Two mid-week Classics fill in the lull between the scintillating edition of Paris-Nice and the biggest one-day race in Italy, Milan-San Remo this week with Milano-Torino and the Danilith Nokere Koerse for men and women taking place on Wednesday, March 13, the GP de Denain for men on Thursday and the Bredene Koksijde Classic on Friday for men.
Since GCN+, the streaming option of choice for cycling fans in countries around the world, shut down on December 19, fans in USA, Canada, UK, Europe, and in numerous other countries are still confused about how to find live coverage of the 2024 road racing season.
For most of the races usually streamed by GCN+, that site's owners, Warner Bros Discovery, moved their live cycling events to Max and TNT Sports or B-R Sports, including this week's races.
The races are just a few of the 300 events including the Giro d'Italia, the E3 Saxo Bank Classic, Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne and more on the new platform.
Other events include the UCI Mountain Bike World Series, UCI Track Champions League plus 'The Breakaway' pre-and post-race show.
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Former professional riders Alberto Contador, Philippe Gilbert, Robbie McEwen and Jens Voigt are among the experts who will feature in the live coverage.
To try to help race fans, we've compiled all the future viewing options for the cyclocross and road seasons so that you can get your live racing fix even without GCN+ – with Warner Brothers announcing that Max will be the new home of live cycling in the USA from February 2024 onwards.
Read on for all you need to know, including information on how to watch racing even if you're abroad on holiday using a VPN such as Nord VPN.
How to watch live cycling in the USA & Canada
This week's races - Milano-Torino, Nokere Koerse (men and women), the GP de Denain and the Bredene Koksijde Classic will all be livestreamed on Max in the USA, as will Milan-San Remo and the Trofeo Alfredo Binda.
A subscription to the service will set you back $10 per month or $100 per year with ads, $16/$150 for an ad-free experience, or $200 per year for the 'Ultimate' package, which includes additional devices and 4k resolution where available.
Early press releases for the cycling streams stated users would been to purchase the B/R Sports add-on, which costs an extra $10 per month. Cyclingnews has not confirmed this is still a requirement.
The same races will be aired by FloBikes in Canada (and possibly the USA). A subscription to the streaming service will set you back CAN$150 for the year or CAN$29.99 on a monthly basis.
NBC and its streaming service PeacockTV hold the rights to several major races throughout the year, including Paris-Roubaix, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Tour de France in the USA, but will not be streaming the one-day races this week. They will be streaming the Volta a Catalunya from March 18-24, however.
How to watch live cycling in the UK
In the UK, live coverage of races will continue to be broadcast via Eurosport and Discovery+ – all with the same races and commentators that featured on GCN+, and all of this week's races.
A 'Standard' subscription to Discovery+ which includes Eurosport's cycling coverage will set you back £6.99 per month or £59.99 per year. That costs more than GCN+ but the package includes year-round cycling streams as well as other live sports including snooker, tennis, motorsports, the Paris Olympic Games, and more.
A premium subscription, which includes all that plus TNT Sports (Premier League, Champions League and Europa League football plus rugby, wrestling, UFC, and MotoGP) costs £29.99 per month.
How to watch live cycling around the world
Countries around Europe will continue to offer live cycling coverage via various national and regional broadcasters, including RAI (Italy), RTVE (Spain), Sporza (Belgium), and France TV (France).
At the time of writing no other broadcasters appear to have picked up the rights to live stream cyclocross races in Australia after the closure of GCN+.
It's worth remembering that Europeans on holiday can watch all cyclocross live streams on Discovery+ Eurosport by using a VPN such as ExpressVPN from abroad.
Full information on how to do that just below.
Best VPN for streaming live cycling
There are a couple other very good options that are safe, reliable and offer good bandwidth for streaming sports. Check out the best two options below - NordVPN and the best budget option, Surfshark.
NordVPN - get the world's favorite VPN We've put all the major VPNs through their paces and we rate NordVPN as the best for streaming Netflix as our top pick, thanks to its speed, ease of use and strong security features. It's also compatible with just about any streaming device out there, including Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Xbox and PlayStation, as well as Android and Apple mobiles.
Surfshark: the best cheap VPN Currently topping our charts as the fastest VPN around, Surfshark keeps giving us reasons to recommend it. It's a high-value, low-cost option that's easy to use, full of features, and excellent at unblocking restricted content.
With servers in over 100 countries, you can stream your favorite shows from almost anywhere. Best of all, Surfshark costs as little as $2.30 per month, and it comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee to try it out.
Live cycling schedule
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Date
Race
Live start time
Channel
March 13
Nokere Koerse Women
12:15 CET/7:15 EDT
Max, Flobikes, Eurosport/Discovery+
March 13
Nokere Koerse Men
15:00 CET/10:00 EDT
Max, Flobikes, Eurosport/Discovery+
March 13
Milano-Torino (M)
14:20 CET/9:20 EDT
Max, Flobikes, Eurosport/Discovery+
March 14
GP de Denain (M)
14:00 CET/9:00 EDT
Max, Flobikes, Eurosport/Discovery+
March 15
Bredene Koksijde Classic
14:30 CET/9:30 EDT
Max, Flobikes, Eurosport/Discovery+
March 16
Milan-San Remo
9:30 CET/4:30 EDT
Max, Flobikes, Eurosport/Discovery+
March 17
Trofeo Alfredo Binda
14:30 CET/9:30 EDT
Max, Flobikes, Eurosport/Discovery+
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Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, joining in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Before joining the team, they had written for numerous major publications in the cycling world, including CyclingWeekly and Rouleur.
Dani has reported from the world's top races, including the Tour de France, Road World Championships, and the spring Classics. They have interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars, including Mathieu van der Poel, Demi Vollering, and Remco Evenepoel. Their favourite races are the Giro d'Italia, Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix.
