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How to watch the 2024 Tour of Flanders | Global options for live TV, streaming and highlights

How to catch the women’s and men’s racing in the second monument of the season

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The 2024 men's and women's Tour of Flanders takes place on Sunday 31 March.

The second monument of the season, the Ronde van Vlaanderen is defined by its steep cobbled climbs.

The 270.8km men's race starts in Antwerp and finishes in Oudenaarde, which has hosted the finish since Peter Sagan's win in 2016. The men's route features 17 cobbled climbs in total, including the Koppenberg, Valkenberg, Wolvenberg and others.

The women's race is 163km, starting and finishing in Oudenaarde. The women's route includes 12 bergs, finishing with a double-headed ascent of the Kwaremont and Paterberg.

Here's how to see the action live on TV, streaming online or on catch-up.

2024 Tour of Flanders race schedule

The women’s race starts in Oudenaarde at 1.24pm CEST and is expected to finish around 5.55pm.

The men's race starts at 10am CEST and is due to finish around 4:45pm.

How can I watch the 2024 Tour of Flanders live in the UK?

Eurosport 1 and Discovery+ will show live coverage of the men's and women's editions of the 2024 Tour of Flanders.

Discovery+ coverage of the men's race kicks off at 8.30am UK time, finishing up at 3.45pm. Eurosport 1 starts at 9.45am, wrapping up at 4.45pm.

For a full bumper day of racing viewing, you can tune in at 2pm on Discover+ for the women's race, or 4.45pm on Eurosport 1. Coverage ends at 5.50pm and 6.30pm respectively.

If you fancy a Sunday lie-in, don't forget the clocks change on Sunday 31 March.

A standard Eurosport/Discovery+ subscription costs £6.99 per month and is available on a range of platforms, including tablet, mobile, TV with Chromecast or AirPlay, Android TV and Apple TV.

How can I watch the 2024 Tour of Flanders live in the US?

FloBikes will show the Tour of Flanders in the US. Coverage starts for the men's race at 3.55am EST and the women's race at 9am EST. FloBikes requires a subscription.

How can I watch the 2024 Tour of Flanders live in Australia?

SBS will be covering the women’s and men’s racing live and on-demand. Coverage starts at 9.55am AEDT for the men's race and 3pm AEDT for the women's event.

How else can I watch the 2024 Tour of Flanders?

There’s live terrestrial coverage in many European countries.

Italian national broadcaster RAI will be broadcasting the race live and on-demand. RTBF and VRT will be showing the race in full in Belgium. ESPN will also show the event in many territories outside of Europe.

If you’ve got a VPN, you may be able to register, log in to its website and watch live.

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How to watch Tour of Flanders 2023: Everything you need to live stream the first cobbled Monument of the season

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Like all of the calendar's biggest races, you can live stream the Tour of Flanders on GCN+ and Eurosport in the UK and FloBikes in the US. Subscription costs range from £6.99/month to $150/year.

Date: 2 April

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What to expect at Tour of Flanders

The Tour of Flanders marks the second monument of the season, and the first to take place in the cycling heartland of Belgium. 

Now in its 107th edition, the event is one of the oldest on the calendar, and always makes for thrilling racing. 

This year, the men's race will begin in Bruges, where the riders will roll out on a 270km route, punctuated by challenging cobbled climbs, en route to the finish in Oudenaarde. The women's peloton will tackle the same series of hellingen , but on a shorter course of 158km, starting and ending in Oudenaarde. 

As is customary at the Tour of Flanders, the finale will likely play out on the iconic climbs of the Oude Kwaremont and the Paterberg. These two ascents, which both come in the final 20 kilometres, have long been the launchpad of choice for the ultimate race winners. 

Should Mathieu van der Poel defend his title in this year's men's event, the Dutchman will join an exclusive group of riders who have won the race three times, joining the likes of Tom Boonen, Fabian Cancellara and Johan Museeuw. 

The women's race, first held in 2004, has crowned an array of different champions, with Annemiek van Vleuten one of just three riders to have triumphed on two occasions. 

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How to watch Tour of Flanders in Australia

 In Australia, the Tour of Flanders will be broadcast live, for free, on SBS . You can head to the SBS On Demand streaming service and watch the action, as well as replays and highlights.

Aussies away from home can use a VPN to watch the Tour of Flanders live stream free from abroad. Download the VPN, set your location to 'Australia' using the in-app menu and watch live as if you are back at home.

How to watch a Tour of Flanders live stream from outside your country

If you find yourself overseas on 2 April and struggling to access your usual streaming platforms due to geo-blocking restrictions, there's an easy solution. 

By using a VPN, a software tool that offers online privacy and the ability to change your IP address, you can access on-demand content and live TV as if you were at home. 

There are plenty of free VPNs but our sister site TechRadar recommends the paid ExpressVPN, which it consistently rates as the best VPN provider.

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How to watch Tour of Flanders in the US

In the USA, FloBikes has the rights to Tour of Flanders, streaming both the men's and women's race throughout the day. The TV app is available on Roku, Fire TV, Chromecast and Apple TV, as well as on iOS and Android. Subscriptions cost $150 a year.

Watch Tour of Flanders live stream on FloBikes from $30 FloBikes brings live access to a healthy assortment of races over the season including the Tour de France, Giro, Tour de Suisse, LBL and plenty more including the Tour of Flanders. A monthly subscription will cost you $30 while a yearly account will set you back $150 ($12.50 per month).

How to watch Tour of Flanders in the UK

In the UK, the race will be shown live on Eurosport, with live streams available on the Eurosport player, Discovery+ website and GCN+. Buying a pass for either of the first two options costs just £6.99 a month, and will auto-renew until you cancel. 

Year-long passes are available for £59.99, equating to a saving of £23.89.

If you only want the cycling, and not the other things that Eurosport offers, you can get a GCN+ subscription at a cost of £39.99 for the year, or you can buy a race pass for £6.99 per month. This will also give you access to the full racing calendar on the platform, as well as its documentaries, which are created and produced in-house.

If you happen to be abroad when the Tour of Flanders is on, you can watch the race hassle-free with a VPN. Simply download a VPN, set the country to your home location and stream as usual. 

There are several VPN options out there, but we think going with Express VPN is the best. Express VPN will also give you a 30-day money-back guarantee .  

UK coverage of the men's race will begin on GCN+ and Eurosport at 8:55 GMT . The women's event will then start five hours later, at 14:00 GMT . 

In the US , the men's race will be on from 4:55 ET on FloBikes, with coverage of the women's race beginning at 10:00 ET . 

Australian audiences will be able to watch the men's race from 18:25 ACT . The women's race will be on from 23:30 ACT . 

Sadly, if you're an Australian or US GCN+ subscriber, you don't get the Tour of Flanders included in your package. You can find the full list of races that GCN will be broadcasting in your country over on their helpful racing schedule .

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The Tour of Flanders brings the northern monuments to warp speed Sunday with arguably the greatest one-day race of the season.

Mathieu van der Poel and Lotte Kopecky line up in the rainbow bands as the five-star favorites in what will set the tone for two spectacular races.

Perhaps only Paris-Roubaix can surpass De Ronde for pure racing action, ultra-prestige, and high-level competition.

This year’s editions saw some late-hour drama, especially on the men’s side, with Wout van Aert set to miss the big date. On the women’s side, the unfolding contract talks about the future of Demi Vollering could play out on the roads this weekend.

Date : Sunday, March 31, 2024 Editions: 108th men, 21st women Start : Antwerp (men), Oudenaarde (women) Finish : Oudenaarde, both races Distance : 270.8km (men), 163km (women) Weather : 7C for start, 17C for finish. Slight chance of showers in morning, otherwise mostly cloudy. Easterly, southeasterly winds, 7 to 19km/h, with gusts up to 40km/h. Defending champions : Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime)

TV listings: Plenty of options

USA : FloBikes will livestream the Tour of Flanders via its app for paid subscribers. Coverage starts for the men’s race at 03h55 EST and the women’s race at 09h00 EST.

Europe : Eurosport and Discovery+ will broadcast De Ronde via its app for paid subscribers. Some European nations will also pick up the broadcast, including RTBF, NOS, and RAI, and others.

Australia : SBS will be covering both the women’s and men’s races. Check local listings for times.

Favorites men’s race: No Wout, no Pogačar

Two big names are missing, and their collective absences will mark the outcome of the race.

Van Aert crashed so heavily at Wednesday’s Dwars door Vlaanderen that the Belgian superstar saw his entire spring campaign, including Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, and Amstel Gold, over in an instant.

Other injuries and illness on the super squad could see Matteo Jorgenson, already on a hot streak this spring, emerging as the leader at Visma-Lease a Bike.

The other missing star is defending champion Tadej Pogačar, who is bypassing Flanders altogether. After ripping across the Volta a Catalunya , he races next at Liège-Bastogne-Liège before heading to the Giro d’Italia.

That puts Van der Poel, already on a tear so far in 2024, firmly in the driver’s seat as the five-star favorite.

The reigning world champion can also match a record. A third win would put him on the same number of wins as Buysse, Magni, Leman, Museeuw, Boonen, and Cancellara.

Right behind him will be banged up Mads Pedersen. The big Dane also crashed Wednesday, but wasn’t nearly as bad as his teammate Jasper Stuyven, who’s out with a broke clavicle.

Other big names include Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious), Alberto Bettiol (EF Education – EasyPost), Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates), Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility), and Matteo Trentin (Tudor Pro Cycling Team).

Who will win? Without Van Aert or Pogačar to complicate things, Van der Poel is the odds-on favorite.

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Favorites women’s race: SD Worx the favorites

Lotte Kopecky currently shares the record of most wins in Flanders’ Finest with Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel, Judith Arndt, and Annemiek van Vleuten

Joining Kopecky in Team SD Worx-Protime in Oudenaarde will be Marlen Reusser, Demi Vollering, and Lorena Wiebes, by far the deepest and strongest team in the race.

Lidl-Trek will be banging on the door, with Elisa Longo Borghini, Elisa Balsamo, Lizzie Deignan and Shirin Van Anrooij.

Marianne Vos is hot off a win at Dwars, with Canyon/SRAM Racing lining up with Katia Niewiadoma and Chloé Dygert bringing on the heat .

Kopecky has nearly been perfect so far this spring, and will be hard to beat.

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A few key course changes for safety

There are a few significant changes for both courses.

After starting in Bruges last year, Antwerp will host the rollout Sunday, and the bunch will plow south straight toward the Flemish Ardennes. The finish of both races remains on the Minderbroedersstraat in Oudenaarde.

The modern classic finales of the Paterberg-Oude Kwaremont combo remains unchanged for both the men’s and women’s races, but there are a few tweaks for safety reasons, with wider and faster roads.

