The Tour de France kicked off on Sunday, June 29 in Florence, Italy.

Tadej Pogachar (UAE Team Emirates) made a strong attack on the Côte de Saint-Lucas on stage 2 to take the coveted yellow jersey, but three of his rivals are now tied with him in the overall Tour de France standings.

The race moves further west to Piacenza on Monday for the flatter 230.8km third stage, which is expected to feature a sprint finish in Turin.

In the event of a time tie, the finishing positions of each stage will be added together and the rider with the lowest finishing position will take the jersey. If there is still a tie, the race leader will be determined by the finishing order of the most recent stage.

A group sprint is expected on the third stage to Turin, so GC contenders are expected to battle it out to see who will wear the yellow jersey as they head to France.

The race will reach French soil on stage 4, with the first alpine stage at the Col du Galibier, the highest point of the Tour de France. It will be the first mountain stage of the Tour de France and will take place on the Col du Galibier, the highest pass in the Tour de France.

Stage 5 is a 177.4 km stage from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Saint-Vourba-Lanhei with only two Category 4 climbs.

The Tour de France is broadcast for free on ITVX (UK) and SBS On Demand (Australia), and can be watched for free from anywhere with a VPN.

The 2024 Tour de France will be broadcast on SBS On Demand in Australia, ITV4 in the UK, and S4C in Wales.

If you live in one of these countries or are on vacation, you can enjoy a month of racing without paying a subscription fee. However, if you are away from home on vacation during the race, you can catch up on the race without paying for local streaming.

A VPN may solve your problem, we have all the information on how to watch the action using a VPN below.

The Tour de France will be broadcast on NBC Sports the USA and its streaming service, Peacock TV.

FloBikes is the Canadian Tour de France organizer. Annual subscriptions are $29.99 per month or $150 per year.

Peacock TV offers a free 7-day trial for those who want to try before they buy. A full subscription to the service starts at $4.99/month.

NBC is available on cable plans, and cord cutters can watch on Hulu ($7.99/month with a 30-day free trial), DirecTV ($64.99/month with a 5-day free trial), and FuboTV ($74.99/month with a 7-day free trial). with a 7-day free trial).

British viewers can watch the Tour de France on ITV4, the Welsh-language channel S4C, Eurosport and Discovery+.

A "standard" subscription to Discovery+, which includes Eurosport's cycling coverage, costs £6.99 per month or £59.99 per year. This is in addition to £29.99 per month for the Premium subscription, which includes TNT sports (rugby, wrestling, UFC, and MotoGP, in addition to soccer's Premier League, Champions League, and Europa League).

For full French-language coverage of races in a local atmosphere, go to France TV. Around Europe, broadcasters include ARD in Germany, Sporza and RTBF in Belgium, Rai in Italy, and RTVE in Spain.

If you live outside your region and need to access a live streaming service to watch the games, access may be regionally restricted.

In this case, a VPN service may be useful, allowing your computer to pretend to be at home and log into your streaming account to catch all of the racing action.

Our colleagues at TechRadar have thoroughly tested several VPN services and some great recommendations are listed below.

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