Tour de France stage 16-18 dates: July 18-20
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Race preview
The herculean GC battle Tour de France between leader Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and second-placed Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) comes to a full boil on stages 16 and 17 before the sprinters have one of their final chances at glory on stage 18.
Vingegaard has but 10 seconds over his rival in the current Tour de France GC standings.
The top two among the Tour de France contenders have more than five minutes on third placed Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) and the two horse race is hitting the final stretch.
First up is the 22.4 kilometre time trial from Passy to Combloux that includes the category 2 Côte de Domancy. It will definitely be high drama and one to watch, with the first rider off at 1:05 CEDT.
Stage 17 is another big day in the mountains with two category 1 and one smaller category 2 climb before the massive Col de la Loze (28.1km long at 6% average grade) and a quick descent into Courchevel.
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How to watch the Tour de France
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NBC hold the broadcasting rights for the Tour de France in the USA. The race will be broadcast live on NBC, as well as the network's streaming service, Peacock TV.
FloBikes will air the Tour de France in Canada. An annual subscription will set you back $12.99/month.
Viewers in the USA can watch the Tour live via the network, while highlights and on-demand streams will also be available.
In the UK, the Tour de France will be aired free to air on TV via Eurosport, ITV4, and Welsh-language channel S4C. Live coverage and highlights are all available.
The Tour will also be aired live and in full by GCN+ in the UK, with the same coverage also available via streaming on Discovery+ and on Eurosport's TV channel. Discovery+ is available for Sky Glass, Sky Q, and Sky Stream customers for no extra cost.
In Australia, national broadcaster SBS will carry live Tour de France coverage.
For a local feel and full French-language coverage of the race, head to France TV Around Europe, broadcasters include ARD in Germany, Sporza and RTBF in Belgium, Rai in Italy, and RTVE in Spain.
Best VPN for streaming the Tour de France
Geo-restrictions are the bane of cycling fans because they can prevent you from watching the Tour de France using your live streaming accounts if you are outside of your home country.
While you can always follow Cyclingnews for all the live coverage you can access your geo-blocked live streaming services by simulating being in your home country with a VPN - a 'virtual private network'.
Our experts have thoroughly tested VPNs for live streaming sports and recommend ExpressVPN. The service lets you to watch the race live on various devices – Smart TVs, Fire TV Stick, PC, Mac, iPhone, Android phone, iPads, tablets, etc.
There are a couple other very good options that are safe, reliable and offer good bandwidth for streaming sports. Check out the best two options below - NordVPN and the best budget option, Surfshark.
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