Channel, highlights and how to watch online - All you need to know about how to watch this year’s Tour de France

In the U.S., every stage of the Tour de France will stream on Peacock. NBC will also air coverage from Stage 1, 2, 15, 20 and 21. You can find NBC's coverage of the race on several platforms, including DirecTV, Hulu + Live TV, Fubo and more.

Pogacar was happy to cruise around the peloton and stay safe on stage eight and still leads the general classification by 54 seconds from Remco Evenepoel, with Frenchman Kevin Vauquelin a further 17 seconds down and Jonas Vingegaard 1:17 adrift of his big rival.

Europe's passion for the Tour remarkable. The Tour de France is available to watch for free not only in France, but also in Spain, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, Slovakia, Luxembourg, Portugal and across two separate channels in both Switzerland and Belgium. Check out the full list of channels and streams further down the page.

The 2025 Tour de France begins today with the first stage, a 184.9-kilometer route through Lille Métropole. Coverage begins on NBC at 8 a.m. ET with streaming available through FuboTV, DirecTV and Peacock. Peacock coverage will begin at 6:30 a.m. ET.

The Tour de France free live stream is available if you know where to look. Here's a free channel for Tour de France live streaming.

When the peloton rolls out of Lille on Saturday for the start of the 112th edition of the Tour de France, it will mark the beginning of the end of one of British sport’s great institutions.

The 112th Tour de France gets underway in Lille on Saturday. Here's a complete guide to one of sport's most prestigious events

Tadej Pogacar is the odds-on favourite to win a fourth yellow jersey after winning the Tour in 2020, 2021 and last year, when he beat two-time winner Jonas Vingegaard by over six minutes. Slovenia's world champion Tadej Pogacar won a third Tour de France title in 2024 and lines up as the overwhelming favourite.

How to watch the Tour de France for free. Live stream the 2025 Tour de France for free from anywhere in the world.