“The changes in the first 100 km are safety-related choices. We have been looking even further for wide roads so that the peloton has more space in which to build up speed,” said race director Scott Sunderland. “The edition from Bruges, where we carried out a similar exercise for the opening hours of the race, showed how these wide roads led to high averages in the opening hours. That speed ultimately helped to determine the shape of the race and the strategic choices of the teams.”

As everyone saw with the tragic consequences in the men’s Dwars door Vlaanderen , the Kanarieberg and Kortekeer have been removed from the route.

“On the way to Kortekeer, the speed is high and the pressure within the peloton is very high,” Sunderland said. “But then we have also seen in the past two years that a few teams decide to quietly ride up the Kortekeer. The question then is: why should we want such a narrow climb on the course so early in the race? Isn’t it better to take out the Kortekeer and keep the race open?”

The organization also took out the Kanarieberg and the high-speed approach that provoked the horrific crash Wednesday that took down Van Aert and a host of others.

“There is a direction along which we have to go to the Kanarieberg. That goes downhill and the peloton reaches a speed of 90 km/h. Whereupon the road narrows from three lanes to one,” he said. “When you talk about safety, you have to look at it seriously.

“We have analyzed the editions of recent years. We looked at whether someone who attacked on the Kanarieberg or the Kortekeer ever stayed ahead. So no one.”

The race really starts to kick off at the Koppenberg, about 45km from the finish.

Unlike in previous years, the men and women will be taking the same route to the Bult van Melden this year.

“We have opted to change the approach for the men and to make it the same as the one for the women,” Sunderland said. “A choice for equality, but above all for reasons of safety. To be specific, this change means that after the first climb of the Paterberg, the riders will cycle on roads where it is easier to keep track of things. We are making the approach to the Koppenberg more straightforward and are taking out the descent and sharp bend just before the climb.”

With this change, the cars in the women’s race can follow the same detour as for the men’s race and team leaders can assist their riders all the way to the foot of the Koppenberg. With this change, the organization is eliminating a few points where the race had threatened to stall in recent years, something that caused a race stoppage in Wednesday’s Dwars race for the women.

“These situations were becoming too dangerous,” Sunderland said. “Safety is our highest priority. Furthermore, we also want to adapt our course to the way in which the peloton races. We want to anticipate and continue to develop the Tour to better serve the riders. And that is what we are doing with this change, but it does mean that both the Kortekeer and the Kanarieberg will not be included in the course this year. But we are adding the Kapelleberg.”

Americans in Flanders: A rare presence

Here’s a good trivia question for your next group ride: name the only U.S. rider to win the Tour of Flanders.

The answer is only one: Coryn Labecki in 2017, when she out-kicked Gracie Elvin and Chantal Van den Broek-Blaak in a reduced bunch sprint with Team DSM.

Kristin Armstrong was twice second (2008 and 2012) as the only other U.S. women to hit the prestigious podium.

On the men’s side, no American has ever won De Ronde, and George Hincapie finished third in the 2006 edition as the only U.S. men’s podium in race history.

Expected U.S. starters Sunday include Chloé Dygert (Canyon-SRAM), Ruth Edwards and Lily Williams (Human Powered Health), Labecki and Kristin Faulkner (EF Education-Cannondale), and Heidi Franz (Lifeplus Wahoo).

Men’s starters Sunday include Dwars door Vlaanderen winner Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers), and Riley Sheehan (Israel Premier Tech). Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), fifth last year in a breakout ride, is sidelined with injury .

Can one of them break through?

All in a day’s fun: Timeline from start to finish

08h15: Men’s team presentation, Antwerp Grote Markt 10h00: Start of the Men Elite, Ernest Van Dijckkaai Antwerp 11h45: Women’s team presentation, Markt Oudenaarde 13h05: Passage of the Men Elite, Markt Oudenaarde 13h25: Start of the Women Elite and first passage, Markt Oudenaarde 15h15: Passage of the Women Elite, Markt Oudenaarde 16h30: Finish of the men’s race, Minderbroedersstraat Oudenaarde 17h45: Finish of the women’s race, Minderbroedersstraat Oudenaarde

Women’s start list: Kopecky tops the charts

Women’s race map and profile

Men’s start list: Van Aert KO’d

Men’s race route and profile

Ranking the favorites: Kopecky and Van der Poel

Women’s race: 4 stars: Kopecky 3 stars: Vollering, Longo Borghini 2 stars: Niewiadoma, Reusser, Persico 1 star: Dygert, Vos, Van Anrooij

Men’s race: 4 stars: Van der Poel 3 stars: Pedersen, Jorgenson, Küng 2 stars: Skujiņš, Wellens, Mohorič, Benoot 1 star: Trentin, Bettiol, Merlier, Alaphilippe

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It's safe to say that for Belgian cycling fans the Tour of Flanders is bigger than Christmas — way bigger. The climax to the Flemish cycling 'holy week' and the second cycling Monument of 2024 will see the worlds best Classics riders cover an epic 271 kilometers between Antwerp and Oudenaarde, taking in no less than 17 brutal cobbled climbs. 

Read on and we'll show you how to watch Tour of Flanders 2024 live streams from anywhere with a VPN , and potentially for FREE .

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The build up is over and it’s time for the big one, the ‘Ronde van Vlaanderen’. The hype has been growing since opening weekend in late February and has now reached fever pitch with the whole of Belgium buzzing in anticipation. 

Leaving Antwerp, the first half of the race is predominantly flat. Then, after 136 kilometers, the route arrives at the first of three ascents of the Oude Kwaremont and from here on it's brutal. The climbs and cobbled sectors come in rapid succession, each one hitting the riders hard and testing their strength and skill to the absolute limit.

The Koppenberg, the Mariaborrestraat, Steenbeekdries and Stationsberg will lead the riders to the climbs of the Taaienberg and Oude Kruisberg before hitting the Oude Kwaremont for a second time. Then the final combination of the Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg coming just 13 kilometers from the finish line is where the killer blows will almost certainly be dealt.

Last year’s winner Tadej Pogačar has decided to skip the race this year so the role of favorite passes over to Mathieu van der Poel who is in scintillating form having destroyed the field to win the E3 Saxo classic and also take second behind Mads Pederson at Gent Wevelgem. It’s Pederson who will lead the challenge against Van der Poel.

The peloton rolled out under clear skies with everyone wondering just how they can stop Van de Poel winning his third edition to equal the record of three victories. 

Read on to see how to catch the action from wherever you live.

FREE Tour of Flanders live streams

If you live in Belgium then you can look forward to a FREE Tour of Flanders live stream in 2024. Belgium's Sporza is set to serve up a free stream of this one-day UCI World Tour race.

Another great option for those in need of an English language commentary is the Tour of Flanders free live stream on SBS On-Demand in Australia.

But what if you're based in Belgium or Australia but aren't at home to catch that free Tour of Flanders coverage? Maybe you're on holiday and don't want to spend money on pay TV in another country, when you'd usually be able to watch for free at home?

Don't worry — you can watch via a VPN instead. We'll show you how to do that below.

Tour of Flanders 2024 live streams around the world

It's only natural that you might want to watch a 2024 Tour of Flanders live stream from your home country, but what if you're not there when the race is on?

Look no further than a VPN, or virtual private network. A VPN makes it look as if you're surfing the web from your home country, rather than the one you're in. That means you can access the streaming services you already pay for, from anywhere on Earth. Or anywhere that has an internet connection, at least.

They're totally legal, inexpensive and easy to use. We've tested lots of the best VPN services and our favorite right now is NordVPN . It's fast, works on loads of devices and even offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.

There's a good reason you've heard of NordVPN. We specialize in testing and reviewing VPN services and NordVPN is the one we rate best. It's outstanding at unblocking streaming services, it's fast and it has top-level security features too. With over 5,000 servers, across 60 countries, and at a great price too, it's easy to recommend.

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Using a VPN is incredibly simple.

1. Install the VPN of your choice . As we've said, NordVPN is our favorite.

2. Choose the location you wish to connect to in the VPN app. For instance if you're in the U.S. and want to view an Australian service, you'd select Australia from the list.

3. Sit back and enjoy the action. Head to SBS or another streaming service and watch the action.

How to watch a Tour of Flanders live stream in the U.S.

Cycling fans in the U.S. can watch the 2024 Tour of Flanders on  FloBikes . A subscription will set you back US$149.99 for the year or US$29.99 on a monthly basis.

And if you're currently out of the U.S. but still want to watch the race, then don't forget to explore  NordVPN  set out above.

How to watch a Tour of Flanders live stream in the U.K.

Live coverage of Tour of Flanders will be broadcast on Eurosport and Discovery+.

A 'standard' subscription to Discovery+ which includes Eurosport's cycling coverage will set you back £6.99 per month. The package includes year-round cycling streams as well as other live sports including snooker, tennis, motorsports, the Paris Olympic Games, and more.

A premium subscription, which includes all that plus TNT Sports ( Premier League , Champions League and Europa League football plus rugby, wrestling, UFC, and MotoGP) costs an additional £30.99 per month.

If you're currently traveling overseas, don't worry, as you can use NordVPN to watch from abroad.

How to watch a Tour of Flanders live stream in Canada

Cycling fans in the Canada can watch the 2024 Tour of Flanders on  FloBikes . A subscription will set you back CAN$150 for the year or CAN$29.99 on a monthly basis.

Not at home right now? Use NordVPN or another VPN service to trick your device into thinking you're still in Canada.

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Tour of Flanders 2023: TV and live stream details, favourites, route map, Mathieu van der Poel defends title

Updated 29/03/2023 at 15:39 GMT

Tour of Flanders 2023: The second Monument of the season arrives on Sunday as Ronde van Vlaanderen takes centre stage. Both the men’s and women’s fields are stacked with the likes of Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert, Tadej Pogacar, Lotte Kopecky and Annemiek van Vleuten set to take to the Flemish cobbles. So how can you watch on Eurosport and discovery+? Look no further…

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How to Watch Tour of Flanders 2024 Online: Live Stream UCI World Tour Cycling from Anywhere

The 2024 Tour of Flanders is finally upon us, so tune in and watch pulsating cycling action live on Sunday, March 31, 2024, from 4 am ET . Those in the United Kingdom can tune in to Eurosport and Discovery+ to watch the cycling action. The Tour of Flanders will air live in the United States and Canada on FloBikes . Fans in Australia can watch the cycling live stream on SBS on Demand.

Those in other countries will find their live streams geo-blocked when trying to watch Tour of Flanders online . Luckily, we have a great solution to this.

You can connect to a VPN and watch the Tour of Flanders live stream from anywhere . A VPN set to a UK server will hide your location and make it seem that you are accessing the live stream from the UK.

