It'll be news to nobody here in the UK that the sun has currently got his hat on.

It's currently 31° Celsius at Cyclingnews HQ in Bath, and temperatures are predicted to soar to the high-30s (around 100° F) for most of England in the coming days, likely hitting all-time highs since records began.

With a Red Weather Warning for 'Extreme Heat' in effect across the country, it's imperative to stay safe when going about your day-to-day business, and that might counterintuitively mean staying indoors.

Aside from a dunk in the sea – I wish I had taken up surfing as a kid – there are worse sports you can do in conditions like these. However, it's important to remain vigilant if you do choose to venture out.

As a cyclist, you're often in direct sunlight for multiple hours at a time, working hard. You might not feel as though you're sweating as much as when you go for a run or work out in the gym, but that's probably because the sweat is doing its job of cooling you down by evaporating, and thus you must remember to replace the fluids and electrolytes you're losing.

There are plenty of other things you should be doing to keep yourself safe, too. Here are nine things to think about.

Sun cream

The first line of defence against the sun's harmful rays is a good quality sunscreen with high SPF rating. The higher SPF the better, along with a liberal approach to application. Our advice is to get a sport-specific sunscreen, or at least something that's sweatproof, but don't forget to reapply every couple of hours.

Start - and stay - hydrated

You wouldn't start a long car journey with an empty fuel tank, and the same should apply to your hydration and fuel when cycling in hot weather. By drinking plenty of fluids in the 24 hours leading up to your ride, you have more fluid to help you sweat, and a bigger buffer before the wheels start falling off.

But this needs to be approached sensibly. Too much water without also eating real foods or at least supplementing electrolytes can lead to hyponatraemia, which is when the body's balance between water and sodium is disrupted and becomes overly diluted.

Alternate water and electrolytes

Connected to the above, it's important to add electrolytes to at least one of your bottles, but it can also be beneficial carrying a bottle of plain water.

Your body's natural cooling mechanism is to sweat, which takes heat away from the body as that sweat evaporates. If you feel the heat rise a little too far, pouring some of that water over your neck, back, arms or legs can help accelerate this evaporative cooling effect.

Avoid cotton, wear white

Compared to modern polyester apparel, cotton t-shirts and older cycling jerseys are pretty poor at aiding breathability and providing the sweat-wicking properties that help with your body's natural evaporative cooling techniques.

Also, on days where the sun is beating strongly, avoid black or dark clothing that absorbs the sun's radiation, and instead opt for light colours or white that can reflect the sun's rays.

Time your ride, plan your route, and avoid the hottest part of the day

This is a two-in-one tip, and it falls squarely under 'avoid the heat at all costs'. In short, if you can avoid riding during the hottest part of the day, you should.

But even if getting out at 6 AM isn't feasible, you can adapt your route to ride roads that are likely to be shaded by tree cover or tall buildings, rather than heading out onto your nearest moor where roads are exposed and primed for baking in the afternoon sun.

Plan your stops

Connected to the above, consider whether your ride needs a stopping place, either at the roadside in the shade to reapply your suncream, at a petrol station for a top-up of water, or at a cafe with air conditioning to give you a chance to cool down.

Do a bit of research on places to stop, shops that'll be open, cafes that will let you lock your bike up, or ice cream vans that'll serve you up a Solero.

Take a leaf out of the pro peloton's book

Before hot race days, most pro cyclists will cut the leg off a pair of stockings, stuff it with ice cubes, tie a knot in the top and pop it inside their jersey against between their shoulder blades. This not only acts as local cooling for an area that sits in direct sunlight, but as the ice melts, the water covers the torso and evaporates, helping to keep the core temperature down.

Ice drinks

We've all heard of putting our bottles in the fridge the night before we head out, but a pro tech tip that takes this one step further is replacing that drink with an ice slushy, which does an excellent job of cooling your core temperature from the inside.

And since we don't care much for average speed on our training rides, you could even swap out your plastic bottles for stainless steel insulated bottles and keep those slushies cold for your entire ride.

Pre cooling

Pre-cooling, such as drinking an ice drink before you depart, or wearing an ice vest like the pros, can help delay the effects of the heat, simply because starting cooler means it takes your body longer to reach the sorts of temperatures that can cause issues.

This may help on shorter efforts, but it won't make much of a dent on longer rides.

Adapt to the heat in advance

It's obviously too late for anyone facing the heat this week, but as a learning ahead of next time, if you want to be able to ride well in hot weather, you'll need to adapt.

Examples of ways to do this include frequent low-level exposure to heat, such as saunas and hot baths, but also include riding indoors with the fan turned off. Of course, this should all be approached with extreme caution, because done incorrectly, it can carry the risk of hyperthermia.

TNT Sports, the UK broadcast rights holder for the Tour de France, has announced that cycling's biggest race will maintain its presence on free-to-air television in the country after signing a multi-year deal with 5.

The deal largely covers highlights packages, although the UK-based stages of the 2027 Tour de France Grand Départ in the UK will be shown live on 5.

Free-to-air broadcasting of the Tour came to an end with last year's race after TNT Sports' parent company Warner Bros Discovery secured the exclusive rights to the race. ITV, the long-term free-to-air broadcaster, has now stepped away from cycling.

That meant that the Tour, along with much of the rest of the cycling calendar, would only be accessible to people paying a £30.99 per month subscription fee, up from the £6.99 price for GCN+ just two years ago.

On Wednesday, however, TNT Sports announced that some coverage would remain on free-to-air television between 2026 and 2028. Highlights of the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España will be broadcast on Channel 5 during that period, with highlights of the Giro d'Italia to follow from next year.

The deal will also include live coverage of the UK Grand Départs of both the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes in 2027.

"The Grand Tours are the most prestigious cycling events in the world, watched and adored by millions, and we are delighted that 5 will be their new free-to-air home in the UK," said the president of 5, Reemah Sakaan.

"Our daily highlights show for the Tour de France will be available to everyone at 7pm each evening this July and we'll also have daily highlights through both the Vuelta a Espana and the Giro d'Italia for the next three years, plus next year we'll have live coverage of the Tour de France's historic return to the UK.

"The Tour de France kicks off an incredible summer of sport on 5, adding to the rapidly expanding range of premium sport we have for people to watch, including the best of the action from the Commonwealth Games this summer.

"This new deal with TNT Sports reflects our long-term commitment to bringing brilliant coverage of the world's best sporting events to millions of viewers and providing access to premium audiences for advertisers."

'Expanding the reach of elite cycling across the UK'

In October 2024, TNT Sports signed a deal with Tour de France organisers ASO to become the exclusive broadcaster of the Tour de France until 2030. The broadcaster already held the air rights to the other Grand Tours as well as many other races throughout the season.

Now, for the next three years, at least a portion of the cycling calendar will remain accessible to fans around the country.

"This partnership with 5 represents a major step forward in expanding the reach of elite cycling across the UK," said EVP of Warner Bros Discovery Sports Europe, Scott Young.

"As the Home of Cycling, we are committed to bringing fans closer to the biggest races in the world across both men's and women's cycling, and this agreement ensures even more viewers can experience the drama, emotion and storytelling that define Grand Tour racing.

"By combining a strong free-to-air highlights offering with our comprehensive live coverage, we are delivering unprecedented access to the sport across every platform. Cycling is one of the most compelling sports in the world, featuring extraordinary athletes and unforgettable moments, and it's important that those stories are shared with the widest possible audience.

"Expanding reach and engaging new audiences across our rights portfolio remains a key strategic priority, and partnerships such as this play an important role in achieving that ambition."

The FIFA World Cup 2026 begins this week and is an incredible 104-match feast of soccer action in North America. However, for us cyclists, the real show starts in Barcelona, Spain, in July with the Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2026.

The World Cup will be in its final stages when the world's best cyclists, including defending champion Tadej Pogačar, take to the start line of the 113th edition. Stage One of the Tour de France 2026 starts on Saturday, July 4 with an always exciting team time trial around the Catalan capital.

Viewing Le Tour and all the best sporting action, including the FIFA World Cup, can mean multiple streaming subscriptions. If you find yourself travelling abroad over summer, you'll most likely find yourself blocked out by geo-restrictions.

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2026 UCI WorldTour schedule highlights

• Critérium du Dauphiné (Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), 7-14 June
• Tour de Suisse, 17-21 June
• Tour de France, 4-26 July
• Tour de France Femmes, 1-9 Aug
• La Vuelta España, 22 Aug-13 Sep
• UCI World Championships, 20-27 Sep

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Watch the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes this week, the French stage race being one of the key warm-up races for the Tour de France and a major event in its own right.

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.

While Tour de France favourites Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard won't be tackling the 1,208km race between Vizille and Brison, instead taking other routes to the Tour de France, a host of major names will be lining up.

Home favourite Paul Seixas is perhaps the most heavily anticipated rider in the lineup. The Decathlon CMA CGM starlet will face a fierce fight for supremacy, however.

UAE Team Emirates-XRG duo Isaac del Toro and João Almeida, Netcompany Ineos trio Carlos Rodríguez, Oscar Onley, and Kévin Vauquelin, Lidl-Trek pairing Mattias Skjelmose and Juan Ayuso, and Visma-Lease a Bike leader Matteo Jorgenson are among the others to watch.

Key stages to watch include the final three stages with summit finishes at the Plateau de Solaison, the Grand Colombier, and Crest-Voland.

There are broadcast options for the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in the UK, USA and Canada, as well as free live streaming options around Europe.

Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026 Free Stream

The Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is being streamed for free in France, Australia, Belgium, Spain and Italy. Channels are as follows:

• France TV (France)
• SBS on Demand (Australia)
• Sporza / RTBF Auvio (Belgium)
• RaiPlay (Italy)
• RTVE Play (Spain)

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.

How to watch the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes from anywhere

If you're outside your usual country while the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is on, you may think you'd struggle to watch the race due to geo-restrictions in place for different viewing regions. But a VPN is a simple and safe way around this.

A Virtual Private Network is a piece of software that sets your IP address to make your device appear to be in any country in the world. Provided it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs, you can use a VPN to access your usual streaming services.

There are loads of great VPN options out there, but our colleagues at TechRadar rate NordVPN as the best overall for its streaming capabilities, security features, and price.

How to watch the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in the UK

Fans in the UK can watch Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2026 through TNT Sports and HBO Max.

TV viewers will find the action across multiple TNT Sports channels, 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 the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in the USA

The Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes will air live in the USA on NBC Sports via Peacock. The Tour de France and Vuelta a España 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 the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in Canada

Fans in Canada can watch the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on FloBikes.

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

How to watch the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in Australia

Viewers in Australia can watch the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 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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Watch the 2026 Giro d'Italia Women for the second women's Grand Tour of the season., with the race heading towards a big GC finish in the mountains and a first visit to the Colle dell Finestre later in the week.

Elisa Longo Borghini is aiming for a third win in a row on home ground in Italy, but she'll face stiff competition from a host of big names. Demi Vollering, Marlen Reusser, Niamh Fisher-Black, Marion Bunel, and Anna van der Breggen are also on the list of GC contenders.

The race opened with a flat sprint stage in Ravenna, while the stage 4 mountain time trial to Nevegal shook up the GC standings. The hills come on Wednesday's stage 5, while later in the race, be sure to watch the queen stage 8 over the Colle delle Finestre.

The Giro d'Italia Women is being broadcast all over the world, with TV coverage and live streaming options in the UK, US, and Canada, so read on for all the details on how to watch the race wherever you are in the world.

How to watch the Giro d'Italia Women 2026 for free

The 2026 Giro d'Italia Women is free to watch in Australia and Italy.

In Australia, the race will be free with English commentary thanks to SBS.

You can also catch the race for free live on Italian national broadcaster RAI.

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How to watch the Giro d'Italia Women in the UK

Fans in the UK can watch the 2026 Giro d'Italia Women through TNT Sports and HBO Max.

TNT Sports is your linear option while live streaming is 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 the Giro d'Italia Women in the USA

The Giro d'Italia Women is being aired by HBO Max in the United States. Plans start from $18.49 per month for a package that includes live cycling.

If you're an Amazon Prime member, you might find it easier to sign up to Max via Prime.

How to watch the Giro d'Italia Women in Canada

For Canadian viewers, it is the usual FloBikes to watch the Giro d'Italia Women.

A subscription will set you back CAN$215.88 for the year or CAN$49.99 on a monthly basis. FloBikes customers in the US will be blocked from this one - they only have the rights in Canada.

How to watch the Giro d'Italia Women in Australia

As alluded to above, cycling fans in Australia can watch the Giro d'Italia Women for free through SBS.

Both races are being live-streamed on the SBS On Demand platform, which is a free service for those in Australia. If you are looking for linear coverage, each stage will be available on SBS Viceland.

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To save you time and so you already have the idea in your head whilst you're reading this article, the main thing I have learnt so far in a year and a half as a professional athlete is that less is more.

In 2024, I completed my final school exams, called A-levels in the UK, at my local sixth form. These exams normally lead you to start a university degree, an apprenticeship, or whatever journey you desire in post-compulsory education, which finishes at 18 in the UK. My schooling and formal education ended there, but of course, learning never stops; we learn new things every day. So what have I learnt over almost one and a half years in the professional cycling peloton, whilst also moving to, and living alone in, a different country at 18?

First of all, I can briefly yet completely summarise that learning another language is extremely difficult. As a typical British person who underwent five years of compulsory language education in secondary school - French in my case - I still can’t even string together a sentence in the language now. Therefore, learning Spanish since moving to Andorra has been a very painful process, but slowly I'm getting there (and I very much love life here in the mountains). Don't get me started on Catalan, though. It is the official language of Andorra, and looks similar to Spanish, yet it is completely incomprehensible to a poor Spanish speaker like myself.

I chose to move to Andorra for many reasons, but mostly because I believe it’s a great place for training: the many high mountain passes and flat valley roads, an endless number of people to train with, and a great support system, from physios to personal trainers, thanks to Movistar. But also, the more practical adult reason was that due to Brexit, it was much easier to gain residency here than to obtain a Spanish visa, for example.

So, fresh from the days of balancing school with cycling, I'm now solely focused on living a life where the everyday goal is to be the best athlete I can be. Time and energy seemed to be in much greater abundance than my previous days, which were filled with full-time education and exam revision, alongside training towards a professional contract and, of course, racing. Naturally, the extra time was an utterly lovely and blissful thing: to wake up at will, fuel the day's training, and leave for it whenever I felt like it. However, after some months of training and racing full-time, that extra energy became problematic.

I write this article in May, which has been a reflective month for me. Last year, just like this year, I focused the early part of the season on the Classics, took a few easy, restful days after that block, and then had a big, long period throughout May to train again for the next big goal. This year, it's the Giro d'Italia at the start of June. Of course, the normal thing to do nowadays when granted a long training period focused on one competition is to go to altitude. However, unlike last year, there is no altitude for me this year.

In 2025, I started my first-ever altitude block in Sierra Nevada, Spain, alone. I'm someone who loves the process – the day-to-day training – just as much or even sometimes more than the outcome, the racing. I'm the annoying athlete who is always pushing the coach's limits to increase the amount of training set on TrainingPeaks. I think this is for two reasons: one, because I love to be busy, years of balancing school work and cycling always meant there wasn’t much time for sitting down on the sofa, and now with all this extra time, sometimes it feels strange not doing something productive with it, such as more training.

And the other thing, as I have alluded to, is that I just really enjoy riding my bike. Therefore, when the concept of simply waking up and focusing on training every day – still a fairly new and idyllic phenomenon to me – was combined with being in an environment such as sleeping at 2,400 metres to reach peak performance, the feeling of reaching that goal of being the best you can be looms as near as it will ever be. It is extremely motivating to do everything possible to better that possibility. Because, of course, we always want more.

My time in Sierra Nevada was amazing. I enjoyed carrying out the smaller extra processes that take place at altitude, the sole focus of waking up and completing that day's training without any distractions and the heightened attention to fueling. However, I had been warned about how easy it was to overcook yourself or underfuel, or both. At altitude, the norm of my training became doing 20 to 30 minutes longer than my carefully planned TrainingPeaks session every day. For many reasons, mostly because I believed it was the appropriate thing to be ‘tough’ on myself to become better. But an additional factor became the boring concept of returning to my accommodation with nothing else to do that day other than eat and sleep.

Time is unimaginably in abundance when staying in the ‘centro de alto rendimiento’. Shortened to and commonly called the CAR, it is a surprisingly well-known building in the world of endurance sports. The translation of the CAR's name into English is 'the high performance centre'. You'd think the goal of a business's name should be to make the product sound a bit more exciting than it is; however, the CAR is truly unique in that the brand name describes the only activities available at Sierra Nevada in May. Not even the lone 90m squared supermarket is open in between the winter and summer seasons, so there is very much nothing to do other than 'high performance'.

On top of pushing the time to the boundaries of turning that session on TrainingPeaks yellow (an indicator on the platform that a training session has been completed to less than or more than 20% of the total time planned), most of the time, my power would be near the absolute highest watts it could be for zone two. Alongside those extra minutes and unnecessarily increased intensity, I continued to strictly follow the nutrition plan uploaded at the start of the week, and based on the week's upcoming training, without thinking about increasing that intake due to the extra calories I was burning.

Therefore, as you can imagine, training up there was going relatively badly, but that was easy to put down to the fact that I was doing altitude for the first time. It's expected to see much lower numbers; it’s normal to be finishing training every day completely wasted and empty, that is how peak performance will come. But, day-by-day, irrational choice by irrational choice, I was unknowingly digging myself into a big hole.

In the short term, there didn’t seem to be a sign of any problem. I had my first-ever WorldTour win in my first race post-altitude training, yet that month's period still hadn’t come. The success post-altitude turned out to be very short-lived. For the rest of the season, I struggled with fatigue, rarely had a good or normal day in training, and found myself ill much more than usual, which impacted my big goals and hopes for the season.

It felt like I was in a constant battle of trying to understand my body and failing. Sometimes fighting with logic, but most of the time, without logic, and in denial that the problem was so clear. I continued without menstruation for 10 months.

That point just made is why I wanted to share my experience of RED-S. Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport is a syndrome of poor health and declining athletic performance caused by an imbalance between food intake and exercise energy expenditure.

Thankfully, I can say my story with RED-S is quite short: after 10 months, in the off-season on holiday last year, I regained my period (the most telling sign for women), then followed more normal feelings in training and, in general, more normal sensations in my mood and overall energy for life.

I wouldn’t say I’m completely back to normal now. I still have an irregular menstrual cycle, still aim to get more healthy fats into my diet, and as I mentioned before, altitude is completely off the charts for me right now. With the general consensus that putting my body under that much stress again will do more harm than good, even if it is done in the opposite way to last year's doings.

But what did I learn, and what do I put it down to? Those careless and unfueled extra 20 to 30 minutes of training I did at altitude every day? I would say no, although they were likely the start of the problem. The real cause was the lack of logic in my brain that allowed me to justify the decisions and actions made at the altitude camp, and seeing immediate short-term results made those decisions a habit after that solo altitude camp. Until, of course, it clicked in my brain that what I was doing was not a recipe for long-term success, which, of course, in my case as a 19-year-old athlete at the time, should always have been the priority.

In some ways, and because I have to look for some positives in this situation, I would argue that experiencing this very steep learning curve in the first year of turning professional may be the best way to hopefully instill healthy attitudes and thinking going forward. Of course, provided that the learning curve provides lessons, which, for me, it definitely did, as I can say that my experience with RED-S is one I truly hope and believe I will never repeat.

So I share this to hope that what I have learnt can be taught vicariously to anyone willing to listen. Going forward, I am prioritising listening to my body and being patient with progress. I have almost gone full circle back to the start, and I am now considering restarting my studies online. Not because I reminisce on the days of school work and training, but because life, and the world also, is not and cannot be all about cycling. I now realise that for me, it is very important not to be solely reliant on one thing, mainly for perspective on that thing, but also to learn to find happiness and fulfilment in other things that aren’t cycling, because there will come a time when I am not allowed to cycle that day or that month. Or maybe I’m just back in Sierra Nevada in May again. But most importantly, I will be remembering that more is not always more. Less is more.

