How to watch La Flèche Wallonne 2026 – Live Streams, TV Channels for the Ardennes Classic

Race winner Puck Pieterse of Netherlands and Team Fenix-Deceuninck and Demi Vollering of Netherlands and Team FDJ - SUEZ sprint at finish line during the 28th La Fleche Wallonne Feminine 2025
The women's peloton battles up the fearsome Mur de Huy climb at La Flèche Wallonne 2025 (Image credit: Getty Images)

Watch La Flèche Wallonne and La Flèche Wallonne Femmes this Wednesday as the Ardennes Classics continue with a tough battle up the fearsomely steep Mur de Huy.

Here are all the details you need to follow the race on live streams and TV channels in the US, UK, Canada, and the rest of the world.

La Flèche Wallonne: Key information

► Date: April 122

UK: TNT Sports / HBO Max

US: Peacock

Canada: FloBikes

Free: SBS (Australia), FranceTV (France), Sporza (Belgium)

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The 2026 edition of the races, as always, centres around the famous Mur de Huy (1.3km at 9.6%) climb. The men tackle the hill three times, while the women will race up it twice, with both pelotons finishing their ride atop the climb, the decisive section of the two races.

Top contenders for La Flèche Wallonne and La Flèche Wallonne Femmes include Paul Seixas (Decathlon-CMA CGM), Demi Vollering (FDJ United-SUEZ), Kévin Vauquelin (Ineos Grenadiers), Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Premier Tech), Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek), and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM-Zondacrypto).

There are broadcast options for La Flèche Wallonne in the UK, USA and Canada, as well as free live streaming options in Belgium and France.

La Flèche Wallonne 2026 Free Stream

La Flèche Wallonne 2026 is being streamed for free in Australia, Belgium, Netherlands and France. Channels are as follows:

If you're not in your home country right now, geo-restrictions will likely be an issue for you. But you can still access your usual streaming services by using a VPN.

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How to watch La Flèche Wallonne in the UK

Fans in the UK can watch La Flèche Wallonne 2026 through TNT Sports and HBO Max.

TV viewers will find the action on TNT Sports 1, with live streaming available on the new home of cycling in the UK, HBO Max.

Plans start at £25.99/month, with month-by-month terms available at £30.99.

How to watch La Flèche Wallonne in the USA

La Flèche Wallonne will air live in the USA on NBC Sports via Peacock. The Tour de France, Vuelta a España and Liège–Bastogne–Liège will also be broadcast on the platform later in the year.

A subscription to Peacock Premium costs $10.99/month or $109.99/year.

How to watch La Flèche Wallonne in Canada

Fans in Canada can watch La Flèche Wallonne on FloBikes.

A subscription to FloBikes, which has pretty much every race you could wish for, costs $49.99 a month.

How to watch La Flèche Wallonne in Australia

Viewers in Australia can watch La Flèche Wallonne via cycling's major broadcaster in the country, SBS.

All stages will be aired live online on their streaming platform, SBS On Demand. SBS is a free-to-air broadcaster, and SBS On Demand is free to use with registration.

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Dani Ostanek
Senior News Writer

Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor, later being hired full-time. Her favourite races include Strade Bianche, the Tour de France Femmes, Paris-Roubaix, and Tro-Bro Léon.

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