Paris-Nice 2020 live stream: how to watch cycling online from anywhere

The Paris-Nice cycling tour is back for 2020, meaning eight days of the professional race to enjoy, crossing some of the beautiful sites of the Côte d’Azur. This race isn't known as the Race to the Sun for nothing – it's a beauty. And you can watch it all using a Paris-Nice live stream.

The Paris-Nice eight-stage race is in its 78th year. The course will run a total of 1,206 km starting in Plaisir and ending in, you guessed it, Nice. As the race gets closer to Nice the hills become more intense with the hill climbers coming into their own in these stages. The first three days are relatively flat but the penultimate stage has a 15km ascent with a 7.3% gradient up the Turini Pass.

This is all part of the UCI World Tour, it's second race of the season, in fact. So expect lots of big name riders and teams to be in attendance. It was actually this race which led to the rule of UCI riders being required to wear helmets at all times, following the death of Andrey Kivilev after a head injury sustained in a crash.

Last year saw Columbian Egan Bernal take victory for Team Sky. In 2018 it was Movistar's Spaniard Marc Soler who won it. The three years preceding that saw Team Sky win with Colombia's Sergio Henao in 2017, Geraint Thomas from Great Britain in 2016 and Australian Richie Porte in 2015.

Despite having the most wins, with 21, France hasn't had a Frenchman win since 1997. Could this be the year? You can watch and find out by using a Paris-Nice live stream anywhere in the world. Read on to find out how to watch where you are.

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Live stream Paris-Nice 2020 from outside your country

We have details of all the UK, US and Canada broadcasters further down this guide. The good news for cycling fans in France and Australia is that it's on free-to-air TV. This will be shown on France 3 and SBS respectively.

If you're obsessed by watching the cycling and refuse to miss a stage - even when you're away on business or on holiday - then you'll be disappointed to see your domestic coverage geo-blocked when you try to stream online from abroad. That's where utilising a VPN (Virtual Private Network) really helps. It lets you virtually change the ISP of your laptop, tablet or mobile to one that's back in your home country. Thus letting you watch as if you were back there.