It's time for the big one, La Grande Boucle! The Tour de France 2025, is here and once again Tadej Pogačar is the undeniable favourite after crushing his principle rivals at the Criterium du Dauphiné. Anything can happen at Le Tour though, so stay tuned for the greatest three weeks of the cycling calendar.
Read on and we'll show you how to watch the Tour de France 2025 live streams from anywhere with a VPN, and potentially for FREE.
Tour de France 2025 live streams take place between Saturday, July 5 and Sunday, July 27. Start times vary each day.
• FREE STREAMS — Watch on ITVX (UK) SBS (Australia) RAIplay (Italy) RTBF (Belgium) France.tv (France)
• U.S. — Watch on Peacock
• Canada — Watch on FloBikes
• U.K. — Watch on Discovery+
• Watch anywhere — Try NordVPN
The biggest actors once again return to the biggest stage as Jonas Vingegaard, Primož Roglič, Remco Evenepoel and of course Tadej Pogačar all line up for the 112th Tour de France. On paper, in reality and pretty much any way you want to look at it Pogačar is the number one out-and-out favorite who, backed up by a team of leaders all devoted to him is likely to take his 4th title at just 26 years old.
Winning a grand Tour is no walk in the park though and the chance of an accident, of illness, or just a bad day on a hard stage can derail even the most fancied of riders so there is no such thing as a certainty.
Away from the general classification favorites the start list is bulging with talent from green jersey contenders Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert, climbers in the shape of Oscar Onley, Lenny Martinez and the world's three best sprinters Tim Merlier, Jasper Philipsen and Jonathan Milan.
Read on for where to watch Tour de France 2025 and live coverage of a whole month of top cycling action, wherever you are in the world.
FREE Tour de France 2025 live streams
If you live in the UK, Australia, Italy, Belgium or France then you can look forward to a FREE Tour de France live stream in 2025.
The UK's ITV ITVX and Australia’s SBS are set to serve up free streams of the biggest race of 2025 as is Italy's Rai , Belgium's RTBF and France's France.TV
But what if you’re based in any of these countries but aren’t at home to catch that free Tour de France coverage? Maybe you’re on holiday and don’t want to spend money on pay TV in another country, when you’d usually be able to watch for free at home?
Don't worry — you can watch via a VPN instead. We'll show you how to do that below.
Tour de France 2025 live streams around the world
Away from home at the moment and blocked from watching the cycling on your usual subscription?
You can still watch the Tour de France 2025 live thanks to the wonders of a VPN (Virtual Private Network). The software allows your devices to appear to be back in your home country regardless of where in the world you are. So ideal for viewers away on vacation or on business. Our favorite is NordVPN. It's the best on the market:
Using a VPN is incredibly simple.
1. Install the VPN of your choice. As we've said, NordVPN is our favorite.
2. Choose the location you wish to connect to in the VPN app. For instance if you're in the U.S. and want to view a U.K. service, you'd select U.K. from the list.
3. Sit back and enjoy the action. Head to ITVX, or another streaming service, and watch the action.
How to watch 2025 Tour de France live streams in the U.S.
Cycling fans in the U.S. can watch the 2025 Tour de France on NBC. It'll also be available to stream via Peacock (from $4.99 per month).
Looking to cut the cord? Fear not as you can access NBC via SlingTV as explained earlier.
Sling is king here but other alternatives include DirecTV, and FuboTV or Hulu with Live TV.
And if you're currently out of the U.S. but still want to watch all the stages, then don't forget to explore NordVPN set out above.
How to watch Tour de France 2025 live streams in the U.K.
Cycling fans in the U.K. can watch the 2025 Tour de France live for FREE on ITVX via the ITV4 channel.
ITV4 is a free-to-air channel in the U.K., though it requires a TV licence and a UK postcode (e.g. SE1 7PB) to watch content live on ITVX.
