How to watch Tour de France in Australia: TV channel, live stream, date, time for 2024 cycling race

Joshua Mayne

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The Tour de France – the world's most iconic cycling race – has entered the final week.

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

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Tour de France coverage Australia: TV channel, free-to-air guide

Every stage of the Tour de France in 2024 is being shown live and free on SBS.

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

Due to the varying schedules 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.

The start times for each stage can be found here.

For those unable to watch a stage live, SBS airs a 'Daily Update' in the morning before their 'Highlights Review' show later in the evening.

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

Tour de France live stream: How to watch cycling for free in Australia

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

The action can also be followed 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 will host full on-demand replays, mini stage recaps, highlights and other content.

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If the Tour de France is not available to watch live in your location or if you're travelling abroad, you can use a VPN.

VPNs provide a secure and private online connection, allowing you to bypass geographical restrictions to access your favourite streaming services from any device anywhere in the world.

When is the Tour de France 2024? Start date, finish

This year's Tour de France began on Saturday, June 29.

The 111th edition of the famous cycling event set off from the Italian city of Florence, and will come to a close on Sunday, July 21 in Nice.

MORE: Who has won the most Tour de France titles?

Which Australian riders are competing in Tour de France 2024?

RiderTeam
Jai HindleyBora–Hansgrohe
Luke DurbridgeJayco-AlUla
Chris HarperJayco-AlUla
Michael MatthewsJayco-AlUla
Jack HaigBahrain-Victorious
Jarrad DriznersLotto–Dstny

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.