In this guide, you will find all the details on where and when to watch the Tour of Flanders live stream from anywhere. We will also share information on why you need a VPN and everything you need to know about this race.

• How to Watch Tour of Flanders 2024 Online With a VPN

You can watch the Tour of Flanders 2024 online on Discovery+ with a VPN connected to a UK server. Follow our step-by-step instructions:

• Connect to a VPN to unblock Discovery+ ( we recommend NordVPN ).
• Download and install the VPN app on your preferred device(s).
• Turn on the VPN app and choose a UK server.
• Launch Discovery+ and watch the Tour of Flanders online.
• Why Do You Need a VPN to Watch Tour of Flanders 2024?

You will need a VPN to watch the Tour of Flanders 2024 live stream on Discovery+, as this platform does not have the rights to air this event outside the UK. 

If you try to watch the Tour of Flanders 2024 online from outside the UK without a VPN, you will receive an error message that states, “ Soon... But Not Quite Yet. Discovery+ is not available in this location. We can’t wait to bring discovery+ to your part of the world! "

A VPN set to a UK server will help you watch the Tour of Flanders 2024 from anywhere . It will hide your location and give you a UK IP address.

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• Where to Watch Tour of Flanders 2024

The 2024 Tour of Flanders will be held on Sunday, March 31, 2024 . The action will start at 4 am ET . Eurosport and Discovery+ will broadcast this race in the United Kingdom. Cycling fans in the United States and Canada can watch the event live on FloBikes . The Tour of Flanders live stream in Australia will be available on SBS on Demand.

Here’s where to stream the Tour of Flanders 2024 live from anywhere:

• How to Watch Tour of Flanders 2024 in the UK

Eurosport will broadcast the Tour of Flanders live in the United Kingdom on Sunday, March 31, 2024. The live coverage will also be available on Discovery+ . A subscription costs £6.99 per month and includes access to live sports, documentaries, and more.

If you are a big sports fan, you can watch live UFC, UEFA Champions League, NBA, WWE, and more on Discovery+ by purchasing the Premium plan for £30.99 per month.

If you are traveling away from the United Kingdom, you will need a fast VPN set to a UK server to watch the Tour of Flanders online. A VPN will help you bypass geo-restrictions, ensuring uninterrupted access to the cycling action from anywhere.

• How to Watch Tour of Flanders 2024 in the US and Canada

Cycling fans in the United States and Canada can stream the Tour of Flanders 2024 on FloBikes on Sunday, March 31, 2024 , at 4 am ET . If you get the annual plan, you can subscribe to the platform for US $29.99 / CA $40 per month or US $12.50 per month / CA $16.90 per month. This platform airs hundreds of live cycling events yearly, making it a must-have for all sports fans. 

If you are flying away from the United States or Canada, you will need a capable VPN set to a US / Canadian server to watch the Tour of Flanders live stream without cable. A VPN will provide a US or Canadian IP address, ensuring the cycling live stream is not geo-blocked.

• How to Watch Tour of Flanders 2024 in Australia

The Tour of Flanders will be broadcast on the free-to-air platform SBS on Demand for fans in Australia. You can stream the event on Sunday, March 31, 2024, at 8 pm AEDT .

Not in Australia? We recommend using a trustworthy VPN set to an Australian server to watch live cycling online. 

• Can You Watch Tour of Flanders 2024 Online Free?

Yes , you can watch the Tour of Flanders 2024 online for free by tuning in to SBS on Demand, an Australian free-to-air streaming service.

• Tour of Flanders 2024 Preview

One of the most iconic cycling races in the world is all set to take center stage, and the best riders will be battling it out at the Tour of Flanders. Also known as De Ronde, this race has a storied past and continues to be ever so popular among riders and fans.

Regarded as one of the five monuments in cycling, the Tour of Flanders consists of an elite men's race and an elite women's race. This race is considered one of the hardest one-day races on the UCI World Tour calendar, and this year's event will test riders to their limits.

Reigning champion Tadej Pogačar has decided against competing at this year's Tour of Flanders, while Wout van Aert is sidelined after breaking his collarbone in a recent event. 

However, several talented riders, including Jasper Philipsen, Mathieu van der Poel, Julian Alaphilippe, and Mads Pedersen, will still compete in Belgium. 

Meanwhile, the women's Tour of Flanders will feature reigning champion Lotte Kopecky, who wants to make history over 163 km.

The Tour of Flanders is the crescendo of the Belgian cycling races and is one of the must-watch events of the year. So get ready to tune in and follow the action live wherever you are.

• Tour of Flanders 2024 Teams

UCI WorldTeams

• Alpecin-Deceuninck
• Arkea-B&B Hotels
• Astana Qazaqstan Team
• Bahrain Victorious
• Bora - hansgrohe
• Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team, 
• EF Education - EasyPost
• Groupama-FDJ
• INEOS Grenadiers
• Intermarché - Wanty
• Movistar Team
• Soudal Quick-Step
• Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL
• Team Jayco AlUla
• Team Visma | Lease a Bike
• UAE Team Emirates

UCI ProTeams

• Israel - Premier Tech
• Lotto Dstny
• Uno-X Mobility
• Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
• Team Flanders - Baloise
• Tudor Pro Cycling Team

Women Elite

UCI Women's WorldTeams

• AG Insurance - Soudal Team
• Canyon//SRAM Racing
• Ceratizit - WNT Pro Cycling Team
• Fenix-Deceuninck 
• Human Powered Health
• Lidl - Trek
• Liv-AlUla-Jayco
• Team SD Worx
• UAE Team ADQ

UCI Women's Continental Team

• Cofidis Women Team
• Arkea - B&B Hotels Women
• Chevalmeire
• EF Education - Cannondale
• Lifeplus Wahoo
• Lotto Dstny Ladies
• Proximus - Cyclis CT
• Team Coop-Repsol
• Volkerwessels Women's Pro Cycling Team
• Final Thoughts

Cycling fans in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia can watch the Tour of Flanders 2024 online on the streaming services listed in this article. However, those in other regions must use a VPN connected to a US/UK/Canadian/Australian server to eliminate geo-restrictions and watch the Tour of Flanders live stream from anywhere. 

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- 2024 Tour of Flanders Live Online Coverage Guide -

Cyclingfans.com Tour of Flanders Men's race TourTracker w/live profile, GPS tracking, gaps, etc.

Cyclingfans.com Tour of Flanders Men's race TourTracker with LIVE GPS Tracking shows you who is in a breakaway, the time gaps, how far to go, etc.

Cyclingfans.com Tour of Flanders Women's race TourTracker w/live profile, GPS tracking, gaps, etc.

Cyclingfans.com Tour of Flanders Women's race TourTracker with LIVE GPS Tracking shows you who is in a breakaway, the time gaps, how far to go, etc.

- Videos: Tour of Flanders videos . (men's and women's races)

- Art: 2023 Tour of Flanders men's race art . (Greig Leach)

- Art: 2022 Tour of Flanders women's race art . (Greig Leach)

- Art: 2022 Tour of Flanders men's race art . (Greig Leach)

- Ticker LIVE here . ( auto-translated ) (men's race)

- Ticker LIVE here . ( auto-translated ) (women's race)

- Need a VPN to access a geo-restricted feed? Try ExpressVPN .

- Men's Race at 9:45am CET, 3:45am U.S. Eastern

- Expected LIVE video here .  (CeskaTV, geo-restricted) - Expected LIVE video here .  (Eitb, geo-restricted)  - Expected LIVE video here .  (France 3, geo-restricted) - Expected LIVE video here .  (NOS, geo-restricted)  - Expected LIVE video here .  (Rai Sport, geo-restricted) - Expected LIVE video here .  (Rai2, geo-restricted) - Expected LIVE video here .  (Rtbf, geo-restricted) - Expected LIVE video here .  (Rtl, geo-restricted)  - Expected LIVE video here .  (Rts 2 geo-restricted) - Expected LIVE video here .  (SBS, geo-restricted)  - Expected LIVE video here .  (Sky Sport, geo-restricted)  - Expected LIVE video here and here . (Sporza, geo-restricted) - Expected LIVE video here .  (Srf info, geo-restricted)  - Expected LIVE video here .  (SuperSport, geo-restricted)  - Expected LIVE video here .  (Tdp, geo-restricted)  - Expected LIVE video here .  (TV2/Sport.dk, geo-restricted)  - Expected LIVE video here .  (TV2 Sumo, geo-restricted)

- Women's Race at 3:00pm CET, 9:00am U.S. Eastern

- Expected LIVE video here .  (France 3, geo-restricted) - Expected LIVE video here .  (NOS, geo-restricted)   - Expected LIVE video here .  (Rai2, geo-restricted) - Expected LIVE video here .  (Rtbf, geo-restricted) - Expected LIVE video here .  (SBS, geo-restricted)  - Expected LIVE video here .  (Sky Sport, geo-restricted)  - Expected LIVE video here and here . (Sporza, geo-restricted) - Expected LIVE video here .  (SuperSport, geo-restricted)  - Expected LIVE video here .  (TV2/Sport.dk, geo-restricted)  - Expected LIVE video here .  (TV2 Sumo, geo-restricted)

- This page will be updated throughout the race.

- Photos:   Tour of Flanders Photos .

- Art: Tour of Flanders art .

- Men's race Start List here . (final)  Women's race Start List here . (final)

- Art: 2021 Tour of Flanders women's race art . (Greig Leach)

- Photos:   2021 Tour of Flanders Photos - Women's Race .

- Photos:   2021 Tour of Flanders Photos - Men's Race .

- Art: 2020 Tour of Flanders men's race art .

- Photos:   2021 Tour of Flanders Recon Photos - Part 2 . (Julian Alaphilippe, Quickstep teammates and a drone + Greg Van Avermaet and teammates recon the cobbles ahead of Sunday's race.)

- Photos:   2021 Tour of Flanders Recon Photos - Part 1 . (Wout Van Aert and Jumbo-Visma, Peter Sagan and Bora-Hansgrohe recon the cobblestones of the Ronde ahead of Sunday's race.)

- Women's race details here .

- Route map, profile and info here .

- Photos:   Tour of Flanders Photos . (2019 Day 2 recon photos)

- Photos:   Tour of Flanders Photos . (2019 recon photos)

- Photos:   2018 Women's Tour of Flanders Photos . (a look back at the 2018 edition of the women's race)

- Soudal Quick-Step lineup for the 2024 Tour of Flanders:

Kasper Asgreen Julian Alaphilippe Yves Lampaert Tim Merlier Casper Pedersen Gianni Moscon Bert Van Lerberghe

- Soudal Quick-Step sports director Tom Steels: "De Ronde is a race that never lies, a race where only the strong riders have prevailed. We have a good team for Sunday, featuring a Flanders winner, and we are going to the start with a lot of confidence. It’s true that we have suffered a bit in the previous races, but things can change quite quickly and we hope for a strong race."

