How to watch Tour de France 2023 in Australia: Date, time, TV channel, live stream for cycling race

Joshua Mayne

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The world's most famous cycling race is heating up, with the 2023 edition of the Tour de France entering the final week.

Reigning champion Jonas Vingegaard and former winner Tadej Pogačar are battling it out for general classification glory, whilst Jai Hindley is also in podium contention.

Here's how you can catch all the action in Australia.

How to watch the Tour de France in Australia on TV

Every stage of the Tour de France 2023 is being shown live and free on SBS.

The broadcaster has the exclusive television and streaming rights to the event.

Due to the varying start times of each stage, the SBS broadcast begins at a different time each evening, although it is generally between 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm AEST.

For those unable to watch a stage live, SBS air a 'Daily Update' in the morning before their 'Evening Highlights - Bonjour Le Tour' show later in the day. 

Commentary is led by a team featuring Matt Keenan, Bridie O’Donnell and Simon Gerrans. 

How to live stream the Tour de France in Australia

All 21 stages of this year's Tour de France are being live-streamed via SBS on Demand.

The action is also available on the broadcaster's dedicated app, the SBS Skoda Tour Tracker app.

On top of this, fans can visit the SBS Sport Tour de France website hub, which hosts full on-demand replays, mini stage recaps, highlights and other content.

When is the Tour de France 2023? Start date, finish

The Tour de France 2023 began on July 1. 

The 110th edition of the famous cycling event began in Bilbao, marking the second time it has taken place in the Basque Country.

This year's Tour de France is set to finish in Paris on July 23.

Which Aussies are competing in Tour de France 2023?

A total of 12 Australian riders are taking part in Tour de France 2023, with Jai Hindley in contention for a strong finish at cycling's most prestigious event.

Australian entrants at Tour de France 2023

  • Jai Hindley (BORA - hansgrohe)
  • Ben O'Connor (AG2r Citroen Team)
  • Jack Haig (Bahrain - Victorious)
  • Caleb Ewan (Lotto Dstny)
  • Simon Clarke (Israel - Premier Tech)
  • Luke Durbridge (Team Jayco AlUla)
  • Chris Harper (Team Jayco AlUla)
  • Matthew Dinham (Team DSM-Firmenich)
  • Alex Edmonson (Team DSM-Firmenich)
  • Chris Hamilton (Team DSM-Firmenich)
  • Sam Welsford (Team DSM-Firmenich)
  • Nick Schultz (Israel - Premier Tech)

Australian contenders at Tour de France

 

Jai Hindley (BORA - hansgrohe)

A fourth-placed finish at the recent Criterium du Dauphine saw Hindley soar into third favourite for Le Tour, behind last year's winner Jonas Vingegaard and double champion Tadej Pogacar.

Hindley has tasted success before in a Grand Tour, winning the Giro d'Italia in 2022, and is now ready for a podium assault at Tour de France 2023.

Alongside Cadel Evans' Le Tour triumph in 2011, the 27-year-old is the only other Aussie to win a Grand Tour.

Ben O'Connor (AG2R Citroen)

O'Connor was on the sixth line of pre-race betting for Tour de France 2023, showing that he could be a contender, especially after finishing third in the recent Criterium du Dauphine.

The 27-year-old has several quality Grand Tour finishes including a fourth in Tour de France 2021 and an eighth-place at Vuelta a Espana 2022.

However, O'Connor failed to finish Le Tour last year after suffering an early crash.

Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious)

A fifth-place finish in the Criterium du Dauphine saw the 29-year-old hit Le Tour in impressive form.

Haig's most impressive result in a Grand Tour was third place at the Vuelta a Espana in 2021.

Caleb Ewan (Lotto Dstny)

The 28-year-old abandoned his Tour on stage 13 in 2023 and was unable to add to five career stage wins at the event.

Ewan won three stages at Tour de France 2019 and two the following year.

His most recent Grand Tour stage win came at the Giro d'Italia in 2021.

Joshua Mayne

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Joshua Mayne is a content producer for The Sporting News Australia based in Sydney, Australia. He has previously worked as a newsreader at 2SER and journalist at Ministry of Sport. While Joshua’s main passions are football, rugby league, basketball and F1, he will watch any sport that's on. He is still waiting for Arsenal to win the Premier League again.