The first Grand Tour of the season, the 2022 Giro d'Italia, kicks off on Thursday, May 5 and runs through Sunday, May 29. The spectacle will feature extraordinary protagonists testing each other on some of the world's steepest mountain passes.

The 105th Corsa Rosa will start with three stages in Hungary, with mountains such as Etna, Mortirolo, and Passo Fedaia and a 26.3 km time trial on the way.

Stars such as Richard Kalapas (Ineos Grenadiers), Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe), and Mikkel Landa (Bahrain Victorious) will battle throughout the three weeks of racing.

Cycling News will bring you full reports, results, news, interviews, and analysis from the Giro d'Italia; see how to watch the Giro d'Italia live stream via ExpressVPN (opens in new tab). Domenico Pozzovivo (Intermarché Wantigover), Emmanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), Pero Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious), Hugh Kersee (EF Education Easy Post)

On the other hand.

Meanwhile, the sprinters' lineup includes Mark Cavendish (Quick Step - Alpha Vinyl), Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious), Alberto Dainese (Team DSM), Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) names, and Mathieu Van Der Poel (Alpecin Phoenix) is also competing as a star player.

Opening with a historic first start in Hungary, the three-day race in the peloton will include two time trials, several hilly stages, and seven mountain stages (including five summit finishes).

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The 2022 Giro d'Italia will be broadcast throughout the UK and Europe on Eurosport's live coverage on Discovery+ (opens in new tab).Discovery+ subscription costs £6.99/$9.15/month, 12-month pass £59.99 pounds/$78.51.

In the UK, Europe, the US, Canada, Australia, and some other regions, races are broadcast on GCN+ (opens in new tab). In Australia, the national broadcaster SBS (open in new tab) will also broadcast live coverage.

In the United States, Bein Sports (opens in new tab) will also broadcast the race. The network is available on several cable TV networks (as well as NBC Sports, see below), SlingTV (opens in new tab) ($35/month, $10 discount for first month) or FuboTV (opens in new tab) ($64.99/month) via IP, smart TVs, and other smart devices.

In the UK, Eurosport and GCN+ will broadcast the race, while Welsh broadcaster S4C (opens in new tab), the country's only free-to-air broadcaster, will broadcast each stage live.

Host broadcaster Rai Sport (open in new tab) will broadcast the race in Italy with pre- and post-stage analysis, including the famous Processo alla Tappa.

Elsewhere in Europe, France TV (open in new tab), L'Equipe TV (open in new tab) (France), NOS (Netherlands), RTBF (open in new tab) and Sporza (open in new tab) (Belgium), EITB (open in new tab) ( Basque Country), and RTVE (open in new tab) (Spain).

During the season, other broadcasters, including Flobikes (opens in new tab), will keep you up-to-date with "how to watch" guides that will air the races throughout the year (one-year subscription costs $150 in the US and $209. ($99 in Canada), NBC Sports via Peacock Premium ($4.99/month in the US) (opens in new tab).

If you live outside the broadcast area or are out of the country on vacation and find that the live stream is regionally restricted, you can use a "virtual private network," or VPN, for your laptop, tablet, or mobile to simulate being in your home country to workaround.

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