You can follow all the action from stage 19 and the queen stage of the 2026 Giro d'Italia at Alleghe with live streaming around the world.

The Giro d'Italia is winding towards its conclusion in Milan on Sunday, May 31, but there's plenty of action to come before then, including Friday's queen stage of the race.

Stage 19 takes the peloton on a 151km ride through the Dolomites from Feltre to Alleghe with six classified climbs standing in the way. Major tests include the first-category Passo Duran, HC Passo Giau, and the second-category Passo Falzarego, while the closer is another second-category climb.

Race leader Jonas Vingegaard will be looking to consolidate his maglia rosa lead ahead of his expected overall victory, while behind him, the likes of Felix Gall, Thymen Arensman, and Jai Hindley will do battle over the podium places.

Read on for all the details on how to watch stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia online, on TV, and wherever you are in the world.

Where to watch stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia for free

Stage 19 of the 2026 Giro d'Italia will be free to watch in Australia, Italy and Switzerland.

In Australia, it's free with English commentary thanks to SBS.

You can also catch the race for free live on Italian national broadcaster RAI and on Swiss streaming services RSI (Italian commentary) and SRF (German commentary).

Abroad? You will need NordVPN (75% off) to unlock your usual free stream wherever you are in the world.

How to watch Stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia 2026 from anywhere in the world

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How to watch stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia in the UK

Fans in the UK can watch Stage 19 of the Giro through TNT Sports and HBO Max. It will go out on TNT Sports 1.

TNT Sports is your linear option, while live streaming is 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 stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia in the USA

Stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia is on HBO Max in the United States. Plans start from $18.49 per month for a package that includes live cycling.

How to watch stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia in Canada

For Canadian viewers, it is the usual FloBikes to stream stage 19.

A subscription will set you back CAN$215.88 for the year or CAN$49.99 on a monthly basis.

How to watch stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia in Australia

In Australia you can watch stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia for free on SBS.

Both races are being live-streamed on the SBS On Demand platform, which is a free service for those in Australia. If you are looking for linear coverage, each stage will be available on SBS Viceland.

Giro d'Italia stage 19 start and finish times

Stage 19 will start in Feltre at 12:30 local time. That's 11:30 BST, and 6:30 ET.

After 151km of racing, the stage is set to conclude at Alleghe at 17:12 local time – 16:12 BST, and 11:12 ET.

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Buongiorno from Switzerland! Yes it’s the Giro d’Italia but our rest day hotel is in Switzerland ahead of the Swiss stage. I’m sitting here writing whilst overlooking the beautiful Lake Maggiore, the impressive mountains and a clear blue sky on my rest day, a peaceful moment before it all begins again for week three.

Week two is behind us and it was another really good week at the Giro for me. It kicked off with the individual time trial, which was amazing to see Filippo Ganna execute as perfectly as he did, beating everyone by almost two minutes.

But the TT was also extra cool for us because we had a special guest on the ground with TNT Sports and Eurosport, Danish racing driver Tom Kristensen, who is universally regarded as the greatest Le Mans driver of all time, and ‘Mr Le Mans’ as he’s nicknamed is a huge cycling fan. He joined us at dinner for two nights in Pisa and even on our morning run club, and it was really special for me, because I went to the 24 Hours of Le Mans with my dad, my granddad and brother back in 2005, which was the 7th time of the nine times that Tom won, so it was like worlds colliding for me. Might I add, aside from his sporting endeavours, what an excellent and humble man.

As I say, he's a big cycling fan and a rider himself, but there's another cycling connection with Le Mans this year, because Sir Mark Cavendish is going to be the official starter of the race this year, joining legends like LeBron James, Zinedine Zidane, Brad Pitt and Roger Federer in starting that iconic race.

So that was a really nice way to start the week for me personally, but the racing really delivered too. Those wins for Jhonatan Narváez and Alec Segaert really stood out as wins for breakaways and opportunistic racing. With Segaert, it actually wasn't a last-minute opportunity, because he'd been planning it, but still, you've got to get the timing right and get in the right move and ultimately have the legs to pull it off. I just love the thrill and excitement of riders racing like that.

And then that stage that Alberto Bettiol won, that was another absolute thrill, and so good to see. I remember doing a sit-down interview with Bettiol before the Tour de France when it started in Florence in 2024, and we were talking about how he's a rider who doesn't win that many bike races, but when he does win, he wins really big. His first pro win was the Tour of Flanders after all! And I remember him telling me that he was one of the last romantic riders, someone who senses the race and rides on instinct more than numbers or data or new technology, and I think his win on Friday was a really beautiful example of that.

We were back into the mountains on Saturday, and the views at the top of that climb were spectacular, I've never seen anything like it in my life. For us media and TV, we had to take the gondola up to the top, and the finish was at about 2,100m, but we went up even further to about 2,700m where there was still snow in the mountains. It was really amazing up there. From the top you could see the Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Gran Paradiso, amongst others.

The stage itself was obviously also a big one, with Jonas Vingegaard going into pink, but actually what stood out for me was Davide Piganzoli, what a brilliant signing for Visma-Lease a Bike and what an incredible ride. I think that also showed how many extra little tactical things go on in a race like this, with Piganzoli's job to sit on Felix Gall and make sure he didn't give him any help. He's already had some great results himself, but he's also now showing what an amazing domestique he's going to be, and well, already is!

Then the week ended in Milan, and wow, what can I say about Milan? That chase on the city circuit was so exciting, and reminded us just how complicated it is to catch a break on a circuit like that. There were also a lot of questions about why certain teams did and didn't chase, and when I spoke to Decathlon's DS Luke Roberts about why they didn't get involved for Tobias Lund, he basically said that he didn't think they'd win, so why contribute? Which I thought was really interesting. Maybe it was a bluff, or maybe it says something about how they're shifting energy to their overall ambitions with Gall, but either way, it's a really good example of how the racing gets complicated and unpredictable this far into a Grand Tour

Obviously the other story that has made as many headlines as the breakaway win is the GC neutralisation. To give you a bit of insight, on the ground we also just have to piece together the info about what's happening, so on that day we just got a WhatsApp message in our Giro group about the five kilometre rule, and then I heard from someone else the times would actually be taken at 16 kilometres, so it wasn't really clear.

Stages like that do definitely leave you thinking 'how could this have been prevented?'. Obviously teams have tools like Veloviewer and can look at the course and the road surface, but you don't actually know what it's going to be like once the barriers are up or when you're going at over 50kph, so I'm not sure if anyone could have made the decision any earlier. It was also clear to me that it was a super stressful and intense day not just for the riders but for the directors too, who were trying to hand out bottles, service mechanicals, and make sure their riders got back to the bunch, all whilst navigating the twisty turny roads in Milan. The pressure must have been incredible.

A race of opportunity and adaptability

In some ways, the Giro is going into the final week as we might have expected, with Jonas Vingegaard in pink, but actually, there have been loads of unexpected winners and stories and things have changed a lot since Bulgaria.

In many ways, week two was the week of the breakaway, and that wasn't by accident. When Fredrik Dversnes took that win in Milan, I spoke to the Uno-X director Michael Blaudzun and he told me that they'd been planning and hoping to try and outsmart the sprinters and win from that break, and that's what they did. The whole breakaway rode it really smart, and in the end I wanted all of them to get the stage win. It was really a day that they all worked for and deserved, not just a fluke or a mess up from the peloton. Everyone loves to back the breakaway and they've really delivered in this Giro.

The other really big thing for me has been how teams whose Giro maybe hasn't gone to plan have managed to turn it around and still find success. UAE Team Emirates-XRG are obviously the main one, losing Marc Soler, Adam Yates and Jay Vine on day two, ending up without a GC rider, but they've turned it around and already won four stages. It's a really good display of how you can make a new plan and still fight for something, and the importance of determination and not giving up even when things go wrong. I think it’s a good lesson and mentality to have in life too.

Similarly has been Movistar, who came in with overall hopes for Enric Mas, which hasn't really worked out for him, but they've been amazing, fighting for so many stage wins and Mas taking second on that day behind Narváez. So many people I've spoken to – and me included – really want to see Movistar win a stage, because they've been racing so boldly and have so many strong riders, not just Mas but also Einer Rubio, Lorenzo Milesi and Orluis Aular.

The final standout team has definitely been Bahrain Victorious and the way they defended pink. I wrote in my column last week that I thought Afonso Eulálio could hold pink until the end of the second week, and he did, which was amazing to see – not just for him but for the whole team too, with Segaert winning, and Giro veteran Damiano Caruso getting to make his mark on the race again. A big hats off to them – and I'm not just saying that because Afonso very kindly gifted me his special pink glasses!

Obviously the riders being strong and motivated is probably the biggest part of winning, but I think another important thing on the mental side is the role of the sports directors. Teams having fresh ideas in the car, like Movistar with Matt White, is really important, but it's also about having DSs who can guide riders and give them the space to believe that they can do it. Maxime Bouet at Lotto Intermarché has been a good example of that, because their team has had a really disastrous Giro with illness so they're down to only four riders, but he's been keeping the morale high and keeping everyone in good spirits. And the result was that even without their leaders, Toon Aerts sprinted to second on that stage to Novi Ligure, because Bouet had told him even before the Giro that that could be a stage for him.

Another one that will be interesting to see this week is Unibet Rose Rockets with Wout Poels, who is the oldest rider in the race and could not only win the Rockets' first ever Grand Tour win, but also complete his set of GT stage wins. I know he works really closely with Jon Mould and they both have a lot of belief and faith in each other, and that is a big part of the reason why he's able to be up there fighting for wins.

The way I see it and from talking to the teams every day, the important thing is having everyone on board with the plan, and everyone buying into it and trusting each other. The whole team have to believe that it can work, and that's how you get your riders to give their full efforts and commitment.

Things are about to hot up

It's been a fantastic race so far, but the best part is, we still have a really exciting third week ahead of us, and I think things are going to keep hotting up. We still have a really hard week of racing, with no easy days, and the gaps really aren't big – especially when you consider that Vingegaard's biggest GC rival, Felix Gall, is a rider who is always good in the third week of a Grand Tour.

So I think we still have a big fight for the maglia rosa on our hands, with stage 20 and its two ascents of Piancavallo a day that could still shake everything up. I mean, Visma-Lease a Bike know more than anyone how things can change on the penultimate day, given they took the pink jersey on stage 20 in both 2023 and 2025, so it will be interesting how they approach this week. They're well aware that things can change dramatically, and it will also be a very different final week for them, coming in to defend the jersey rather than chase it. I think so far they've raced a really smart, calm and conservative Giro, but they're in pink now and all eyes will be on them.

We've already had loads of different and exciting winners in this Giro, but if there's one thing I'd like to see in this final week, it would definitely be a stage win for Movistar. They've tried so many times, and riders like Milesi and Rubio have been so strong. We're used to seeing dominant riders and teams win, and obviously they work hard and deserve that, but it's always so special to see the teams and riders who are also out there grinding every day finally get rewarded with a win, so I'm hoping for that for Movistar this week.

Jonas Vingegaard is obviously starting this week in the driver's seat, but if this Giro has taught us anything so far, it's that there are opportunities there for the taking, and this final week has plenty of chances to throw some real excitement into the mix. I can't wait to see what happens!

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Grand Tour season is already in full swing with the 109th edition of the Giro d'Italia providing plenty of racing action. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) is in the iconic maglia rosa, and as he heads into the Queen Stage with a two-minute lead.

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Father's Day falls on Sunday, June 21, in the USA. If you're on the hunt for the best cycling-themed gifts for the most important man in your life, then an Amazon Audible subscription is the gift that keeps on giving.

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Ahead of this summer's Tour de France, many UK cycling fans were preparing for the prospect of no longer being able to follow the action on TV, after the demise of ITV’s free-to-air coverage last year.

The broadcaster decided not to renew their rights deal for the 2026 race and beyond, leaving Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), parent company of TNT Sports, as the exclusive UK rightsholder for cycling's premier three-week race.

However, for fans unwilling to part with their cash to watch the action, there may now be a glimmer of hope.

Speaking to a select group of media, including Cyclingnews, WBD's Executive Vice President of Production, Scott Young, all but confirmed that non-paying fans would be able to watch some of the action.

"I think you need to have a free-to-air product [for the Tour de France] and there will be a free-to-air product,” he explained.

"It could entail having a partner that will show parts of the Tour de France to a free audience, but we're just working through how much [of the race], what duration, frequency, we're working through all the elements of that," Young added when quizzed on what a free-to-air product could actually look like for viewers.

WBD already collaborates with free-to-air broadcasters for other major sporting events, such as the Olympics and FA Cup – English football’s main domestic knockout competition – with the BBC, and has held similar arrangements with ITV for rugby union and MotoGP. WBD also has Quest, a free-to-air TV channel within their portfolio that has previously aired cycling highlights.

However, Young would not commit to any further details on which broadcaster TNT Sports may end up teaming up with for the Tour, nor the specifics of any such arrangement, such as whether it would entail live coverage or just highlights packages.

The controversial price hike

ITV's departure from the UK cycling landscape in 2025 was marked as a major blow to the sport, with concerns raised about the impact a reduction in visibility could have on cycling's long-term health at all levels.

It coincided with the closure of Eurosport in the UK, and a subsequent rise in monthly subscription cost – from £6.99 to £30.99 a month, a 343% price hike – as cycling moved over to TNT Sports.

Addressing the criticism directed towards the UK’s now exclusive Tour de France broadcaster, Young said: “There’s lots of different ways to connect to an audience beyond the paywall. Companies like us and Sky invest in sport, and that's why sports like the Premier League have been going since day one behind a paywall. There’s clearly an audience in this market that accepts to pay for sport, and if you pay for your TV licence, you're effectively paying for sport.

“We need to have a relationship with free-to-air broadcasters to do exactly that, for us to continue to have the value coming in through the subscription so we can invest in sport and have a free-to-air partner so that a certain amount of that content is also accessible to people who choose not to subscribe,” he continued.

The broadcaster faced a second wave of criticism shortly after coverage moved to TNT Sports – and the resulting price hike – when its ad-free stream disappeared ahead of last summer’s Tour de France.

In response to this point of contention, Young was clear on WBD’s stance.

“I think as a commercial sports broadcaster, an ad-free product doesn't make a lot of sense.”

That being said, Cyclingnews understands that WBD is working towards a new solution for advertisement breaks during its cycling coverage, and is hopeful of restoring some form of flag-to-finish coverage option for major races in the near future.

As the days count down to this summer's Tour, and TNT Sports' first as sole UK broadcaster, Young is motivated by the responsibility that brings with it.

"I think it's really exciting, because I know we're going to commit to it. I know what we're going to deliver on the Tour de France is going to be extraordinary.

"It will elevate our coverage of cycling."

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When former Giro d'Italia winner Jai Hindley was asked to give his thoughts on La Corsa Rosa starting in Bulgaria in 2026 back in December, all he could come up with in the way of a description was "pretty random," and for the next five months until the actual start, that felt appropriate.

2,000km from the race's home nation, and yes, with some established cycling culture in the way of bike touring, but its lack of involvement in the professional ranks and uncertainties over road quality and the painfully long transfers – some 550km to cover in the three days – made it questionable as a choice. That is not to disrespect the 2.2 Tour of Bulgaria stage race, but without a Continental team or any male pros in the current peloton, the link between Bulgaria and the Giro was hard to see.

Of course, the reality of foreign Grande Partenza's is based more on financial deals and Bulgaria wanting to prove that it could pull off hosting a major sporting event. A political move, but also one to show off the cities and the stunning interior scenery, as a boost for the tourism board.

But when 250,000 people (as reported by La Gazzetta) lined the streets of the capital city, Sofia, and the roadsides were turned pink on Sunday afternoon, it suddenly didn't appear so random. In fact, the arrival of the Giro had visibly permeated into the common consciousness of the people, and the massive crowds, while a surprise to some, were certainly welcome.

Lidl car parks and fan-lined roads

Before these past seven days, all I knew about Bulgaria was Hristo Stoichkov and the party destination Sunny Beach, but there's much more to be seen.

Arriving in Burgas airport five days prior on a fairly empty evening WizzAir flight didn't exactly fill me with the feeling that the buzz for Giro was coming to Eastern Europe, but a small pink banner for the race in arrivals was a small sign of the madness to come.

As was the taxi driver, who drove a colleague and me to where we were staying in Ravda, asking us if we knew that the Giro d'Italia would pass by this town in a few days – granted, this only came after he'd kindly informed us that if we wanted a full English breakfast during our stay, we could simply ask any eatery in the town and name our time. A fair assumption.

But as the teams and riders arrived, the build-up was on, and one of the only teams to host a pre-race press moment, Lidl-Trek, had managed to mobilise the locals. A giant inflatable kit, eight of the top riders in the world and a few gazebos filled with red, blue and yellow merch in your local Ravda Lidl's car park, what more could you want?

If crowds at the supermarket event were big, then the hordes of fans who saw the riders out from the ancient town of Nessebar and welcomed them back into Sofia after three full stages shouldn't really have been a shock.

The highlights, however, were the four fans dressed as flamingos who greeted the breakaway on stage 2, all of the pink afros seen on the Vratnik Pass, and the recently married couple, who got to enjoy some photos with the peloton in the background.

I was in Tirana for the Albanian Grande Partenza 12 months ago, and this felt markedly different, with national elections in the Balkan state taking up most of the population's attention when the Giro came. Roads seemed quiet, and though it was much closer to Italy, just a short ferry across the Adriatic and with much more historic links, it didn't captivate the locals as it did in Bulgaria.

Whether a lasting legacy or inspiration for the next generation – aims which are thrown around for every foreign start – will actually materialise is hard to say, though it's perhaps a moot point now, as Sofia and Bulgaria won't be forgotten. But the road to the centrepiece ending was far from smooth, and part of that memory may be a sour one due to two big incidents.

Crashes take the shine off Grande Partenza

Nobody wants crashes, of course they don't, but a foreign host of a Grande Partenza especially doesn't want them to take away from the event of the racing. Questions are immediately raised over the road quality, road safety, and the capability of the host to protect the stars of the show.

Footed barriers and a sharp narrowing of the peloton from three lanes down to one on the opening day provided the perfect storm for a mass crash, with several of the challenging sprinters coming down in a pileup towards the front of the bunch, holding up most of the 184 starters.

With only 10 or so arriving at the line together, it wasn't quite what everyone was expecting, and though Bulgaria will take some of the blame for what happened, it's the organisers and the UCI who would have combined to create the potentially dangerous route to the line. One rider had to leave the race, but it was far from the total disaster it could have been if more of the group had come down at such high speeds.

But that's exactly the hit that the hosts took on stage 2, when a brutal crash on a wet descent, on a day which was 80% dry all the way into Veliko Tarnovo, saw one UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider slip out, causing around 30 total riders to hit the deck.

Not only this, but they then slip towards an exposed guardrail, with no protective padding, causing five riders in total to abandon across that evening and the next morning, with several broken bones and multiple concussions.

Awaiting the riders and sports directors for comment in the bus parking, they arrived in ones and twos after racing was surprisingly resumed, and all the chat among the pros was about how dangerous it was and how quickly it all happened.

But wet roads on a descent are far from a thing exclusive to Bulgaria, just look at last year's Giro and the mass crash on the wet downhill run into Naples for a recent example. Of course, on that occasion, no GC times were taken at the finish, and while that wasn't the case here – which CPA representative Jasper Stuyven said was what the riders requested – that again falls under the remit of the race director, not Bulgaria as a host.

But what it did do was create a negative atmosphere surrounding the host nation, with riders talking of their excitement for being a step closer to Italy – hopefully they are informed of just how dangerous roads in southern Italy get when they feel a drop of rain, as it's much of the same.

All in all, two crashes have left a slight blemish on an otherwise well-executed Grande Partenza, as I found it on the ground anyway. The Giro likely never will again, but I would certainly come back to Bulgaria, if not for the friendly people and great food, then the vast woodland landscape vistas that separate the coast of the Black Sea from its capital.

