Following hot on the heels of Strade Bianche and leading up to the year's first Monument at Milan-San Remo, the first major Italian stage race of the year comes at Tirreno-Adriatico, kicking off on Monday, March 4 and running to Sunday, March 10.
The seven-day race across Italy will bring together a starry selection of riders, with Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike) and Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) among the big names.
Also racing are GC contenders such as Tom Pidcock (Tom Pidcock), Enric Mas (Movistar), Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates), Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep), Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe), Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl-Trek), and Ben O'Connor (Decathlon AG2R).
More riders to watch include Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers), Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty), and Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck).
Cyclingnews will be bringing you full reports, results, news, interviews, and analysis throughout the race. Read on to find out how to watch Tirreno-Adriatico via live stream, no matter your location, with ExpressVPN.
How to watch Tirreno-Adriatico for free
If you live Italy or are visiting on holiday, then you can watch Tirreno-Adriatico 2024 for free via Italian national broadcaster RAI.
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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.
The route map of the 2024 Tirreno-Adriatico (Image credit: RCS Sport)
How to watch Tirreno-Adriatico in the USA & Canada
The 2024 Tirreno-Adriatico 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.
The race will be aired by Max in the USA. A subscription to the service will set you back $10 per month or $100 per year with ads, $16/$150 for an ad-free experience, or $200 per year for the 'Ultimate' package, which includes additional devices and 4k resolution where available.
In addition to that, you'll need to pay for the B/R Sports add-on, which costs an extra $10 per month.
How to watch Tirreno-Adriatico 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 Tirreno-Adriatico in Australia
Annoyingly, there are no official broadcasters of Tirreno-Adriatico in Australia, with SBS not holding the rights to air the stage race.
However, if you're away from home and on holiday Down Under, then it's possible to keep up with the action via your usual Max, FloBikes, or Discovery+ subscriptions using a VPN. Read on for more information on how to do just that.
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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Tour Down Under schedule
Tirreno-Adriatico 2024 Schedule
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Date
Stage
Length
March 6
Lido di Camaiore TT
10km
March 7
Camaiore - Follonica
198km
March 8
Volterra›Gualdo - Tadino
225km
March 9
Arrone - Giulianova
207km
March 10
Torricella Sicura - Valle Castellana
144km
March 11
Sassoferrato - Monte Petrano
180km
March 12
San Benedetto del Tronto - San Benedetto del Tronto
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
