How to watch the 2023 Tour de France | Live streams, broadcasters, plus stage start and end times

How to watch this year’s Tour in the UK, US and Australia

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24/07/2022 - Tour de France 2022 - Etape 21 - Paris La Defense Arena / Paris Champs-Elysees (115,6km)

ASO/Aurélien Vialatte

Paul Norman

Published: July 20, 2023 at 9:00 am

With 21 stages over three weeks, there’s a lot to watch if you want to follow the 2023 Tour de France.

You can watch the entire race end-to-end in many territories if you’ve got five-plus hours to spend each day. For the more time-pressed, there are plenty of highlight options to compress the day’s action down into an hour or so.

If you’re really stuck for time, there are the daily five-minute highlights on the Le Tour website, which are also posted to YouTube.

From the Grand Départ in Bilbao right through to the final sprint on the Champs-Élysées three-and-a-bit weeks later, you can expect wall-to-wall coverage.

Unlike many other big cycling races, terrestrial broadcasters pay attention to the Tour de France, so you can watch at least some of it subscription-free in most territories. There's a full list of broadcasters by country on the official Le Tour site.

17/07/2022 - Tour de France 2022 - Etape 15 - Rodez / Carcassonne (202,5km) -
Don't miss a départ. - ASO/Pauline Ballet

There’s also the option to use a VPN to stream from a country with free terrestrial coverage, although most VPNs with decent geographic coverage and streaming speeds will require a subscription.

How can I watch the Tour de France live in the UK?

In the UK, ITV4, Eurosport, discovery and GCN are broadcasting live. ITV4 is free to air (as is S4C for Welsh speakers), while the other options require a subscription. GCN is ad-free and available both live and on-demand.

All of the above offer evening highlights and analysis of the day’s action too.

How can I watch the Tour de France live in the US?

Tour de France 2022
The route schedule goes right down to intermediate points in each stage. - ASO/Pauline Ballet

Viewers in the US can enjoy daily coverage on NBC, NBCSN and Peacock. You can watch on NBC on demand too – there's no additional charge above your cable, satellite or telco TV provider's subscription cost.

Peacock access requires a subscription to its premium tier, priced at $4.99 plus tax a month. You can escape the ads by paying $9.99 a month for Premium Plus.

The good news for US viewers is NBC has signed up to cover a range of ASO-organised races until 2029. That includes the Tour de France Femmes, Vuelta a España and Paris-Roubaix, among others.

How can I watch the Tour de France live in Australia?

Cycling fans in Australia can enjoy every stage live on SBS. Handily, there’s a free on-demand service if you’re not an insomniac, while there are daily highlights on the SBS Sport website.

Stages and start times

Keep an eye on the times below to ensure you don't miss an arrivée either.
Keep an eye on the times below to ensure you don't miss an arrivée. - ASO/Pauline Ballet

Like the race itself, stage start times are a moveable feast, with starts as early as 12.15pm CET and as late as 4.30pm CET. End times will vary significantly too, depending on stage length, how hard the terrain is and how fast it’s ridden.

Fortunately, the Tour de France has organised a few of these races before, so it’s got a pretty good idea of when the first riders are likely to reach the finish. Again, that’s highly variable – anything from 5.03pm CET to 7.47pm CET, so you need to be on your toes to make sure you're watching early enough not to miss the end-stage action.

Here’s a table, taken from the official Le Tour website, of expected start and best-case (and worst-case) end times. If you want to see particular action, the time the race is expected to reach intermediate points is set out on the site too, right down to railway level crossings and tiny villages in la France profonde.

DateStageScheduled start timeEarliest end timeLatest end time
1 July 2023112:3017:1517:42
2 July 2023212:1517:0417:31
3 July 2023313:0017:1917:43
4 July 2023413:1017:1217:34
5 July 2023513:0517:2117:51
6 July 2023613:1017:0817:33
7 July 2023713:1517:0717:27
8 July 2023812:3017:0717:32
9 July 2023913:3018:0518:33
10 July 2023Rest day
11 July 20231013:0517:1917:44
12 July 20231113:0517:1917:42
13 July 20231213:0517:2117:46
14 July 20231313:4517:1217:32
15 July 20231413:0517:1817:51
16 July 20231513:0518:0018:36
17 July 2023Rest day
18 July 20231613:0517:3617:36
19 July 20231712:2017:0317:45
20 July 20231813:0517:3117:53
21 July 20221913:1517:1117:31
22 July 20222013:3016:5417:17
23 July 20222116:3019:2819:47
All times Central European Time
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Paul Norman

Paul has been writing about bike tech and reviewing all things cycling for almost a decade. He had a five-year stint at Cycling Weekly and has also written for titles including CyclingNews, Cyclist and BikePerfect, as well as being a regular contributor to BikeRadar. Tech-wise, he’s covered everything from rim width to the latest cycling computers. He reviewed some of the first electric bikes for Cycling Weekly and has covered their development into the sophisticated machines they are today, on the way becoming an expert on all things electric. Paul was into gravel before it was even invented, riding a cyclocross bike across the South Downs and along muddy paths through the Chilterns. He dabbled in cross-country mountain biking too. He’s most proud of having covered the length of the South Downs Way on a crosser and fulfilling his long-time ambition to climb Monte Grappa on a road bike
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