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Watch the 2026 Giro d'Italia for the first men's Grand Tour of the season. On Saturday, the peloton will endure a marathon 200 kilometre stage ending on the long climb to Piancavallo. It's the final mountain of the race before the pan-flat finale in Rome on Sunday.

Jonas Vingegaard remains the favourite for overall victory as the Dane looks to add his name to the select list of winners of all three Grand Tours. He now leads by 4:03 on Felix Gall, but lost the mountains classification jersey to Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) on Friday.

With Vingegaard unlikely to lose the overall, it's now up to riders like Thymen Arensman (Netcompany Ineos) to fight to get on the podium after being overtaken by Jai Hindley (Red Bull-ora-Hansgrohe) for third place behind Vingegaard and Gall.

It's the last chance!

The Giro d'Italia is being broadcast all over the world, with TV coverage and live streaming options in the UK, US, and Canada, so read on for all the details on how to watch the race wherever you are in the world.

How to watch the Giro d'Italia 2026 for free

The 2026 Giro d'Italia is free to watch in Australia, Italy and Switzerland.

In Australia it is free with English commentary thanks to SBS. You can also catch the race for free live on Italian national broadcaster RAI and on Swiss streaming services RSI (Italian commentary) and SRF (German commentary).

The Giro d'Italia YouTube channel is also showing stage 10 for free in Italy.

Abroad? You will need NordVPN (75% off) to unlock your free stream wherever you are in the world.

What time is the Giro d'Italia on today?

Saturday's stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia is 200 kilometres long and features two ascents of the 14.5km Piancavallo ascent in the second half, ending atop the climb.

Jonas Vingegaard will, of course, be expected to assert his dominance once again, but look to his rivals to give it one last go.

Check out our full preview here.

Stage 20 will start at 11:00 CET (10:00 BST, 5:00 EDT) and will finish at approximately 16:00 CEST (15:00 BST, 10:00 EDT).

How to watch the Giro d'Italia 2026 from anywhere in the world

If you're outside your usual country when the Giro d'Italia is on, you might think you can't watch the race, but you'd be wrong. A VPN is a nifty piece of internet security software that lets you tune into your streaming services from abroad, and allows you to do so with complete confidence.

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How to watch the Giro d'Italia in the UK

Fans in the UK can watch the 2026 Giro d'Italia through TNT Sports and HBO Max.

TNT Sports is your linear option while live streaming is 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 the Giro d'Italia in the USA

The Giro d'Italia is being aired by HBO Max in the United States. Plans start from $18.49 per month for a package that includes live cycling.

If you're an Amazon Prime member, you might find it easier to sign up to Max via Prime.

How to watch the Giro d'Italia in Canada

For Canadian viewers, it is the usual FloBikes to watch the Giro d'Italia.

A subscription will set you back CAN$215.88 for the year or CAN$49.99 on a monthly basis.

FloBikes customers in the US will be blocked from this one - they only have the rights in Canada.

How to watch the Giro d'Italia in Australia

As alluded to above, cycling fans in Australia can watch the Giro d'Italia for free through SBS.

Both races are being live-streamed on the SBS On Demand platform, which is a free service for those in Australia. If you are looking for linear coverage, each stage will be available on SBS Viceland.

Giro d'Italia 2026: Stage start and finish times

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The Giro d'Italia is far more than a bike race. It's a three-week celebration of cycling that showcases Italy's beauty and culture better than a plate of pasta, an Aperol spritz, or an Armani fashion show.

The 21 stages of the Corsa Rosa visit every corner and highlight every geographical detail of the 'Bel Paese.' The Giro covers the barren but beautiful roads of the south, climbs into the steep central Apennine hills, skirts the long coastlines, passes through historical towns and villages, and then high into the mountains in the third and decisive week of racing.

Race organiser RCS Sport loves to describe the Giro as 'The toughest race in the world in the world’s most beautiful place'. It is a marketing spin, but it also evokes the Giro's unique beauty. There is nothing like seeing the peloton ride through the snow-covered Dolomites, contest a sprint around the Bay of Naples or celebrate reaching the finish in Rome with laps of the Colosseum.

The Giro marks time as the Italian spring gradually becomes summer. Fields grow green, pollen fills the air, and red poppies invade the roadside. Italians traditionally change their wardrobe in May, swapping winter clothes for summer attire. Pink polo shirts and dresses are seen out on the streets as the colour of the maglia rosa, and La Gazzetta dello Sport inspire a new seasonal trend and celebrates the race.

Local authorities pay to host stage starts and finishes, and so encourage local businesses to get involved. Quiet piazzas are decorated with pink balloons and bunting. Shop windows are filled with old bikes, jerseys and anything pink. Pizzeria and restaurants create special dishes, and bars try to cash in on the sense of celebration with Giro-flavoured cocktails and gelato.

The simple joys of Italian life are easy to see when the Giro comes to town.

"Legendary Italian journalist Indro Montanelli wrote that 'The Giro has the power to transform every day into a Sunday.' He's right," La Gazzetta's chief cycling correspondent Ciro Scognamiglio tells Cyclingnews.

"The Giro unifies Italy during May, offers a great sporting battle and makes us briefly proud to be Italian. When the Giro comes to town, it's a day of celebration, and millions of people still watch the race go by from the roadside. School is out for the day, and factory workers are given a break to watch the race go by. It's a moment of aggregation and community."

For Giro d'Italia organiser RCS Sport, the Corsa Rosa is also big business.

Like the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia was created to sell newspapers and advertising and is still part of the influential RCS Media Group, which owns La Gazzetta dello Sport, other media titles and Italy's third most important television broadcaster, La7. Urbano Cairo, who learned about the media business as Silvio Berlusconi's personal assistant, has been the majority shareholder and CEO since 2016.

Like ASO and the Amaury family, who own the Tour, RCS Sport taps into national pride and uses political connections to prop up their money-making sports business. RCS Sport generates just a small percentage of RCS Media Group's revenue, but it is a strategic asset, with a turnover of €80 million and around €22 million in profit.

RCS Sport organises Milan-San Remo, Il Lombardia, the UAE Tour and other races, but most of its revenue is made in May thanks to television rights, stage hosts, and sponsors. While the Tour de France revenue is much higher at close to €250 million, RCS Sport has been deft at controlling costs and earning extra revenue since Urbano Cairo took over.

The 2026 Giro d'Italia will start in Bulgaria, a year after the Grande Partenza in Albania. Recent elections in Bulgaria have disrupted the preparations for hosting the Giro, and the teams asked for higher expenses due to another logistically complex start to the race, but RCS Sport has shrugged off any criticism. It's just happy to earn an estimated €10 million for the Grande Partenza and three stages in Bulgaria.

Entwined in Italian history

The Giro is entwined in Italian history, making cycling part of the history of the nation, its culture and its people.

The first edition was held in 1909, just 48 years after key regions were united to create Italy. This year's Giro is the 109th edition, with only the two world wars putting a stop to the race's running.

The history and events of the Giro d'Italia have been coloured and reported by the pink pages of the La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper. Created in 1896, La Gazzetta built on the success of two cycling newspapers and launched just a few days before the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece. In 1908, a rival newspaper was about to create an Italian cycling stage race, and so the Gazzetta owners and editors moved quickly and announced the creation of the Giro d'Italia for May 1909.

They didn't have the funding or an official route, but announced the race would cover 3,000km over eight stages and head as far south as Naples. Luigi Ganna emerged as the first overall winner, calculated on points rather than overall time, despite a series of punctures and misfortunes. He snatched victory on the final day in Milan thanks to a level crossing delaying his rivals and a horse taking out key rival Giovanni Rossignoli.

Over the years, great rivalries fired up the Italian tifosi during the Giro, helping to build the history of the race and sell hundreds of thousands of copies of La Gazzetta.

Costante Girardengo versus Alfredo Binda in the 1920s, Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi crossed swords before and especially after World War II. The 1946 Giro was a symbol of the Italian 'rinascita' or return to life, a year after liberation from the Nazis, a year after fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was hung in Milan's Piazza Loreto, near where stage 15 finishes this year.

The Bartali-Coppi duel of those years was one for the ages, with Bartali representing the Catholic conservatives and Coppi the modernisation of the nation. They inspired a cycling boom for a generation, with Felice Gimondi later cheered on as he took on Eddy Merckx in the late sixties. The tifosi again took cultural sides in the daily discussions as Giuseppe Saronni clashed with Francesco Moser in the late seventies and eighties. Saronni was the Lombardy-born big-city sprinter, while Moser was the son of a farmer from the Trentino mountains. Cycling has always represented more than just sport.

Marco Pantani first became the tifosi's hero in 1994, and peak 'Pirata' came in 1998 when Pantani won the Giro and the Tour, as bandanas and pirate flags were seen along every stage. It was the pinnacle of Italian cycling, with Pantani still remembered and evoked with 'rosa' tinted spectacles even today.

The Giro lost its air of innocence in the EPO-fueled 1990s, just like the Tour de France and the rest of the sport. In 1969, Eddy Merckx was sent home but largely forgiven for mysteriously testing positive for a stimulant, but the 1998 Festina Affair was a watershed moment. Pantani was considered a saviour in Paris, but his Icarus-like career arc ended a year later when he was disqualified from the 1999 Giro for a high blood haematocrit. He died of a cocaine overdose in 2004.

Other doping scandals followed as the Giro struggled for credibility. The 2001 race almost ended in San Remo after a mass search of team hotels. Other riders, including Ivan Basso and Danilo Di Luca, were suspended and disgraced before the likes of Alberto Contador, Chris Froome, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Egan Bernal, Primož Roglič and most recently Simon Yates won the maglia rosa.

The Giro director was once as famous as the Pope

La Gazzetta dello Sport officially registered the name 'Giro d'Italia' in 1922 and has made money from the sport ever since.

Highlights of the Giro were broadcast on Italian television as early as 1957, further boosting the fascination and visibility of the race. In 1953, non-sporting brands were allowed to sponsor teams, and Nivea sparked another business revolution in professional cycling when they sponsored Fiorenzo Magni's team. Other Italian industrialists and companies followed, with San Pellegrino, Carpano, Faema, Molteni, Salvarani, Scic, Sanson, Brooklyn, Del Tongo, Carrera, Polti, Mercatone Uno, Mapei, Saeco, Lampre and Fassa Bortolo all becoming long-time sponsors to promote their wares.

Armando Cougnet was the first race director of the Giro d'Italia between 1909 and 1947, with Vincenzo Torriani holding another long reign until 1993. He was followed by Carmine Castellano, briefly by former La Gazzetta journalist Angelo Zomegnan, innovator Michele Acquarone and then Mauro Vegni.

Torriani is remembered as the greatest 'Direttore', the real boss of the race, who struck deals with local mayors and politicians to host stages, with teams, riders and sponsors to make sure the Giro turned a profit. Torriani was famous for furiously waving his arms at riders, the tifosi and anyone who got in the way of the Giro from the sunroof of his race car; a cigarette was often hanging from his mouth, and his anger was expressed by Italian hand gestures.

The riders and teams would get their revenge when their domestiques ransacked a bar for drinks and rode away without paying the bill, shouting "Torriani will pay". Some bar owners even tried to invoice the Giro organisers, but Torriani, smart to the last, never paid up.

"Torriani was Napoleon, and he conquered Italy each May with the Giro d'Italia," respected former La Gazzetta journalist Claudio Gregori wrote on the 20th anniversary of his death.

"The Gazzetta editor Gino Palumbo once wrote that every Italian was able to recognise two people: the Pope and Vincenzo Torriani. It's true, Torriani was an icon of Italy. He knew how to build relationships and balance the books; he was full of ideas and courage, never scared or fearful of the consequences of his actions."

Torriani brimmed with Italian creativity and used the rivalry with the Tour de France to often shake up the Giro and innovate race formats. He is said to have invented the team time trial, mountain time trials, time bonuses and extreme mountain top finishes. During his years in charge, the riders were sent up the Stelvio, Monte Bondone and the Passo di Gavia in the snow. The riders often protested, as they still do today, but Torriani could count on the protection and influence of the editors and owners of La Gazzetta dello Sport.

The 1978 Giro started in Venice, with the opening stage raced on pontoons and finished in Saint Mark's Square. Nine years later, the Giro started in San Remo with one of the early stages, a time trial descent of the Poggio. Other stages finished in central Siena, like Strade Bianche does today, below the Leaning Tower of Pisa, inside the Verona Arena and at the Vatican. Torriani introduced the first 'Grande Partenza' from outside of Italy, and so the 1973 race started in Belgium and passed through seven countries to celebrate the creation of the European Union.

The true value of the Giro d'Italia

RCS Sport has learned that an Italian Grande Partenza generates far less revenue, and so the Giro has started abroad 15 times since the San Marino micro-state hosted the start in 1965. RCS Sport has tested the logistical limits of Grand Tour starts more and more in recent years, with Grande Partenzas as far away as Belgium, Denmark, Amsterdam, Ireland and even Israel in 2018. A Washington DC and New York Grand Depart was once discussed, with even an idea of starting in Japan briefly considered.

The Italian investment bank Ifis produced a report suggesting that the 2023 Giro d’Italia generated direct and indirect revenue of €2 billion. €605 million was said to derive from spectators attending the Corsa Rosa during the three weeks of the race, and a further €1.4 billion, based on the calculation of tourism spending by those who return or travel to Italy within 18 months after seeing the Giro d’Italia. Those calculations are somewhat theoretical, like declaring pizza as an asset against the huge Italian national debt, but they do indicate the intrinsic value of the Giro and its symbolism for the country.

In recent years, RCS Sport has cuddled up to the right-wing politicians currently in power in Italy to secure funding and sponsorship from state-owned agencies. The Italian Foreign Ministry has declared the Giro as an official global sports ambassador, using the race for 'sports diplomacy' and to promote the country. The cyclamen-coloured points jersey is again sponsored by the Italian Trade Agency.

RCS Sport moved the Giro finish from its home city of Milan to Rome in 2023 to earn a reported extra €1.5 million a year, and is always looking to cut costs and increase revenues. Even a fraud and internal financial misappropriation scandal had little effect on RCS Sport. A reported €17 million was said to have been taken from event accounts between 2006 and 2013, but only an internal accountant was found guilty, and little of the funds were ever recovered. Race director Michele Acquarone was sacked by RCS management but was later cleared in court.

RCS Sport flirted with the idea of joining the One Cycling project aimed at shaking up pro cycling's business model, with reports that their races could be sold to investors, perhaps even from the Middle East. However, Urbano Cairo knows how to run a business and knows the political, cultural and economic value of the Giro.

"Sell RCS Sport? No way. I'm not crazy…" he told Cyclingnews a few years ago, ever the salesman.

"I hope the Giro d'Italia can return to being the great race it was back in the 1970s. In every way, especially economically, so that we can invest and make it even bigger and better. It's got to get back to the level of the Tour de France."

Watch La Vuelta Femenina 2026, the 12th edition of the women's Spanish Grand Tour, as a host of top GC contenders do battle on challenging terrain around Spain, including a debut for the fearsome Alto de l'Angliru climb.

Read on for 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.

The route of La Vuelta Femenina 2026 is based entirely in the north-east of the country and runs for 815km between Marín in Galicia and the Alto de l'Angliru in the mountains of Asturias.

The first stage was a rain-soaked 113.9km from Marín to Salvaterra de Miño, and impacted some of the contenders in the final half of the stage on the dicey descents. This first hilly day saw Noemi Rüegg (EF Education-Oatly) spring from the front of a reduced peloton for the victory.

The second day of racing at La Vuelta Femenina offered no flat terrain across 109.8 kilometres from Lobios to San Cibrao das Viñas, where Rüegg crashed out of the race race and Shari Bossuyt took a surprise reduced-sprint victory. Franziska Koch finished second and moved into the race lead.

The third day of racing begins in Padrón, and the peloton will race for 121.2km along a lumpy course into the finish, where a reduced group could, again, play for a sprint finish in A Coruña.

A pair of decisive mountain day pack a punch for the final weekend with decisive finishes at Les Praeres and the Angliru.

A host of big names will be battling for glory at the race, even if 2025 champion Demi Vollering (FDJ United-SUEZ) won't be defending her title. In her place, look to the likes of Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike), Liane Lippert (Movistar), Juliette Berthet (FDJ United-SUEZ), Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime), and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM-Zondacrypto) to challenge for the red jersey.

There are broadcast options in the UK, USA and Canada, as well as free live streaming options for La Vuelta Femenina.

Can I watch La Vuelta Femenina for free?

The 2026 edition of La Vuelta Femenina is free to watch in Australia via SBS. SBS is the major cycling broadcaster in Australia and you can watch via the SBS On Demand streaming platform.

The race's home nation of Spain will also offer free-to-air coverage via national broadcaster RTVE. Sporza in Belgium will also offer no cost access.

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.

How to watch La Vuelta Femenina from anywhere

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Where can I watch La Vuelta Femenina in the UK?

Fans in the UK can watch La Vuelta Femenina through TNT Sports and HBO Max.

Live streaming is 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.

Where can I watch La Vuelta Femenina in the USA?

La Vuelta Femenina will have live coverage in the USA on NBC Sports via Peacock.

A subscription to Peacock Premium (with ads and sports coverage) is $10.99/month.

Where can I watch La Vuelta Femenina in Canada?

Fans in Canada can watch La Vuelta Femenina on FloBikes.

A subscription to Flobikes, which has pretty much every race you could wish for, costs $39.99 a month or $203.88 for the year.

Where can I watch La Vuelta Femenina in Australia?

Viewers in Australia can watch La Vuelta Femenina 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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Tune into the 14 rounds of the UCI Mountain Bike World Series from that begin in Korea on May 1 and run all year to the last round on October 2 in the USA.

Here are all the details you need to follow the race on live streams and TV channels in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and for the rest of the world check out the listings on the event website here

Contested across 14 events from May to October there will be 9 Cross Country rounds, 9 Downhill rounds and 6 Enduro rounds to decide who wins the World Cup overall in each discipline.

Alongside the tried and tested courses like Nove Mesto, Lenzerheide and Les Gets, this year's racing adds in brand new venues in South Korea, La Thuile (Italy) and Soldier Hollow (Utah) to spread the competition right around the globe.

The returning men's XCO champion is Christopher Blevins who will have a fight on his hands to hold off the likes of Charlie Aldridge and Luca Martin then in the women's field with Samara Maxwell not racing this year the favourites are Jenny Rissveds, Evie Richards and Nicole Koller.

In the Downhill competition Jackson Goldstone and Valentina Höll will be back to defend their titles and in the men's Enduro Sławomir Łukasik will be looking to repeat the success he had in 2025.

Read on to see broadcast options for the UCI Mountain Bike World Series in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia as well as how to watch for free.

UCI Mountain Bike World Series 2026 Free coverage

You can watch highlights of all the action for free on the UCI MTB World Series YouTube account.

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How to watch the UCI Mountain Bike World Series across the world

Watch in the UK

Fans in the UK can watch the 2026 UCI Mountain Bike World Series through TNT Sports and HBO Max.

TV viewers will find the action on TNT Sports, 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.

Watch in the USA

In the US, the 2026 UCI Mountain Bike World Series will be on HBO MAX, which starts at $18.49 USD per month. This is the middle-tier “Standard” subscription that includes live sports.

Watch in Canada

Fans in Canada can watch the 2026 UCI Mountain Bike World Series on FloBikes.

A subscription to FloBikes, which has pretty much every race you could wish for, costs CA$39.99 a month or CA$203.88 for the year.

Watch in Australia

Viewers in Australia can watch the UCI Mountain Bike World Series on STAN

To get access you’ll need a Stan Base subscription, which starts at $12 AUD per month AND the Stan Sport add-on, which is $20 AUD per month. This will give you access to live and on-demand racing, without ads. That’s a total cost of $32 AUD per month to watch the racing this year.

