Watch Giro d'Italia live stream 2023
You can watch a Giro d'Italia live stream of stages 7, 8 and 9 for free on SBS On Demand in Australia. SBS, along with Rai Play in Italy and S4C in Wales, are offering free live coverage of the entire race. You can use a VPN to pick up your usual stream from anywhere, even if you're outside your home country. Full details on how to watch Giro d'Italia from anywhere just below.
Giro d'Italia stages 7, 8 & 9 preview
Bring on the most disparate segment of the 2023 Giro d'Italia! Stage 7 (today) is the first mountain stage of the race and the joint-longest stage overall, while Stage 8 (Saturday) is an intermediate stage and Stage 9 (Sunday) is the second of three individual time trials. On Monday, the riders finally get their first day off.
Team DSM's Andreas Leknessund still holds the Maglia Rosa after a thrilling couple of stints, with former overall leader Remco Evenepoel 28 seconds behind. It could have been so much worse for the Soudal-QuickStep rider who hit the tarmac not once but twice on Wednesday.
Trek-Segafredo's Mads Pedersen somehow won Stage 6 when he had no right to do so, after breakaway riders Simon Clarke and Alessandro De Marchi dared each other to take a death-pact – and followed through with spectacularly devastating consequences.
Stage 7 (218km) leads the peloton into the Gran Sasso d'Italia mountain range in the Apennines, where the riders will battle Corno Grande, Corno Piccolo and Pizzo Intermesoli. The 13 percent climb in the oxygen-depleted twilight zone just before the line promises to be one of the most brutal finishes of the entire Giro.
Then it's over to the Muro dei Cappuccini, which is nowhere near as appetising as it sounds, for Stage 8 (207km). It's a lumpy leg that features double-digit ascents, tricky downhill stints and a flat finish. Evenepoel, though, will be looking to get back on top during Stage 9 (30.7km) a tantalisingly long and flat sprint for glory.
With 21 stages of hard racing over 23 days, it's the most beautiful method of torture on the UCI World Tour. You can take a look at the full Giro d'Italia 2023 live stream details on our main page or use the info below.
Giro d'Italia free live streams
Lucky cycling fans in Australia, Italy, Wales and Ireland can watch the entirety of Giro d'Italia for free:
- Australia - SBS On Demand (English)
- Italy - Rai Play
- Wales - S4C
Watch a Giro d'Italia live stream from anywhere
Most live sports coverage is location-sensitive. That means you can't normally access your usual service when travelling away from home. A VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a small but powerful app that allows you to select your preferred location and quickly unblock any Giro d'Italia live stream – including those free options – no matter where you are.
ExpressVPN is our pick of the best VPN services. It's affordable, fast and easy to use. Try it risk-free for 30 days and see for yourself.
How to use a VPN for any Giro d'Italia live stream
1. Sign up to the VPN of your choice. ExpressVPN is the one we recommend for smooth, speedy video streaming.
2. Open the VPN app and choose your location. For Giro d'Italia, you may wish to choose 'Australia' to unblock SBS On Demand.
3. Then head over to SBS On Demand on your browser or device and enjoy that free Giro d'Italia live stream.
You might also try NordVPN, which also comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee, and Surfshark, which offers 24-hour assistance. Both performed very well in our tests.
Watch Giro d'Italia: live stream stages 7, 8 & 9 in the UK
The 2023 Giro d'Italia is being shown live on Eurosport via Discovery+.
A subscription to Discovery+ (Entertainment & Sport) costs £6.99 per month or £59.99 per year, and includes Grand Slam tennis, Grand Tour cycling, snooker and much more besides.
If you only care about cycling, you can also live stream Giro d'Italia on GCN+, which costs £6.99 per month or £39.99 per year and offers ad-free live coverage of loads of cycling events.
Don't forget: Aussie cycling fans travelling abroad can use a VPN to stream the free SBS coverage from overseas. Full details just above.
Watch Giro d'Italia: live stream stages 7, 8 & 9 in the USA
The 2023 Giro d'Italia is available to watch in the US via GCN+.
A subscription costs $8.99 per month or $49.99 per year. That includes live and uninterrupted coverage of men's and women's pro-cycling throughout the season.
Watch Giro d'Italia: live stream stages 7, 8 & 9 in Canada
GCN+ is also the place to watch live Giro d'Italia coverage in Canada.
A subscription costs CA$11.99 per month or CA$59.99 for the year, and also gets you coverage of a multitude of UCI events every month.
Remember, you can use a VPN to access any local live stream when travelling away from home.
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