- 2024 Tour of Flanders schedule/times:

Men's race Start at 10:00 CET, 4:00am ET Finish at 16:29 CET, 10:29am ET

Women's race Start at 13:25 CET, 7:25am ET Finish at 17:44 CET, 11:44am ET

- Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) won the men's 2023 Tour of Flanders.  Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) won the 2023 Tour of Flanders for Women.

- The 2024 Tour of Flanders is being held Sunday, March 31.

- Photos: Tour of Flanders photos in Hi-Res .

- Results: Tour of Flanders results .

- For the 20th consecutive year, you can follow the Tour of Flanders live on cyclingfans.com .

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- We will update here with the best and latest live feeds at broadcast time.

- Welcome to our live coverage guide for the 2024 Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen) .

2024 Tour of Flanders LIVE March 31, Belgium Official Website Men's Start List (final) Women's Start List (final)  

Men's race starts at 10:00am CET (4:00am U.S. Eastern)

Finish at around 4:29pm CET (10:29am U.S. Eastern)

Men's race live video from 9:45am CET (3:45am U.S. Eastern)

Women's race starts at 1:25pm CET (7:25am U.S. Eastern)

Women's race finish at around 5:44pm CET (11:44am U.S. Eastern)

Women's race live video from 3:00pm CET (9:00am U.S. Eastern)

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2024 Tour of Flanders: Preview, schedule, how to watch men's and women's cycling classic races live

Who will succeed defending champions Tadej Pogacar and Lotte Kopecky? Find out the routes and the main contenders for this year's 'De Ronde' one-day races, in our preview.

Sunday 31 March 2024 is a date to mark on the calendar for road cycling fans.

On that day, the Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen), the second classic Monument of the 2024 season, will celebrate its 108th men's and 21st women's editions.

The men's event, which has taken place every year since 1919, will start again from Antwerp, as it did between 2017 and 2022, covering 17 iconic climbs and five cobblestone sectors for a total of 270.8 kilometres. The women will tackle 12 climbs, taking on a 163km traverse through the Flanders region in Belgium.

Who will succeed defending champions Tadej Pogacar and Lotte Kopecky ?

Find out in our preview below.

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2024 Tour of Flanders course routes

The men's route covers 270.8 kilometres.

The organisers have decided to modify the first 100 kilometers for safety reasons, removing the climbs of Kortekeer and the Kanarieberg. A year ago, the start was in Bruges, while this year it will be in Antwerp. The finish will be in Oudenaarde.

The riders will have to tackle 17 climbs:

• Vieux Quaremont (km 136,7)
• Kappelle Berg (km 155,7)
• Wolvenberg (km 158,9)
• Molenberg (km 171,3)
• Marlboroughstraat (km 175,3)
• Berendries (km 179,3)
• Valkenberg (km 184,7)
• Berg Ten Houte (km 197,1)
• Hotond (km 206,6)
• Vieux Quaremont (km 216,5)
• Paterberg (km 219,9)
• Koppenberg (km 226,2)
• Steenbeekdries (km 231,6)
• Taaienberg (km 234,0)
• Kruisberg (km 244,3)
• Vieux Quaremont (km 254,1)
• Paterberg (km 257,6)

The women's route spans 163 kilometres.

Both the start and finish are scheduled in Oudenaarde.

There are 12 climbs to face during the race:

• Wolvenberg (km 72,1)
• Molenberg (km 84,6)
• Marlboroughstraat (km 88,6)
• Berendries (km 92,6)
• Valkenberg (km 97,9)
• Kappelle Berg (km 109,7)
• Koppenberg (km 118,4)
• Steenbeekdries (km 123,7)
• Taaienberg (km 126,2)
• Kruisberg (km 136,5)
• Vieux Quaremont (km 146,3)
• Paterberg (km 149,7)

2024 Tour of Flanders riders to watch

Men's race - 2024 riders to watch.

A mass crash during the Dwars door Vlaanderen on Wednesday ruled out some of his biggest contenders, including Wout van Aert, who suffered fractured collarbone and ribs. Defending champion Tadej Pogacar decided to skip the Ronde this year to focus on the preparation of the Giro d'Italia. The big names who will be competing are:

• Mathieu van der Poel (NED/Alpecin Deceuninck): The two-time winner (2020, 2022) is considered the undisputed favourite after dominating the E3 Saxo Classic and finishing second at last week's Gent-Wevelgem, and with archrival van Aert not competing.
• Matteo Jorgenson (USA/Team Visma | Lease a Bike): The American rider is expected to lead his team following his win at the Dwars door Vlaanderen and the injuries carried by both Tiesji Benoot and Jan Tratnik. This season he also claimed the general classification at the Paris-Nice.
• Alberto Bettiol: The Italian is a former winner of the Ronde and, despite suffering from cramps at the recent Dwars door Vlaanderen, has demonstrated a good form by winning the Milano-Torino and finishing fifth at the Milan-San Remo.

Women's race - 2024 riders to watch

• Lotte Kopecky (BEL/SD Worx-Protime): The Belgian superstar and reigning world champion is aiming for a third consecutive Flanders title after her convincing victories at Strade Bianche and Nokere Koerse so far this spring.
• Demi Vollering (NED/SD Worx-Protime): The Tour de France Femmes reigning champion, who finished third at Strade Bianche, is ready to step up as a leader if Kopecky finds herself in difficulty.
• Elisa Balsamo (ITA/Lidl-Trek): Italy's 2021 road world champion has impressed this season, showing that she can both climb and sprint by winning the Trofeo Alfredo Binda and the Brugge-De Panne.

2024 Tour of Flanders: Race schedules

(All times local CEST, approximate after race start. Assumes an average race speed of 44km/h for men and 40km/h for women)

Sunday 31 March 2024

10:00 Start men's race (Antwerp)

13:25 Start women's race (Oudenaarde)

16:29 Estimated men's race finish (Oudenaarde)

17:44 Estimated women's race finish (Oudenaard)

Tour of Flanders: Last five winners

• 2023 Tadej Pogacar (SLO/UAE Team Emirates)
• 2022: Mathieu van der Poel (NED/Alpecin-Fenix)
• 2021: Kasper Asgreen (DEN/Deceuninck-Quick-Step)
• 2020: Mathieu van der Poel (NED/Alpecin-Fenix)
• 2019: Alberto Bettiol (ITA/EF Educational First)
• 2023: Lotte Kopecky (BEL/SD Worx)
• 2022: Lotte Kopecky (BEL/SD Worx)
• 2021: Annemiek van Vleuten (NED/Movistar Team)
• 2020: Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (NED/Boels-Dolmans)
• 2019: Marta Bastianelli (ITA/Team Virtu Cycling)

How to watch 2024 Tour of Flanders - Ronde van Vlaanderen

List of regional broadcasters (TV / online):

• Belgium – RTBF
• Czechia – Czech TV
• Denmark – TV2
• France – France TV
• Italy – RAI
• Netherlands – NOS
• Norway – TV2
• Slovenia – JOJ
• Spain – Enjoy
• Switzerland – SRG SSR
• Pan-Europe – Eurosport, GCN
• Canada – Flobikes
• United States – Flobikes
• Australia – Flobikes, SBS
• New Zealand – SKY Sport
• Central and South America and the Caribbean – ESPN
• Sub-Saharan Africa – Supersport

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Tour of Flanders 2024: How to Watch a UCI World Tour Cycling Livestream for Free

The world's best riders take on the second classic Monument of the 2024 season.

Belgium's biggest and arguably toughest race of the UCI World Tour calendar is upon us, as the riders take on the cobbles of the Tour of Flanders this Saturday. 

The men's race follows a scenic 271-kilometer route between Antwerp and Oudenaarde that features 17 calf-shredding climbs. 

The women's race meanwhile includes 12 bergs, culminating with the grueling double whammy of Kwaremont and Paterberg's ascents.

Highly fancied contender Wout van Aert misses the men's race after sustaining injuries in a pile-up during Wednesday's Dwars door Vlaanderen, while last year's champ Tadej Pogacar has opted to skip the Ronde this year to focus on his preparations for the upcoming Giro d'Italia., leaving Mathieu van der Poel as the clear prerace favorite. 

The women's race could meanwhile see reigning world champion Lotte Kopecky aiming to win her third consecutive Flanders title. 

Below, we'll outline the best  live TV streaming services  to use to watch the Tour of Flanders live wherever you are in the world.

Tour of Flanders 2024: Where and when is it?

The 2024 Tour of Flanders takes place on Saturday, March 30. The Men's race starts at 10 a.m. CEST local time in Belgium, which is 9 a.m. GMT in the UK, 5 a.m. ET or 2 a.m. PT in the US and 8 p.m. AEDT in Australia . 

The women's race follows a little later at 1:25 p.m. CEST (2:25 p.m. GMT in the UK, 10:25 a.m. ET /7:25 a.m. PT in the US and 1:25 a.m. AEDT in Australia in the early hours of Sunday morning). 

How to watch the Tour of Flanders 2024 online from anywhere using a VPN

If you find yourself unable to view the race locally, you may need a different way to watch -- that's where using a VPN can come in handy. A VPN is also the best way to stop your ISP from throttling your speeds by encrypting your traffic, and it's also a great idea if you're traveling and find yourself connected to a Wi-Fi network, and you want to add an extra layer of privacy for your devices and logins. 

With a VPN, you're able to virtually change your location on your phone, tablet or laptop to get access to what you want to watch. If your internet provider or mobile carrier has stuck you with an IP address that incorrectly shows your location in a blackout zone, a VPN can correct that problem by giving you an IP address in your correct, non-blackout area. Most VPNs, like our  Editors' Choice, ExpressVPN , make it really easy to do this. 

Using a VPN to watch or stream sports is legal in any country where VPNs are legal, including the US, UK and Canada, as long as you have a legitimate subscription to the service you're streaming. You should be sure your VPN is set up correctly to prevent leaks: Even where VPNs are legal, the streaming service may terminate the account of anyone it deems to be circumventing correctly applied blackout restrictions. 

Looking for other options? Be sure to check out some of the other great  VPN deals  taking place right now.

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ExpressVPN is our current best VPN pick for people who want a reliable and safe VPN, and it works on a variety of devices. It's normally $13 a month, and you can sign up for ExpressVPN and save 35% -- the equivalent of $8.32 a month -- if you get an annual subscription. 

