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Vuelta a España 2024 live stream: How to watch cycling online for free and from anywhere
By Simon Warren,
1 day ago
The 79th Vuelta a España starts on August 17 in Lisbon Portugal and finishes 21 stages later on September 8 in the Spanish capital Madrid. It’s the first time the race has started in Portugal since 1997 and it stays in the country for three days before returning to Spain for what is by far the most mountainous of the year’s three grand tours.
Read on and we'll show you how to watch the Vuelta a España 2024 live streams from anywhere with a VPN , and potentially for FREE .
Vuelta a España 2024 live streams: TV schedule, dates
Vuelta a España 2024 live streams take place between Saturday, August 17 and Sunday, September 8. Start times vary. • FREE STREAMS — Watch on SBS (Australia), RTVE (Spain), VRT Max (Belgium) • U.S. — Watch on Peacock • Canada — Watch on FloBikes • U.K. — Watch on Discovery+ • Watch anywhere — Try NordVPN risk-free
The entry for this year’s race is devoid of true stellar names with the trio of Tadej Pogačar, Remco Evenepoel and Jonas Vinegaard all giving the race a miss as they recover from the Tour de France and Olympics.
To fill this void the 2023 champion Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike) has taken on the role of favourite to repeat his victory of one year ago, and backed up by his super-domestique Wout van Aert, he will be keen to prove his first GT win wasn’t a gift or a fluke.
Taking him on will be three-time winner Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), desperate for a good result after a year of crashes and injury. Other hopefuls will be Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates), Ben O’Connor (Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale), Aleksandre Vlasov (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) and home favourite Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers).
Ready for to get your wheels in motion? Here's how to watch Vuelta a España 2024 live streams from anywhere, including free options.
FREE Vuelta a España 2024 live streams
If you live in the Australia, Spain or Belgium then you can look forward to a FREE Vuelta a España live stream in 2024.
Australia’s SBS , Spain's RTVE and Belgium's VRTMax are set to serve up free streams of the last grand Tour of 2024.
But what if you’re usually based in any of these countries but aren’t at home to catch that free Vuelta a España 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.
Vuelta a España 2024 live streams around the world
Away from home at the moment and blocked from watching the cycling on your usual subscription?
You can still watch the Vuelta a España 2024 live thanks to the wonders of a VPN (Virtual Private Network). The software allows your devices to appear to be back in your home country regardless of where in the world you are. So ideal for viewers away on vacation or on business. Our favorite is NordVPN . It's the best on the market:
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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 2024 Vuelta a España live streams in the U.S.
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Cycling fans in the U.S. can watch the 2024 Vuelta a España on NBC . It'll also be available to stream via Peacock (from $7.99 per month).
If you don't have NBC via cable or you've already cut the cord, you can watch the network via Fubo (from $79.99 per month with a seven-day free trial) or Hulu with Live TV ($7.99 per month with a 30-day free trial). Sling TV also offers NBC in selected markets.
And if you're currently out of the U.S. but want to watch the race on your usual service, then don't forget to explore NordVPN set out above.
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How to watch Vuelta a España 2024 live streams in the U.K.
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Live coverage of the 2024 Vuelta a España will be broadcast in the UK 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, 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 Vuelta a España 2024 live streams in Canada
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Cycling fans in the Canada can watch the 2024 Vuelta a España 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.
Vuelta a España 2024 stages in detail
The 2024 La Vuelta is 3265 kilometres long set over 21 stages, eight of which are classed as mountain stages, five medium mountain stages, five hilly stages, two time trials and one flat stage, so on paper it is defiantly a climber’s race. This year the race starts in Portugal with a short 12km time trial from Lisbon to Oeiras so the GC will be in play right from day one. Following this brief opener the race takes on a further two stages in Portugal, both hilly affairs with no serious climbs so they may offer an opportunity to the sprinters if they can prevent a break from escaping.
Leaving Portugal the race heads back into Spain for the first summit finish of the race on stage four up the 14.6km Pico Villuercas then following this a mostly flat run into Sevilla. Stage six takes the peloton through the mountains of southern Spain with one first category climb up the Puerto del Boyar followed by three third category climbs including the summit finish to Yunquera. The race stays in the south of the country for three more stages and another summit finish on stage eight into Cazorla and a savage stage nine from Motril to Granada which features three first category climbs in the Sierra Nevada along its 178km route.
After the first rest day the race resumes in the north of the country and begins its journey from west to east with stage 10 from Ponteareas which features the wicked Alto de Mougas towards the end. Stage 11 is a hilly affair then stage 12 and 13 feature back to back summit finishes, the later up the savage climb of the Puerto de Ancares. The mountains keep coming with the Puerto de Leitariegos on stage 14 then the absolute monster summit finish on Cuitu Negru the day after.
