How to watch Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes 2026: Free Streams and TV Channels for the UCI WorldTour Race

• Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes 2026: Sunday, June 7 - Sunday June 14
• FREE stream: SBS OnDemand (Australia) / FranceTV (France)
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The race formally known as the Critérium du Dauphiné, or Critérium du Dauphiné Libre for the past 77 years has this year been somewhat controversally rebranded as the Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes. With Tadej Pogačar choosing to race the Tour de Suisse and both Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel avoiding competition all together in June that leaves new French sensation Paul Seixas as the hot favourite for the win.

Read on and we'll show you how to watch a Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes 2026 live stream from anywhere, and potentially for FREE.

How to watch 2026 Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes for FREE

Cycling fans in Australia, France, Belgium and Spain will get to watch a Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes 2026 live stream for FREE. Here's where:

• SBS OnDemand — Australia
• FranceTV — France
• RTBF Auvio — Belgium
• RTVE Play — Spain

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Cycling fans in the US can watch the 2026 Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes on Peacock . You will need the $10.99 which provides access to live sport.

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The Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes 2026 is on TNT Sports in the UK.

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With the whole of France now tracking his every move their young Messiah Paul Seixas will have the eyes of a nation on his back as he bids to win his first big mountain stage race. He’s proved himself on shorter punchy climbs but will he live up to the huge expectation placed on his 19 year old shoulders when it comes to the high mountains, of which this race is packed.

Thankfully for him, his principle rivals, Evenepoel, Vingegaard and Pogačar who he will face at the Tour de France are absent which will make his task slightly easier. He will still have formidable competition though, as Juan Ayuso, João Almeida, Oscar Onley and joint race favourite Issac del Toro are all on the start list, all looking for a chance of a big win in the absence of the superstars.

Also here to hone their form before July are this year’s Paris Roubaix winner Wout van Aert, British time trial star Ethan Hayter and the Irish breakaway specialist Ben Healy.

This year’s route is an absolute killer with no less than three summit top finishes, in a row. There are zero days for the sprinters, mountains to cross every day and a team time trial thrown in to allow the squads to practice the discipline before the Tour de France.

Kicking off with a couple of modest mountain stages followed by the time trial on stage three the race then heads to breakaway territory on stages four and five before the triple whammy at the end. Stage six crosses three huge peaks before arriving at the summit finish of Côte de Crest-Voland, stage seven ticks off four mountains on the way to the giant Grand Colombier which leaves one stage left.

At only 120 kilometers the final stage may be short but it’s insanely hard crossing the Col du Pré, the Montée de Bisanne, and the Col des Aravis before finishing on the Plateau de Solaison. If Paul Seixas was looking for a test to prove to his people that he is ready to fight for the Tour de France then he has found it.

The fight for the general classification could be in play right from the opening stage as the peloton embark on 146 kilometres of mountainous terrain from Vizille to Saint-Ismier.

Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes 2026 stages

Stage 1 |Sunday June 7 | Vizille - Saint-Ismier, 146.2km

Stage 2 | Monday June 8 | Saint-Martin-Le-Vinoux - Le Puy-en-Velay, 234.3km

Stage 3 | Tuesday June 9 | Perreux - Perreux, 28.4km (TTT)

Stage 4 | Wednesday June 10 | Le Puy-en-Velay - Montrond-Les-Bains, 167.4km

Stage 5 | Thursday June 11 | Saint-Chamond - Villars-Les-Dombes, 195.8km

Stage 6 | Friday June 12 | Saint-Vulbas - Crest-Voland, 182.3km

Stage 7 | Saturday June 13 | La Bridoire - Grand Colombier, 133.6km

Stage 8 | Sunday June 14 | Beaufort - Plateau de Solaison, 120.1km

Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes 2026 Route Map