Note that ExpressVPN offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Livestream the Tour of Flanders 2024 in the US

US cycling fans can watch all the action live from Belgium via dedicated cycling streaming service FloBikes. 

Watch the Tour of Flanders 2024 in the US

A subscription to FloBikes currently costs $150 per year, which works out at $12.50 per month. The service has dedicated apps for Android and Apple devices.

Livestream the Tour of Flanders 2024 in the UK 

Viewers in the UK will need to subscribe to Eurosport or the streaming service Discovery Plus to watch this year's action from Belgium live.

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A subscription to Discovery Plus in the UK costs £7 per month or £60 for the year.

The service is available on a wide array of devices, and also includes access to all Eurosport TV channels.

Stream the Tour of Flanders 2024 in Australia for free

It's good news for cycling fans Down Under, with the 2024 Tour of Flanders set to be broadcast for free in Australia on SBS .

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Viewers can livestream Tour of Flanders coverage on the free-to-use SBS On Demand service.

The platform has dedicated apps for Android and iOS, and you can also access the service on Android TV, Amazon Fire TV stick, Apple TV and most smart TVs.

Stream Tour of Flanders 2024 in Canada

As with the US, dedicated cycling streaming service FloBikes is the place to watch live coverage of this year's race in Canada.

Watch Tour of Flanders 2024 in Canada

A subscription to FloBikes currently costs $150 per year (roughly CA$190), which works out at $12.50 per month (roughly CA$16). The service has dedicated apps for Android and Apple devices.

Quick tips for streaming Tour of Flanders 2024 using a VPN 

• With four variables at play -- your ISP, browser, video streaming provider and VPN -- your experience and success when streaming the Tour of Flanders live may vary.
• If you don't see your desired location as a default option for ExpressVPN, try using the "search for city or country" option.
• If you're having trouble after you've turned on your VPN and set it to the correct viewing area, there are two things you can try for a quick fix. First, log into your streaming service subscription account and make sure the address registered for the account is an address in the correct viewing area. If not, you may need to change the physical address on file with your account. Second, some smart TVs -- like Roku -- don't have VPN apps you can install directly on the device itself. Instead, you'll have to install the VPN on your router or the mobile hotspot you're using (like your phone) so that any device on its Wi-Fi network now appears in the correct viewing location.
• All of the VPN providers we recommend have helpful instructions on their main site for quickly installing the VPN on your router. In some cases with smart TV services, after you install a cable network's sports app, you'll be asked to verify a numeric code or click a link sent to your email address on file for your smart TV. This is where having a VPN on your router will also help, since both devices will appear to be in the correct location. 
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The 2020 cobbled Classics season will reach its peak on Sunday with the Tour of Flanders men's and Women's WorldTour races taking place mostly behind closed doors because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The best way to watch the race while staying clear of COVID-19 is to follow it online or on television, and what better place than right here on Cyclingnews ?

We'll bring you full live coverage, reports, results, news, interviews and analysis throughout the races. Read on to find out how to watch the finale to the 2020 Classics season via live stream, no matter your location, with  ExpressVPN . 

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The Tour of Flanders marks the apex of the late-season Classics campaign with the women's and men's Driedaagse De Panne a denouement on the Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, following the Ronde. It's the last chances for one-day race glory in this odd, upside-down season.

There will be no crowds packed along the cobbled climbs in Flanders – no bodies pressing against barriers shouting the riders up the Oude Kwaremont or Paterberg – but the race action is sure to be heated in particular between the two main favourites, Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix).

The duo have been rivals in cyclo-cross since their junior days and, with each having their own major successes on the road, have created a steady thrum of drama in the build-up to Sunday after they marked each other out of contention at Gent-Wevelgem .

Should the same happen on the circuits around Oudenaarde, there are plenty of riders keen to take advantage, in particular new world champion Julian Alaphilippe ( Elegant-Quickstep ), defending champion Alberto Bettiol (EF Pro Cycling), Matteo Trentin (CCC Team) and Gent-Wevelgem winner Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo).

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The men face a lonely 244km from Antwerp to Oudenaarde, with empty stands on the 14 cobbled sectors and climbs.

On the women's side, the race pickings have been so slim this season that riders are sure to be pushing all their chips in to nab a victory in this WorldTour race. Series leader Lizzie Deignan, a winner in the race in 2016, will have a strong team at her service, including Ellen van Dijk and Elisa Longo Borghini.

The women's race is 135km long, starting and ending in Oudenaarde with nine cobbled sectors and climbs of the Katteberg, Edelare, Leberg, Berendries, Valkenberg, Kanarieberg, Taaienberg and Kruisberg before the finale.

With just one trip over the Kwaremont and Paterberg before a flat run-in, the women's race often comes down to a small bunch sprint, as in last year's race where Marta Bastianelli (Alé Cipollini) won. Her team is in doubt after a coronavirus positive, however. Look for world champion Anna van der Breggen (Boels Dolmans) – the 2018 winner – as well as Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott) and Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) to be at the head of the race in Oudenaarde.

Check below for all the details of how to watch all the action from Flanders.

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The races are being aired live across Europe via Eurosport and on the Eurosport Player, with British Eurosport having been showing almost every Classic live.

You can  sign up for a subscription  to Eurosport Player for £6.99 for a month, £4.99 for a year-long monthly pass, or £39.99 for a 12-month pass. GCN Racing has also been showing select races, though only via app.

In North America, both Fubo.tv and FloBikes are airing the Tour of Flanders men and women's races.

Subscribing to FloBikes cost $150 for the year and gives you access to watch most of the season's biggest races. Fubo.tv, meanwhile is available for a week's free trial, while their most popular package costs $54.99 per month for over 75 channels.

In Australia, SBS will show the Tour of Flanders.

As you might expect, local broadcasters such as Sporza , RTBF , France TV and NOS.nl are showing the bulk of the spring Classics live. Feeds will be geo-restricted, mind.

Check below for a full list of races and broadcasters airing them

If you live outside a broadcast zone or are on holiday outside your country and find that the live streams to be geo-restricted, you can get around this by getting access to them by simulating being back in your home country via a 'virtual private network', or VPN, for your laptop, tablet or mobile.

TechRadar tested hundreds of VPNs and recommends the number-one VPN currently available as Express VPN. With  ExpressVPN , you can watch on many devices at once including Smart TVs, Fire TV Stick, PC, Mac, iPhone, Android phone, iPads, tablets, etc. 

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Tadej Pogacar set to make his major cobbles debut at Ronde van Vlaandere

The men’s and women’s peloton hit the Belgian Bergs today for the first major peak of the one-day 2022 Spring Classics. The 2022 Tour of Flanders Grand Tour champion Tadej Pogačar makes his professional debut on the cobbles. The Slovenian sensation battles Mathieu van der Poel and defending champion Kasper Asgreen in what is the 106th edition of the men's race. Read on as we explain how to watch a 2022 Tour of Flanders live stream online and on TV, and watch the UCI cycling online wherever you are.

Date: Sunday, April 3

Men's race start time: 10am CET / 9am BST / 4am ET / 1am PT / 6pm AEST

Women's race start time: 1.25pm CET / 12.25pm BST / 7.25am ET / 4.25am PT / 9.25pm AEDT

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Last year Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) pulled off a shock victory by holding off the challenge of Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) in the race's climatic sprint in Oudenaarde but he'll have a lot more to contend with this time around.

Defending women's race winner, Annemiek van Vleuten, will have to see off a tough field to hang onto her crown too. Fellow past Flanders champs Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (Team SD Worx), Marta Bastianelli (UAE Team ADQ), Marianne Vos and Coryn Labecki (both Jumbo-Visma), Elisa Longo Borghini and Ellen van Dijk (both Trek-Segafredo) will all be lining up.

Don't miss a moment of the action today - follow our guide as we explain how to watch a Tour of Flanders live stream and enjoy the UCI World Tour cycling wherever you are.

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How to watch a FREE Tour of Flanders live stream online

Belgium's Sporza and Australia's Viceland channel on the SBS On Demand streaming service will both be showing a 2022 Tour of Flanders free live stream.

Residents of Belgium and Australia currently outside from their country will need to use a VPN to access the Tour of Flanders free live stream on SBS and Sporza from abroad . We recommend ExpressVPN. It comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee in case you change your mind.

How to watch Tour of Flanders 2022 from outside your country

If you're desperate to watch the Ronde van Vlaanderen 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 how simple it is to do.

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2022 Tour of Flanders live stream: how to watch online in the UK

For UK residents, Eurosport Player has you covered for live Tour of Flanders coverage. 

The streaming service is affordable, at just £6.99 a month or £39.99 for the year, and it's compatible with a wide array of devices and platforms.

Another option is the GCN+ Race Pass, which also costs £39.99 for a year, but the caveat is that it's mobile-only.

The network's live coverage starts at 8.30am BST on Sunday morning.

And remember, to watch your home coverage from abroad, you can always use a VPN , log back in to a server in your country and watch as if you were there.

How to watch the Tour of Flanders 2022: live stream cycling in Australia for FREE

Aussie cycling fans are a lucky bunch, as there's  free Tour of Flanders coverage  available Down Under thanks to SBS and its Viceland channel.

That means you can live stream all of the action through the  SBS On Demand  service if you're not in front of a TV. As well as apps for Android and iOS, you can access SBS On Demand on Android TV, Amazon Fire TV stick, Apple TV and most smart TVs.

If you've already got a subscription, you can also tune in via GCN+, which costs $12.99 per month or $64.99 for a year.

Coverage starts on the channel at 8.30pm AEDT so be prepared to lose a bit of sleep if you're hoping to watch the closing stages of both races. 

Outside Australia?  Don't worry if you're out of the country and want to catch that SBS broadcast -  just grab a VPN  and you can watch the race as if you were back at home on your laptop, mobile or other TV streaming device. 

How to watch Tour of Flanders 2022: US cycling live stream details

Cycling fans in the US can watch the Tour of Flanders live on FloBikes, with coverage starting at 4am ET / 1am PT  in the early hours of Sunday morning.

A FloBikes subscription costs $150 per year, which works out at $12.50 per month.

And if you're currently out of the US but still want to watch the race, then don't forget to explore  the VPN route  set out above.

How to watch the 2022 Tour of Flanders: live stream cycling in Canada

It's the same story across the. border, with Canadians also able to tune into the Tour of Flanders live via FloBikes, which US$12.50 per month (roughly CA$14) or US$150 annually (roughly CA$160).

As in the US, be prepared for an early start, with the men's race set to start at 4am ET , while the women's race begins at 7.25am ET.

Not in Canada to catch that FloBikes stream? Well you know the answer by now... using a VPN is the way to make sure you don't miss a moment. 