UCI Mountain Bike World Series 2026 event Schedule

Round 1 | May 1-3 | Race of South Korea, South Korea (Cross-country and Downhill)

Round 2 | May 22-24 | Nové Město Na Moravě, Czechia (Cross-country)

Round 3 | May 28-31 | Loudenvielle-Peyragudes, France (Downhill and Enduro)

Round 4 | June 11-14 | Saalfelden-Leogang Salzburgerland, Austria (Cross-country, Downhill and Enduro)

Round 5 | June 19-21 | Lenzerheide, Switzerland (Cross-country and Downhill)

Round 6 | June 26-28 | Val di Fassa – Trentino, Italy (Enduro)

Round 7 | July 3-5 | La Thuile – Valle d’Aosta, Italy (Cross-country, Downhill and Enduro)

Round 8 | July 8-12 | Pal Arinsal, Andorra (Cross-country and Downhill)

Round 9 | July 17-19 | Aletsch Arena – Bellwald, Valais, Switzerland (Enduro)

Round 10 | August 14-16 | Haute-Savoie, France (Cross-country and Downhill)

Round 11 | August 21-23 | Haute-Savoie, France (Enduro)

Round 12 | September 19-20 | Soldier Hollow, Midway, Utah, USA (Cross-country)

Round 13 | September 25-27 | Whistler Mountain Bike Park, British Columbia, Canada (Downhill)

Round 14 | October 2-4 | Lake Placid Olympic Sites, New York, USA (Cross-country and Downhill)

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The video has gotten almost half a million views so far. The sentiment is almost universal for pro cycling fans: Paul Seixas, please don't sign for UAE.

Creator Kilian Willems (Killow on Youtube) has written numerous short songs about cycling, including a 2023 anthem about German Mieke Kröger, but the song he posted last month has gained enough momentum to go viral.

It has resulted in a recent interview with L'Equipe about the song and topic that is especially dear to French cycling fans.

Back in March, after Seixas finished second behind Tadej Pogačar in Strade Bianche, Cyclingnews published an article about rumours that had surfaced that UAE Team Emirates-XRG were interested in signing Seixas from the Decathlon CMA CGM team.

The topic provided the inspiration for the viral video by Willems, who is a longtime cycling fan in general, and of the team and their young new star.

"I made that like during the last month, I was just checking Cyclingnews every morning and be like, 'Oh, I hope nothing new happened there'," Willems told L'Equipe. "Now I'm quite happy with how it turned out.

"I have a history of writing songs about cycling topics," Willems said. "I had a few lines from the song stuck in my head at some point, and then I thought, 'OK, well, this will make for a fun video for Instagram'.

"I was visiting my parents at that time, and I had none of my recording equipment or anything that I usually have," he explained of the simple guitar and voice production. "I did not expect it to pop up like that at all."

Already the number one team for several years running, UAE Team Emirates-XRG have been so dominant they hardly need to thin down the competition by signing the only rider able to hold onto Pogačar's wheel in Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Since the rumours surfaced in March, there have been reports that French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron was personally involved in ensuring that Seixas remained in the French team.

While Willems' song may not influence cycling transfers, he clearly hit a nerve with the topic - the Instagram post has almost 450,000 likes.

"It's just crazy with what confidence [Seixas rides] and with how little time to adapt. He just goes in these races. He's 19, but still, he gets the whole team like riding for him. And he shows no nerves, really. He's the captain now, and he delivers with results already. So that's quite impressive," Willems said.

"Then these first rumours started popping up - Team UAE is looking into signing Paul Seixas, or like his brother is training with them somewhere in Monaco - this would be so awful, because it would make it so much more boring.

"Please stay where you are. Other teams are fine, please. It doesn't have to be the same as Pogacar. Keep it interesting for us fans," he said.

Willems has more recently posted a more refined version of the song to his Youtube channel.

Full lyrics:
Paul Seixas, you're too good to just be Pogačar's successor.
Do you want to spend your winters riding zone 2 in the desert?
Do you want a Richard Mille watch or a statue in my garden?
And could you let my sculptor know if you'd like stainless steel or marble?

And how lame would it have been if we had Jonas and Pogačar on the same team?
And how cool to beat their ass on a Decathlon bike?
You're the next Hinault, the chosen one, but won't someone think of me?
Paul Seixas, please don't sign for UAE.

Paul Seixas, I'm so tired of afternoon naps in July.
Now there is finally adrenaline inside of me, when I look at the start list.
Do you want to take the crown and be a hero?
Or do you want to win your first Tour 'cause your teammates rode the Giro?

Don't sign for,
don't sign for,
Don't sign for UAE, Paul.

Don't sign for,
don't sign for,
Don't sign for UAE, Paul.

Paul Seixas, I made some calls and I am happy to declare,
that there's this castle in Versailles, the state of France would like to share with you.
Or you could run for president,
man, please just sign the documents.
If you stay with your team,
We'll name some islands overseas French Paulynesia.

Watch the 2026 Tour de Romandie for the next stop on the men's WorldTour following the conclusion of the spring Classics. The world's top stage racers are back in the spotlight for the six-day stage race in Switzerland.

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.

The 79th edition of the Tour de Romandie takes the peloton on a six-day, 851km route from the prologue in Villars-sur-Olon to the summit finish of Leysin. Along the way lie a series of challenging hilly and mid-mountain stages, with the race offering something for every type of rider.

Tadej Pogačar headlines the startlist, with the race one of the very few WorldTour stage races the Slovenian hasn't yet won. He'll face competition from double race winner Primož Roglič and his Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe teammate Florian Lipowitz, while other major names heading to Switzerland include Antonio Tiberi, Lenny Martinez, and Carlos Rodríguez.

Stage 5 Preview

Sunday doesn't quite have the same elevation gain as Stage 4, but the final 14.5 km climb to Leysin will likely still fall to another Pogačar stage win.

The 2026 Tour de Romandie is being broadcast all over the world, with TV coverage and live streaming options in the UK, US, and Canada, so read on for all the details on how to watch the race wherever you are in the world.

Tour de Romandie free live stream

The Tour de Romandie is being streamed for free in the race's home nation of Switzerland for free on public broadcaster RTS.

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How to watch Tour de Romandie in the UK

In the UK, Tour de Romandie will be broadcast through TNT Sports and HBO Max.

TV viewers will find the coverage split between TNT Sports 1, 2 and 4 with live streaming available on the new home of cycling in the UK, HBO Max.

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

How to watch Tour de Romandie in the US and Canada

The Tour de Romandie will have live coverage on the cycling streaming service FloBikes in both the USA and Canada.

Canadian subscribers get most of the races on FloBikes anyway, and while the US offering is more limited, it will show the Tour de Romandie. You won't find the race on Max or Peacock.

A subscription to FloBikes will cost $29.99 with reductions for yearly plans at US$155.88.

Can I watch Tour de Romandie in Australia?

Unfortunately, it appears no Australian channels have picked up Tour de Romandie.

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Tour de Romandie 2026: Stage Schedule

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A motion seeking the removal of Craig Bingham as Director and Chair of AusCycling did not pass, with the vote taken on Thursday evening at a special general meeting of the organisation requisitioned by members.

AusCycling said in a statement that 70.09% of votes were cast against the resolution, and 29.91% in favour. It added that there were 243 clubs registered to vote at the online special general meeting, representing about 35 percent of AusCycling's membership.

The online meeting was called after a formal request by member clubs, with four motions supported by the required five percent or more of the voting membership required under the Australian Corporations Act. Only the motion on the removal of Bingham was put to the special general meeting after AusCycling said it was the only one that was legally valid, but this was disputed by representatives of the initiating clubs.

Members will next be asked to vote on who will hold a position as director on Saturday May 30, when Australia's cycling governing body holds its annual general meeting.

AusCycling said that Bingham would continue in the role of Chair until the conclusion of his current term at the upcoming annual meeting. At that meeting two elected director positions will be contested, those currently held by Bingham and Lee Brentzell. The organisation said that both are eligible for a further three-year term, and that nominations for director positions close on May 1.

AusCycling was formed more than five years ago, amalgamating 19 separate bodies across various cycling disciplines – including road, BMX and mountain biking – into one national organisation. There are around 470 affiliated clubs.

The AusCycling constitution outlines that voting rights are limited to these member clubs, with life and individual members entitled to attend general meetings but not vote or debate. Additionally, the votes that the clubs are entitled to vary depending on the number of members each club has, with votes ranging from one for clubs with under nine members up to 13 votes for clubs with 780 members or more.

Watch Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2026 and Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes 2026 for the fourth Monument of the season, one of the oldest races of the calendar and the toughest of the three Ardennes Classics.

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.

The 112th edition of the men's Liège-Bastogne-Liège route features over 4,000 metres of climbing packed into 259.5km of racing. Meanwhile, the 10th edition of the Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes route is 156km long and features 2,500 metres of elevation. Major climbs on the route include the Côte de Stockeu, Côte de la Redoute, and the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons.

Tadej Pogačar will aim for his fourth men's race title, though the Slovenian will face competition from the likes of Paul Seixas, Tom Pidcock, and Kévin Vauquelin. Demi Vollering is trying to win her third women's title, with Lotte Kopecky, Puck Pieterse, and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney standing in her way.

There are broadcast options for Liège-Bastogne-Liège in the UK, USA and Canada, as well as free live streaming options in Belgium and France.

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• SBS on Demand (Australia)
• Sporza (Belgium)
• France TV (France)
• NOS (Netherlands)
• RaiPlay (Italy)

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How to watch Liège-Bastogne-Liège from anywhere

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▶︎ Read More: Analysing the contenders at Liège-Bastogne-Liège

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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.

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.

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

• SBS on Demand (Australia)
• Sporza (Belgium)
• France TV (France)
• NOS (Netherlands)

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

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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.

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

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The opening Spring Classics have already delivered incredible racing action, and the Giro d'Italia is fast approaching. The 109th edition of the Giro d'Italia starts on Friday, May 8, and features 3,466km and 48,700m of elevation gain to decide who will wear the famous maglia rosa in Rome.

Simon Yates will not defend his jersey after announcing his retirement back in January, but there is a stellar lineup of riders, including Jonas Vingegaard, Joao Almeida, Richard Carapaz, Giulio Pellizzari, and Filippo Ganna.

Vingegaard will line up at the Grande Partenza in Bulgaria as the favourite to lift the famous Giro d'Italia trophy, and complete his Grand Tour set of victories, having previously won the Tour de France in 2022 and 2023, and the Vuelta a España in 2025.

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2026 UCI WorldTour schedule highlights

• La Flèche Wallonne, 23 April
• Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 26 April
• Giro d'Italia, 9-31 May
• Tour de France, 4-26 July
• La Vuelta España, 22 Aug-13 Sep
• UCI World Championships, 20-27 Sep
• Il Lombardia, 10 Oct

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Watch the 2026 Amstel Gold Race and Amstel Gold Race Ladies Edition, the biggest races of the season in the Netherlands and the openers to the trio of Ardennes Classics that finish off spring Classics season.

After the end of the cobbled Classics, a new peloton of riders fills the roads as the race heads for the hills of the Ardennes, with the 257.2km Amstel Gold Race and 158.1km Amstel Gold Race Ladies Edition being the first of three major Classics that make up Ardennes week.

Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) defends his title in the men's race against a host of big names, including Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost), and Kévin Vauquelin (Ineos Grenadiers).

Over in the women's race, look out for top riders, including defending champion Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx-Protime), Demi Vollering (FDJ United-SUEZ), Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM-Zondacrypto), Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime), and Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike).

The 2026 Amstel Gold Race is being broadcast all over the world, with TV coverage and live streaming options in the UK, US, and Canada, so read on for all the details on how to watch the race wherever you are in the world.

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The 2026 Amstel Gold Race is being streamed for free in its home nation of the Netherlands, Australia, France and Belgium. Here are the free broadcasters:

• NOS (Netherlands)
• VRT Max (Belgium)
• SBS (Australia)
• France TV (France)

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Fans in the UK can watch the 2026 Amstel Gold Race through TNT Sports and HBO Max.

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Amstel Gold Race will have live coverage on the cycling streaming service FloBikes in both the USA and Canada on March 29.

Canadian subscribers get most of the races on FloBikes anyway, and while the US offering is more limited, it will show Amstel Gold Race 2026. You won't find the race on Max or Peacock.

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Former World Champion and Olympian Rohan Dennis has delivered a broadside on social media over what he believes is a 'false narrative' created by journalists following his wife Melissa Hoskins' death in 2023.

Hoskins died after being struck by a vehicle driven by Dennis on December 30, 2023. He was deemed not criminally responsible for her death, but pleaded guilty in May 2025 to an aggravated charge of creating a likelihood of harm and was given a 17-month suspended sentence along with a five-year driving ban. Dennis had accepted the offer to enter into a two-year good behaviour bond in the sum of $100 as part of the suspended sentence.

"Not everyone is going to care about what was said to me by journalists or anyone since the accident with my wife," Dennis wrote in an extended series of Instagram posts earlier this week.

"But I don't care. This is simply to point out the false narrative which the media created about me for clicks."

Dennis went on to insist that he had never wanted to harm his wife at any point, but he claimed that the media had whipped up a different perspective to ensure that a different image of him dominated in the news.

"Yes it was an accident," his post continued.

"I loved Melissa and the last thing I ever wanted was to hurt her. Never in my life has any physical aggression crossed my mind in any disagreement with Melissa."

"The narrative which the media ran with was clear they wanted me to look like the husband who abused his wife."

"I have ALWAYS been against any sort of abuse against women and especially the one who gave birth to my children."

Since the death of his wife, Dennis initially remained largely out of the spotlight. Last month, one of his first social media posts since the tragic incident, of a Porsche with a caption of 'What an absolute weapon', was condemned as "deeply offensive" by South Australia's Victims' Rights Commissioner. A subsequent post by Dennis, of his two children, had the caption "Two absolute weapons."

In his statement, Dennis addressed the controversy that stemmed from those posts, claiming there had been a ‘clear twisting’ of his words.

“They know I never intentionally or unintentionally used a vehicle as a weapon. Never was it legally said that I did either. The video footage of the accident also proves this statement. Yet again they come after me for cheap clicks. Pathetic journalism."

During the sentencing in May 2025, Adelaide District Court judge Ian Press emphasised the importance of acknowledging that Dennis was not facing charges of criminal responsibility "for all of the events of that night, and in particular, you are not charged with causing the death of your wife."

According to court records, Hoskins and Dennis argued about home renovations before the accident, and when he tried to leave in his vehicle, Hoskins jumped onto the hood to try to stop him, while he continued to drive for about six to ten seconds at or about 20km/h for about 75 metres.

After that, Hoskins got off the bonnet and was walking next to the car and opened the car door while it was moving, and, after shutting the door without stopping, Dennis then accelerated in what the sentencing remarks said appeared to be an attempt to drive away.

Dennis, who won the World Championships in the time trial in 2018 and 2019, had his 17-month sentence suspended due to his guilty plea, his remorse, and his status as the sole carer for his two children, according to Judge Press.

Hoskins was also a successful professional cyclist, a multi-time Olympian and team pursuit world champion. She was 32 years old.

In his latest statement, Dennis went on to complain about the way he has been treated by the media, listing out a series of interactions with reporters.

“The media speak about the children and how saddened they are for the children. Yet they happily stalk, follow and harass not just adults in my family but even when the kids are involved.

“Following us in cars to be able to publish our movements to the public. Putting my kids in stressful situations. Yet they care about the kids.”

Dennis concluded his statement, saying: “Time for all you so-called journalists and media outlets to back off and leave my family alone.”

While Paris-Roubaix is the most tiring race to cover, there's a short window of about half an hour at the end of both the men's and women's races that are likely my favourite cumulative hour of work all year.

While Wout van Aert and Franziska Koch rightly take the headlines and draw the lenses, it's everyone else flopping onto the ground in various states of discomfort that I like to focus on.

Every rider has a story from the day one way or another. Some good, some horrible, but in either case their faces are covered in grot and grime from hours riding. Soigneurs comfort the broken, friends from different teams embrace and swap stories, and small cans of Coca-Cola and Fanta litter the floor, mixing with discarded finger tape, bandages, and nasal strips.

Here are some of the scenes from inside the velodrome on Sunday afternoon.

Watch Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Roubaix Femmes on Sunday, April 11 to see the cream of the crop of the Classics racers in the men's and women's peloton as they tackle the harsh cobbles of Northern France.

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.

You can also check out When to tune into Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Roubaix Femmes to catch the most exciting and important cobble sectors for each of the best moments of the races.

The men's race kicks off on Sunday morning in Compiègne before heading north for 258.3km to tackle 30 cobbled sectors on the road to the Vélodrome André-Pétrieux in Roubaix. The women's race, starting later, runs from Denain to Roubaix, with 143.1km and 20 sectors standing in the way.

Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike) will defend their titles. The pair will face off against the likes of Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime), Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike), Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime), and Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek).

There are broadcast options for Paris-Roubaix in the UK, USA and Canada, as well as free live streaming options in Belgium and France.

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The 2026 Paris-Roubaix is being streamed for free in Australia, Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Channels are as follows:

• SBS on Demand (Australia)
• Sporza (Belgium)
• NOS (Netherlands)
• France TV (France)

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How to watch Paris-Roubaix in the UK

Fans in the UK can watch the 2026 Paris-Roubaix through TNT Sports and HBO Max.

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

How to watch Paris-Roubaix in the USA

Paris-Roubaix 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.

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Fans in Canada can watch Paris-Roubaix on FloBikes.

A subscription to FloBikes, which has pretty much every race you could wish for, costs $39.99 a month or $203.88 for the year.

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Viewers in Australia can watch Paris-Roubaix 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.

Paris-Roubaix 2026 Broadcaster Schedule

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Another week, another Monument-themed quiz!

With Paris-Roubaix just around the corner, it's the perfect time to test your knowledge on the riders who have tackled the cobbles, often treacherous weather and velodrome finish to come out the other side with a piece of the French pavé to take home. While the men's race dates back to 1896, Paris-Roubaix Femmes only started in 2021.

Now it's no surprise that the winners of Roubaix go down in history, such is the challenging nature of L'Enfer du Nord, but not everyone remembers the riders to round out the podium, especially when the winner's performance grabs the headlines and the majority of the plaudits. However, we want to put your racing trivia to the test and see how many of the men's and women's podium finishers you can remember from the last ten years of action in northern France.

Can you name every Paris-Roubaix podium in the last 10 years? We're giving you just 10 minutes to name as many of the men's and women's race top-three finishers as you can since 2016 and 2021, respectively. We should also remind you that Paris-Roubaix didn't take place in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

If you get stuck, you have the option of using a hint – just log in to your Cyclingnews account or register via the button in the top right corner of the page.

Let us know how you got on via the comments section below, and feel free to test your knowledge with some of our other cycling quizzes too!

"Françoise, you are part of the legend of Paris-Roubaix”. So reads one of the messages on the wall of Chez Françoise, a humble café in Troisvilles that sits at the gateway to the Hell of the North, just around the corner from the opening cobbled sector of this storied Classic.

It was written by ‘Les Flecheurs du Tour de France’ - the ‘arrowmen’, who go around fixing the directional signs that guide the riders along the routes of the Tour and also Paris-Roubaix. They’re always sure to pop in for a coffee, a beer, or even something stronger as they go about their work in the build-up to Roubaix. In fact, the rest of the sign reads: “The flecheur who does not stop to say hello to Françoise ahead of Paris-Roubaix is not a true flecheur."

They’re not the only ones for whom the place has become a rite of passage. Raymond Poulidor, Bernard Hinault, Joop Zoetemelk, Gilbert Duclos-Lasalle, Jean Stablinski, Magnus Backstedt, Johan Vansummeren, Thor Hushovd… the walls are adorned with photos of famous faces who’ve stepped inside.

Magnus Backstedt bused a bunch of his mates over to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his Roubaix win in 2014. Even now, it’s a well-trodden stop for pros on recon - either to get warm or simply snap a selfie from the roadside.

Every Tuesday before Paris-Roubaix, the race directors from the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) hold the ‘official’ Paris-Roubaix reconnaissance. It always starts with breakfast at Chez Françoise, and the meal is always an omelette, maintaining a tradition that now stretches back more than 30 years.

