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 15 stages of racing.
Stage 18 continues the final week quest with a relatively flat stage before the high mountains and closing time trial in Nice.
With lots of tired legs, it could also see a furious fight for the breakaway play out between a group of rouleurs as often happens when the Tour reaches it's latter days.
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
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)
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.
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.
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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Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, joining in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Before joining the team, they had written for numerous major publications in the cycling world, including CyclingWeekly and Rouleur.
Dani has reported from the world's top races, including the Tour de France, Road World Championships, and the spring Classics. They have interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars, including Mathieu van der Poel, Demi Vollering, and Remco Evenepoel. Their favourite races are the Giro d'Italia, Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix.