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TV Guide - Where and when to watch Tour of Flanders 2024

The big one! The Tour of Flanders is the second monument of the season and the queen of all Flandrien classics. It is one of the most important and exciting days of the season, where the biggest classics specialists face off on the steep cobbled climbs to fight for a prestigious win. Here's where and when to watch it.

Estimated time of departure and arrival of Tour of Flanders 2024:

- Sunday, 31st March, 10:20-16:15 CET.

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The race will be broadcast in by the traditional channels, Eurosport Player and Discovery+. Other channels may broadcast the race.

• RTBF & VRT: Belgium
• France Télévisions: France
• RAI: Italy, San Marino, Vatican City
• NOS: Netherlands
• RTVE: Spain
• Czech TV: Czech Republic
• RTVS: Slovakia
• SRG: Switzerland
• TV2 Denmark: Denmark
• TV2 Norway: Norway
• FloBikes: USA, Canada, Australia
• J Sports: Japan
• ESPN: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Brazil, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Mexico, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Barbuda, Bermuda, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Eustatius, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands
• Sky: New Zealand
• SBS: Australia
• Supersport: Angola, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Niger, Réunion, Rwanda, South Africa, Eswatini, Sao Tome and Principe, Saint Helena and Ascension, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, Socotra, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Zambia
• Eurosport/Discovery: Pan-Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding China, Australia, and New Zealand), Japan & Indian subcontinent

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The 2024 Flanders Classics is underway with the first two races of the event, the men’s and women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, in the books. 

Jan Trantnik won the men’s race while Marianne Vos won the women’s race. 

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But that was just the start of the Flanders Classics. In all there are 12 races across three months at six different locations: 

• Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
• Gent-Wevelgem 
• Dwars door Vlaanderen
• Tour of Flanders
• Scheldeprijs
• De Brabantse Pijl

All these races are streaming live for our viewers in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. 

Here’s what to know about the Flanders Classic 2024 races. 

How To Watch The Flanders Classics 2024 Stream

All the races are streaming on  FloBikes and the FloSports app . Highlights, race replays and breaking news will be available on both platforms. 

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Flanders classics schedule 2024.

Here is the schedule for the remaining races. 

Gent-Wevelgem Schedule 2024 

The race begins at 8:40 a.m. EST on March 24. 

The women's race is also March 24 with a time to be determined. 

Dwars door Vlaanderen Schedule 2024

The Dwars door Vlaanderen is March 27 at 9:15 a.m.  The women's race is the same day and time. 

Tour of Flanders Schedule 2024

The Tour of Flanders begins at 3:55 a.m. on March 31. The women's race is March 31 at 9 a.m. 

Scheldeprijs Schedule 2024 

The Scheldeprijs is April 4 at 9:30 a.m. The women's races is scheduled for the same time. 

De Brabantse Pijl Schedule 2024

The De Brabantse Pijl  is April 10 at 9:15 a.m. The women's race is the same day. 

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Here’s a look at the pro road races we can’t wait to watch in 2024—plus where to stream all the action.

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Believe it or not, the 2024 pro road season is already underway, with the women’s and men’s Tour Down Under kicking things off in Australia this month. As the first races on the men’s and women’s WorldTour calendars, these are important events–and the riders taking part are certainly doing their best to get the season off to an exciting start.

Here are thirteen that we’ve already got marked in our calendars–and what streaming services you’ll need to enjoy them from home.

Strade Bianche—March 2

Taking place on the white gravel roads of Tuscany, Strade Bianche is easily one of the hardest and most beautiful events of the year–and a race in which the strongest rider always wins. So it makes sense that the event’s list of winners reads like a “Who’s Who” of the sport’s best racers.

For example, Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) won the men’s race in 2022 with a solo attack 50 kilometers from the finish line in Siena, an incredibly gutsy move that only a rider like Pogačar could attempt (and pull off).

Last year, Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers) added his name to the event’s impressive roll of honor with a daring ride of his own after catching the breakaway with about 40km to go, attacking on his own with about 20km to go, and then using his cyclocross and mountain bike skills (gravel descents can be treacherous) to stay away and win the race by himself. And while Pidcock won’t be back to defend his title this year, Pogačar will be taking the start (it’s his first race of the season), making the Slovenian the top favorite.

The women’s race always produces fireworks of its own. Last year, Kopecky (who won the race in 2022) and her teammate, the Netherlands’ Demi Vollering, hit the finish line (in Siena’s historic Piazza del Campo) together after working to catch and overtake the lone leader, American Kristen Faulkner (Team Jayco-AlUla).

But instead of crossing the line hand-in-hand, Vollering out-sprinted Kopecky with a well-timed bike throw to take the win. This was an uncomfortable outcome (at first), as it was unclear as to whether or not the riders were “supposed” to be sprinting against one another with such intensity. (Frankly, we loved it.)

This year, Kopecky and Vollering will look to make it four in a row for SD Worx (the Netherlands’ Chantal van den Broek-Blaak won the race for the team in 2021). We’ll be rooting for Poland’s Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM Racing), a four-time podium finisher who’s still searching for the top step.

While they haven’t released their calendar yet, we’re assuming (and hoping) that this race–and other major Italian events–will be included with the new B/R Sports add-on package that’s available to Max subscribers (essentially replacing GCN+). So stay tuned–we’ll announce more details when we have them.

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At almost 300km, Milan-San Remo is the longest one-day race on the calendar. And thanks to the fact that the outcome is almost always decided in the final 10km, the riders say it’s the easiest of cycling’s five Monuments to finish, but the hardest to win.

We love Milan-San Remo’s slow build to the finish as the riders head south from Milan toward the coast, then wind their way along the sea toward the cluster of climbs that host the Monument’s traditional finale. The day’s final and most famous ascent is the Poggio, a short, punchy ascent just a few kilometers from the finish line with a descent that often creates more gaps than the climb itself.

Case in point: Last year Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) attacked over the top of the climb and used the descent to lengthen his lead over an elite group of chasers. The Dutchman held on to take his first win in the season’s opening Monument.

And while there’s no women’s Milan-San Remo, the Trofeo Alfredo Binda, a major stop on the women’s WorldTour and a pillar of the former women’s World Cup series, takes place the next day–and (we assume) will be streamed live via Max.

Last year, the Netherland’s Shirin van Anrooij (Trek-Segafredo) brought Trek’s winning streak to three, escaping to win the race alone, 23 seconds ahead of her teammate–and the defending champion–Elisa Balsamo. One of the brightest young riders in the sport, the win announced van Anrooij as a future Classics superstar. And the 21-year-old promptly lived up to the hype, scoring top-10 finishes in Dwars door Vlaanderen, the Tour of Flanders, the Brabantse Pijl, and the Amstel Gold Race.

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Many riders consider the Tour of Flanders (known locally as the “Ronde van Vlaanderen”) to be the hardest one-day race on the calendar. The women’s and men’s events cover over 150km and 250km of the toughest terrain in the Flemish region of Belgium including tight, technical roads, cobblestones, and short, steep climbs called “bergs.” The course is so challenging that it can take years for riders to master the nuances of the race enough to contend to win it.

Last year’s men’s race went to Pogačar, who won the race alone after dropping everyone on the third and final ascent of the Oude Kwaremont. Van der Poel finished second, and has now finished first or second in each of the last four editions.

Pogačar won’t be back to defend his title this year, which means van der Poel has a shot to tie the record for the most wins in race history. But we’ll be rooting for Belgium’s Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike), who’s completely overhauled his early-season program (he’s racing less and spending more time at high-altitude training camps) so as to be at his absolute best for his nation’s most important event.

The women’s event should once again be SD Worx’s race to lose: the Dutch team has won three of the last four editions, with Kopecky taking back-to-back victories in 2022 and 2023. It’s always a team effort though: last year Vollering joined Kopecky on the podium in second and in 2022 van den Broek-Blaak took third. Lidl-Trek, with van Anroij and Italy’s Eliza Longo Borghini (who finished third last year and won the race on 2015), should be the Dutch squad’s biggest challengers.

When it comes to streaming this and many of the Flemish Classics, you’ll need a $150 annual subscription to FloBikes, the only legal way to stream them in the USA. If you’re a diehard fan who doesn’t want to deal with pesky VPNs, it’s the most reliable method, but it comes at a significant cost and doesn’t offer much in terms of other events that can’t be streamed through other services.

How to Watch Tour of Flanders: FloBikes

The “Hell of the North.” The “Queen of the Classics.” Whatever you call it, the men’s and women’s editions of Paris-Roubaix are probably our favorite one-day races on the calendar. Famous for covering 30km and 55km of some of Northern France’s worst cobbled farm roads, they’re loaded with drama and always produce worthy champions.

The weekend begins with Saturday’s fourth edition of Paris-Roubaix Femmes (145km), which–if it sticks to last year’s course–should start in Denain and include the final 17 or so sectors of cobbles (called “pavé”) from Sunday’s men’s race—all the way to the finish line in the Roubaix velodrome, where Canada’s Alison Jackson (EF Education-Cannondale) shocked the world by outsprinting her breakaway companions to take a surprise win in last year’s edition. Surprisingly, this is the only spring Classic that SD Worx hasn’t won yet, so they’ll be super-aggressive after missing out in the first three editions.

In last year’s men’s race, van der Poel followed up his win in Milan-Sanremo and his second-place finish in the Tour of Flanders with a victory in Paris-Roubaix, a race seemingly made for the 5-time world cyclocross champion. The Dutchman followed an attack by van Aert on one of the race’s final cobbled sectors (a famous stretch called the Carrefour de l’Arbe) and then surged ahead on his own after the Belgian flatted.

Expect the two of them to renew their rivalry this year, with van Aert doing everything he can to end his spring with a victory in the French Monument (especially if he comes up short at Flanders the week before).

How to Watch Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Roubaix Femmes: Peacock

Once known as the Tour of the Basque Country, the 6-day Itzulia Basque Country is one of the hardest stage races on the calendar. Raced through the steep, punchy hills in the Basque region of northern Spain, each road stage (one stage is usually an individual time trial) is raced like a mini-Classic. And the overall winner is usually a grand tour contender who’s using the event to build form for the Giro d’Italia or the Tour de France.

The racing here is always exciting, but this year’s edition offers an even better reason to watch: it is expected to be the first race of the season in which former Jumbo-Visma teammates Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Primož Roglič (who’s now riding for BORA-hansgrohe after a respectful divorce from the Dutch super team) will go head-to-head against one another as rivals.

Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick-Step) is likely to be racing as well, meaning three of the four contenders for this year’s Tour de France will be in action together–the only time that’s expected to happen before the Tour de France itself.