“Omelette was what I served the old directors of the race when they turned up one day in 1992,” the eponymous Françoise says as she welcomes us in on the Friday before the 2026 Paris-Roubaix.

“They were out looking for new cobblestone sectors, they were hungry, and they called in to ask if I had any sandwiches. I didn’t have any bread, but I have always kept chickens, so I had plenty of eggs. My husband had made some rabbit terrine, so I served that and some cornichons up alongside the omelettes.

"Before leaving, they introduced themselves as the organisers of Paris-Roubaix, tapped me on the shoulder and said ‘we’ll be back’."

And so a legend was born. The race officials, true to their word, have been back for their omelettes every year since, and over the course of more than three decades, Chez Françoise has woven itself into the fabric of Paris-Roubaix.

Humble ground

You’ve no doubt seen it flash by on television, or captured in still by race photographers. The weathered red-brick façade, the old Jupiler sign (even though Coq Hardi is now the house beer), the signs pointing to Roubaix one way and Paris the other… it screams Paris-Roubaix, literally and figuratively.

The woman inside the building is Françoise Santerre, who recently celebrated her 70th birthday. She opened the café, which is essentially the front room of her house, alongside her husband, Raymond, in 1980.

“People feel at home here,” she says. “It’s only a very small café in a very small village, but it’s a big family. And for a long time now we have been part of the Paris-Roubaix family – I’m very proud of that.”

Troisvilles literally translates to ‘three cities’, but there’s far less to it than that. Even ‘village’ is an overstatement – only 800 people live there. It’s a sleepy neighbourhood in a corner of France that has been left behind in the post-industrial age. Disused slag heaps loom large over the otherwise flat landscape, and ancient cobbled farm tracks still cut through it. Come Sunday, these pavé sectors will be alive with whirring freehubs and rattling carbon fibre frames – cutting-edge technology on humble ground.

Chez Françoise itself is as modest as cafés come. The bar is small, with seating space for around 20 people, on unfussy tables and chairs. Your coffee will be poured from a filter pot, and if you want milk, then there certainly won’t be anything artistic about it. Cold drinks come from a fridge you’d find in any normal home, and the omelettes are cooked up in a kitchen you’d find in any normal home.

Because this is a normal home. The bar is essentially the front room of the house in which Françoise has lived for over 30 years.

On the Friday we visit, beers and spirits are being sipped in advance of the midday watershed, and Françoise is shooting the breeze with the punters and taking deliveries from various suppliers. Multiple crates of champagne turn up, and one bottle is immediately opened. Before we had finished chatting with her, a gazebo had sprung up in the yard.

It’s all gearing up for the big day on Sunday.

“We are expecting a lot of people once again. It’s always a big party,” Françoise says.

“We put up gazebos, out front and out the back, and everyone gathers outside. I have a singer, an accordionist - everyone has a dance - we do a barbecue, frites, omelettes, of course. It’s a fantastic atmosphere.

“I hope I get a chance to go out and see the race this time. Last year, I was so busy I didn’t even see the riders go past.”

She might not always see them, but as she talks us through the faces in the photos on the wall, she knows the sound a mile off. “There’s another team going by for their recon,” she says, without turning away from the wall, as Soudal-QuickStep whizzes past.

Françoise has cycling in the blood, and her involvement goes beyond the café’s link with Paris-Roubaix. She also used to run a cycling school for youngsters alongside the grandfather of the former French pro Quentin Jauregui, who cut his teeth there, as did Florian Sénéchal. Françoise dreams that Sénéchal might one day win Paris-Roubaix.

She is also the president of the Reagir organisation, which she set up in 2007 as a way to protect and preserve the cobbled tracks in the local area. It’s very much in the spirit of the Amis de Paris-Roubaix (Friends of Paris-Roubaix), and she will help them out from time to time if they need help further afield. “That’s me there,” she says, pointing to a photo of a team of workers with shovels and picks. “We laid 1,250 cobblestones that day. It’s hard work, but it’s important work - like the omelettes.”

On top of that, she works as an assistant to the Mayor of Troisvilles, and her dining table, separate from the bar area but where the ASO breakfast is held, is awash with invitations she’s preparing for an alumnus dinner in May. She is also somehow involved in the pigeon racing circuit, regularly offering accommodation to the practitioners of the sport, mainly from Belgium, who sip Ricard in the bar as they wait for their birds to return from locations as far-flung as Barcelona.

“I’m always running around doing something. That’s my life. I have my potatoes to plant out next week, too,” Françoise says.

In the café you tell of your struggles and your joys

Keeping busy keeps Françoise from slowing down. That would have been an easy thing to happen since her husband died seven years ago. “He had pancreatic cancer. I cared for him for two and a half years. We would have celebrated 50 years of marriage this year.”

The emotions are raw, but at Chez Françoise, that’s just the way it goes.

“In a café like this, a simple village café, you tell of your troubles, and you tell of your joys," she explains.

“For me, my clients are like my family. My regulars, I see them every day, and I get to know everyone who visits from further afield. The couple outside are from Brittany. Yesterday I had a group of Italians who came to eat here and brought me some cake. I still get Christmas cards from an Englishman who worked in Troisvilles for six months.

“I’m still of the old era,” she adds. “Thierry Gouvenou, the Paris-Roubaix director, always comments on how cycling has changed - it’s all about money now. Life has changed, too. But the café will always be about conviviality. You give someone a glass, and they tell you what’s going on in their life. People come here for comfort. That’s my job.”

Humility, humanity, community – fundamental values of cycling, a sport built upon the modest mode of transport of the common man. It’s little wonder that Paris-Roubaix would align itself with Chez Françoise in this way. It’s a race that for 120 years has eschewed glamour and laid bare the harshness and hardship of this corner of France.

If you invented Paris-Roubaix now, it would be a made-for-television spectacle of thrills, spills, and clippable TikTok reels. But what the would-be modernisers of the sport are not always so quick to appreciate is that the beauty of cycling lies in the way that, over time, it weaves itself into places like Chez Françoise; into life itself.

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A British man died during the Tour of Flanders sportive in Belgium on Saturday. According to Het Nieuwsblad, the 51-year-old collapsed of a likely heart attack before the Hotond climb near Ronse. According to the report, the man was participating in the We Ride Flanders tour with his son.

"This is the last thing you want as an organization," organiser Gert Van Goolen said.

"We received a report that a man had fallen; a medical team was quickly on the scene and was able to resuscitate him. Unfortunately, the man died at the scene," Van Goolen said in a statement to Radio 1.

"This is the last thing you want as an organization. You hope that 14,000 people can have a nice day here and you know there are risks, but you really don't want this."

The longest distance in the event was the 247-kilometre route starting in Antwerp and ending in Oudenaarde. Other ride distances - 79 km, 133 km and 163 km - started and finished in Oudenaarde. It is unclear which route the man had chosen because all four include the Hotond, which is the fourth to last climb.

Two other incidents occurred during Saturday's event, one involving a 57-year-old Dutch man and later a second British rider who was rescued on the Oude Kwaremont. Both were taken to hospital.

In 2025, two We Ride Flanders participants died during the event, including Stéphane Krafft, 45, a former professional rider with the Cofidis team.

Watch the 2026 Tour of Flanders and Tour of Flanders Women, two of the biggest races of the spring Classics season, as the top cobbled racers head to Belgium for the second Monument of the season.

The Tour of Flanders is the second Monument of the season and one of the biggest races of the year, where the cream of the crop of the men's and women's pelotons will turn out to take on the cobbles and bergs of Flanders on Sunday.

In the men's race, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) will defend his title against rivals including Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech), Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike), and Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), among others.

The women's race will see Belgium's own Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) take aim at her fourth Flanders title. She'll do battle against Demi Vollering (FDJ United-Suez), Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike), Marlen Reusser (Movistar), Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal), and more.

The men will take on a 278.2km route between Antwerp and Oudenaarde, including 16 major hills and 16 cobbled sectors. The women will race on a 164.1km route starting and ending in Oudenaard featuring nine hills and 11 cobbled sectors.

The 2026 Tour of Flanders is being broadcast all over the world, with TV coverage and live streaming options in the UK, US, and Canada, so read on for all the details on how to watch the race wherever you are in the world.

Tour of Flanders 2026 free live stream

The 2026 Tour of Flanders is being streamed for free in Australia, Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Channels are as follows:

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• NOS (Netherlands)
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Fans in the UK can watch the 2026 Tour of Flanders through TNT Sports and HBO Max.

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How to watch the Tour of Flanders in the US and Canada

The Tour of Flanders will have live coverage on the cycling streaming service FloBikes in both the USA and Canada on March 29.

Canadian subscribers get most of the races on FloBikes anyway, and while the US offering is more limited, it has a deal for the Flanders Classics races, including Dwars door Vlaanderen. You won't find the race on Max or Peacock.

A subscription to FloBikes will cost US$39.99 / CAN$39.99 a month, with reductions for yearly plans at US$155.88 / CAN$203.88.

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The Tour of Flanders will be broadcast on SBS On Demand in Australia.

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Fancy a quiz to put your Tour of Flanders knowledge to the test?

Often known simply as De Ronde, the Ronde van Vlaanderen is a bike race like no other. It's the jewel of Flemish racing and each year the fans line its route and iconic climbs, like the Oude Kwaremont, in their droves.

With the 2026 edition of the race just days away, we thought we'd get in the mood with a Tour of Flanders-themed cycling quiz.

The first edition of the men's race was all the way back in 1913, and, except for a break during the First World War, it has run continuously ever since. Meanwhile, the women's race only launched in 2004. Nonetheless, some of the biggest names in the women's peloton have since added their names to its roll of honour. But how many of the recent Tour of Flanders champions can you name?

We're giving you 15 minutes to name as many of the men's and women's race winners as you can since 2000 and 2004, respectively.

As always, should you come unstuck, you have the option of using a hint – just log in to your Cyclingnews account or register via the button in the top right corner of the page.

Let us know how you got on via the comments section below, and feel free to test your knowledge with some of our other cycling quizzes too!

Good luck!

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Watch the 2026 men's Dwars door Vlaanderen and 2026 Dwars door Vlaanderen Women as the top Classics racers continue the build-up to the spring Monuments, the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix.

The Dwars door Vlaanderen is the final key warm-up race ahead of the Tour of Flanders on Sunday, but Wednesday's event, a WorldTour and Women's WorldTour race, is a major event in its own right.

As such, a host of the biggest names in Classics racing will be taking the start lines in Roeselare and Waregem.

The men's race will host a battle between Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike), Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech), and Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers), among others. The women's race brings together contenders including Demi Vollering (FDJ United-Suez), Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime), Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ), and Marlen Reusser (Movistar).

The men's route sees 12 major climbs packed into the 184.6km run to Waregem, while the women will do battle over eight bergs during a 128.8km race.

The 2026 Dwars door Vlaanderen is being broadcast all over the world, with TV coverage and live streaming options in the UK, US, and Canada, so read on for all the details on how to watch the race wherever you are in the world.

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Canadian subscribers get most of the races on FloBikes anyway and while the US offering is more limited, it has a deal for the Flanders Classics races, including Dwars door Vlaanderen. You won't find the race on Max or Peacock.

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AusCycling confirmed this month that it would proceed with a special general meeting after a formal request from the statutorily required number of member clubs, but said that only one of the proposed motions was valid and could proceed. That is disputed by the two initiating clubs, with disappointment at the outcome being expressed.

"The SGM was requisitioned because 32 clubs have serious concerns about leadership, governance and the long-term trajectory of the organisation. Having only one motion go forward means members are not being given a full and formal opportunity to record their collective view on the issues that actually gave rise to the meeting," said Michael Freiberg, a Midland Cycle Club delegate

"That matters because the ordinary channels have been available. Clubs have engaged through advisory bodies, submissions, elections and direct engagement for nearly three years. The consistent feedback has not been that engagement is impossible. It is that engagement does not lead to outcomes. The SGM was the formal mechanism members had left."

There were four motions formally put forward, with enough support to meet the required threshold under the Australian Corporations Act of five percent of votes that can be cast at the meeting. The first two emanated from the Midland Cycle Club and sought a vote on the removal of Craig Bingham as Chair and Director, as well as requesting that steps were taken to remove Marne Fechner as Chief Executive Officer. The next two motions stemmed from the Canberra Cycling Club and sought a vote on the election of Chloe Hosking as a Director of AusCycling, and an expression of support from voting members for the appointment of Hosking to the position of Chair.

The motion calling for a vote on the removal of Craig Bingham as Chair and Director is the only one being put to the special general meeting on Thursday April 23.

AusCycling said in a Frequently Asked Questions sheet sent to clubs, and also to Cyclingnews, that it had sought legal advice and "that advice confirms that only one of the motions proposed is valid and able to proceed".

The initiating clubs both dispute that only one of the resolutions was valid.

"Four resolutions were put forward to AusCycling for an SGM. All met and exceeded the required 5% threshold and were valid," Canberra Cycling Club volunteer Jack Lindsay said in an email replying to questions from Cyclingnews, adding that the proposed motions also had significant support behind them.

"To give some context, at the AGM last year, 550 votes were cast. More than 450 votes have already been pledged in support of these resolutions," said Lindsay. "This is not a small number of clubs with an axe to grind."

There are 470 affiliated clubs according to the AusCycling 2024 annual report and the number of votes changes depending on the size of each club, ranging from one for clubs with under nine members up to 13 votes for clubs with 780 members or more. It is the member clubs who have the right to vote at AusCycling meetings, with individual and life members entitled to attend but not vote or debate.

Cyclingnews requested a response from AusCycling via email on the issue of the clubs disputing that only one request is valid and as part of that response the organisation said: "AusCycling has dealt with the requisition for a general meeting and both the valid and invalid underlying resolutions in accordance with the applicable and unambiguous legal position. Both the process and outcome in response to the requisition lodged with AusCycling have complied with relevant requirements."

"As outlined below, a purported resolution is not valid merely by securing the signatures of 5% of the votes of the company - it must also be within the powers of members in general meeting under the AusCycling Constitution and Corporations Law."

The resolution emanating from Midland Cycle Club regarding the removal of the chief executive – which reads “The member clubs of AusCycling resolve that the Directors take all necessary steps, pursuant to clause 17.3 of the AusCycling Constitution to remove Ms Marne Fechner as Chief Executive Officer of AusCycling with immediate effect, and to commence an open, transparent recruitment process for a new CEO” – was among the examples referred to by AusCycling in its response.

"For example, there was a demand to remove the AusCycling CEO. That’s not a power that clubs have under the Act," said AusCycling.

Not all agree, however, that it is this clear cut.

Referring to that second disallowed resolution, Freiberg said: "AusCycling presented its legal position as though it were beyond question. We have received independent legal advice that does not regard it as settled at all. Resolution 2 was deliberately drafted as a non-binding, advisory resolution asking the Board to consider exercising its own powers under the Constitution. It was not purporting to direct the Board to do anything."

Freiberg said that they were still asking the independent directors to restore resolution 2 as an advisory vote.

The request of the group of clubs for an SGM on the motions comes in a climate of declining membership, a shrinking volunteer base, and rising costs.

"At the same time, clubs are not seeing the support they need - whether that’s delivering events, support engaging with councils to access trails, easing pressure on road racing, improving digital systems, suitable membership offerings, or clear pathways into high performance," said Lindsay.

The move by 32 clubs across the disciplines and states to meet and exceed the support level of five percent required to call for a special general meeting was significant in itself, according to Freiberg.

"As to the remaining motion, we expect meaningful support because the concerns behind it are widely felt," he said. "We will leave the specifics of that to the vote."

Watch In Flanders Fields - from Middelkerke to Wevelgem on Sunday March 29 for one of the biggest cobbled Classics of the Spring, with all the details here on live streams and TV broadcasts, wherever you are in the world.

Taking place two days after the E3 Saxo Classic and a week ahead of the Tour of Flanders, the race formerly known as Gent-Wevelgem has a new identity.

Now known as In Flanders Fields, with the added moniker of 'from Middelkerke to Wevelgem' describing the start and finish locations, the cobbled Classic retains its usual flavour with multiple ascents of the iconic Kemmelberg climb.

Both the men's and women's Gent-Wevelgem take place on Sunday March 29, with both 2025 champions, Mads Pedersen and Lorena Wiebes, headlining start lists that includes the best Classics riders and a fair few sprinters.

There are broadcast options in the UK, USA, Canada, and Australia, as well as free live streaming options, so read on for all the details on how to watch In Flanders Fields online, on TV, and from anywhere.

Can I watch In Flanders Fields for free?

The 2025 edition of In Flanders Fields will be shown for free Australia via SBS, as well as in the host country of Belgium.

SBS is the major cycling broadcaster in Australia, showing the Tour de France and other races, and you can watch Gent-Wevelgem for free via the SBS On Demand streaming platform.

In Belgium, the main Flemish public broadcaster VRT has the rights, with the races going out on VRT1 on TV, the VRT Max streaming platform and on the Sporza website.

Not in one of these countries right now? Geo-restrictions apply, but if that's where you usually watch your cycling then you can still get your access by using a VPN - more on that below.

How to watch In Flanders Fields from anywhere

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A Virtual Private Network is a piece of software that sets your IP address to make your device appear to be in any country in the world. Provided it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs, you can use a VPN to unblock your usual streaming services from anywhere in the world. What's more, it helps with playback speeds and is a huge boost for your general internet security.

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How to watch In Flanders Fields in the UK

Fans in the UK can watch In Flanders Fields on TNT Sports and HBO Max.

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How to watch In Flanders Fields in the USA and Canada

In Flanders Fields will have live coverage on the cycling streaming service FloBikes in both the USA and Canada on March 29.

Canadian subscribers get most of the races on Flobikes anyway and while the US offering is more limited it has a deal for the Flanders Classics races, including Gent-Wevelgem. You won't find In Flanders Fields on Max or Peacock.

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How to watch In Flanders Fields in Australia

As outlined above, fans in Australia can watch In Flanders Fields on SBS or via its streaming platform SBS On Demand.

In Flanders Fields Schedule & Timings

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Watch the 2026 E3 Saxo Classic as the men's peloton heads to Flanders for a major cobbled showdown ahead of the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix.

The 2026 race will bring plenty of the top cobbled Classics contenders together on a challenging 206.5km route on the cobbles and hills around Harelbeke.

16 major climbs, including the Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg, and 10 cobbled sectors pack the route of the major WorldTour Classic, often seen as a 'mini Tour of Flanders'.

Watch out for the likes of Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech), Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike), Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), and Biniam Girmay (NSN), among the stellar field of Classics stars contending for victory.

The E3 Saxo Classic is being broadcast all over the world, with TV coverage and live streaming options in the UK, US, and Canada, so read on for all the details on how to watch the race wherever you are in the world.

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Where can I watch the E3 Saxo Classic in the UK?

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How to watch the E3 Saxo Classic 2026 in the US

The E3 Saxo Classic is being aired by HBO Max in the United States. Plans start from $18.49 per month for a package that includes live cycling.

If you're an Amazon Prime member, you might find it easier to sign up to Max via Prime.

How to watch the E3 Saxo Classic in Canada

For Canadian viewers, FloBikes is your port of call to watch the E3 Saxo Classic.

A subscription will set you back CAN$203.88 for the year or CAN$39.99 on a monthly basis. FloBikes customers in the US will be blocked from this one - they only have the rights in Canada.

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The E3 Saxo Bank Classic 2026 will be broadcast on Flobikes in Australia

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As the Northern Hemisphere steers itself out of the depths of winter and into the metaphorical and literal light, indoor cycling platforms face an inevitable drop in users.

Keeping those users engaged, or at the very least subscribed, is part of the annual cycle of their respective business models, and in a timely move that sees the driest week of the year so far here in the UK, Zwift has today unveiled its latest attempts at doing just that.

Among these, in a perhaps ironic move, Zwift has unveiled accommodations for riders not wanting to use Zwift at all. This comes alongside improvements to the user interface, new maps, a Pas Normal Studios-sponsored gravel race series, and the current Level 100 limit is being removed.

