How to watch stages 19, 20 and 21 of the 2024 Giro d'Italia
The final three stages offer opportunities for riders to grab glory before Tadej Pogačar gets to Rome
The peloton is well into the third and final week of the Giro d'Italia, and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) is still looking as strong as ever ahead of the final three days of racing: stage 19, stage 20, and stage 21 into Rome.
After the sprint finish on stage 20 in Padova won by Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep), Pogačar leads the overall classification by 7:42 over Daniel Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe) and 8:04 over Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers). Meanwhile, Ben O'Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) sits just outside the podium positions at 9:47.
But as the peloton embarks on the final stages, the roads tilt upward again on stage 19 with a finish just after the category 2 Cima Sappada (7.4km at 6%), finishing at a much more humane altitude compared with the high summit finishes earlier in the week.
Stage 20 will mark the final day for the overall contenders to change their fortunes, going over the Monte Grappa twice (18km at 8%), topping out at 1,668 metres, with a long descent to the finish at Bassano del Grappa.
It's the last big day of the Giro before the sprinters' parade in Rome for the final stage 21.
You can watch the upcoming Giro d'Italia stages live on television or via streaming. Read on to learn how to do so in your area.
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Free live broadcasts will be available in many countries including S4C in Wales, EITB in the Basque Country, VTM in Belgium, SBS in Australia, and RAI in Italy.
Paid options to watch the opening stages of the Giro d'Italia include MAX in the USA ($10 per month or $100 per year with ads, $16/$150 for an ad-free experience), FloBikes in Canada (CAN$150 for the year or CAN$29.99 per month) and on Eurosport and live streaming on Discovery+ in the UK (£6.99 per month or £59.99 per year).
In Geraint Thomas' home region in Wales, S4C will show the race on live television or their streaming service S4C Clic.
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.
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Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).