The 2024 Giro d'Italia is well underway after over two weeks of racing with the final days of the race coming up quick.
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) has been unstoppable so far in his Giro debut and remains the overwhelming favourite to take home the maglia rosa. Behind him, the battle for the podium is still on with Dani Martinez (Bora-Hansgrohe), Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers), Ben O'Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), and Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) all in the mix.
The Slovenian quickly stamped his authority on the Corsa Rosa on stage 2 by winning at the summit finish in Oropa, extended his lead by winning the stage 7 individual time trial, and then won his third stage the next day at Prati di Tivo. He extended his lead further still in the second and final time trial of the race before adding two more stage wins to his total on stages 15 and 16.
Sprint favourites taking on the race include Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), Caleb Ewan (Jayco-AlUla), Fabio Jakobsen (DSM-Firmenich PostNL), Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep), and Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck), while other star riders at the Giro include Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) and Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep).
Cyclingnews will be bringing you full reports, results, news, interviews, and analysis throughout the races. Read on to find out how to watch the racing action via live stream, no matter your location, with NordVPN.
How to watch the Giro d'Italia for free
The 2024 Giro d'Italia will be aired for free in several countries around the world, including S4C in Wales, EITB in the Basque Country, VTM in Belgium, SBS in Australia, and RAI in Italy.
If you live or are on holiday in those countries then enjoy the month of racing with no subscription fees to pay. However, if you're away from home on holiday during the racing then it's possible to keep up with the racing without resorting to shelling out for a local streaming subscription.
A VPN could solve your problem, and we have all the information on how to watch the action using a VPN below.
How to watch the Giro d'Italia in the USA & Canada
The 2024 Giro d'Italia will be aired by Max in the USA. A subscription to the service will set you back $10 per month or $100 per year with ads, $16/$150 for an ad-free experience, or $200 per year for the 'Ultimate' package, which includes additional devices and 4k resolution where available.
Currently users do not need to pay for the B/R Sports add-on, which costs an extra $10 per month, but that could change in the future.
The 2024 Giro d'Italia will be aired by FloBikes in Canada. A subscription to the streaming service will set you back CAN$150 for the year or CAN$29.99 on a monthly basis.
How to watch the Giro d'Italia in the UK
In the UK, live coverage of the 2024 Giro d'Italia will be broadcast via Eurosport and Discovery+.
A 'standard' subscription to Discovery+, which includes Eurosport's cycling coverage, will set you back £6.99 per month or £59.99 per year. 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 £29.99 per month.
Welsh language broadcaster S4C will be showing the race, too. Daily live coverage is available via their TV channel or via their online streaming service, S4C Clic.
How to watch the Giro d'Italia in Australia
In Australia, the 2024 Giro d'Italia will be broadcast live and in full by the free-to-air channel SBS. The race is also set to be available on SBS on Demand – both live and in catch-up mode – if the middle of the night viewing in Australia doesn't work for you.
Watch live cycling on any streams
If you are outside of your home region and need to access your live streaming services to watch the action, you may find your access to be geo-restricted.
In this case, a VPN service will come in handy, allowing your computer to pretend it's home and let you log into your streaming accounts to catch all of the racing action.
Our colleagues at TechRadarthoroughly tested several VPN services and came up with a few great recommendations below.
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There are a couple other very good options that are safe, reliable and offer good bandwidth for streaming sports. Check out two other top options below - ExpressVPN and the best budget option, Surfshark.
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With servers in over 100 countries, you can stream your favorite shows from almost anywhere. Best of all, Surfshark costs as little as $2.30 per month, and it comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee to try it out.
Giro d'Italia schedule
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Giro d'Italia
Date
Stage
Distance
Stage Times (CET)
Wednesday May 22, 2024
Stage 17: Selva di Val Gardena - Passo del Brocon
159km
12:25 - 17:15
Thursday May 23, 2024
Stage 18: Fiera di Primiero - Padova
178km
13:05 - 17:15
Friday May 24, 2024
Stage 19: Mortegliano - Sappada
157km
13:05 - 17:15
Saturday May 25, 2024
Stage 20: Alpago - Bassano del Grappa
184km
11:40 - 17:15
Sunday May 26, 2024
Stage 21: Roma - Roma
125km
15:30 - 18:45
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Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Prior to joining the team, they had written for numerous major publications in the cycling world, including CyclingWeekly and Rouleur.
Dani has reported from the world's top races, including the Tour de France, World Championships, and the spring Classics. They have interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars, including Mathieu van der Poel, Remco Evenepoel, Demi Vollering, and Anna van der Breggen.
As well as original reporting, news and feature writing, and production work, Dani also oversees How to Watch guides and works on The Leadout newsletter throughout the season. Their favourite races are Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix and their favourite published article is from the 2024 edition of the latter: 'Unless I'm in an ambulance, I'm finishing this race' – Cyrus Monk, the last man home at Paris-Roubaix
