How to watch the Women's Cycling Road Race at Olympics 2024: free live streams and key dates, women's event today

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Watch the Cycling Road Races at Olympics 2024 today as the world's best women riders go head-to-head on the challenging course that heads south-east out of the capital before returning to tackle a series of laps focused on the vicious climb up to Montmartre. Below we have all the information on how to watch the Cycling Road Races at the 2024 Paris Olympics Game from anywhere in the world with details on worldwide TV channels, broadcasters and free streams.

Yesterday saw Remco Evenepoel do something that's never been done and become the first man to win gold at both road cycling events at a single Olympic Games. And all despite a dramatic late puncture just kilometres out from the finish.

Today it's the turn of the women with the race starting at 8am ET / 1pm BST and finishing some time after 12pm ET / 5pm BST.  Can Lotte Kopecky make it a Belgian clean sweep or will the Dutch favourite Demi Vollering be able to claim gold? Lining up against them are a host of other stars with the likes of Elisa Longo-Borghini, Lorena Wiebes, Elisa Balsamo and the irrepressible Marianne Vos who will all be dreaming of standing on the top step.

Here's where to watch the Cycling Road Races and 2024 Olympics live streams online from anywhere – including FREE options. And you can watch a replay of the Time Trial too.

Watch Cycling Road Race at Olympics 2024 Quick Guide

Key Dates

  • Event dates: Aug 4
  • Women's race start: 8am ET / 1pm BST

Best free streams

FREE Cycling Road Races Olympics 2024 live stream broadcasters

You can watch the Cycling Road Races at Olympics 2024 for free with English language commentary on the BBC and iPlayer in the UK, RTE in Ireland, CBC in Canada and Channel 9 in Australia.

Channel 9 and the 9Now streaming service in Australia have the most comprehensive Olympics 2024 free-to-air coverage of all.

You can watch almost every session from every single 2024 Olympic event live and on demand through dedicated channels on the 9Now streaming service, including Olympic Cycling Road Races.

Other, non-English language Olympics free streams can be found on ORF (Austria), RTBF (Belgium), VRT (Belgium), RDS (Canada), Chilevision (Chile), Caracol (Colombia), DR (Denmark), France TV (France), RAI (Italy), Yle (Finland), ARD (Germany), ZDF (Germany), RUV (Iceland), JioCinema (India), TV3 (Lithuania), NOS (Netherlands), NRK (Norway), TVP (Poland), SABC (South Africa), RTVE (Spain), SNRT (Morocco), Canal 5 (Mexico) and the SRG SSR channels (Switzerland).

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How to watch Cycling Road Race Olympic 2024 live streams in the US

The Cycling Road Race live stream from Olympics 2024 is on Peacock and CNBC in the USA for both the men's and women's events.

Broadcast rights to the 2024 Paris Olympics belong to NBC. All Olympics 2024 sessions are available to watch on Peacock. Select events will also be on the NBC, USA and MSNBC cable channels.

If you don't have cable, Peacock is the best option. You'll need a subscription to the ad-supported Peacock Premium which is $7.99 per month, or ad-less Peacock Plus which is $13.99 per month.

How to watch Cycling Road Race Olympic 2024 live streams in the UK and Europe

While many public and national TV broadcasters have the TV and live stream rights to the Paris Olympic Games in the UK and Europe, it's the Discovery Plus subscription service that offers comprehensive coverage across the region.

Plans start at £6.99 per month, or the local equivalent, with 3,800 hours of live coverage across 55 channels. There's also a special offer running until 10 August where new subscribers pay £3.99 per month until the end of 2024.

The BBC and RTE are the places for free Olympics 2024 live streams in the UK and Ireland. The BBC will have full coverage of today's women's road race. You can find a list of other public broadcasters with Olympics 2024 broadcast rights across Europe in the Rest of the World section below.

Official Olympic Cycling Road Race broadcasters by region

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Middle East

Can I watch 2024 Olympic Cycling Road Race for free?

Check your local broadcaster above but people in the UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland and many other nations listed have free Olympics 2024 coverage as well as subscription broadcasters.

Those in Australia and Canada can watch almost every session of every Olympics 2024 event for free on 9Now and CBC. That will very likely include Cycling Road Race free live streams.

Remember that, if you're traveling away from home, you can use a VPN to watch the 2024 Olympics free from abroad on your usual streaming service.

When are the Cycling Road Races at the 2024 Olympics?

The Women's 2024 Olympic Cycling Road Race takes place on Sunday August 4 starting at 8am ET / 1pm BST.


Can I watch 2024 Olympic Cycling Road Race on my mobile?

Of course, most broadcasters have streaming services that you can access through mobile apps or via your phone's browser.

You can also stay up-to-date with all 2024 Olympic Games events on the official social media channels on X/Twitter (@Olympics), Instagram (@Olympics), TikTok (@Olympics) and YouTube (@Olympics).

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Simon Warren
Simon Warren
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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.