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How to watch the 2024 Tour de France – TV schedule, live streaming worldwide

Tour de France leader Tadej Pogacar.

The Tour de France, is nearing its finale 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 20 stages of racing.

Stage 21 is a challenging hilly 34km individual time trial around Nice that seals the 2024 Tour de France.

Being the last day of the Tour, 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.

Who is racing the Tour de France? Find out in our complete Tour de France team guide.

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

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.

2024 Tour de France key info

Dates: June 29-July 21

Free streams: SBS on Demand (Australia), ITV4 (UK), S4C (Wales)

USA: Peacock TV

Canada: FloBikes

UK: Discovery+, ITV4, S4C

Australia: SBS

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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.

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.

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 TechRadar thoroughly 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.

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