The second rest day is spent in Oviedo before the race picks up again with the traditional visit to Lagos de Covadonga on stage 16. Stage 17 only features two climbs at mid distance as does stage 18 so this should give the favorites a chance to recover before the final showdowns on stage 19 to Alto de Moncalvillo and stage 20 up the infamous Pico Blanco.
The race finishes in Madrid the following day but not with the customary circuit race but a long 24.6 km time trial, just in case there is any chance to still change the final outcome.
Stage 21 | Sunday September 8, Madrid - Madrid (ITT), 24.6km
Today at the Vuelta a España
There was no shortage of drama in the opening 12km time trial of this year’s Vuelta a España as many favourites lost huge chunks of time. With a strong wind coming off the ocean making conditions unpredictable for all riders it was one of the late starters the American Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) who took the win to continue the amazing season he is having. Behind in second place was Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) and behind him in third Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike).
Van Aert will be keen to wrestle the red jersey from the shoulders of McNulty on stage two and he will have his team drilled to keep the race together so it ends in a bunch sprint.
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Vuelta a España 2024 start list
Here is the Vuelta a España 2024 start list with all the riders for each team:
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GESBERT Élie GUERNALEC Thibault GUGLIELMI Simon HUYS Laurens LE BERRE Mathis OWSIAN Łukasz RODRÍGUEZ Cristián RIES Michel
Astana Qazaqstan
FORTUNATO Lorenzo BRUSSENSKIY Gleb GAROFOLI Gianmarco SCHELLING Ide TEJADA Harold UMBA Santiago VINOKUROV Nicolas LÓPEZ Harold Martín
Bahrain Victorious
TIBERI Antonio CARUSO Damiano GRADEK Kamil HAIG Jack KEPPLINGER Rainer MIHOLJEVIĆ Fran SÜTTERLIN Jasha TRÆEN Torstein
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
PARET-PEINTRE Valentin ARMIRAIL Bruno BOUCHARD Geoffrey GALL Felix LAFAY Victor BERTHET Clément DE PESTEL Sander O'CONNOR Ben
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POOLE Max BITTNER Pavel HAMILTON Chris LEEMREIZE Gijs LEIJNSE Enzo NABERMAN Tim TUSVELD Martijn VAN DEN BERG Julius
EF Education-EasyPost
CARAPAZ Richard URÁN Rigoberto CEPEDA Jefferson Alexander COSTA Rui DOULL Owain RAFFERTY Darren SHAW James SWEENY Harry
Equipo Kern Pharma
CASTRILLO Pablo MIQUEL Pau BERRADE Urko GUTIÉRREZ Jorge IRIBAR Unai PARRA José Félix RUIZ Ibon SOTO Antonio Jesús
Groupama-FDJ
GAUDU David BYSTRØM Sven Erik GENIETS Kevin GERMANI Lorenzo KÜNG Stefan PACHER Quentin ROCHAS Rémy THOMPSON Reuben
Ineos Grenadiers
ARENSMAN Thymen HEIDUK Kim NARVÁEZ Jhonatan RIVERA Brandon Smith RODRÍGUEZ Óscar DE PLUS Laurens TARLING Joshua RODRÍGUEZ Carlos
Israel-Premier Tech
RICCITELLO Matthew TEUNS Dylan BENNETT George FRIGO Marco WOODS Michael RAISBERG Nadav SHEEHAN Riley STRONG Corbin
Jayco AlUla
SCHMID Mauro DE MARCHI Alessandro ENGELHARDT Felix ZANA Filippo BERHE Welay Hagos DUNBAR Eddie SCOTSON Callum HARPER Chris
Lidl-Trek
CICCONE Giulio GEOGHEGAN HART Tao KONRAD Patrick OOMEN Sam SKJELMOSE Mattias VACEK Mathias VERGAERDE Otto VERONA Carlos
Lotto Dstny
DE GENDT Thomas VAN EETVELT Lennert KRON Andreas LIVYNS Arjen SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo GREGAARD Jonas CAMPENAERTS Victor MONIQUET Sylvain
Movistar
MAS Enric QUINTANA Nairo SÁNCHEZ Pelayo RUBIO Einer LAZKANO Oier CANAL Carlos ARCAS Jorge OLIVEIRA Nelson
Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
ADRIÀ Roger ALEOTTI Giovanni DENZ Nico GAMPER Patrick LIPOWITZ Florian MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe ROGLIČ Primož VLASOV Aleksandr
UAE Team Emirates
SOLER Marc ALMEIDA João YATES Adam DEL TORO Isaac SIVAKOV Pavel BARONCINI Filippo VINE Jay MCNULTY Brandon
Visma-Lease a Bike
KUSS Sepp VAN AERT Wout GESINK Robert KRUIJSWIJK Steven AFFINI Edoardo VALTER Attila VAN BAARLE Dylan UIJTDEBROEKS Cian
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