Are you ready for almost three weeks of the best cycling of the year? Starting on June 29th and finishing on July 21st this year, read on to learn how to watch Tour de France 2024 and much more with Sling TV.
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Cycling has become incredibly popular over the last decade, and no event is as big as the Tour de France.
First held in 1903, the race consists of 21-day stages that take place over three weeks. The stages are classified as either “hilly,” “flat,” “mountain,” or “time trial”, and the winner is the cyclist with the fastest overall time for all 21 stages.
Jonas Vingegaard (Team Jumbo-Visma) won last year, having already won in 2022, so he will be back this year seeking his third straight victory.
The Tour de France is the oldest of the three Grand Tours, the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a España being the other two.
While the route changes every year, the majority of it usually takes place in France, though stages sometimes cross into other countries such as Belgium or Switzerland. This year, the race will start in Florence, Italy.
Here are all the details to learn how to watch Tour de France 2024 online without cable using Sling TV.
How to Watch Tour de France 2024 in the US
If you want wall-to-wall coverage of the Tour de France, you should sign up for Peacock. But if you are more interested in cycling generally, Sling TV is the way to go as it will let you watch many other big cycling events as well, including the 2024 Summer Olympics.
As of 2024, NBC Sports and Peacock have exclusive US broadcast rights for the Tour De France. Peacock will stream live coverage of every stage from start to finish, with many of these simulcast on NBC.
Sling TV offers NBC as part of its Sling Blue plan – more information is below (including how to get 50% off your first month).
What Are The 2024 Tour de France Stages?
The 2024 Tour de France starts in Florence, Italy, and finishes in Nice, France. This makes it the first year the race won’t end in Paris for the first time since its inception.
Find all the stages and their dates below to know how to watch Tour de France 2024 in its entirety:
- Stage 1 – Sat, June 29th: Florence-Rimini
- Stage 2 – Sun, June 30th: Cesenatico-Bologne
- Stage 3 – Mon, July 1st: Piacenza-Turin
- Stage 4 – Tue, July 2nd: Pinerolo-Valloire
- Stage 5 – Wed, July 3rd: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Saint-Vulbas
- Stage 6 – Thu, July 4th: Mâcon-Dijon
- Stage 7 – Fri, July 5th: Nuits-Saint-Georges-Gevrey-Chambertin
- Stage 8 – Sat, July 6th: Semur-en-Auxois-Colombey-les-Deux-Églises
- Stage 9 – Sun, July 7th: Troyes-Troyes
- Stage 10 – Tue, July 9th: Orléans-Saint-Amand-Montrond
- Stage 11 – Wed, July 10th: Évaux-les-Bains-Le Lioran
- Stage 12 – Thu, July 11th: Aurillac-Villeneuve-sur-Lot
- Stage 13 – Fri, July 12th: Agen-Pau
- Stage 14 – Sat, July 13th: Pau-Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet
- Stage 15 – Sun, July 14th: Loudenvielle-Plateau de Beille
- Stage 16 – Tue, July 16th: Fruissan-Nîmes
- Stage 17 – Wed, July 17th: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux-Superdévoluy
- Stage 18 – Thu, July 18th: Gap-Barcelonnette
- Stage 19 – Fri, July 19th: Embrun-Isola 2000
- Stage 20 – Sat, July 20th: Nice-Col de la Couillole
- Stage 21 – Sun, July 21st: Monaco-Nice
Cyclists get two rest days during the tour – Monday, July 8th and 15th. Besides those two days, riders will race one stage every day, averaging over 100 miles per stage.
Live Streaming the Tour de France With Sling TV
The Sling Blue plan ($40.00/mo) provides NBC to those within select markets across the US. These are:
- Boston (WBTS)
- Chicago (WMAQ)
- Dallas (KXAS)
- Hartford (WVIT)
- Los Angeles (KNBC)
- Miami (WTVJ)
- New York (WNBC)
- Philadelphia (WCAU)
- San Diego (KNSD)
- San Francisco (KNTV)
- Washington (WRC)
Sling Blue also comes with more than 40 other great channels. As far as sports go, there are ABC and Fox (select markets), Fox Sports 1 (FS1), NFL Network, and USA Network. If you want more, you can add Sports Extra for $11/mo, which includes 11 other channels including beIN Sports, MLB Network, MLB Network Strike Zone, NBA TV, NHL Network, NFL RedZone, Big Ten Network, FS2, Golf Channel, and the Tennis Channel.