Live coverage of the 2025 Tour de France will also be broadcast in the UK on TNT Sports. To access TNT Sports, you'll either need to add it to your TV package, or you can take out a standalone subscription via Discovery+ which will set you back £30.99 per month, though BT Broadband customers can get a discounted rate.
If you're currently traveling overseas, don't worry, as you can use NordVPN to watch from abroad.
How to watch Tour de France 2025 live streams in Canada
How to watch Tour de France 2025 live streams in Australia
In a similar vein to the U.K., Australian residents will be able to watch all stages of the Tour de France for free.
SBS on Demand will be your home for the race and you can sign in right now via Google, Facebook or Apple accounts. Simply provide your birth year and gender and watch for free!
Outside Oz during the Tour? You can still catch the action by using NordVPN.
Tour de France 2025 stage information
Full stage info below▼
For the first time in five years all 21 stages of the race will take place on French soil with this year's 'Grand Depart' being held in the northern city of Lille.
Kicking off the journey with a pan flat course, stage one will certainly be for the sprinters all of whom will be desperate to don the first Maillot Jaune of the 2025. Staying in the north-east for two more stages then heading west into Brittany the opening week is composed of flat and hilly days with a time trial on stage 5 which will start to shape the GC.
After a longer than normal first period due to Bastille Day falling on a Monday, the initial 10 days then finish with stage 10 in the Massif Central on the climb to Le Mont-Dore.
Week two sees the race transfer south to the Pyrenees kicking off with a flat stage around Toulouse before the mountains arrive on stage 12 with a visit to the mighty Hautacam. This stage, as with all first big mountain days will likely set the agenda for the rest of the race so is one not to be missed. Followed the next day by an uphill time trial to Peyragudes and another massive day of climbing on stage 14 to Superbagnères, the Pyrenees will certainly shake things up.
There's one more stage in the south before the second rest day then week three kicks off with a visit to one of the most feared mountains in all of France, the legendary Mont Ventoux.
Stage 17 is then thankfully flat before BANG, stages 18 and 19 are again both summit finishes on the Col de la Loze and La Plagne respectively. These two days, if it wasn't sorted long ago will decide the overall before the race heads into its final weekend with a lumpy stage to Pontarlier followed by the typical finish into Paris, which this year comes with a twist.
After the success of the Paris Olympic road race which centred around the climb to Montmartre, instead of the normal laps of the Champs-Élysées, this year the final stage will include three of these vicious ascents which is sure to despatch the sprinters and set up the unpredictable finale the fans crave.
Stage 1 | Saturday July 5 | Lille – Lille, 184.9km
Stage 2 | Sunday July 6 | Lauwin-Planque – Boulogne-sur-Mer, 209.1km
Stage 3 | Monday July 7 | Valenciennes – Dunkirk, 178.3km
Stage 4 | Tuesday July 8 | Amiens – Rouen, 174.2km
Stage 5 | Wednesday July 9 | Caen – Caen, 33.0km (ITT)
Stage 6 | Thursday July 10 | Bayeux – Vire, 201.5km
Stage 7 | Friday July 11 | Saint-Malo – Mûr-de-Bretagne, 197.0km
Stage 8 | Saturday July 12 | Saint-Méen-le-Grand – Laval, 171.4km
Stage 9 | Sunday July 13 | Chinon – Châteauroux, 174.1km
Stage 10 | Monday July 14 | Ennezat – Le Mont-Dore, 165.3km
REST DAY | Tuesday July 15
Stage 11 | Wednesday July 16 | Toulouse – Toulouse, 156.8km
Stage 12 | Thursday July 17 | Auch – Hautacam, 180.6km
Stage 13 | Friday July 18 | Loudenvielle – Peyragudes, 10.9km (ITT)
Stage 14 | Saturday July 19 | Pau – Superbagnères, 182.6km
Stage 15 | Sunday July 20 | Muret – Carcassonne, 169.3km
REST DAY | Monday July 21
Stage 16 | Tuesday July 22 | Montpellier – Mont-Ventoux, 171.5 km
Stage 17 | Wednesday July 23 | Bollène – Valence, 160.4km
Stage 18 | Thursday July 24 | Vif – Col de la Loze, 171.5km
Stage 19 | Friday July 25 | Albertville – La Plagne, 129.9km
Stage 20 | Saturday July 26 | Nantua – Pontarlier, 184.2km
Stage 21 | Sunday July 27 | Mantes-la-Ville – Paris, 132.3km
Tour de France 2025 start list
Full list below▼
This is the Tour de France 2025 start list with all the riders for each team.
