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.
How to watch 2026 Paris-Nice 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:
- SBS On Demand — Australia
- FranceTV — France
- RaiPlay — Italy
- VRT Max — Belgium
- RTBF Auvio — Belgium
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.
2026 Paris-Nice event preview
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.
Stage one coverage kicks off at 14.15 (BST) 9.15 (EST) and the GC could be in play right from the start.
Use a VPN to watch 2026 Paris-Nice live stream
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 $10.99/month or $109.99/year.
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.
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How to watch 2026 Paris-Nice live streams in Canada
Cycling fans in Canada can watch the 2026 Paris-Nice on FloBikes. A subscription will set you back CAN$203.88 for the year or CAN$39.99 on a monthly basis.
Not at home? Use NordVPN 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.
Paris-Nice 2026 stages
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
Stage 8 | Sunday March 15 | Nice - Nice, 145km
Paris-Nice Schedule
Stage | CET (France) | GMT (UK) | US ET |
|---|---|---|---|
Stage 1 | 1:10–4:50pm | 12:10–3:50pm | 8:10–11:50am |
Stage 2 | 12:50–4:45pm | 11:50am–3:45pm | 7:50–11:45am |
Stage 3 (TTT) | 3:10–5:10pm | 2:10–4:10pm | 10:10am–12:10pm |
Stage 4 | 12:25–4:45pm | 11:25am–3:45pm | 7:25–11:45am |
Stage 5 | 12:05–4:45pm | 11:05am–3:45pm | 7:05–11:45am |
Stage 6 | 12:50–4:45pm | 11:50am–3:45pm | 7:50–11:45am |
Stage 7 | 11:40am–2:55pm | 10:40am–1:55pm | 6:40–9:55am |
Stage 8 | 1:30–4:25pm | 12:30–3:25pm | 8:30–11:25am |
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