Cobbled Classics season is drawing to a close but the most brutal race of them all is on the way as the men's and women's pelotons take on Paris-Roubaix (April 7) and Paris-Roubaix Femmes (April 6)
The cobbled races in the north of France are among the most eagerly anticipated of the season and boast start lists full of stars as well as kilometre after kilometre of some of the toughest roads of the calendar.
Last April we saw Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Alison Jackson (EF Education-Cannondale) storm to victory over the brutal cobbles. The pair will be back this time around, along with a host of other big-names, to do battle on famous cobbled sectors such as the Arenberg and Carrefour de l'Arbre.
Wout van Aert may be out of action after his crash at Dwars door Vlaanderen, but look out for a host of stars in action across both days of racing.
Grace Brown (FDJ-Suez), Pfeiffer Georgi (DSM-Firmenich PostNL), Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease A Bike), Chiara Consonni (UAE Team ADQ), Elisa Balsamo, Lizzie Deignan (Lidl-Trek), Lotte Kopecky, and Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) will be among the top names in action at the women's race on Saturday.
On Sunday, look out for the likes of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious), Josh Tarling (Ineos Grenadiers), Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility), Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), Kasper Asgreen, Yves Lampaert (Soudal-QuickStep), and Dylan van Baarle (Visma-Lease A Bike) in the men's race.
Cyclingnews will be bringing you full reports, results, news, interviews, and analysis throughout the race. Read on to find out how to watch the racing action via live stream, no matter your location, with NordVPN.
How to watch Paris-Roubaix for free
If you live Belgium or are visiting on holiday, then you can watch the 2024 Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Roubaix Femmes for free via Belgian networks Sporza and RTBF. In Australia, SBS are also airing the race for free.
But if you're away from home on holiday during the racing then it's possible to keep up with the racing without resorting to shelling out for a local streaming subscription.
A VPN could solve your problem, and we have all the information on how to watch the action using a VPN below.
How to watch Paris-Roubaix in the USA & Canada
Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Roubaix Femmes will be aired live in the USA by NBC and its streaming service PeacockTV. Pricing starts at $6 per month or $60 per year for a Peacock Premium subscription, while an ad-free Peacock Premium Plus plan will set you back $12 per month or $120 per year.
In Canada, Paris-Roubaix will be aired by FloBikes. A subscription to the streaming service will set you back CAN$150 for the year or CAN$29.99 on a monthly basis.
How to watch Paris-Roubaix in the UK
In the UK, live coverage of the 2024 Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Roubaix Femmes will continue to be broadcast via Eurosport and Discovery+ – with the same commentators that featured on GCN+.
A 'standard' subscription to Discovery+, which includes Eurosport's cycling coverage, will set you back £6.99 per month or £59.99 per year. 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 an additional £29.99 per month.
How to watch Paris-Roubaix in Australia
In Australia, the 2024 Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Roubaix Femmes will be broadcast live and in full by the free-to-air channel SBS. The race is also set to be available on SBS on Demand – both live and in catch-up mode – if the middle of the night viewing in Australia doesn't work for you.
Watch live cycling on any streams
If you are outside of your home region and need to access your live streaming services to watch the action, you may find your access to be geo-restricted.
In this case, a VPN service will come in handy, allowing your computer to pretend it's home and let you log into your streaming accounts to catch all of the racing action.
Our colleagues at TechRadarthoroughly tested several VPN services and came up with a few great recommendations below.
1. 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.
There are a couple other very good options that are safe, reliable and offer good bandwidth for streaming sports. Check out two other top options below - ExpressVPN and the best budget option, Surfshark.
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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.
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.