Alpecin – Deceuninck
- Mathieu van der Poel,
- Jasper Philipsen
- Kaden Groves
- Oscar Riesebeek
Arkéa – B&B Hotels
- Kévin Vauquelin
Bahrain Victorious
- Lenny Martinez
- Santiago Buitrago
- Matej Mohoric
- Phil Bauhaus
Cofidis
- Ion Izagirre
- Emanuel Buchmann
- Simon Carr
- Alex Aranburu
- Benjamin Thomas
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
- Felix Gall
EF Education – EasyPost
- Richard Carapaz
- Ben Healy,
- Nelson Powless
- Harry Sweeny
Groupama – FDJ
- David Gaudu
- Guillaume Martin
- Valentin Madouas
- Romain Grégoire
- Quinten Pacher
INEOS Grenadiers
- Carlos Rodriguez
- Filippo Ganna
- Michal Kwiatkowski
- Thymen Arensman
- Geraint Thomas
- Laurens De Plus
- Tobias Foss
Intermarché – Wanty
- Biniam Girmay
- Kobe Goossens
- Georg Zimmermann
- Laurenz Rex
- Hugo Page
- Louis Barré
Lidl – Trek
- Mattias Skjelmose
- Jonathan Milan
- Jasper Stuyven
- Tao Geoghegan Hart
- Simone Consonni
- Edward Theuns
- Julien Bernard
Movistar
- Enric Mas
- Fernando Gaviria
- Iván Romeo
- Pablo Castrillo
- Nelson Oliveira
- Javier Romo
- Einer Rubio
Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe
- Primoz Roglic
- Aleksandr Vlasov
- Daniel Felipe Martínez
- Danny van Poppel
- Jan Tratnik
Soudal – QuickStep
- Remco Evenepoel
- Tim Merlier
- Bert Van Lerberghe,
- Pascal Eenkhoorn
Team Jayco AlUla
- Ben O’Connor
- Dylan Groenewegen
- Christopher Juul-Jensen
- Eddie Dunbar
- Mauro Schmid
- Elmar Reinders
- Luka Mezgec
Team Picnic PostNL
- Frank van den Broek
- Oscar Onley
- Tobias Lund Andresen
UAE Emirates
- Tadej Pogacar
- João Almeida
- Adam Yates
- Tim Wellens
- Marc Soler
- Pavel Sivakov
- Domen Novak
- Jhonatan Narváez
- Nils Politt
Visma | Lease a Bike
- Jonas Vingegaard
- Wout van Aert
- Simon Yates
- Sepp Kuss
- Matteo Jorgenson
- Tiesj Benoot
- Victor Campenaerts
- Edoardo Affini
XDS Astana Team
- Alberto Bettiol
- Harold Tejada
- Simone Velasco
- Clément Champoussin
Israel – Premier Tech
- Michael Woods
- Alexey Lutsenko
- Stephen Williams
- Pascal Ackermann
- Joseph Blackmore
- Jake Stewart
Lotto
- Arnaud De Lie
- Lennert Van Eetvelt
- Jasper De Buyst
- Jenno Merckmoes
TotalEnergies
- Mathieu Burgaudeau
Tudor
- Julian Alaphilippe
Uno-X
- Magnus Cort
- Andreas Leknessund
- Tobias Halland Johannessen
- Anders Halland Johannessen
- Søren Wærenskjold
- Stian Fredheim
- Jonas Abrahamsen
- Markus Hoelgaard
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