Watch Tour de France 2024: preview
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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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