How to Watch Itzulia Basque Country: FloBikes

For the past 8 years, the organizers of the men’s Vuelta a España have organized a women’s event. Originally starting as a one-day race run alongside the last stage of the men’s grand tour, the event grew to consist of four days of racing. But that’s hardly a grand tour, isn’t it?

Enter last year’s new and improved La Vuelta Feminina which in addition to being expanded to seven stages, moved from September to its own spot on the calendar–away from the men’s event that often overshadowed it.

Annemiek Van Vleuten (Movistar) won last year’s new and improved edition, but somewhat controversially. On Stage 6, the Dutch star and her team attacked the front of the race just as Vollering, who had entered the day as the overall leader, stopped to take a “nature break” off the back of the peloton. Thanks to strong crosswinds that split the race apart, Vollering and her SD Worx teammates were unable to bring back Van Vleuten, so Vollering’s chances to win the race went up the road as well.

This year’s course has yet to be unveiled, but one thing is certain: Van Vleuten–who became the first woman in history to win all three of the sport’s grand tours–has since retired, making Vollering the top favorite to take the title for herself this year.

How to Watch La Vuelta Feminina: Peacock

While the Tour de France gets all the prestige, riders generally consider the Giro d’Italia to be much, much harder.

This year’s race begins in the Piedmont region and–aside from a brief trip into Switzerland–stays within Italy for each of its 21 stages. Always characterized by its mountains, the 2024 Giro d’Italia boasts five high mountain stages and four summit finishes, including a trip over the infamous Stelvio, the tallest climb in this year’s race.

The Giro will also feature two individual time trials, which is perhaps why Tadej Pogačar has made the Italian grand tour one of his goals. This will be the Slovenian’s first time competing in the Italian grand tour, and he’s easily the top favorite.

This year will also mark the first Giro appearance for Wout van Aert, who says he’s not targeting the General Classification. But given the fact that he’s not racing the Tour de France this summer, we can’t help but wonder if he’ll shoot for a top-10 or top-5 finish overall.

How to Watch the Giro d’Italia: Max

Before the arrival of the Tour de France Femmes a few years ago, the Giro d’Italia Donne was the most prestigious women’s stage race on the calendar. But it was plagued by sketchy organization, and in some years seemed to be teetering on the edge of collapse.

But now the event is organized by the same group that organizes the men’s Giro which means better support, more stability and–hopefully–improved TV coverage.

The race begins with a short time trial in Brescia, then works its way south, with two flat stages for sprinters, three punchy stages for breakaway and classics riders, and two mountain stages on the final weekend, including a Stage 6 summit finish on the Blockhaus, one of the Giro’s most famous climbs.

Van Vleuten won last year’s edition by almost four minutes, taking her fourth victory in the Italian grand tour. This year–with the Tour de France Femmes taking place a few weeks later than it usually does–we wonder if Demi Vollering will make the race a target, perhaps in an attempt to win all three women’s grand tours in one season.

How to Watch Giro d’Italia Donne: Max

The 2024 Tour de France should be one of the most exciting editions in decades, with an Italian start, a route filled with mountains, and a non-traditional finish in Nice instead of Paris.

The race begins in Florence with the first of three Italian stages and is then followed by an early trip through the Alps (Stage 4) that should sort the General Classification just a couple of days into the Tour’s first week. This will also be the first men’s Tour to feature a gravel stage, with Stage 9 covering 32km of gravel roads through the Champagne vineyards around Troyes before the Tour’s first Rest Day.

The second week brings the race through the rugged Massif Central and into the Pyrenees, where the week ends with back-to-back summit finishes including the Tour’s return to Plateau de Beille, one of the toughest ascents in the Pyrenees.

The Tour’s final week takes a southerly route back to the Alps and a final showdown in and around Nice that concludes with an individual time trial–35 years after American Greg Lemond overtook France’s Laurent Fignon to win the 1989 Tour in a time trial on the Tour’s final stage. This is a big change: the Tour usually ends in Paris, but with the Olympics set to begin in the City of Lights on July 26th, the Tour needs to finish elsewhere so as to avoid any logistical conflicts.

Vingegaard, the two-time defending champion, will be back to try and score a hat trick, but he’ll face the toughest list of challengers he’s ever seen including Pogačar, who’s hoping to win the Giro-Tour double; Evenepoel, who’s riding his first Tour de France; and Roglič, his former teammate and now newest rival. With a difficult course and a star-studded startlist, this could be a Tour for the ages.

How to Watch the Tour de France: Peacock

Taking place about two weeks after the conclusion of the Tour de France–and one before the start of the Tour de France Femmes–gold medals will be awarded in the men’s and women’s road races at the Olympics in Paris.

Covering 278km and 158km, respectively, both the men’s and women’s races are expected to favor the sport’s Classics stars, with lots of short, punchy climbs and a finishing circuit through downtown Paris that takes the riders up the cobbled Côté de la Butte Montmartre three times. So it comes as no surprise that riders like Mathieu van der Poel, Tadej Pogačar, Wout van Aert, Lotte Kopecky, and Demi Vollering have the Olympics written in nice big capital letters on their calendars.

If you watched last year’s world championships in Glasgow last August, you’ve seen what a challenging urban circuit can do to a peloton, and with smaller teams (countries can start 1-4 riders depending on their nation’s UCI ranking), fewer riders overall (just 90 in each event), and no race radios (so riders will get less information and direction from their team cars), we’re expecting aggressive, dramatic outcomes.

How to Watch the Olympics: NBC/Peacock

The first two editions of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift started on the last day of the men’s Tour de France. But with the Olympics coming closely on the heels of the men’s Tour, this year’s third edition of the incredibly popular Tour de France Femmes was pushed back a few weeks–which is great because it means the race doesn’t have to share the spotlight with the world’s largest sporting event.

In addition to changing its place on the calendar, more than half of this year’s Tour de France Femmes will take place outside of France with three stages taking place in and around Rotterdam (including two stages in one day on Tuesday, August 13), a transitional stage that takes the race from Valkenburg to Liège on Stage 5, and a stage starting in Bastogne (Stage 5) before finally bringing the riders across the border and into France.

But just like the first two editions, it’s the final weekend that packs the biggest punch, with two days in the Alps with back-to-back summit finishes including a finish atop Alpe d’Huez–arguably the most famous climb in professional cycling–on the last day of the Tour.

Last year, Vollering and SD Worx dominated the Tour. The team won four of the Tour’s eight stages, held the yellow jersey from start to finish, put two riders on the final podium, took the green jersey for winning the Points Classification, and won the Tour’s Teams Classification. Defending Vollering’s title is one of the team’s main goals 2024.

How to Watch the Tour de France Femmes: Peacock

As the final grand tour of the season, the Vuelta a España is traditionally one of the last chances for riders hoping to end the year on high note, earn a contract for the following season, or get themselves in shape for the world championships in late-September. So with lots of mountains and a start list filled with motivated riders, the Vuelta always delivers some of the year’s most exciting racing.

This year’s race begins in Portugal, with two time trials, eight mountain stages, and several jagged, hilly stages (some of which have short uphill finishes of their own) to test the riders. Every year the organizers create a course that seems to say: “If you’re not a climber, stay home.”

At this point in the year it’s tough to predict who will add the Spanish grand tour to their program as lots of things can change between now and August. But we’re hoping that last year’s surprise-but-not-a-surprise winner, American Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike), will get a chance to come back and defend his title from last year.

How to Watch the Vuelta a España: Peacock

After taking place in Glasgow in early-August last year (as part of the UCI’s “mega world championships”), this year’s World Road Race Championships are heading to Zurich and moving back to their usual spot on the calendar in late-September, with our favorite events–the Elite Road Races–taking place on the final weekend of the month.

On Saturday, the Elite Women will complete a 154km road race that begins in Ulster and ends with four laps of a tough, 27km finishing circuit in and around Zurich. The next day, the Elite Men will cover a 274km course that starts in Winterthur and concludes with seven laps of the Zurich finishing circuit.

This is another race for Classics riders, with a finishing circuit that should favor the riders we saw at the front of last year’s World Championship road races. In the women’s race, Kopecky will be a favorite to defend her title, but she’ll face stiff competition from the Dutch, most likely led by her SD Worx teammate Vollering, who–despite being one of the sport’s best racers–has never won a rainbow jersey. We love how races like the Olympics and Worlds pit riders who spend much of the season as teammates against one another.

The men’s race should play out in a similar way–albeit with fewer teammates racing against teammates. The defending champion–van der Poel–should again be the top favorite, with the Belgians–led by van Aert and Evenepoel–his biggest rivals.

How to Watch the World Championships: FloBikes

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How to Watch Dwars door Vlaanderen, a Fun Midweek Semi-Classic

W ednesday brings the final dress rehearsal for riders hoping to win Sunday’s Tour of Flanders: Dwars door Vlaanderen. With races for both men and women, this midweek semi-classic with a misleading and hard-to-pronounce name (we just call it “Dwars”) is worth carving out some time to watch.

First raced in 1945, Dwars door Vlaanderen (which translates to “across Flanders”) was originally called Dwars door België (“across Belgium”), because it went from Sint Truiden (in eastern Belgium) to Waregem (in western Belgium). From 1946 until 1964 it became a two-day stage race, with the first stage starting in Waregem and finishing in Sint Truiden or Liège, and the second stage taking the riders back “across” to Waregem. In 1999 the name changed to Dwars door Vlaanderen, perhaps to reflect the fact that the race didn’t really cut across the entire country anymore. (It doesn’t even cross Flanders.)

For decades, the race was held on the Wednesday after Milan-Sanremo and two days before the E3 Classic, making it the first Flemish race after the Italian Monument and a bit of a soft-opener for many riders building up for the cobbled classics. But in 2017 the event was added to the WorldTour calendar, and in 2018 it moved back one week, putting it right between Ghent-Wevelgem and the Tour of Flanders and making it the final chance for riders hoping to test themselves before Sunday’s Flemish Monument.

That’s put the semi-classic right in the crosshairs of some of the sport’s best cobbled classic specialists, and several of them have won Dwars (which still finishes in Waregem) and then the Tour of Flanders four days later. The Netherlands’ Mathieu van der Poel was the last to do so. The Dutchman made Dwars the first race of his cobbled classics campaign in 2022, winning in Waregem four days before winning his second Tour of Flanders. Overall, Belgians have won 54 of the event’s 77 men’s editions, and no one has won the race more than twice in his career.

A women’s race was added in 2012, and—as is the case with most of the spring classics (and heck, just about any race on the women’s calendar these days)—the Dutch have dominated the event, winning 9 of its 11 editions. Amy Pieters holds the record with three victories.

