How to watch the La Vuelta a España: live stream cycling for free and wherever you are
La Vuelta a España - one of the cycling calendar's main attractions - is in full flow, with many of the world's top riders competing over the 3,254 kilometres, 21 stage race. Unlike the tour, getting a live stream of the whole event to watch is really easy and this guide to streaming La Vuelta a España 2018 will provide a useful companion - especially if you want to know where to get a free live stream.
The Vuelta competitors will cover six flat stages, six hill stages, five mountain stages and two individual time trials. With just two rest days, one stage of over 200 kilometres and 46 summits to climb, the riders have a challenging race ahead. Riders like Richie Porte of team BMC and Vincenzo Nibali of Bahrain-Merida, will be looking to make an impact in this competition.
Team Sky - without respective winners of the Giro and the Tour de France Chris Froome or Geraint Thomas - has had a great start, with Polish rider Michal Kwiatkowski taking his opportunity to shine.
There will still be lots of action and exciting riding you can watch live and for free using this live streaming guide to the 2018 La Vuelta a España. Read on to get your front row seat to all the action.
Use a VPN to live stream the La Vuelta a España from anywhere for FREE
Live stream the La Vuelta a España free anywhere
This year, it looks like all the action from La Vuelta a España can be streamed via Spain's own free-to-air RTVE. That means, by getting a VPN you can watch it all for free from anywhere in the world. The TV channel itself can be viewed via apps like TruTV so you can enjoy all the cycling action from anywhere on your mobile smart device. Just remember the commentary will be in Spanish, but you'll still have the pictures at least.
What's more, Australia's free-to-air broadcaster SBS also has the action. More on which below.
The point is, you can use your chosen VPN to change the IP address on your laptop, mobile or other TV streaming device to either a server in Spain or Australia to watch live action.
How to watch the La Vuelta a España: UK live stream
For UK residents La Vuelta will get the Eurosport treatment. That means Eurosport 1, which is available in lots of broadcast and streaming forms, should make watching the racing simple. Eurosport is available with basic Sky TV packages or with a Eurosport Player monthly or annual pass - a free trial for which is available here - that also gives you access across loads of devices.
Not in the UK? Don't worry, you can download and use a VPN to take your laptop or mobile virtually back to the UK and watch as if back in blighty.
Not got Eurosport and not that desperate to watch the coverage live anyway? Then it's ITV's nightly highlights for you.
How to watch the La Vuelta a España: Australia live stream
How to watch the La Vuelta a España: US live stream
The La Vuelta a España 2018 is being aired by NBC Sports Live Extra in the US. This will be streamed online so if you have the app then you can enjoy it anywhere. However for those that don't have access to this stream there are other options.
For the most extensive coverage NBC has to offer, you can subscribe to NBC Sports Gold, which is offering a Cycling Pass for $49.99, delivering live, on-demand and commercial free coverage of the Tour.
Otherwise, you could get a VPN and you'll be able to watch all the action for free as if you were in Spain via the RTVE feed or in Australia at SBS.
How to watch the La Vuelta a España: Canada live stream
Canadians will be able to get in on the La Vuelta a España 2018 action via FloBikes which streams online so you can watch from anywhere.
Not liking that option? Well you know the answer by now...combining a VPN and one of the free broadcast options above could be a viable alternative.
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