The main focus for Australia's hopes will be at Team Jayco AlUla.

Dutch sprinter Dylan Groenewegen will be the main source of investment in stage wins, but one-time green jersey winner Michael Matthews will also likely be a factor in the tougher sprints.

How do I watch the Tour de France?

The Tour de France will be available to watch on SBS from June 29.

The coverage will be available via the television channel and online through SBS On Demand.

When does the Tour de France start?

The Tour starts in Florence, Italy on Saturday, July 29.

Coverage of the race in Australia will start at 7:50pm (AEST) on SBS On Demand, with TV coverage starting at 8:30pm AEST.

It is the first of 21 stages, with the race concluding on July 21 with an individual time trial in Nice .

It's the first time the race will ever finish outside of Paris and the first time since 1989 when the race will finish with a time trial.

The last time the race did so, American Greg LeMond beat Frenchman Laurent Fignon by just eight seconds, the smallest winning margin in Tour de France history. 

Is there a Tour de France Femmes this year?

There is, but unlike last year, where the Tour de France Femmes followed on immediately after the men's race, this year the women will have to wait until after the Olympics.

That means the Tour de France Femmes will not start until August 12, getting underway in Rotterdam before finishing on Alpe d'Huez.

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