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How to watch Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2024
The final Monument of spring 2024, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, takes place on Sunday 21st April and will be broadcast live on Eurosport and Discovery+ in the UK and Europe, Flobikes in the USA and Canada, SBS in Australia and Sky in New Zealand.
Also known as La Doyenne, it’s the oldest Monument, with the men’s race first held in 1892 and the women’s race added in 2017. It wraps up the Ardennes week before the week-long stage races become the main focus of attention in the run-up to the Giro d’Italia.
The men’s race is run over 259km and the women’s race 147km, with the climax of both coming on the final climbs of the Côte de la La Redoute (1.9km at 9.6%) and the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons (4.4km at 5.4%).
In 2023 the men’s race was won from a long-range break by Remco Evenepoel, who broke free from the peloton on La Redoute, much like he had the year prior, to secure a poignant Monument victory in the rainbow jersey, leaving Tom Pidcock and Santiago Buitrago to fill the final two steps on the podium behind. The women’s race was a closer affair as Demi Vollering out-sprinted Trek’s Elisa Longo-Borghini to claim a third Ardennes title of the 2023 season.
How to watch Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2024
Liège-Bastogne-Liège takes place on Sunday 21st April 2024 and there is a range of options to catch the action live and on demand, depending on where you live. The men’s race starts at 9:15 BST and is slated to end at around 15:55 BST while the women’s race starts at 07:35 BST with a finish estimated from 11:18 BST.
Discovery+ is covering the men’s and women’s races live and on demand in the UK, Europe, Australia and other territories. Access to the Discovery+ platform costs £6.99 per month with the basic package, which includes cycling and all other Eurosport programmes.
On the old-fashioned TV, Eurosport will be broadcasting the races live throughout the UK, Europe and other territories. In the UK, the men’s and women’s races will be shown live on Eurosport 1.
If it’s not being shown in your country, you may be able to watch coverage using a VPN – Virtual Private Network – which allows users to mask their IP address and watch geo-blocked content, provided they don’t need to pay for a subscription. This is also helpful for watching paid-for coverage while travelling abroad in countries without access.
One such example is ExpressVPN, which is very well reviewed, helps users to find way to watch cycling without having to pay for broadcasters services, and costs £5.36 per month, with three months free. Other options include NordVPN, Surfshark and Kapersky.
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If you’re unable to watch via a streaming service, there will be free highlights of both races on the Eurosport channel.
Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2024 TV and streaming times
Women’s race
Eurosport 1: 10:15-12:00
Discovery+: 10:15-12:00
Men’s race
Eurosport 1: 10:15-12:00
Discovery+: 12:00-16:30
Times are listed in BST and may be subject to change by broadcasters
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