The 2024 Critérium du Dauphiné gets underway as the build-up to the Tour de France gets in full swing after the conclusion of the season's Grand Tour opener, the Giro d'Italia.
It's the 76th edition of the week-long stage race and the Criterium du Dauphiné 2024 route is as challenging as ever. Summit finishes at the Col de la Loge, Le Collet d'Allevard, Samoëns 1600, and the grand finale at Plateau des Glières are mixed in with a mid-race 34.4km time trial in the 'mini Tour de France'.
Tour contenders Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and Primož Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe) will be among the big names heading to France to prepare for the big one in July.
Other major names set to line up at the race include Aleksandr Vlasov, Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe), and Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep) in support of the two big favourites.
Elsewhere, look out for Matteo Jorgenson, Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease A Bike), Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers), David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), Santiago Buitrago, Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious), Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl-Trek), Felix Gall (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), among other major riders.
Cyclingnews will be bringing you full reports, results, news, interviews, and analysis throughout the race. Read on to find out how to watch the racing action via live stream, no matter your location, with NordVPN.
How to watch the Critérium du Dauphiné for free
The 2024 Critérium du Dauphiné will be aired for free in Australia via SBS in Australia.
If you live or are on holiday in those countries then enjoy the month of racing with no subscription fees to pay. However, if you're away from home on holiday during the racing then it's possible to keep up with the racing without resorting to shelling out for a local streaming subscription.
A VPN could solve your problem, and we have all the information on how to watch the action using a VPN below.
How to watch the Critérium du Dauphiné in the USA & Canada
The 2024 Critérium du Dauphiné will be aire will be aired live in the USA by NBC and its streaming service PeacockTV. Pricing starts at $6 per month or $60 per year for a Peacock Premium subscription, while an ad-free Peacock Premium Plus plan will set you back $12 per month or $120 per year.
The race will be aired by FloBikes in Canada, meanwhile. A subscription to the streaming service will set you back CAN$150 for the year or CAN$29.99 on a monthly basis.
How to watch the Critérium du Dauphiné in the UK
In the UK, live coverage of the 2024 Critérium du Dauphiné will be broadcast via Eurosport and Discovery+.
A 'standard' subscription to Discovery+, which includes Eurosport's cycling coverage, will set you back £6.99 per month or £59.99 per year. The package includes year-round cycling streams as well as other live sports, including snooker, tennis, motorsports, the Paris Olympic Games, and more.
A premium subscription, which includes all that plus TNT Sports (Premier League, Champions League and Europa League football plus rugby, wrestling, UFC, and MotoGP) costs an additional £29.99 per month.
How to watch the Critérium du Dauphiné in Australia
In Australia, the 2024 Giro d'Italia will be broadcast live and in full by the free-to-air channel SBS. The race is also set to be available on SBS on Demand – both live and in catch-up mode – if the middle of the night viewing in Australia doesn't work for you.
Watch live cycling on any streams
If you are outside of your home region and need to access your live streaming services to watch the action, you may find your access to be geo-restricted.
In this case, a VPN service will come in handy, allowing your computer to pretend it's home and let you log into your streaming accounts to catch all of the racing action.
Our colleagues at TechRadarthoroughly tested several VPN services and came up with a few great recommendations below.
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There are a couple other very good options that are safe, reliable and offer good bandwidth for streaming sports. Check out two other top options below - ExpressVPN and the best budget option, Surfshark.
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Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, joining in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Before 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, Road World Championships, and the spring Classics. They have interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars, including Mathieu van der Poel, Demi Vollering, and Remco Evenepoel. Their favourite races are the Giro d'Italia, Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix.
