The Tour De France is an annual multi stage cycling race primarily held in France but making regular appearances in neighbouring countries. This is one of the longest cycling races in the world, spread over 23 days with 21 riding days of long stages.
This year the 2023 event is being held from Sat, 1 Jul 2023 – Sun, 23 Jul 2023.
How to watch Tour De France?
There are many TV channels showing the Tour worldwide including:
New Zealand: Sky Sports (paid), Eurosports (Highlights)
United Kingdom: Eurosport (Live), ITV4 (Highlights)
Australia: SBS (free), Eurosport (Highlights)
USA: NBC Sports Gold.
How to watch Tour de France for free?
In other countries such as Australia and UK, all events are live streamed for free online with exclusive replays and cycling shows. One such website is SBS Australia.
Connect using an Australian VPN (PureVPN is our #1).
Signup for a free SBS account, start watching live streams, full stage replays and daily highlights shows (50-60mins).
Use AU VPN. Then SBS Australia website.
What is Tour De France?
The tour was originally started in 1903 to increase newspaper sales for the L'Auto and has been held every year since excluding the two World Wars. The event is held every year in July with different routes planned every year to keep things interesting.
Over the course of 23 days, riders complete over 3,500 kilometres of riding throughout the mountain chains of the Pyrenees and the Alps, finishing in Champs-Elysees in Paris. Each day holds different types of race including time trials, hill climbs and standard road riding.
Each year there are 20-22 teams with 8 riders in each and all stages are timed from start to finish with riders times compounded from previous stages. The rider with the lowest time wears the yellow jersey each day, indicating he is the leader of the race.
Winning the tour de france offers a prize fund of over 500,000 euros while winning individual stages is approx 10,000 euros. There are many other prizes for young riders, winners of points classifications and sponsored prizes.
Chris Froome has won the most times in recent years with 4 wins, while Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain have all won the race 5 times over the last 50 years.
While the event is regularly subject to doping allegations and scandals, the cycling race is one of the most popular on the yearly calendar and most watched in the entire world.
How to Watch Tour De France With VPN
Step 1: Get A VPN Provider
To watch Tour De France legally for free live or on demand in New Zealand for free you’ll need to use the best VPN provider to pretend you’re in Australia.
SBS Australia is a free to air platform, anyone can live stream with an Australian IP address.
There are many different VPN providers out there on the web, from our experience the cheapest and most affordable option is PureVPN.
You’ll be able to buy a VPN using your New Zealand credit card/Paypal.
Step 2: Download & Install VPN
You’ll need to decide how you plan on accessing Euro Sports or ITV4. You could use your smart TV, Apple TV or just a computer web browser.
You’ll need to download the PureVPN Application to your device first, then their app or visit their website.
Login with the details you were provided via email during signup.
Step 3: Choose Australian Server
You’ll now need to connect through to a AU based server. If you’re given an option of which city then I’d choose Sydney.
You’ll be advised by the VPN app once your IP has changed and you’re routing your connection via Australia.
You’ll now be able to go to the SBS Australia website and steam for free.
It’s 100% free to create an account. When asked for a postcode enter a random Australian postcode.
Step 4: Start Watching Tour De France
Search for the race on the website search box, although it’s likely going to be on the homepage. You’ll now be able to play any of the on demand content available.
Keep your account and watch again every night.
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Tour De France 2023 Stages
| 1 | July 1 | Bilbao, Spain | Bilbao, Spain | 7 |
| 2 | July 2 | Pamplona, Spain | Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain | 177 |
| 3 | July 3 | Logroño, Spain | Burgos, Spain | 203 |
| 4 | July 4 | Burgos, Spain | Soria, Spain | 190 |
| 5 | July 5 | Soria, Spain | Zaragoza, Spain | 174 |
| 6 | July 6 | Zaragoza, Spain | Andorra la Vella, Andorra | 276 |
| 7 | July 7 | Andorra la Vella, Andorra | Toulouse, France | 239 |
| 8 | July 8 | Toulouse, France | Montpellier, France | 175 |
| 9 | July 9 | Nîmes, France | Marseille, France | 222 |
| 10 | July 11 | Aix-en-Provence, France | Gap, France | 242 |
| 11 | July 12 | Gap, France | Briançon, France | 173 |
| 12 | July 13 | Briançon, France | La Plagne, France | 180 |
| 13 | July 14 | Albertville, France | Chambéry, France | 131 |
| 14 | July 15 | Chambéry, France | Besançon, France | 204 |
| 15 | July 16 | Pontarlier, France | Mulhouse, France | 197 |
| 16 | July 18 | Belfort, France | Dijon, France | 191 |
| 17 | July 19 | Dijon, France | Chalon-sur-Saône, France | 173 |
| 18 | July 20 | Autun, France | Moulins, France | 187 |
| 19 | July 21 | Vichy, France | Sancy, France | 176 |
| 20 | July 22 | Riom, France | Saint-Étienne, France | 183 |
| 21 | July 23 | Paris, France | Paris, France | 112 |
