How to watch the Giro d'Italia 2025: Everything you need to live stream the Italian Grand Tour

The Giro d'Italia is underway, and it is now that the three-week long race will test some of the best riders in the world to the limit.

It set off from Albania the week before last, with stages to come in Italy over 21 days. This year's edition is the event's 108th, and started with a sprint stage in Tirana, Albania, and will finish in Rome on the first day in June. In between, there are time trials, mountain stages, and bunch sprints to navigate.

Below, Cycling Weekly has gathered all the key information on broadcasters and live streams so you can watch the Giro d'Italia wherever you are.

Quick guide to watching the Giro d'Italia

• UK: TNT Sports / Discovery+ (£30.99/mon)
• US: Max ($16.99/mon)
• Canada: Flobikes ($39.99/mon)
• Australia: SBS (Free)
• Free live streams: SBS (Australia), RAI (Italy), Sporza, Auvio (Belgium), NPO Start (Netherlands), SRG (Switzerland)
• Anywhere: Watch your local stream from anywhere with NordVPN

How to watch the Giro d'Italia in the UK

In the UK, the race will be shown live across TNT Sports, Warner Bros. Discovery's premium sports channels, with it being on 1, 2, 3 and 4 depending on the day and the time. Check the schedule.

The event can also be streamed online and on mobile devices on Discovery+, with a package priced at £30.99 a month. This offering also gains viewers access to Warner Bros. Discovery's full range of sports listings.

There will also be Giro highlights on free-to-air channel Quest in the UK during the race, broadcast nightly from 7-8pm.

How to watch the Giro d'Italia in the US and Canada

For North American viewers, this year's coverage of the Giro d'Italia is divided across Max and FloBikes.

Max is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, who also operate TNT Sports and Eurosport in Europe. It offers two ad-free plans: Standard ($16.99/mon, $169.99/year) and Premium ($20.99/month, $209.99/year). This has changed recently, with the old 'basic' plan no longer including live cycling.

Flobikes is in charge of broadcasting the Giro d'Italia in Canada. Subscriptions cost CA$39.99 a month, with big savings for long-term plans. The Flobikes TV app is available on Roku, Fire TV, Chromecast and Apple TV, as well as on iOS and Android.

Can I watch the Giro d'Italia for free?

Fans in Australia, as well as numerous European countries, can watch the Giro d'Italia for free thanks to broadcasters in their regions.

In Australia, the race is being shown on TV and online by SBS, the country's public service broadcaster. Streaming is available at SBS On Demand.

In the host country, Italy, you can watch the Giro on public broadcaster RAI, with the action on RAI 2 or RAI Sport on TV, and through RAI Play online.

Once again you can watch the Giro for free in Belgium, with Flemish-language coverage on VRT and the Sporza website, and French-language coverage on RTBF and the Auvio streaming platform.

Over in the Netherlands, the Giro is live on NOS and NPO Start while in Switzerland, it's with public broadcaster SRG on RSI La 2, which can be streamed online via the RSI website.

Coverage is geo-restricted, so if you're not in any of these countries right now, and these channels are your usual port of call, you'll need a VPN to get your usual coverage while abroad – more on that below.

How to watch the Giro d'Italia while abroad

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What to expect at the Giro d'Italia

The Giro d'Italia 2025 is the race's 108th edition. The prestigious three-week, 21-stage event is the opener in the trio of Grand Tours, followed by the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España.

Starting on 9 May 2025, the Corsa Rosa had its Grande Partenza - or big start - in Albania for the first time in its history. After three days on Albanian soil the route returned to Italy, where the top GC contenders continued their battle for the prestigious maglia rosa, or pink jersey.

The favourites are Primož Roglič and Juan Ayuso, but there are lots of potential riders for the podium or the crown. In fact, there are five former winners present - Roglič, Egan Bernal, Nairo Quintana, Richard Carapaz and Jai Hindley. The Giro can see an eclectic mix of riders, with many opting out of the year's first Grand Tour to concentrate on a tilt at the Tour de France.

It's not just the GC action that is mouthwatering, with a host of sprinters and puncheurs to look out for – debutants Tom Pidcock and Wout van Aert, for example, with the Belgian already having won a stage and Pidcock coming close.

2025 Giro d'Italia stage start and finish times