With the base Sling Blue plan, you also get A&E, AMC, BBC America, BET, Bravo, CNN, Cartoon Network (Adult Swim), Comedy Central, Discovery Channel, FX, Food Network, Fox News, HGTV, History, Lifetime, MSNBC, NFL Network, National Geographic, Nick Jr, Syfy, TBS, TNT, truTV, and more.
You get 50 hours of free cloud DVR storage too, which should be more than enough to record any Tour stages you don’t want to miss. If you want even more, you can upgrade to 200 hours of storage if you wish.
And Sling Blue allows you to watch on up to three devices at once, with 50% off your first month.
Why Sling TV Is the Best Choice for Cycling Fans
Sling TV is a different kind of live TV streaming service, which is odd given it was the first. Instead of acting as a replacement for cable or satellite TV, Sling is a whole new approach to watching your favorite channels. Some of Sling TV’s many advantages include:
- It is the least expensive streaming service that offers local and sports channels. It isn’t even close: Sling is about half the cost of its competitors like Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, DIRECTV STREAM, and YouTube TV.
- It offers outstanding device support, allowing you to watch on almost any device in use today.
- It provides antenna integration that’s unavailable from other live TV streaming services. (Sling will even provide a free one if you prepay for two months of your plan.)
- Sling TV offers close to a-la-carte channel selection with more than 40 channel-specific add-ons, collections, and dozens of language/region-specific packages.
- Comes with a great on-demand library of shows and films as well.
How Do You Live Stream Tour de France?
Sling TV provides support for most streaming devices. Below is a list of the major ones. See our full list of devices for more information.
- Amazon Fire TV (Firestick)
- Android mobile
- Android TV
- Apple TV
- Chromecast
- iOS (iPhone, iPad)
- LG TVs
- Roku
- Samsung TVs
- Vizio TVs
- Web browsers
- Xbox.
Wrapping Up
Cycling fans should sign up for Sling Blue ($40.00/mo with 50% off your first month) to watch the Tour and other major cycling events. If you want every second of Tour de France action, you may want to combine it with Peacock (deal).
FAQs
How to watch Tour de France Femmes?
Tour De France Femmes is a new, female version of the Tour that consists of only eight stages, created by the same organization that runs the Tour de France. Like the male version, it’s an annual cycling event around France, and broadcast rights are exclusive to NBC Sports and Peacock. Previous editions have taken place straight after the men’s race in July, but due to the Summer Olympics, the Tour de France Femmes 2024 will be 12th to 18th August.
What does the yellow jersey mean?
The yellow jersey is worn by whichever rider has the fastest overall time after each stage. This means the cyclist wearing it after all 21 stages is the winner.
There’s also a green jersey which is given to the fastest sprinter, a polka-dot jersey which is given to the best climber, and a white jersey which is awarded to the best rider under 26 years old. These stage wins can alter daily, so it’s worth checking in often to see how the rankings are changing.
What is the champs-élysées?
The Champs-Élysées is an avenue in Paris and is usually the final stage of the Tour. Because of the 2024 Summer Olympics, which are being held in Paris, the race is ending in Nice, so the peloton won’t get a chance to sprint down the Champs-Élysées this year.
This is also the first year the grand départ will take place in Italy. The race will include four countries this year – Italy, San Marino, Monacco, and France.
How to watch Tour de France 2024 online (outside the US)?
The Tour de France is popular all over the world, so many countries will air the entire event live. How to watch Tour de France depends on where you are, as most countries have individual broadcast agreements with their local networks and streaming services. For example, fans in Canada can stream on FloBikes, those in Australia can watch on SBS, and most of Europe can tune in to Eurosport.
Anyone lucky enough to be within the French border can line the streets to catch the action firsthand, with footage also being broadcast on France TV.
Featured image cropped from Tour de France by HilmarBuschow under Pixabay License.
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