The Tour de France, is in full swing after kicking off on Sunday, June 29, in Florence, Italy. Find out when the Tour de France is on, where you can watch the Tour de France and how you can view the race live streaming.
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) leads defending champion Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike) and Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) after 14 stages of racing.
Stage 15 is Bastille Day, so fireworks are expected from the French riders going for glory, from climbers still looking for a stage win and from the general classification favourites.
The third Sunday of the Tour could prove crucial for many with 4,800 metres of vertical gain on the menu over 197.7km of racing culminating with the formidable climb of Plateau de Beille.
It’s a stage you won’t want to miss, so follow either live with Cyclingnews or on your local broadcast or streaming service. Read on to find out how to watch the Tour de France in your area.
In the USA, Peacock is your home of the Tour de France, while Discovery+ and Eurosport cover most of Europe. Read on to find out the best way to watch the Tour de France either on TV or other devices.
How to watch the Tour de France on TV or live streaming 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 how to watch the action using a VPN below.
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Upcoming USA/Canada Tour de France schedule
Date
Stage
Start/Finish times (EDT)
Live on
14-Jul
Stage 15
5:55 – 11:22
NBC, Peacock, Flobikes
15-Jul
Rest day 2
Row 1 – Cell 2
Row 1 – Cell 3
16-Jul
Stage 16
7:05 – 11:31
NBC, Peacock, Flobikes
17-Jul
Stage 17
6:35 – 10:58
NBC, Peacock, Flobikes
18-Jul
Stage 18
7:00 – 11:30
NBC, Peacock, Flobikes
19-Jul
Stage 19
6:20 – 10:28
NBC, Peacock, Flobikes
20-Jul
Stage 20
7:35 – 11:18
NBC, Peacock, Flobikes
21-Jul
Stage 21
8:40 – 1:30pm
NBC, Peacock, Flobikes
Tour de France live in the USA
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.
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).
Tour de France live in Canada
The Tour de France is live on FloBikes in Canada. An annual subscription will set you back $29.99/month or $150/year.
Tour de France live in the UK
The Tour de France is live on TV on ITV4, the 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.
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Upcoming Tour de France schedule and start times (Europe)
Date
Stage
Start/Finish times (CEST)
6-Jul
Stage 8
13:05 – 17:19
7-Jul
Stage 9
13:15 – 17:49
8-Jul
Rest day 1
Row 2 – Cell 2
9-Jul
Stage 10
13:05 – 17:24
10-Jul
Stage 11
11:05 – 14:54
11-Jul
Stage 12
12:35 – 17:16
12-Jul
Stage 13
13:30 – 17:21
13-Jul
Stage 14
13:05 – 17:17
14-Jul
Stage 15
11:55 – 17:22
15-Jul
Rest day 2
Row 9 – Cell 2
16-Jul
Stage 16
13:05 – 17:31
17-Jul
Stage 17
12:35 – 14:58
18-Jul
Stage 18
13:00 – 17:30
19-Jul
Stage 19
12:20 – 16:28
20-Jul
Stage 20
13:35 – 17:18
21-Jul
Stage 21
14:40 – 19:30
Tour de France live 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.
Watch the Tour de France live on any streams
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 TechRadarthoroughly tested several VPN services and came up with a few great recommendations below.
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.