Outdoor Recommendations, Challenges and better planning tools

Many regular Zwift users will already be familiar with the Personal Recommendations feature, which offers a simple recommended activity upon logging into the Zwift Companion app. The aim of this, according to Zwift, is to help users spend less time thinking and more time riding, by serving sessions such as workouts and Robopacer rides.

From April onwards, the Companion app will give you an outdoor recommendation too, should you want to take your training outside as the weather improves.

Zwift says this will allow you to "make the most of those sunny summer miles" and essentially maintain your training productivity as you spend less time in the heavily structured world of Watopia and into the freedom of the open road.

Separately, coming later in summer, Zwift's 'Challenges' feature is also being taken into the real world, so rides completed outdoors and uploaded from your Wahoo, Garmin or Hammerhead computer will contribute to the completion of set challenges.

Another update to the Companion app, coming in April, means users will be able to plan their week ahead, turning it into something more akin to a training planner, albeit restricted to the short term, rather than season-long planning tools such as TrainerRoad.

Notably, those using third-party apps such as TrainerRoad will see their week ahead automatically populated, so there's less of a need to bounce between apps to see their upcoming sessions.

Gravel goes indoors

If the updates above suggest that indoors is moving outdoors, then balance shall be restored by this next one.

Launching April 6th, Zwift is unveiling a new event-only map, called Gravel Mountain. It's a small world at just 5.2km, comprising a single route at the time of launch, which is entirely 'off-road' in nature.

And in a move that will likely invite ridicule from commenters around the internet, Gravel Mountain will be the home of an all-new e-sports gravel race series, sponsored by none other than PAS Normal.

The Danish kit brand with its French name is one of the biggest names in real-world gravel racing as the title sponsor of the Pas Normal team, arguably the first 'team' in gravel.

The brand's beige attire and large PNS lettering is a common sight at the startlines of Lifetime Grand Prix and Gravel Earth events, and will now be the face of the Zwift PAS Racing Series, in what is likely another first.

Paris expansion

In addition to the new Gravel Mountain map, Zwift has also announced that its existing Paris map is being expanded, with the addition of the Montmartre climb, and the new finishing circuit of the Tour de France, which was first used at the Paris Olympics.

No more Level 100 limit

Another update coming this April, which will really pique the interest of long-time Zwifters, is the decision to remove the Level 100 limit for cyclists.

According to Zwift, there are 21,000 users currently 'stuck' at Level 100. To hit this level, it requires 591,000 Experience Points (XP), which can be accrued in game by covering miles, completing routes and more. More comprehensibly, that equates to approximately 17,000km worth of cycling, and is an achievement that many Zwifters aspire to.

Once that level is achieved, XP continues to be accrued, but riders forever remain on Level 100.

From now onwards, those at Level 100 will be given a special 'tag' in game to highlight their achievement, and the limit has been removed, with an infinite number of levels now available.

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The opening Spring Classics have already delivered incredible racing action, and continue this week with the E3 Saxo Classic, swiftly followed by Tour of Flanders, and then Paris-Roubaix in early April.

However, viewing all the best races can mean multiple streaming subscriptions, and if you often travel for work or pleasure, you'll already know it can be difficult to access your streaming services.

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2026 UCI WorldTour schedule highlights

• E3 Saxo Classic, 27 March
• In Flanders Fields, 29 March
• Tour of Flanders, 5 April
• Paris-Roubaix, 12 April
• Amstel Gold, 19 April
• La Flèche Wallonne, 23 April
• Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 26 April
• Giro d'Italia, 9-31 May
• Tour de France, 4-26 July
• La Vuelta Ciclista a España, 22 Aug-13 Sep
• UCI World Championships, 20-27 Sep
• Il Lombardia, 10 Oct

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Watch Volta a Catalunya this week see the latest WorldTour stage race in the men's cycling calendar, with all the details here on live streams and TV channels wherever you are in the world.

The Classics may be in full swing, but we still have stage racing of the highest quality this week, with Remco Evenepoel, Jonas Vingegaard, and Tom Pidcock among the big names battling for one of the most prestigious week-long titles in the sport.

After Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico earlier in the month, the Volta a Catalunya represents the latest step for the stage race elite to test themselves and build momentum ahead of the Grand Tours.

The Volta a Cataluyna gets underway on Monday in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, with three relatively gentle days ahead of three big days in the mountains, and then the final day's ever-entertaining circuit race in Barcelona with its laps of the hilly Montjuic Parc.

There are broadcast options in the UK, USA and Canada, as well as free live streaming options, so read on for all the details on how to watch the Volta a Catalunya online, on TV, and from anywhere.

Can I watch the Volta a Catalunya for free?

Yes! The 2025 edition of the Volta a Catalunya will have free-to-air coverage in Australia via SBS, as well as in numerous European countries.

SBS is the major cycling broadcaster in Australia, showing the Tour de France and other races, and you can watch for free via the SBS On Demand streaming platforn.

Elsewhere, in the host country of Spain, RTVE will be showing the Volta a Catalunya on TV and online, through its RTVE Play streaming platform.

In Belgium, French-language public broadcaster RTBF has the rights, with streaming available on its platform, Auvio.

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How to watch the Volta a Catalunya in the UK

Fans in the UK can watch the Volta a Catalunya on TNT Sports and Discovery+.

For TV viewers, TNT Sports 1 is where you'll find the action most days, while to watch the Volta a Catalunya online, the Discovery+ streaming platform has you covered every day.

You can get TNT Sports on your TV through various pay-TV packages, while Discovery+ subscriptions cost £30.99 a month, but the service is switching to HBO Max on March 26.

How to watch the Volta a Catalunya in the USA

The Volta a Catalunya will have live coverage in the USA on Peacock.

Peacock is the streaming service of broadcasting giant NBC, which has the rights to the Tour de France and with it many of the races run by the same organiser, ASO, such as the Volta a Catalunya.

You will need Peacock Premium with prices starting at $10.99/month or $109.99 a year.

How to watch the Volta a Catalunya in Canada

Fans in Canada can watch the Volta a Catalunya on FloBikes.

A subscription to Flobikes, which has pretty much every race you could wish to want for Canadian viewers, costs $39.99 a month or $203.88 for the year.

Note, only Canadian customers get access – the US arm of FloBikes doesn't have the rights to the Volta a Catalunya

How to watch the Volta a Catalunya in Australia

Fans in Australia can watch the Volta a Catalunya 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 a registration.

There is no coverage for those in New Zealand – Staylive does not have the rights to the Volta a Catalunya.

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Pro racers don’t usually bother going after Fastest Known Times on bikepacking routes for the thrill of it, but Cameron Mason is no ordinary pro, and his set-up for his assault on the John Muir Way was even less conventional. Sat aboard an aero road bike, stuffed with tyres 6mm over the official clearance, the Scottish rider blitzed the 212-kilometre multi-terrain route in under eight hours last week, adding to the never-more-relevant debate over what bike is the right tool for the job at hand.

Mason, who races cyclocross for Seven Cycling and road for the Alpecin-Premier Tech Development team, was at a bit of a loose end earlier this month after capping his ‘cross season with third overall in the X2O Trofée series.

“I just was like, ‘I need to scratch that itch of just doing a bit of a mission’,” he tells Cyclingnews. “I’ve known about the John Muir Way for years. My childhood family home is on the route, and actually now my own home in Edinburgh is also on the route, so it goes through two very important places to me.”

The John Muir Way measures 212 kilometres from coast-to-coast in Scotland, starting in Helensburgh in the west and ending up in Dunbar in the east, featuring “a mixture of forest tracks, singletrack, canal towpaths, walking paths, cycling paths, landrover tracks and sections on roads”, according to the Bikepacking Scotland website.

After going out to recon the parts of the course he didn’t know so well, all that was left to do was wait for the trails to dry out and wait for a favourable westerly wind. “A few of these things came together to actually do the route and the I woke up one morning and got the train through to Helensburgh, and then just cracked on,” Mason says.

Aero bike, road gearing, and squeezing in 38mm

The wind needed to be blowing at Mason’s back if he was to stand any chance of bettering John Mackenzie’s FKT of 8h 19m 42s – not to mention the second-best time of 9h 01m 20s held by Cyclingnews’ very own Graham Cottingham. But the dry conditions were especially important given his bike set-up.

Remarkably, Mason completed the ride on a Canyon Aeroad, the German brand’s all-out wind-cheating road racing frame that has won the past three editions of Milan-San Remo.

“Normally, I would have done it on a gravel bike, I just didn't have one from the team yet, because we’ve not had delivery of the new Stevens Camino, which is what I’d normally do something like this on. I knew the new Aeroad does take quite wide tires so I was like, ‘right, I’ll see what I can fit into it’.”

In the end, despite an official tyre clearance of 32mm, Mason managed to comfortably fit in a 38mm gravel tyre on the front, along with a 33mm cyclocross tyre at the rear.

“The front tyre didn't come up quite as wide as 38 because of the Dura-Ace rims I was on, so it fitted ok, but I needed it to be dry because I didn’t have room to be dragging mud up through the frame,” he explained.

“The only thing I had to do was put a bit of electrical tape on the front derailleur Di2 cable, just to keep it flush so it wouldn't rub on the tyre, and that was just a little mod beforehand. Everything else was totally stock and standard. Toe overlap was obviously worse, and that’s something you have to be careful of – you can’t turn very sharply. Apart from that, it was really sweet.”

The John Muir Way section of the FastestKnownTimes website says ‘a gravel bike is typically the fastest steed of choice with a MTB offering more comfort over the rougher terrain’. However, Mason went full aero frame and road gearing – 54-39 chainrings, 11-34 cassette – and even road pedals.

“Out of all of those kind of routes in Scotland, this is probably the only one that you could do with a kind of road set-up,” he said. “It’s not too hilly and there’s plenty of tarmac and plenty of smoother off-road sections. It was a nice challenge, and it felt like the set-up was a good balance.”

Mason’s ride may attract further debate over what he describes as ‘that age old question’ over what kind of bike is actually the right tool for the job, in an industry where gravel bikes have made a major market position of the space between road and mountain bikes.

“I feel like a lot of people go, ‘all right, I want a gravel bike and I want to ride gravel’. And then, in actual fact, the gravel they have available to them is like bridleways, canal paths and farm tracks. And that is so different from doing big mountain passes or gravel forestry," Mason argues.

“Where I grew up, in West Lothian, the best gravel bike was always a cyclocross bike, because it would kind of fit that brief the best. It’s that age old question, and I still do recommend to people that they just buy a cyclocross bike if they want to buy a bike, because it still does the same job as it did 10 or 20 years ago, and there's a reason why they were so popular.”

Not an FKT after all, but a rider bigger than himself

In the end, Mason's time of 7h 57m 51s, though over 20 minutes faster than Mackenzie's 2023 benchmark, will not go down as an official FKT, given he planted bottles in hedges around Edinburgh the day before to pick up for feeds on the day. The FastestKnownTimes website, run by Dotwatcher, is as close to a governing body for this sort of thing as you'll get, and their rules forbid 'gear stashes' as part of "the spirit of self-sufficiency and equal opportunity".

Mason wasn't aware of this section of the rule at the time – in fact it was only pointed out to him when we were editing this interview – but he took it gracefully and was more than happy to only have an unofficial FKT – "the ones who know will know, and the ones who wish it was pure can also wish such."

Besides, there was rather more to the whole endeavour than the stats and the leaderboards.

“It was really good fun and it definitely like scratched an itch of doing something self powered and self planned – I think there's something to be said for that,” Mason explained.

“And I do like that anyone can go on Strava, see what I've done, and then recreate it in their own way, under their own steam. They don't even have to do the full route, or they don't even have to do that same route – just the idea that these things are already out there for free, technically, to go and do. That’s really, really nice.

“I can use my physical ability to shoot for an FKT or whatever, but if it has the byproduct of maybe getting someone out just to go and ride their local bit of the route, or to go and get the train somewhere and ride home… I find that really, really motivating – probably more motivating than actually going fast. I think that’s important to say.”

Watch Milan-San Remo 2026 and Milan-San Remo Women 2026 for the first Monument of the season as Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) and Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) line up to defend their titles.

The 2026 men's and women's Milan-San Remo will take place on Saturday, March 21. The men's race starts in 10:00 local time in Pavia before concluding at 16:55 in San Remo, while the women's race starts in 10:40 in Genoa, finishing at 14:29 in San Remo.

Milan-San Remo is being broadcast all over the world, with TV coverage and live streaming options in the UK, US, and Canada, so read on for all the details on how to watch the race wherever you are in the world.

Milan-San Remo 2026 free live stream

You can watch the 2026 Milan-San Remo for free on Australian streaming platform SBS – with English commentary.

You can also catch the race streams live on Italian national broadcaster RAI, and Belgium streaming service RTBF.

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Where can I watch Milan-San Remo in the UK?

Fans in the UK can watch the 2026 Milan-San Remo through TNT Sports and Discovery+.

TV viewers will find the action on TNT Sports 4, with live streaming available on the Discovery+ platform. Please note that from 26 March, HBO Max will be the new home of cycling on TNT Sports.

You can add TNT Sports to an existing pay-TV package with the likes of Sky and Virgin, or you can sign up to Discovery+ to stream instantly for £30.99 per month.

How to watch Milan-San Remo 2026 in the US

Milan-San Remo is being aired by HBO Max in the United States. Plans start from $18.49 per month for a package that includes live cycling.

If you're an Amazon Prime member, you might find it easier to sign up to Max via Prime.

How to watch Milan-San Remo in Canada

For Canadian viewers, Flobikes is your port of call to watch Milan-San Remo.

A subscription will set you back CAN$203.88 for the year or CAN$39.99 on a monthly basis. Flobikes customers in the US will be blocked from this one - they only have the rights in Canada.

How to watch Milan-San Remo in Australia for free

Fans in Australia can watch Milan-San Remo through SBS.

Both races are being live streamed on the SBS On Demand platform, which is a free service for those in Australia.

Milan-San Remo 2026: Schedule & Timings

UK

TNT Sports' coverage of Milan-San Remo 2026 begins at 8.30 am GMT on Saturday 21 March with the full race live until 4.45 pm. The women's race will be available to watch from 11.30 am to 1.30 pm.

USA

On HBO Max, coverage is expected to begin at 4.30 am ET with 11.30 am around the time when you can expect the conclusion of the men's race. Similarly the women's race will be available from 7.30 am to 9.30 am.

Australia

SBS On Demand will begin their coverage of Milan-San Remo at 7.50 pm AEDT. This should continue through to at least 2.30 am (Sunday). The women's race will be on 10.30pm to 12.30am.

Milan-San Remo mini preview

The men's Milan-San Remo features a familiar 298km route, taking the peloton on a long, flat run to the Passo del Turchino and then along the coast to the Capo Mele, Capo Cervo and Capo Berta climbs before the finale of the Cipressa and Poggio and the dive into San Remo.

Mathieu Van der Poel will defend his title against his main expected rival, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG).

Elsewhere, look out for top names including Tom Pidcock (Pinarello-Q36.5), Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike), Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers), Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep), Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech), and Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG).

See the full contenders breakdown for Milan-San Remo.

The women's Milan-San Remo route hugs the coast for 156km from Genoa, with the peloton tackling the three Capi climbs, the Cipressa and the Poggio before the grand finale in San Remo.

Wiebes will be aiming to win the race for a second time in two years. However, she'll face stiff competition from the likes of Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike), Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ), Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-Sram Zondacrypto), Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek), and Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal).

See the contenders for Milan-San Remo Women.

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Former time trial world champion Rohan Dennis has largely remained out of the spotlight since the death of his wife, Melissa Dennis neé Hoskins, in 2023, but one of his first social media posts since the tragic incident has been labelled "deeply offensive" by South Australia's Victims' Rights Commissioner.

Hoskins died after being struck by a vehicle driven by Dennis on December 30, 2023. He was deemed not criminally responsible for her death, but pleaded guilty to an aggravated charge of creating likelihood of harm and was given a 17-month suspended sentence along with a five-year driving ban.

When Dennis posted images of a Porsche to Instagram on Wednesday evening with the caption "What an absolute weapon", the post earned 'likes' from some former colleagues but also drew criticism.

South Australia's Victims' Rights Commissioner Sarah Quick said the post showed "a profound lack of respect for Melissa and her family", according to the BBC, Guardian, ABC News, and others.

"This post is deeply offensive and one that demonstrates a lack of empathy and insight. It's not only inappropriate but it's hurtful to a family who are still grieving and, quite frankly, disrespectful to all people impacted by road trauma.

"Words matter and a vehicle should never be referred to as a weapon or regarded as a weapon, and the fact that Mr Dennis has chosen to do so is particularly shocking."

Dennis has not deleted the post but has limited the comments section. He subsequently shared a post of his two children riding their bicycles with a similar caption: "Two absolute weapons".

Cyclingnews has contacted Rohan Dennis for comment.

According to court records, Hoskins and Dennis argued about home renovations before the accident, and when he tried to leave in his vehicle, Hoskins jumped onto the hood to try to stop him, while he continued to drive for about six to ten seconds at or about 20km/h for about 75 metres.

After that, Hoskins got off the bonnet and was walking next to the car and opened the car door while it was moving, and, after shutting the door without stopping, Dennis then accelerated in what the sentencing remarks said appeared to be an attempt to drive away.

Adelaide District Court judge Judge Ian Press wrote in his sentencing, "It was your obligation to stop the vehicle when driving that vehicle became dangerous to her physical wellbeing. That you did not stop because you wanted to leave is a very poor reason for not doing so."

Dennis, who won the world championships in the time trial in 2018 and 2019, had his 17-month sentence suspended due to his guilty plea, his remorse, and his status as the sole carer for his two children, according to Judge Press.

Dennis had accepted the offer to enter into a two-year good behaviour bond in the sum of $100 as part of the suspended sentence.

Hoskins was also a successful professional cyclist, a multi-time Olympian and team pursuit world champion. She was 32 years old.

In a statement later issued in a series of Instagram posts on April 6, Dennis addressed the controversy that stemmed from those earlier posts, claiming there had been a ‘clear twisting’ of his words.

“They know I never intentionally or unintentionally used a vehicle as a weapon. Never was it legally said that I did either. The video footage of the accident also proves this statement. Yet again they come after me for cheap clicks. Pathetic journalism."

AusCycling has confirmed that it will hold the special general meeting requisitioned by a number of member clubs, who put in formal requests on four motions related to the leadership of the national cycling governing body earlier this year.

However, the organisation said that only one of the proposed motions will go to the vote when the meeting is held in April.

As Cyclingnews reported earlier this month, the request for a special general meeting (SGM) was lodged with what was understood to be the required backing – at least five percent of the voting membership – and was being considered by AusCycling "in accordance with the appropriate legal and constitutional processes".

"We have sought legal advice on several motions proposed as part of the request for an SGM," said AusCycling in a document that was sent to members and also shared with Cyclingnews by the governing body this week.

"That advice confirms that only one of the motions proposed is valid and able to proceed — the motion relating to the removal of Craig Bingham as Chair and a Director. Other motions proposed cannot proceed for constitutional and legal reasons," said the organisation, adding that the clubs that signed the request would receive more detail about the constitutional and legal reasons behind the decision.

Cyclingnews earlier obtained copies of the documents containing the four proposed resolutions, which were initiated by the Midland Cycle Club and the Canberra Cycling Club, and backed by other clubs. The motions that were put forward by the clubs in the formal requests but will not be heard at the meeting are:

• The removal of Marne Fechner as Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect and initiation of an open, transparent recruitment process for a new CEO
• The election of Chloe Hosking as a Director of AusCycling with effect from the close of the meeting
• An expression of support from voting members for the appointment of Chloe Hosking to the position of Chair and a call upon the Board to give due consideration to the clearly expressed will of the membership in electing the Chair of AusCycling

The special general meeting to vote on the single motion – the removal of Craig Bingham as Chair and a Director – will be held on Thursday, April 23.

