The European stage racing season is well underway as we enter March and with it a return to the Race to the Sun, Paris-Nice.
The 81st edition of the week-long stage race runs from March 3-10, starting in Les Mureaux and taking in eight stages on the way to the hilly finale in Nice. With Tour de France contenders Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and Primož Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe) facing off for the first time this season, it's definitely one for the diary.
Elsewhere, look out for big names including João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates), David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease A Bike), Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Dstny), and Michael Matthews (Jayco-AlUla) also competing.
Cyclingnews will be bringing you full reports, results, news, interviews, and analysis throughout the race. Read on to find out how to watch Paris-Nice via live stream, no matter your location, with ExpressVPN.
How to watch Paris-Nice for free
If you live France or are visiting on holiday, then you can watch Paris-Nice 2024 for free via French broadcaster FranceTV.
But if you're away from home on holiday during the racing then it's possible to keep up with the racing without resorting to shelling out for a local streaming subscription.
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The route map of the 2024 Paris-Nice (Image credit: ASO)
How to watch Paris-Nice in the USA & Canada
The 2024 Paris-Nice will be aired by FloBikes in Canada. A subscription to the streaming service will set you back CAN$150 for the year or CAN$29.99 on a monthly basis.
NBC and its streaming service PeacockTV will be airing the action in the USA. A subscription to the premium option of the service costs $5.99 per month while premium plus is $11.99 per month.
How to watch Paris-Nice in the UK
In the UK, live coverage of the race will continue to be broadcast via Eurosport and Discovery+ – with the same commentators that featured on GCN+.
A 'standard' subscription to Discovery+, which includes Eurosport's cycling coverage, will set you back £6.99 per month or £59.99 per year. The package includes year-round cycling streams as well as other live sports, including snooker, tennis, motorsports, the Paris Olympic Games, and more.
A premium subscription, which includes all that plus TNT Sports (Premier League, Champions League and Europa League football plus rugby, wrestling, UFC, and MotoGP) costs an additional £29.99 per month.
How to watch Paris-Nice in Australia
In Australia all of the stages of Paris-Nice will be broadcast live by free to air channel SBS, and it is also set to be available on SBS on Demand – both live and in catch up mode – if the middle of the night viewing in Australia doesn't work for you.
Best VPN for streaming live cycling
If you are outside of your home region and need to access your live streaming services to watch the action, you may find your access to be geo-restricted.
In this case, a VPN service will come in handy, allowing your computer to pretend it's home and let you log into your streaming accounts to catch all of the racing action.
Our colleagues at TechRadarthoroughly tested several VPN services and came up with a few great recommendations below.
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Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Prior to joining the team, they had written for numerous major publications in the cycling world, including CyclingWeekly and Rouleur.
Dani has reported from the world's top races, including the Tour de France, World Championships, and the spring Classics. They have interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars, including Mathieu van der Poel, Remco Evenepoel, Demi Vollering, and Anna van der Breggen.
As well as original reporting, news and feature writing, and production work, Dani also oversees How to Watch guides and works on The Leadout newsletter throughout the season. Their favourite races are Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix and their favourite published article is from the 2024 edition of the latter: 'Unless I'm in an ambulance, I'm finishing this race' – Cyrus Monk, the last man home at Paris-Roubaix
