Watching live professional sports with a simple click of a television remote control is a thing of the past, vanishing like rings from a land line telephone and buzzing of a facsimile machine. For a US audience looking for a way to watch bike races anywhere around the globe has become a tedious task, sorting through various streaming services, social media channels and apps.
The bulk of high-profile events across cyclo-cross, road, mountain bike and track disciplines take place in Europe, and it continues to be an evolving landscape for broadcast rights among networks and streaming platforms. Some of the premier gravel races around the globe now offer their own live streaming on YouTube or social media channels, retaining rights and keeping the process open without subscriptions.
While streaming has brought convenience to individuals with handheld devices and smart TVs, it's a Rubik's cube for piecing together who covers what, even with three main players in the US market. And monthly or yearly subscription fees also change periodically.
In general, FloBikes has the rights to Flanders Classic races (Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold Race, UCI Cyclo-cross World Cups), Peacock is the exclusive US home for ASO races (Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Tour de France, Vuelta a España), and HBO Max offers RCS Sport races (Strade Bianche, Milan-San Remo, Giro d'Italia).
In July, Peacock features the Tour de France, July 4-26, followed by the Tour de France Femmes in August.
HBO Max is the place to watch UCI Mountain Bike Cross-country and Downhill World Cup races in July.
FloSports offers UCI MTB BMX and Eliminator race coverage for US viewers in July, while Canadian subscribers will see the Tour de France on their specialty channel FloBikes.
Cyclingnews provides a recap of subscriber plans, a summary of monthly races available with each service (which are subject to change) and if there are any specials to entice your selection.
FloBikes
FloBikes began live and on-demand coverage for professional cycling in 2017, a vertical streaming channel under the FloSports umbrella. In the US this past year, programming included UCI Cyclo-cross World Cups and World Championships and USA Cycling national championships events.
A bonus with FloBikes is that subscribers receive access to other FloSports programming, such as motor sports, college sports and other amateur and pro events, with access to more than 100,000 events. A single subscription offers access with multiple devices sharing the same network.
New in 2026, FloBikes has updated its calendar listings for programming based on the country, so it is now clear what races US subscribers can watch versus Canadian subscribers, which can be different.
While BMX and MTB Eliminator events feature in July, the August lineup will include road races such as Clásica de San Sebastián (men and women), Czechia Tour and Deutschland Tour, with UCI Mountain Bike World Championships beginning the end of that month.
There is just one type of plan, which can be paid for monthly or for one year. While FloBikes increased the monthly subscriber rate from $29.99 to $39.99, a special rate for an annual plan, $155.88, gives you eight months for free, for a 67% discount.
FloBikes subscription
Monthly plan - $39.99
Annual plan - $155.88 (67% discount)
Date |
Discipline |
Event |
|---|---|---|
July 2 |
BMX |
USA BMX Star N' Stripes Nationals |
July 11 |
MTB |
UCI MTB Eliminator World Cup Finals |
July 17 |
BMX |
USA BMX Red River National |
July 24 |
BMX |
USA BMX New England National |
July 31 |
BMX |
USA BMX Cornhusker National |
HBO Max
HBO Max integrated live sports from Discovery Channel and new TNT and TBS affiliations three years ago to create a broad array of programming including US pro leagues (MLB, NHL), NCAA basketball, US soccer national matches, NASCAR and other sports. They promoted an offering of 1,700 sports events in 2025.
Multiple disciplines on the cycling lineup include road, cyclo-cross, MTB, track and BMX, with UCI MTB World Cup races taking centre stage in July.
HBO Max offers two plans with live sports. The Standard plan at $18.49 per month or $184.99 for one year, which includes streaming on two devices and 30 downloads to watch on the go. The Premium plan is $22.99 per month or $229.99 for one year, with 100 downloads allowed but still just streaming on two devices for sports.
HBO Max subscriptions
Standard - $18.49/month or $184.99/year (16% savings)
Premium - $22.99/month or $229.99/year (16% savings)
Date |
Discipline |
Event |
|---|---|---|
July 3-5 |
MTB |
UCI Cross-country, Downhill World Cups in La Thuile (m/w) |
July 10-12 |
MTB |
UCI Cross-country, Downhill World Cups in Pal Arinsal (m/w) |
Peacock
NBC Sports and NBCUniversal's streaming platform Peacock launched a six-year extension with Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) in 2024 to remain the exclusive US media rights holders for the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes. Peacock offers live start-to-finish coverage for every stage through 2029.
This network remains the home for the Tour de France in July, with Peacock also the home for Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in early August.
Play-by-play for all 21 stages of the Tour will be called by announcing legend Phil Liggett, with analysis by Bob Roll and reporters Steve Porino and Christian Vande Velde. All stages will be broadcast live, on-demand recordings provided on Peacock within 30 minutes to an hour after the live presentation concludes.
NBC will air encore presentations on three days, which do not require a separate subscription unless not part of a viewer's regular cable, satellite or streaming service - stage 14 (Saturday, July 18) at 3 p.m. EDT, stage 15 (Sunday, July 19) at 2 p.m. EDT, and the final stage 21 (Sunday, July 26) at 2 p.m. EDT.
There will be daily pre-race studio shows before each stage of the Tour on Peacock and NBCSN. Paul Burmeister will host daily pre-race and post-race studio coverage alongside analysts Brent Bookwalter and Tejay van Garderen.
The Select plan is just $7.99 each month and $79.99 for one year, but excludes most sports coverage. The Peacock Premium plan is $10.99 per month or $109.99 for one year. And features live sports with ads. The Premium Plus plan is $16.99 per month or $169.99 for one year, and differs by offering no ads (with limited exclusions for sports, events and other programs).
Going with Premium also provides download capabilities for mobile devices. For either plan, when you subscribe for a full year the savings gives you 12 months for the price of 10.
Peacock subscriptions
Select (with ads) - $10.99/month or $109.99/year (16.5% savings)
Premium (no ads) - $16.99/month or $169.99/year (16.5% savings)
Date |
Discipline |
Event |
|---|---|---|
July 4-26 |
road |
Tour de France (men) |
Date |
Discipline |
Event |
July 18 |
road |
Tour de France stage 14 encore presentation |
July 19 |
road |
Tour de France stage 15 encore presentation |
July 26 |
road |
Tour de France stage 21 encore presentation |
How to use your US streaming subscription wherever you are
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. But that doesn't mean you can't watch the races.
In this case, a VPN will come in handy. A Virtual Private Network – to give it its full name – allows your computer to pretend it's in a different country, letting you log into your streaming accounts to catch all of the racing action.
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