“We have been in touch with all members to confirm the meeting – including what has been proposed, how to attend, and what Clubs need to know to participate,” Fechner said. “The SGM is open to all members to attend, however only clubs can vote, or have votes counted via proxy. We want to make sure every club has the opportunity to be represented.”

The voting rights of a club are scaled to their size, with clubs of up to nine members receiving one vote and this goes right up to 13 votes for those clubs with 780 or more members.

The scope and impact, however, of the issue to be voted on is not what was initially envisaged when the group of clubs made the calls for leadership change amid a background of reported falling membership, volunteer strain, rising costs and some clubs raising concern over grassroots participation and the pathway for young riders.

In fact, given the motions on Fechner and Hosking are not included April's SGM has brought forward the vote on Bingham's position as a Director – should he wish to seek another term – by a month.

That is because the current AusCycling Chair was, along with Lee Brentzell, elected in 2023 for a term with a three-year expiry. That means if Bingham wishes to remain as a Director he would have to be put up for re-election at the regular annual general meeting in May anyway.

However, if the motion to remove Bingham as a director at the SGM is successful that could potentially result in three members of the current board facing a vote in the space of a month as the AusCycling constitution outlines in clause 13.6 (d) that: "Two Elected Directors must retire from office at each AGM".

It is unclear, given three of the four requested motions have been ruled out, if this has done anything to quell the discontent among clubs that led to the SGM request in the first place.

Included in the AusCycling document sent out to clubs informing them of the SGM request was the question: 'What is the Board doing in response to the concerns that led to this SGM?'

"This is an opportunity to do more to engage with our members and we take that seriously. In the lead-up to the meeting, we will be providing additional information about our performance, governance and direction," said AusCycling as part of its response.

The vote on April 23, while not of the scope initially sought, may deliver some indication of whether or not that response and additional information has resonated with members.

*Updated with paragraph on clause 13.6 (d) from AusCycling Constitution

The strongest rider on your local group ride might have an FTP of 350 watts. If you're in the company of cycling's elite, maybe there is a rider with a 380W or even 400W FTP, or functional threshold power – meaning the highest average power that rider can produce for an hour. A true FTP test is a lung-bursting effort, an all-out, one-hour time trial.

FTP is seen as the absolute limit, the hardest that you can go for a sustained period of time. Zone 2 is something completely different – it is your aerobic threshold, the highest average power that you can produce without accumulating a significant amount of lactate. In other words, your body can clear lactate as quickly as it's producing it when you're riding in zone 2.

A well-trained cyclist can ride in their zone 2 for hours on end. Given proper fueling, a cyclist should be able to ride in zone 2 all day without a significant amount of fatigue. Professional cyclists use zone 2 to build their aerobic engine, the foundation upon which their higher power outputs are built. By riding so many hours in zone 2, they improve their mitochondrial density, fat oxidation, and overall endurance without accumulating excess fatigue.

Both FTP and zone 2 are crucial to cycling performance. They are both key training zones and physiological markers (or limits) that we use to base our training. The strongest cyclists in the world, like Tadej Pogačar, have FTPs above 450W and zone 2 power between 300-350W.

The advantage of higher numbers in each marker depends on your role within a team.

If you are the team leader and the out-and-out race winner, you want as much explosive power as possible so that you can attack and drop your rivals. On the other hand, a domestique doesn't typically care how much power they can produce for three to five minutes. Instead, they need to be able to ride on the front of the peloton all day – sometimes every day, for three weeks straight in a Grand Tour.

In this article, we'll take a deep dive into zone 2, what it is, and how pros improve it. How is it possible that some pros have a zone 2 that pushes 350 watts? That is the question we set out to answer by delving deeper into how the pros and their coaches work.

How do the pros define zone 2?

Zone 2 has nearly as many definitions as FTP. It may change depending on who you ask, but it is typically defined as the steady state aerobic threshold, the point at which blood lactate begins to accumulate significantly. In basic terms, zones 1 and 2 are talking pace, before your breathing becomes labored and the sweat starts flowing.

A proper zone 2 ride is done at between 60-75% FTP by power-based training. However, you've probably noticed that the range is massive. For a rider with a 400W FTP (remember, we are talking about pros here), that is a range of 240-300W. So when this rider goes out for a zone 2 ride, what power do they target?

After researching multiple professional riders and coaches, we've seen that riders actually use this full range in their zone 2 training. Instead of targeting a specific power output, they vary their target power based on terrain, altitude, weather, and other factors.

How the pros train their zone 2

Using a range of 60-75% FTP, pros tend to alter their power target based on the length and difficulty of the zone 2 interval. The longer and easier the interval, the higher the target power within zone 2. So let's take a look back at our example pro with an FTP of 400W.

This rider can target anywhere between 240W and 300W during a zone 2 ride. However, if they live in Andorra, they will be riding up and down climbs all day, and it would actually be impossible for them to do four hours of uninterrupted zone 2.

In this case, the pro would likely target high zone 2 (70-75% FTP) on the climbs, and then recover on the descents. Realistically, it would be impossible for them to ride at 240-300W down the descents anyway.

Tadej Pogačar himself discussed his actual zone 2 numbers on the Peter Attia podcast, saying that he rides at 320-340W during his zone 2 rides. However, this only applies to his hilly zone 2 rides – he will target 320-340w on the climbs before recovering on the descents. Pogačar lives in Monaco, so most of his training rides are extremely hilly.

But when Pogačar goes to training camps and rides flatter roads, he actually alters his zone 2 training to match the terrain. If he rode 320-340W for five hours, he would be so fatigued that he said, "the next day, I would not be riding the bike."

When riding on the flats, Pogačar drops his zone 2 power all the way down to 290-300W. We're talking about a 50W drop in zone 2 power at most; that is a massive difference. But for Pogačar, there is nowhere to recover on the flats, so zone 2 rides are much harder.

"Your zone 2 after a five-hour ride, it might not be your zone 2 anymore," said Pogačar.

Pogačar weighs roughly 65kg, so a zone 2 ride at 320-340W is 4.9-5.2W/kg. But there are plenty of heavier riders in professional cycling who have raw power outputs that dwarf Pogačar’s. Riders like Filippo Ganna, Wout van Aert, and Nils Politt weigh around 80kg, so you can expect their zone 2 rides to be done at 350W or more.

Sport Engineering Director at Team Jayco AlUla, Marco Pinotti, said: "We have always prescribed 'sustained power output for a long time' or shorter intervals at slightly higher intensity." When it comes to steady zone 2 rides, Pinotti said: "We look at the trend of the Power/HR [heart rate] curve and Power/HR value."

Heart rate drift and the Power/HR curve are crucial data points used by professional coaches. The fitter the rider, the more stable their heart rate will be during a long zone 2 effort. Amateurs may see a significant amount of HR drift during long rides, where the HR increases over time due to aerobic fatigue.

Coaches like Pinotti often use Lactate Threshold 1 (LT1) when prescribing zone 2 training. LT1 is the point at which blood lactate starts to accumulate above resting levels. Basically, it is the upper limit of aerobic riding, or the line between zones 2 and 3. While zone 2 is a broad range, LT1 is a specific intensity or power output that can be determined through lactate testing.

You can see two different zone 2 rides in the images from TrainingPeaks below. One is for a rider completing zone 2 intervals, somewhere around 140-150bpm, with recoveries in between each effort.

Pinotti said: "In this instance, I prescribed a bit higher PO intervals at LT1 (4W/Kg) to the rider…It depends on the place they train, if they have mostly climbs or descents, we look to prescribe more intervals at LT1 rather than continuous effort, which is impossible to do."

The second zone 2 ride is a steady one – you can follow the rider's power and heart rate in a nearly horizontal line across the chart.

Zone 2 power can also be adjusted for other factors, such as altitude or weather. Basically, anything that significantly affects your level of fatigue can play a major role in zone 2 training. The harder the efforts, the lower your zone 2 target power.

When our example pro goes to an altitude camp, their 240-300W zone 2 might become 220-280W. Riding at 300W would quickly push them into their tempo (zone 3) and cause a significant amount of lactate accumulation. The same goes for hot weather. If a rider's heart rate is already elevated from extreme heat, riding at the top end of their zone 2 could easily cause damage instead of positive adaptations.

So far, we've mentioned a number of factors that affect zone 2 training, but we haven't mentioned one of the biggest factors of all: time.

Should you be doing zone 2 intervals?

Old school zone 2 training meant going out and riding all day. Sometimes that meant seven to eight hours, especially for the pros. They would ride at an easy tempo; perhaps they had a heart rate monitor, but they would never truly push the pace.

Modern zone 2 has evolved with the use of lactate meters, breathing sensors, power meters, and more. There are a hundred different physiological metrics you can track, but what does that actually mean? For a long time, it seemed like the best way to improve your zone 2 power was to accumulate more hours on the bike. Pros would do 30, 35, or 40-hour weeks in search of aerobic fitness gains.

But at a certain point, you cannot accumulate any more hours. In fact, many pros have stepped away from 35-hour weeks, opting for 20-25-hour weeks instead. It seems that quality has begun to outweigh quantity.

In search of zone 2 gains, some pros started doing zone 2 intervals. Similar to what Pogačar described in Monaco, pros started doing 10x10 minutes in zone 2 instead of 60 minutes straight. You can find several rides on Strava like this, such as this "6x20min LT1" from Tour de France stage winner, Jonas Abrahamsen. The Norwegian does this type of workout every single week, along with most of his Uno-X Mobility teammates.

The thinking is that you can accumulate more time at a higher zone 2 power output when you break the ride into intervals with short recoveries. It's the same reason that pros do 40/20-second intervals instead of five-minute VO2 Max intervals all the time.

Instead of doing 4x5min at 450w, they can do 4x5x40/20s with target powers of 500W and 200W. By the end of the 40/20s session, they've accumulated more time at a higher power (500W vs 450W) compared to the five-minute interval workout.

"It's common in Scandinavia at the moment to do 10min LT1 efforts instead of steady Z2 to become able to ride very efficiently/economically on a higher power output than before," said Magnus Kulset, former teammate of Abrahamsen at Uno-X Mobility.

"From my personal experience, I think it's a useful way to train. As LT1 is very controllable, you open on a power you know is under your LT1, and then you can be careful not to go over LT1, so you get a quality session in a controlled way. You do the power according to your lactate measurement, not based on heart rate or feeling. Where a steady zone 2 ride with similar/same average power in total will be more impacted by other factors, such as bad legs or high heart rate."

What is the best approach to zone 2 training?

We've heard from Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Abrahamsen, and an entire professional team that zone 2 interval training works. So why isn't every pro doing it? To be honest, I'm not completely sure.

Zone 2 interval training is certainly effective, but it may be more fatiguing for some riders than others. Pogačar and Abrahamsen are two of the strongest riders in professional cycling, so it isn't a surprise that they can do zone 2 rides which consist of 6x20min at 330W – this is all done while keeping their lactate and heart rate in zone 2.

Does this approach work for amateur cyclists? Maybe, but it depends on a number of factors. First of all, what are you training for? It's unlikely to be a three-week stage race like Pogačar or Abrahamsen. Instead, it is probably a one-day race that relies more on explosiveness than aerobic fitness.

Of course, having a 300W zone 2 is great, but you probably won't win your local crit if you can't accelerate far above that threshold. Many pros train to ride hard all day, every day. Some of them are breakaway riders like Abrahamsen. After an explosive effort to form the breakaway, riders like Abrahamsen will ride at 300-350W for multiple hours to maintain their gap over the peloton.

The ability to push this power is one thing. But for this power to be well within your zone 2 is a game-changer.

Why zone 2 matters, and how it helps win races

You probably won't win a bike race by riding in zone 2 for an hour. But having a higher zone 2 can indirectly help you win – here's how.

When you're riding in zone 2 (or below), your body is clearing lactate as quickly as it's producing it. Thus, you aren't accumulating a significant amount of fatigue. In fact, riding in zone 2 (60-75% FTP) after a hard effort actually helps you recover because it helps clear lactate, arguably more so than simply coasting.

When you can recover in your zone 2 during a race, it gives you an advantage over all the riders who are pushing zone 3 or zone 4 power. While they are simultaneously accumulating lactate and fatigue, you are clearing it. By the time you get to the next climb, those riders will all be carrying fatigue, whereas you will be completely recovered.

This is one of the most underrated aspects of Tadej Pogačar's arsenal. Everyone likes to focus on his raw power output, pure W/kg, ridiculous VAM, and unreal speed. But what truly sets Pogačar apart from the rest of the professional peloton is his fatigue resistance. And where does fatigue resistance come from? His zone 2 power.

At 320-340W, Pogačar is riding at 4.9-5.2W/kg. When his rival teams are 'pushing the pace' on warm-up climbs, Pogačar is riding in zones 2-3 while his rivals are in zone 4. This means they are accumulating much more fatigue than the two-time road world champion.

In a fresh 20-minute effort, there are probably 10-20 pros who can come close to Pogačar's power and W/kg. But after 4,500kJs on the 18th stage of the Tour de France…that's where Pogačar sets himself apart.

The magic of zone 2 shows itself in multiple ways. Some riders can pull on the front of the peloton for hours at a time. 350W is hardly scratching the surface of Nils Politt's tempo zone. The large German can sit on the front at 45kph for over 100 kilometres, all while staying in zone 2.

Zone 2 also shows itself in fatigue resistance. The higher your zone 2, the more you can recover in between efforts, especially during a race when the pace stays high in between climbs and attacks.

Everyone can benefit from zone 2 training. Not only amateur and professional cyclists, but also the average human being. Zone 2 training is good for your overall health and fitness. It isn't too difficult either, which is great news for those of us who are weighed down by the mental burden of a working life. You can hop on the bike, ride at a comfortable heart rate, and make significant fitness gains in just a few hours of training per week.

We can gawk at the pros as much as we'd like. But their 35-hour weeks in Mallorca don't tell us much about our own training and fitness. Zone 2 is a term that's been beaten to death since its inception, but for good reason. It is one of the most important terms and tools in physiological fitness, and it applies to everyone. Whether you are a beginner cyclist or Tadej Pogačar, you can make serious gains from zone 2 training.

Watch Tirreno-Adriatico 2026 for a trip across Italy in the Race of the Two Seas with Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) and Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) among the star-studded lineup.

The 2026 Tirreno-Adriatico takes place over seven stages from Monday, March 9 to Sunday, March 15.

This year's Race of the Two Seas features a challenging, hilly route, though one without a summit finish. It kicks off with a short time trial in Lido di Camaiore before hitting the hills for a gravel finish on stage 2.

Stage 3 in Magliano de' Marsi could be one for the hardy sprinters, though for GC action you'll want to look towards the next three days – in particular stages 5 and 6, which both feature around 4,000 metres of climbing. Sunday's closer in San Benedetto del Tronto should host the traditional sprint finish.

Classics stars such as Van der Poel, Van Aert, and Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) will be mixing it up with a host of GC names during the week.

Look out for Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), and Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious).

The likes of Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers), Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep), and Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Intermarché) are ones to watch in the time trial and sprints, meanwhile.

Tirreno-Adriatico is being broadcast all over the world, with TV coverage and live streaming options in the UK, US, and Canada, so read on for all the details on how to watch the race wherever you are in the world.

Tirreno-Adriatico free live stream

You can watch the 2026 Tirreno-Adriatico for free on Australian streaming platform SBS – with English commentary.

You can also catch the race streams live on Italian national broadcaster RAI.

Abroad? You will need a good VPN to watch your usual free streaming service from anywhere. Not all VPNs work for this, so we recommend NordVPN. There's no need to pay full price if you use our exclusive NordVPN deal.

Where can I watch Tirreno-Adriatico in the UK?

Fans in the UK can watch the 2026 Tirreno-Adriatico through TNT Sports and Discovery+.

TV viewers will find the action on TNT Sports 1 all week, with live streaming available on the Discovery+ platform.

You can add TNT Sports to an existing pay-TV package with the likes of Sky and Virgin, or you can sign up to Discovery+ to stream instantly for £30.99 per month.

Who is showing Tirreno-Adriatico in the US?

Tirreno-Adriatico is being aired by HBO Max in the United States. Plans start from $18.49 per month for a package that includes live cycling.

If your'e an Amazon Prime member you might find it easier to sign up to Max via Prime.

How to watch Tirreno-Adriatico in Canada

For Canadian viewers, Flobikes is your port of call to watch Tirreno-Adriatico.

A subscription will set you back CAN$203.88 for the year or CAN$39.99 on a monthly basis. Flobikes customers in the US will be blocked from this one - they only have the rights in Canada.

How to watch Tirreno-Adriatico in Australia

Fans in Australia can watch Tirreno-Adriatico through SBS. Each stage is being streamed live on the SBS On Demand platform, which is a free service for those in Australia.

How to watch Tirreno-Adriatico securely from anywhere

If you're outside your usual country when Tirreno-Adriatico is on, you might think you can't watch the race, but you'd be wrong. A VPN is a nifty piece of internet security software that can lets you tune into your streaming services from abroad, and allows you do to so with complete confidence.

A Virtual Private Network, to give it the full name, provides encrypted connections so your data is totally private. It can set your device's IP address to make it seem like it's in any country in the world, so you can unblock your usual streaming services and enjoy your coverage as if you were back home.

There are loads of great VPN options out there, but for a VPN that's brilliant at streaming and is also TechRadar's pick for overall best VPN in the world, we'd recommend NordVPN.

UAE Tour 2026 Stage Start Times

• Stage 1: 4:10 AM ET / 9:10 AM GMT / 10:10 AM CET
• Stage 2 (ITT): 4:05 AM ET / 9:05 AM GMT / 10:05 AM CET
• Stage 3: 3:25 AM ET / 8:25 AM GMT / 9:25 AM CET
• Stage 4: 3:50 AM ET / 8:50 AM GMT / 9:50 AM CET
• Stage 5: 4:20 AM ET / 9:20 AM GMT / 10:20 AM CET
• Stage 6: 3:50 AM ET / 8:50 AM GMT / 9:50 AM CET
• Stage 7: 4:05 AM ET / 9:05 AM GMT / 10:05 AM CET

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Watch Paris-Nice from March 8-15 to see the men’s WorldTour peloton in action as the challenging eight-day stage race heads from Parisian suburbs to the Mediterranean Sea. 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.

The race began in the town of Achères on the river Seine, then wends its way south and east to its Mediterranean finish on March 15. As usual, there is a varied mix of stage types with flat, mountain/hilly, mixed, and a 23.5km team time trial on stage three. As always, crosswinds are a threat in the early stages and snow can affect the mountain finishes later on.

Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike), the two-time Tour de France champion, is among the pre-race favourites, along with the likes of Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek), and Oscar Onley (Ineos Grenadiers).

There are broadcast options in the UK, USA and Canada, as well as free live streaming options for Paris-Nice.

Today at Paris-Nice

Today, Wednesday March 11, is stage 4 of Paris-Nice, a 195km journey from Bourges to Uchon. Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek) wears the yellow leader's jersey, although it was Ineos Grenadiers who triumphed in the stage 3 team time trial.

Stage 2 features a category-2 climb to the finish, so it should be another hit-out for the puncheurs and GC contenders and, with the wind blowing early, not one to be missed.

You can watch the stage all over the world – read on for all the details in your area.

Can I watch Paris-Nice for free?

The 2026 edition of Paris-Nice will have free-to-air coverage in Australia via SBS, as well as in many European countries.

SBS is the major cycling broadcaster in Australia and you can watch for free via the SBS On Demand streaming platform.

Elsewhere, France Télévisions will be showing Paris-Nice on TV and online, through their FranceTV streaming platform.

In Belgium, Sporza has live coverage for the Flemish audience on their website or the VRT Max platform, while down south, RTBF and Auvio have the French speakers covered.

RTVE in Spain, RAI in Italy, and NOS in the Netherlands are all also among the free-to-air broadcasters with Paris-Nice rights.

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.

How to watch Paris-Nice from anywhere

If you're outside your usual country while Paris-Nice is on, you may think you'd struggle to watch the race due to geo-restrictions in place for different viewing regions. But a VPN is a simple and safe way around this.

