How to watch the 2023 Tour de France – live streaming
The biggest race of the season, the Tour de France, kicked off in the Basque city of Bilbao on Saturday, July 1 with Adam Yates taking the first stage victory and the first yellow jersey of the race. The Tour de France is free to air on ITVX (UK) and SBS On Demand (AUS). Away from home? You can watch free from anywhere using a VPN.
Since the race start, the lead has shifted first from Yates to Jai Hindley on stage 5 and then to Jonas Vingegaard on stage 6. See the current overall standings of the 2023 Tour de France.
The duel between the two dominant riders Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and Tadej Poga?ar (UAE Team Emirates) has led to edge of your seat racing for fans to close the second week of the Tour. The will be plenty more where that came from before the finale of the Tour de France 2023 in Paris on Sunday, July 23.
Following three mountainous stages, the peloton gets a well-deserved rest day on Monday before the only time trial of the 2023 Tour de France opens the final week of racing. Will the 22.4km hilly race of truth from Passy to Combloux be the stage that breaks the stalemate? Tune in to watch stage 16 and find out on Tuesday.
Read More
Tour de France – news and information
Tour de France route
Netflix's 'Tour de France: Unchained' documentary out on June 8
Tour de France – Analysing the contenders
There is plenty to look forward to as the greatest stars of the sport compete in the third week and continue to race around France to battle it out for glorious stage wins in addition to the main prizes of the yellow, green, polka dot, and white jerseys.
Cyclingnews will be bringing you full reports, results, news, interviews, and analysis throughout the race. Read on to find out how to watch the 2023 Tour de France via live stream, no matter your location, with ExpressVPN or one of the other highly recommended VPN services below.
In addition to scrolling down the page for our live streaming guide, check out our comprehensive Tour de France guide, the Tour de France route, plus the Tour de France start list information powered by FirstCycling.
How to watch the Tour de France in the USA & Canada
Follow Cyclingnews on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for alerts on important stories and action during the race.
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.
FloBikes will air the Tour de France in Canada. An annual subscription will set you back $12.99/month.
Viewers in the USA can watch the Tour live via the network, while highlights and on-demand streams will also be available.
Peacock TV offers a seven-day free trial for those who want to try before you buy. A full subscription to the service start 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).
How to watch the Tour de France in the UK
In the UK, the Tour de France will be aired free to air on TV via Eurosport, ITV4, and Welsh-language channel S4C. Live coverage and highlights are all available.
The Tour will also be aired live and in full by GCN+ in the UK, with the same coverage also available via streaming on Discovery+ and on Eurosport's TV channel. A subscription to GCN+ or Discovery+ will cost you ￡6.99 per month or ￡59.99 for a year.
Discovery+ is also available for Sky Glass, Sky Q, and Sky Stream customers for no extra cost.
How to watch the Tour de France 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.
Best VPN for streaming the Tour de France
Geo-restrictions are the bane of cycling fans because they can prevent you from watching the Tour de France using your live streaming accounts if you are outside of your home country.
While you can always follow Cyclingnews for all the live coverage you can access your geo-blocked live streaming services by simulating being in your home country with a VPN - a 'virtual private network'.
Our experts have thoroughly tested VPNs for live streaming sports and recommend ExpressVPN. The service lets you to watch the race live on various devices – Smart TVs, Fire TV Stick, PC, Mac, iPhone, Android phone, iPads, tablets, etc.
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.
Try the 12-month plan for the best value price.View Deal
There are a couple other very good options that are safe, reliable and offer good bandwidth for streaming sports. Check out the best two options below - NordVPN and the best budget option, Surfshark.
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.View Deal
3. Surfshark: the best cheap VPN
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.View Deal