Here’s everything else you need to know about Wednesday’s Dwars door Vlaanderen semi-classic:

The 188K men’s race begins in Roeselare and takes a jagged southwestern route toward the first of the race’s eight cobbled sectors and twelve climbs. THings get harder once the race passes Oudenaarde, home of the Tour of Flanders museum and the finish of the Flemish Monument. From here the race covers two circuits of hills and cobbled sectors that usually break the race wide open.

After passing over the Knokteberg and the Hotond for the second time, the course heads back toward Oudenaarde, then keeps going northwest as the race makes its way toward Waregem. At this point the riders will pass over the Nokereberg twice as they complete a local finishing circuit that brings them through Waregem once before the finish.

The 130K women’s race begins in Waregem, then quickly joins the route taken by the men earlier in the day. After passing through Oudenaarde, the women complete one loop through the hills south of the famous city, then head back north toward Waregem, where they’ll complete the same finishing circuit as the men. Overall the women will cover seven sections of cobbles and twelve hills on the day.

Like Friday’s E3 Saxo Classic, the course of Dwars door Vlaanderen lends itself to aggressive racing–especially during the portion of the race that loops through the Flemish hills south of Oudenaarde. These roads are home to some of the toughest hills in Flanders, and while Dwars omits many of the key climbs from Sunday’s Monument, there’s no shortage of opportunities for riders and teams hoping to blow the race apart.

How to Watch

If you signed up for FloBikes ($150/year or $30/month) before Ghent-Wevelgem, then you’ve also bought yourself access to Dwars door Vlaanderen (and Sunday’s Tour of Flanders). Both the men’s and women’s events will be available live and on-demand via FloBikes.com, the FloSports IOS app, and the FloSports app for Amazon FireTV, Roku, and Apple TV.

In Europe, clocks won’t spring ahead until Sunday, so fans on the east coast are still five hours behind the race’s local time. We’ll probably tune-in around 9:30 a.m. EDT–just as the men hit the hills on their first loop south of Oudenaarde. The men’s race is expected to end around two hours later, and the women’s race should wrap-up by about 12:45 p.m. EDT.

What Happened Last Year

Taking advantage of a chance to lead the team himself, France’s Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) attacked out of a breakaway 4K from the finish line in Waregem to win Dwars door Vlaanderen just four days after being”gifted” Ghent-Wevelgem by his teammate, Belgium’s Wout van Aert.

There were no gifts in Dwars, though. Laporte won the race with a mix of strength and tactical savvy. After spending much of the day on the attack, Spain’s Oier Lazkano (Movistar) took second. American Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) was third.

In the women’s event, after a series of attacks inside the final 20K, the Netherland’s Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx) finally escaped from a select group of favorites. Initially, Vollering’s compatriot, Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma), followed the move, but she proved unable to stay with Vollering all the way to the finish. The defending champion, Italy’s Chairra Consonni (UAE Team ADQ), was second and Vos finished third.

Riders to Watch

Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma)

Still trying to win the Tour of Flanders or Paris-Roubaix, Van Aert has taken an unconventional approach to preparing for the cobbled classics by skipping stage races like Paris-Nice or Tirreno-Adriatico and the season’s first Monument, Milano-Sanremo. Instead the Belgian and several teammates went to Mount Teide on the Canary Islands to train at altitude.

Time will tell if it was the right decision. Van Aert looked good at Friday’s E3 Saxo Classic , but he crashed on the Paterberg just as van der Poel attacked. The Belgian then skipped Sunday’s Ghent-Wevelgem to give his body a chance to continue adjusting to being back at sea level. Dwars will be his final test before Sunday’s Tour of Flanders.

Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek)

Pedersen has been scoring victories since early February, but in winning Sunday’s Ghent-Wevelgem–by defeating none other than van der Poel in a two-up sprint–he’s shown no signs of fading. If Pedersen, who finished fifth here last year, takes a back seat in order to stay fresh for Flanders, look for teammates like Belgium’s Jasper Stuyven, Latvia’s Toms Skujins, or Italy’s Jonathan Milan to lead the way instead, perhaps profiting from the fact that Pedersen will be heavily marked after Sunday’s win.

Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)

Philipsen was a victim of tactics in Sunday’s Ghent-Wevelgem. With van der Poel off the front for much of the second half of the race, there was little he could do other than sit in the peloton and wait to sprint for whatever spots were left by the end of the afternoon. He ended the day fourth. But van der Poel isn’t racing Wednesday, so Philipsen can ride for himself in Dwars. Fourth in Waregem last year, it will be interesting to see if he follows attacks or asks his team to try and bring the race back together for a field sprint.

Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx-Protime)

The defending champion, Vollering is making her Belgian classics debut in Dwars–just as she did last year. Her presence gives SD Worx–who already has no shortage of cards to play–another ace. She and her teammates–like Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky and Switzerland’s Marlen Reusser–can take turns attacking, using their collective strength to wear out the competition. And if the race comes back together–like it did at the end of Sunday’s Ghent-Wevelgem–they have one of the fastest sprinters in the world–the Netherland’s Lorena Wiebes–for a possible field sprint.

Chiara Consonni (UAE Team ADQ)

Consonni clearly likes Dwars door Vlaanderen: she won the race in 2022 and was last year’s runner-up. Fourth in Thursday’s Classic Brugge-De Panne and third in Sunday’s Ghent-Wevelgem, she looks ready to score another high finish in Waregem but will need to find a way to overcome the strength of SD Worx-Protime to take her first classic victory.

Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma)

Vos has won just about every race on the women’s calendar, but surprisingly, she’s never won Dwars door Vlaanderen. In fact, last year was the first time she’s taken the start, and she ended the day third. The midweek semi-classic is the Dutchwoman’s first race since Strade Bianche in early March, and she’s hoping it kicks-off a successful ten-day run, one that ends with a victory in Paris-Roubaix two Saturdays from now.

Other Riders to Watch

Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), Oier Lazkano (Movistar), Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates), Jhonatan Narváez (INEOS Grenadiers), Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl - Trek)

2024 Tour de France begins June 29 and includes historic firsts. Everything to know

The Paris Olympics and Paralympics will not be the only prestigious international sporting event held in France this summer. 

The Tour de France, the preeminent event on the men’s cycling calendar, will return for its 111th edition from June 29 to July 21. During the three-week ride, 176 cyclists, representing 22 teams of eight, will complete 21 stages across hilly, flat and mountainous terrain. The course includes a grueling 52,230 meters (over 170,000 feet) of elevation gain and is 3,492 kilometers (2,170 miles) long. The taxing schedule includes only two rest days. 

This year’s race will start in Florence, Italy, and conclude at the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France. It will be the first time the finish line is not in or near Paris because the city will be hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games. And the first time since 1975 the race will not finish on the Champs-Élysées.

The final stage will also break from tradition as it will be one of two time trial stages, which means the leader could be determined in the final leg. The last time the Tour de France ended with a time trial was in 1989.

In addition to Italy and France, the route passes through San Marino and Monaco. The route is famous for its picturesque scenery, from quaint rural villages to the towering Alps. 

Each stage is timed, and the rider with the lowest cumulative time across all stages wins the acclaimed maillot jaune, or yellow jersey, to signify the general classification winner. Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, 27, hopes to seek a coveted three-peat but is still working his way back from a serious crash that hospitalized him for 12 days in April. If he does race, he will face fierce competition from a talented field that includes 2020 and 2021 winner Tadej Pogača of Slovenia.

Separate awards are also given to the best sprinter, climber and young cyclist. 

Sepp Kuss, who finished as the top American in 12th place at last year’s Tour de France, is also set to return. Like last year, he will race on the same team as Vingegaard. 

How to watch the 2024 Tour de France live

All stages of the Tour de France, as well as pre- and post-race coverage, will be available to stream live on Peacock. USA Network will also stream some of the stages. 

NBC will simultaneously broadcast select stages of the event. 

Stage 1 will begin June 29 at 6 a.m. ET. The rest of the stages typically start between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. ET. 

Full Schedule:

Sunday, June 16, 2024 10:06 am (Paris)

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Proving the polls wrong, Wallonia swung to the right on Sunday to renew the House of Representatives. This result stunned Flanders, where the rise of the far right turned out to be weaker than expected.

By  Jean-Pierre Stroobants   (Brussels, correspondent)

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It looks like an electoral magic trick. While, on Sunday, June 9, Flanders witnessed the unexpected narrow victory of nationalist conservatives over the xenophobic and separatist far right in federal and regional elections – on the same day as the European elections – Wallonia voted for the center and the right. This was unprecedented, and on Monday, June 10, it prompted the powerful Socialist Party (PS) led by Paul Magnette – who offered his resignation as the head of the party, which was turned down – to indicate that it would be in the opposition for the next five years, at all levels of power.

It was another surprise when, less than 48 hours after the elections, the two French-speaking winners, the liberal Mouvement Réformateur (MR) and the centrist Les Engagés, announced an agreement to form a regional government in Wallonia. In a country still reeling from the famous crisis of 2010-2011, when it took 541 days to create a federal coalition – a record in contemporary European history – the event was bound to make headlines.

In Flanders most of all, the Walloon tectonic movement stunned public opinion, commentators and politicians. They, in fact, were witnessing the collapse of the entire French-speaking left: the PS lost 6 of its 22 federal MPs, the environmentalists retained only 4 of their 13 seats, and the communists of the Belgian Workers' Party proved all the polling institutes wrong by receding (8 seats, i.e., 2 seats), whereas they had been predicted to triumph. The radical left-wing party only believed in its victory for a few minutes on Sunday afternoon, when a TV channel announced it. It was a mistake, due to an encoding error by pollsters who were decidedly in poor shape.

Bart De Wever, leader of the Neo-Flemish Alliance (N-VA), the man who for years had been hammering home the idea that Belgium's "two democracies" were too different to cohabit for much longer, was also astonished by the election results in Wallonia. "It's very surprising, almost unbelievable. It's a new reality," he said. Indeed, the establishment of a right-wing government in Namur, the region's political capital, is even more surprising for him, given that in Flanders his own party will have to form an alliance with the Christian Democrats (centrists) as well as the socialists of Vooruit, who will need to be persuaded to accept a budgetary austerity plan.

Trucks packed with counterfeit bills

Seeing a right-wing majority in the south of the kingdom was a real shock for the most popular man in Flanders, where, in 2013, the "Wallbanie" was mocked with glee, triggering the anger of the Albanian ambassador in Brussels at the time. In 2005, De Wever traveled to Strépy-Thieu, in the province of Hainaut, with trucks packed with counterfeit euro bills. His goal was to denounce the flow of "billions of euros" from Flanders to Wallonia: three years earlier, it was in Strépy-Thieu that the world's largest and most expensive boat elevator had been inaugurated.

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Nous vous conseillons de modifier votre mot de passe .

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