A Virtual Private Network is a piece of software that sets your IP address to make your device appear to be in any country in the world. Provided it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs, you can use a VPN to access your usual streaming services when you're far from home. What's more, it helps with playback speeds and is a huge boost for your general internet security.

There are loads of great VPN options out there, but our colleagues at TechRadar rate NordVPN as the best overall for its streaming capabilities, security features, and price.

Where can I watch Paris-Nice in the UK?

Viewers in the UK can watch Paris-Nice on TNT Sports and Discovery+.

For TV viewers, TNT Sports 1 is the channel you need, while to watch Paris-Nice online, the Discovery+ streaming platform has you covered.

You can get TNT Sports on your TV through various pay-TV packages, while Discovery+ subscriptions cost £30.99 a month.

Where can I watch Paris-Nice in the USA?

Paris-Nice will have live coverage in the USA on NBC Sports via Peacock.

A subscription to Peacock Premium (with ads) costs $7.99/month or $79.99/year, while a subscription to Peacock Premium Plus (no ads) - $16.99/month or $169.99/year.

Where can I watch Paris-Nice in Canada?

Fans in Canada can watch Paris-Nice on FloBikes.

A subscription to Flobikes, which has pretty much every race you could wish for, costs $39.99 a month or $203.88 for the year.

Where can I watch Paris-Nice in Australia?

Viewers in Australia can watch Paris-Nice 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 a registration.

Unfortunately, there is no TV coverage in New Zealand – Staylive does not have the rights to Paris-Nice.

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Watch Strade Bianche today to see the men’s and women’s WorldTour pelotons in action at the one-day Classic on Tuscan gravel, with all the details here on live streams and TV channels wherever you are in the world.

World champion Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) will be making his season debut as he targets a record fourth Strade Bianche title. Competition will come from the likes of Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike), Tom Pidcock (Pinarello-Q36.5) and perhaps even cycling's newest young superstar, Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA GCM).

Demi Vollering (FDJ United-SUEZ), Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime), and Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM- Zondacrypto) are among the perennial favourites in the women's field, which includes Tour de France champion and off-road star Pauline Ferrand Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike).

There are broadcast options in the UK, USA and Canada, as well as free live streaming options in Australia, Italy, and Belgium. Read on for all the details on how to watch Strade Bianche online, on TV, and from anywhere.

Can I watch Strade Bianche for free?

The 2026 edition of Strade Bianche will have free-to-air coverage for viewers in numerous countries, including Australia, Belgium, and the host country of Italy.

In Australia, Strade Bianche is the first major race of the season to air on SBS, the public broadcaster. To watch Strade Bianche for free online, head to SBS' streaming platform, SBS On Demand.

In Italy, public broadcaster RAI has coverage of the major Italian races – fans in Italy can watch Strade Bianche through the RAI Play browser player.

Over in Belgium free-to-air broadcasters VRT/Sporza in the Flemish north has live coverage of Strade Bianche on TV, or you can watch Sporza via their website.

All the services mentioned above are geo-restricted. If you're abroad on Saturday you can still access your usual streaming platforms by using a VPN – more on that below.

How to watch Strade Bianche from anywhere

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Where can I watch Strade Bianche in the UK?

Fans in the UK can watch Strade Bianche on TNT Sports and Discovery+.

For TV viewers, TNT Sports 3 is the channel you need for the women's from 10:30am, while the men's race is in TNT Sports 1 from 2:45pm.

You can watch both races online via the Discovery+ streaming platform. Access costs £30.99 per month.

Where can I watch Strade Bianche in the USA?

After some confusion and doubt, US fans will in fact be able to watch Strade Bianche 2026, both races of which are going out on the HBO Max streaming platform.

HBO Max has recently agreed a deal with RCS Sports that includes Tirreno-Adriatico, Mian-San Remo, and the Giro d'Italia. Subscriptions start from $18.49 for a plan that includes live sport.

Where can I watch Strade Bianche in Canada?

Fans in Canada can watch Strade Bianche on FloBikes today.

A subscription to the cycling streaming service will cost $39.99 a month or $203.88 for the year.

Note, only Canadian customers get access – the US arm of Flobikes doesn't have the rights to Strade Bianche.

Where can I watch Strade Bianche in Australia?

Cycling fans in Australia will be able to watch the Strade Bianche men's and women's races live on SBS On Demand for free.

Strade Bianche Schedule & Timings

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Multiple Australian cycling clubs have lodged formal documentation with AusCycling in an attempt to trigger a special general meeting, bringing to a head plans and discussions that have been in the works for a number of months amid evident discontent among at least some of the organisation's member clubs.

The resolutions have come to the fore in a time of falling membership, volunteer strain, rising costs and with clubs raising concerns over the junior pathway. They call for change right to the top of the organisation, specifically the removal of the AusCycling Chair, Craig Bingham, and Chief Executive Officer, Marne Fechner.

Under the Australian Corporations Act 2001, directors of a company must call, and arrange to hold, a general meeting on the request of members with at least 5% of the votes that can be cast at the meeting. Cyclingnews has obtained copies of two distinct request forms to be signed by clubs.

One emanates from the Midland Cycle Club and includes the resolutions for a vote on the removal of the Chair and CEO, and there is another from Canberra Cycling Club – which includes resolutions on the election of Chloe Hosking as a director and also a members' expression of support for the former professional cyclist to be appointed as Chair. After discussions with multiple sources close to the process, Cyclingnews understands from those driving the submissions that both requests were lodged with AusCycling in February, with more than enough clubs signing and returning the forms to cross the 5% of vote threshold that triggers a meeting under the Australian Corporations Act.

AusCycling said, in response to questions sent by Cyclingnews, that it had received "formal correspondence from certain member clubs seeking to requisition a Special General Meeting."

"We respect the legal right of member clubs to utilise the governance mechanisms available to them and those communications are being considered in accordance with the appropriate legal and constitutional processes."

When asked to confirm various details of the requests, including the percentage of member votes involved, the Australian cycling governing body said it was too soon at this point to discuss some details.

"It would be premature to provide a running commentary on timing, volume or classification prior to that assessment being completed, nor would it be appropriate to comment publicly on proposed resolutions concerning individual directors, employees or board candidacies outside the organisation’s formal governance processes," said AusCycling.

"If a valid requisition is confirmed, the organisation will call a meeting within the required timeframe. If requirements are not met, members will be advised accordingly."

What is behind the requests?

It has now been more than five years since AusCycling was formed, amalgamating 19 separate governing bodies across various cycling disciplines – including road, BMX and mountain biking – into one national organisation. The background to those opening years has been one of falling individual memberships – with members in 2022 sitting at 57,384 according to the annual report, falling to 52,210 by 2024 – and alterations to the way the business has been structured that have not been welcomed by all.

The cycling organisation itself said in its 2024 annual report, released last year, while summarising the completion of the first phase of its plan 'Horizon One - A Strong Foundation', that "many clubs are now strongly connected with us, but there is work to be done to ensure that everyone feels the benefits of a unified approach". Fechner also acknowledged in quotes alongside the summary that "we certainly haven’t met everyone’s expectations – including our own – but we have achieved so much to be proud of. More importantly, we now have a clear view of what’s critical in 2025 and beyond.”

Though, clearly, into 2025 and now 2026, there are those who are still not content with the path that has been taken, and, given that the involved clubs believe they have sufficient numbers to call a meeting, it is not an insignificant percentage among the club member group which, according to the AusCycling 2024 annual report, comprised of 470 affiliated clubs.

Hosking – a former professional cyclist, now lawyer and bike brand founder with husband Jack Lindsay – has discussed on multiple occasions on LinkedIn the issues surrounding brewing discussions around a Special General Meeting.

"Calls like this SGM don’t emerge in a vacuum," said Hosking in one LinkedIn post late last year, when an early proposal emerged from New South Wales based-club Harlequin Cycling that advocated a return to the partially state-based federated model. "They surface when clubs feel distant from the decisions that affect them daily: event delivery, membership products, facilities, volunteer strain, and the policies that shape pathways and participation."

Still now, with the question of leadership having come to the fore, Hosking's role has expanded as she has now become one of those named in the resolutions, which go beyond removing the current players and also call for a vote on some aspects of the leadership path forward.

"This is business pragmatism," said Club Volunteer Lindsay – who has been working on the proposal emanating from Canberra – of the calls for change. "Five years ago we consolidated into a single AusCycling entity under the current leadership. Since that time, membership has declined and concerns have been raised repeatedly about grassroots participation, national pathways, and club engagement.

"I have spoken directly with more than 200 clubs across the country. The consistent message is frustration that the strategic objectives of the merger have not translated into measurable growth or stronger participation. In any organisation, when performance trends negatively over a sustained period, it is reasonable and responsible for members to review leadership."

The two senior leaders who are the subject of the resolutions, Fechner and Bingham, have both been in the key roles at the organisation for a number of years. Fechner, who was previously the Chief Executive Officer at Netball Australia, was appointed as the inaugural CEO from the start of 2021, while Bingham was appointed Chair in 2022.

After being asked by Cyclingnews via email if AusCycling believed that keeping the current Chair and CEO in place was in the best interests of the sport, the organisation said: "The Board’s responsibility is to ensure clear strategic focus, leadership accountability and organisational stability while reforms are being delivered.

"The Board has full confidence in the Chair and CEO, who continue to lead with professionalism and integrity. AusCycling remains committed to transparent governance, respectful engagement and the long-term health of cycling in Australia, and our focus remains on serving the interests of clubs, participants and the wider cycling community across all levels of the sport."

The evolving path

The meeting requests didn't just materialise in recent weeks, but rather it has been an evolving situation and AusCycling has been aware that discussion around a potential SGM has been brewing for some months.

Another proposal was up for discussion among various member clubs, but Cyclingnews understands that the focus of the formal requests from the involved member clubs, as it currently stands, is centred on seeking a vote on just the four resolutions. The first two regarding the removals initially circulating, but then that latter triggered thoughts of 'what next?' if the removals occurred, and that's when – late in January – the next step was contemplated, and the proposals involving Hosking were also introduced.

The current resolutions in the proposals, according to documents obtained from the initiating clubs, call for:

• The removal of Craig Bingham as a Director and Chair with immediate effect
• The removal of Marne Fechner as Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect and initiation of an open, transparent recruitment process for a new CEO 
• The election of Chloe Hosking as a Director of AusCycling with effect from the close of the meeting
• An expression of support from voting members for the appointment of Chloe Hosking to the position of Chair and a call upon the Board to give due consideration to the clearly expressed will of the membership in electing the Chair of AusCycling.

The latter two resolutions came about after moves on the first two were already well in progress, as consideration of what was next if the positions were left vacant led to Canberra Cycling Club putting forward Hosking.

Hosking has a history with AusCycling beyond her role as one of Australia's top road performers for more than a decade, as she also stood for the Board in 2023 but missed out then. In 2024, revised eligibility criteria were introduced requiring a minimum of three years governance experience as a Board Director on a State or National Board within the past three years. Hosking outlined in a LinkedIn post last week that under the revised criteria, Canberra Cycling Club's nomination of her could not proceed to a vote.

Under the AusCycling Constitution: "The Directors may determine position or role descriptions or necessary qualifications for Director positions" and also that "The Nominations Committee has the power to determine that a nomination is unsuitable for further consideration by the Company, the Directors or the Members but only if this decision is unanimous."

As is perhaps demonstrated by the situation above, there are a wide range of rules, regulations and mechanisms involved in a meeting and calling it even in ordinary circumstances, both under the AusCycling Constitution and Australian Corporations Act.

If after AusCycling's consideration of the communications formally seeking to requisition a Special General Meeting, "in accordance with the appropriate legal and constitutional processes" it does in fact go ahead, there are certain timelines specified under the Australian Corporations Act. These are that the meeting must be called within 21 days after the request is given to the company, and it is not to be held more than two months after the request is given to the company.

As for who gets to vote at a meeting, the AusCycling constitution outlines that voting rights are limited to member clubs, with life and individual members entitled to attend but not vote or debate. Additionally, the votes that the clubs are entitled to vary depending on the number of members each club has – which makes calculating the 5% threshold for a meeting and a majority required to pass a resolution a more complicated matter than just counting the number of clubs in support. Votes range from one for clubs with under nine members up to 13 votes for clubs with 780 members or more.

Still, regardless of the outcome of the votes at the meeting, or whether or not it is even called, the move to pursue it has put a number of key issues in the spotlight.

When AusCycling was asked by Cyclingnews if it was concerned that the situation had got to a point where member clubs felt the need to try and compel a special meeting and request leadership change, AusCycling said: "We acknowledge that genuine pressures exist at community level, including rising costs, volunteer fatigue and event delivery challenges. Those pressures are real and are being actively addressed.

"In any national sporting organisation, differing views will arise from time to time about priorities, structure and leadership. We respect that diversity of perspective and take club feedback seriously. Club engagement continues through established forums, direct meetings and project-based consultation."

It is unlikely that in such a broad church differing views will ever completely disappear, but the question now is whether in the months ahead the responsibility of finding the optimum path for Australian cycling amid a tangle of varied routes will rest with the current management or a new set of leaders.

With the Spring Classics up and running after an enthralling Opening Weekend, the month of March brings racing at every turn, with a whole host of one-day and week-long WorldTour events, including the first Monument of the year at Milan-San Remo, plus Strade Bianche, Paris-Nice, and Tirreno-Adriatico before then.

Cyclingnews will be on the ground at the trio of Italian races, bringing you breaking news, expert analysis, and in-depth features as Tadej Pogačar launches what could be a monumental 2026 campaign, a star-studded line-up battles it out at Strade Bianche Donne, and the first Monument winners of the season are decided.

On top of that, for our subscribers, we have several new features launching in the Cyclingnews mobile app alongside a whole host of member-exclusive content coming their way. That premium content includes the return of Classics columnist and nine-time Monument winner, Sean Kelly, several industry-leading Cyclingnews Labs tests with insights on the sport's best tech - including our first bike stiffness test - and long-read features on the WorldTour's race for innovation and what pro cycling can learn from other sports when it comes to transfers, its rule book, and much more.

Plus, for the racing fanatics, we'll have interviews with the likes of Adam Yates, Urska Žigart, and Derek Gee-West as the volume of racing rapidly ramps up.

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Watch Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne today for the second instalment of the men's Opening Weekend, following on from yesterday's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, with all the TV and streaming information in this guide.

On Sunday, Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne arrives with 12 climbs across 194.9 kilometres from Kortrijk to Kuurne. Belgian sprinter Philipsen won last year and this time will face off against Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Intermarché), Biniam Girmay (NSN Cycling), Christophe Laporte (Visma-Lease a Bike) and other top sprinters.

But it's not all about the sprinters, with the race often going the way of the attackers if the right rider or group can blow the race apart.

There are broadcast options in the UK, USA, and Canada, as well as free live streaming options in Belgium, so read on for all the details on how to watch Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne online, on TV, and from anywhere.

Can I watch Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne for free?

The 2026 edition of Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne will have free-to-air coverage for viewers in the host country of Belgium.

Flemish public broadcaster VRT is showing the race on TV and the Sporza website. Down in French-speaking Wallonia, public broadcaster RTBF has the race, with streaming on the Auvio service.

Geo-restrictions apply. If you are based in Belgium but currently outside of the country, then you can still tune in by using a virtual private network (VPN) - more on that below.

How to watch Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne from anywhere

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• Read More: How to watch Spring Classics 2026 - TV & Streaming Details

Where can I watch Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne in the UK?

Fans in the UK can watch Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne on TNT Sports 2 and Discovery+, with coverage starting at 13:30 GMT on Sunday.

It might be a touch late to add TNT Sports to your TV package but you can sign up to stream the race via Discovery+ in no time. Subscriptions cost £30.99 per month.

Where can I watch Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne in the USA

Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne will have live coverage in the USA on the streaming service HBO Max, which costs $18.49 a month for the plan that includes live sports.

Note, Flobikes does have the rights in Canada but users in the USA will be geo-blocked from the live stream.

How to watch Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne in Canada

In Canada, Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne race will be shown live on the cycling streaming service FloBikes ($39.99 a month).

Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne Schedule & Timings

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Watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad today to see the men’s and women’s WorldTour pelotons in action at the first one-day Classic of the season, with all the details here on live streams and TV channels wherever you are in the world.

The first of two races that form the Flemish Opening Weekend, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad marks the beginning of the Spring Classics, the day before Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne for the men and Omloop van het Hageland for the women.

Mathieu van der Poel (Fenix-Premier Tech) headlines the men's field, with the eight-time Monument winner making his debut at the race, though there'll be no clash with Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) who's out through illness.

The SD Worx-Protime duo of Lotte Kopecky and Lorena Wiebes form a strong partnership in the women's field, which includes former Tour de France winner Demi Vollering (FDJ United-SUEZ).

The men will race 207.6km and the women 137.6km on similar courses running from Gent to Ninove, on many of the same roads that feature in the Tour of Flanders, with the cobbled climbs of the Muur van Geraardsbergen and Bosberg forming the finale.

There are broadcast options in the UK, USA and Canada, as well as free live streaming options in Belgium and the Netherlands. Read on for all the details on how to watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad online, on TV, and from anywhere.

Can I watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad for free?

The 2026 edition of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad will have free-to-air coverage for viewers in the host country of Belgium via Flemish broadcaster Sporza / VRT.

TV viewers can watch the action from both the men's and women's races on VRT 1 while those looking to stream Omloop Het Nieuwsblad online can watch through the VRT Max streaming platform, or simply on the Sporza website through a browser player that does not require registration.

Over the border in the Netherlands, public broadcaster NOS has the rights to Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, which will be streamed on the NPO Start platform.

If you are based in Belgium or the Netherlands but currently abroad, then you can still tune in by using a virtual private network (VPN) - more on that below.

How to watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad from anywhere

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Where can I watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in the UK?

Fans in the UK can watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on TNT Sports 3 and Discovery+.

Coverage of the men's race starts at 12pm GMT and runs through to 3:15pm GMT, when it will switch to the women's race.

Both races are streaming live on the Discovery+ platform, where subscriptions cost £30.99 per month.

Watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in the USA and Canada?

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad will have live coverage on the cycling streaming service FloBikes in both the USA and Canada.

Coverage is set to fire up at 7:40am ET for the men's race and 10:10 ET for the women's race.

A subscription to Flobikes costs $39.99 a month, but you'll save big in the long run if you go for an annual plan.

Why can’t I watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in Australia?

Unfortunately for cycling fans in Australia, they will not have a live broadcast for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad this year. SBS aren't showing the race this year, and the streaming distribution service Staylive does not have road cycling coverage this season.

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Schedule & Timings

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad mini-preview

Last year Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) won Omloop Het Nieuwsblad with a massive sprint ahead of Paul Magnier and Jasper Philipsen, and the trio returns. Both Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) were to make season debuts on Saturday, but now only the Dutchman will be there for his first effort at the Belgian race, Van Aert pulling out due to illness.

In the first European race of the Women's WorldTour, with Lotte Kopecky and Lorena Wiebes in action for SD Worx-Protime against Demi Vollering (FDJ-United-Suez) and Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek). They will look to unseat last year's surprise winner Lotte Claes, now with Fenix-Premier Tech.

The men will race from Ghent to Ninove will run slightly longer than last year at 207.6km, with eight cobbled sectors and 12 hills. A noticeable change will be the removal of the Valkenberg and the addition of two ascents of the Eikenberg, while the final one-two punch of the Muur van Geraardsbergen and Bosberg remain.

The women have the same start and finish, but will ride 137.6km across the cobbles and bergs of Flanders, facing Geraardsbergen and the decisive ascents of the Muur and Bosberg before flat finish of 11.8km into Ninove.

Full list of broadcasters for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

• Sporza / VRT & RTL Play - Belgium
• NOS - Netherlands
• La chaîne L'Equipe - France
• FloBikes - USA & Canada
• TV2 Sport (men's race only) - Denmark
• SuperSport variety 4 (men's race only) - Africa
• HBO Max, Discovery+, Eurosport - Europe and Asia
• Disney+ (men's race only) - Latin America

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