How watch the 2026 Tour de France live and free in Australia

Christie Graham - Digital Content Editor

Last updated 02 July 2026

If your FIFA World Cup fever is starting to ease and you're looking for another sport to occupy your time, you're in luck. The 2026 Tour de France, easily the most popular cycling event around, launches this July and this year, Australian have eleven competitors in the race.

To cheer on your fellow Aussies and watch all the drama unfold, here's which streaming service you'll need to tune into.

How can I live-stream the 2026 Tour de France in Australia?

The 2026 Tour de France cycling event is live-streamed for free and exclusively on SBS. If you miss any part of the race, SBS On Demand has you covered as well, with replays of team presentations and all 21 stages of the competition.

To see how SBS' free sports offering stacks up against other paid sports streaming services, here's a comparison:

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Prime Video	Prime Video Monthly Plan	Prime Video Monthly Plan Features exclusive Amazon Originals as well as popular movies and TV shows Watch on 3 devices at once Watch on 3 devices Min. cost $9.99 per month Deal: 1-month free trial	$9.99/mth Min. cost $9.99 per month	View Plan
Disney+	Disney+ Standard with Ads Plan	Disney+ Standard with Ads Plan Content from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars™, National Geographic, Hulu and ESPN Watch on 2 devices at once Watch on 2 devices Min. cost $9.99 per month	$9.99/mth Min. cost $9.99 per month	View Plan
Stan	Stan Basic with Ads Plan	Stan Basic with Ads Plan Thousands of hours of entertainment, first-run exclusives, iconic series and movies Watch on 1 device at once Watch on 1 device Add Stan Sport for $20 per month Min. cost $9.99 per month	$9.99/mth Min. cost $9.99 per month	Link not supplied
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beIN Sports Monthly Plan	beIN Sports Monthly Plan	beIN Sports Monthly Plan Watch over 4,000 hours of live events Watch on 1 device Watch on 1 device Min. cost $14.99 per month Deal: 7-day free trial	$14.99/mth Min. cost $14.99 per month	Link not supplied
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Apple TV	Apple TV Monthly Plan	Apple TV Monthly Plan Features exclusive Apple Original award-winning series Watch on 6 devices at once with Apple Family Sharing Watch on 6 devices Min. cost $15.99 per month Deal: 7-day free trial	$15.99/mth Min. cost $15.99 per month	View Plan
Kayo Sports	Kayo Standard Plan	Kayo Standard Plan Over 15,000 hours of sport on-demand sport – new content daily Watch on 1 device at once Watch on 2 devices Min. cost $29.99 per month	$29.99/mth Min. cost $29.99 per month	View Plan
Foxtel Now	Foxtel Now Sports + Movies Bundle	Foxtel Now Sports + Movies Bundle Includes Starter pack plus Movies and Sports with over 50 live sports to stream Watch on 2 devices at once Watch on 2 devices Min. cost $84 per month Deal: 10-day free trial	$84/mth Min. cost $84 per month	View Plan

When to watch the 2026 Tour de France in Australia

The 2026 Tour de France runs from July 4 until July 26. Below we have conveniently broken out each of the stages and their locations, dates and timings:

2026 Tour de France viewing schedule (AEST)

Stages	Location	Date and time
Stage 1	Barcelona to Barcelona	July 5, 2026 - 12:55am AEST
Stage 2	Tarragona to Barcelona	July 5, 2026 - 9:35pm AEST
Stage 3	Granollers to Les Angles ski resort	July 6, 2026 - 8:00pm AEST
Stage 4	Carcassonne to Foix	July 7, 2026 - 9:00pm AEST
Stage 5	Lannemezan to Pau	July 8, 2026 - 9:55pm AEST
Stage 6	Pau to Gavarnie-Gèdre	July 9, 2026 - 8:15pm AEST
Stage 7	Hagetmau to Bordeaux	July 10, 2026 - 9:05pm AEST
Stage 8	Périgueux to Bergerac	July 11, 2026 - 9:00pm AEST
Stage 9	Malemort to Ussel	July 12, 2026 - 9:20pm AEST
Stage 10	Aurillac to Le Lioran	July 14, 2026 - 9:00pm AEST
Stage 11	Vichy to Nevers	July 15, 2026 - 9:40pm AEST
Stage 12	Nevers Magny-Cours to Chalon-sur-Saône	July 16, 2026 - 9:20pm AEST
Stage 13	Dole to Belfort	July 17, 2026 - 8:50pm AEST
Stage 14	Mulhouse to Le Markstein Fellering	July 18, 2026 - 9:00pm AEST
Stage 15	Champagnole to Plateau de Solaison	July 19, 2026 - 9:00pm AEST
Stage 16	Évian-les-Bains to Thonon-les-Bains	July 21, 2026 - 8:50pm AEST
Stage 17	Chambery to Voiron	July 22, 2026 - 9:10pm AEST
Stage 18	Coiron to Orcières-Merlette	July 23, 2026 - 8:25pm AEST
Stage 19	Gap to Alpe d'Huez	July 24, 2026 - 9:50pm AEST
Stage 20	Le Bourg d'Oisans to Alpe d'Huez	July 25, 2026 - 7:10pm AEST
Stage 21	Thoiry to Paris Champs-Elysées	July 27, 2026 - 12:05am AEST

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Christie Graham

Digital Content Editor

Christie Graham is a tech industry expert and former head copywriter for Harvey Norman's Computers and Tech category. She won a national Newscorp writing competition to review TV shows on Binge, and keeps busy juggling her many hobbies including baking, painting, archery, stargazing, tending to her chickens, training her Border Collie, expanding her Harry Potter replica collection, and making lists (much like this one).

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