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How to watch Paris-Nice 2026: Free Streams, TV Channels & Schedule for UCI World Tour Stage Race

How to watch the eight-day 'Race to the sun' no matter where you are in the world

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The season is now in full swing as the peloton starts the 84th Paris-Nice, the most prestigious of the early season stage races.

Leading the field this year and making his season debut is two time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard.

Read on and we'll show you how to watch a 2026 Paris-Nice live stream from anywhere with a VPN, and potentially for FREE.

Cycling fans in Australia, France, Italy and Belgium will get to watch the Paris-Nice 2025 live stream for FREE. Here's where:

If you're a resident of Australia, France, Italy or Belgium and you're abroad right now, don't worry about missing the action – all you need to do is download a VPN to re-connect to your home streaming coverage. Details above.

This year's race takes the peloton from Achères on the outskirts of Paris to Nice via eight stages with a total of 27 classified climbs as well as what could be a pivotal 23.5km team time trial.

The race kicks off not with a traditional sprint stage but a challenging lumpy affair, which will favour an attack minded rider who excels on steep climbs such as the 1.1km, 8.3% ascent of the Côte de Chanteloupe-les-Vignes which the riders will face twice before the finish.

Day two is for the sprinters though, their one and only chance of the race and then on stage three we see the 23.5km team time trial which should help establish a pecking order at the top of the rankings.

Stage 4 sees the arrival of the mountains with a very tough 195km featuring the Côte de la Croix de la Libération which has a maximum gradient of 12%, and the finishing climb to Uchon which has slopes as steep as 16%.

Things get even worse on Stage 5 as the route packs in over 3000m of elevation and like wise on stages 6, and 7 which culminates with the 7.3 kilometre summit finish to Auron.

There's no ceremonial sprint stage to end with either as stage 8 packs in a relentless amount of climbing including the Col de la Porte (7km at 7.2%), the Côte de Châteauneuf-Villevieille (6.6km at 6.6%), and the finale of the Côte de Linguador (3.3km at 8.8%).

Amongst the raft of talent lined up to challenge Jonas Vingegaard for the overall win keep an eye out for the British climber Oscar Onley, Spanish star Juan Ayuso the Portuguese rider from the all conquering Team UAE João Almeida and the home star, Lenny Martinez.

Paris-Nice 2026 is streaming on lots of platforms around the world, but what if you're abroad and don't want to take out a new subscription just to watch the race, or you want your familiar, favourite commentary?

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How to watch 2026 Paris-Nice live streams in the US

Cycling fans in the US can watch the 2026 Paris-Nice on Peacock which costs

Currently out of the US but still want to watch the race? Don't forget to explore the VPN route set out above.

How to watch 2026 Paris-Nice live streams in the UK

Cycling fans in the UK can watch the 2026 Paris-Nice on TNT Sports. To access this you'll either need to add it to your TV package, or you can take out a standalone subscription via Discovery+ which will set you back £30.99 per month, though BT Broadband customers can get a discounted rate.

You will also have access to the Premier League, Champions League and Europa League football plus Tour de France cycling, rugby, wrestling, UFC, and Moto GP.

If you're traveling overseas, don't worry, as you can use Nord VPN to watch your usual service from abroad.

How to watch 2026 Paris-Nice live streams in Canada

Cycling fans in Canada can watch the 2026 Paris-Nice on Flo Bikes. A subscription will set you back CAN

Not at home? Use Nord VPN or another VPN service to make your device think you're still in Canada.

How to watch 2026 Paris-Nice live streams in Australia

Australian cycling fans are in luck as they can watch the whole of the 2026 Paris-Nice for FREE via, SBS On Demand .

SBS also has the rights to the Tour de France, Vuelta a España, Strade Bianche, Gent-Wevelgem, Paris-Roubaix, Flèche Wallonne, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Eschborn-Frankfurt and Paris-Tours, as well as many more.

Outside of Australia? Use a VPN to watch coverage of the UCI World Tour.

Stage 1 | Sunday March 8 | Achères - Carrieres-sous-Poissy, 171.2km

Stage 2 | Monday March 9 | Épône - Montargis, 187km

Stage 3 | Tuesday March 10 | Cosne-Cours-Sur-Loire - Pouilly-Sur-Loire, 23.5km TTT

Stage 4 | Wednesday March 11 | Bourges - Uchon, 195km

Stage 5 | Thursday March 12 | Cormoranche-sur-Saône - Colombier-Le-Vieux, 205.4km

Stage 6 | Friday March 13 | Barbentane - Apt, 179.3km

Stage 7 | Saturday March 14 | Nice - Auron, 138.7km

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Simon Warren has been obsessed with cycling since the summer of 1989 after watching Greg Lemond battle Laurent Fignon in the Tour de France. Although not having what it took to beat the best, he found his forte was racing up hills and so began his fascination with steep roads. This resulted in his 2010’s best-selling 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs, followed to date by 14 more guides to vertical pain. Covering the British Isles, Belgium, France, Italy and Spain he has been riding and racing up hills and mountains for over 30 years now. He hosts talks, guides rides, has written columns for magazines and in 2020 released his first book of cycling routes, RIDE BRITAIN. Simon splits his time between working as a graphic designer and running his 100 Climbs brand and lives in Sheffield on the edge of the Peak District with his wife and two children.

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Key Takeaways

• How to watch Paris-Nice 2026: Free Streams, TV Channels & Schedule for UCI World Tour Stage Race

• How to watch the eight-day 'Race to the sun' no matter where you are in the world

• When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission

• (Image credit: ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images)

• The season is now in full swing as the peloton starts the 84th Paris-Nice, the most prestigious of the early season stage races