The Tour of Flanders is just a few days away, marking the first peak of the 2022 Spring Classics. If you're looking for ways to watch the Classics over the next month, we've got you covered with our handy guide to live streaming the Classics.
A series of one-day races in Belgium, France, and Italy in March and April will bring four monuments throughout the spring: the Milan-San Remo, Tour de Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, and Liege-Bastogne-Liege.
Belgium's spring classics will be the grand finale on Sunday, with the men's and women's Tour of Flanders rounding out the two weeks of cobbled racing. The Tour of Flanders is the last cobbled race of the season before Paris-Roubaix.
Cycling News will bring you full reports, results, news, interviews, and analysis throughout the race. To watch the Spring Classic via live stream, please use ExpressVPN (opens in new tab).
Both men and women will face similar routes, including famous hills such as the Koppenberg, Oude Kwaremont, and Paterberg, followed by a 13-km flat run to the finish in Oudenaarde.
The men will tackle a 273-km route that includes 18 major climbs and 15 cobbled sections. These include three Oude Kwaremont ascents, two Paterberg ascents, as well as the Berg ten Hout, Steenbekdries, Stationsberg, and Teienberg.
The women will ride a 159-km route that includes 11 major mountains and 11 cobblestone sections. After running the Quaremont-Paterberg duo once, the route will include the Steenbeekdries, Stationsberg, and Teienberg.
Men's Schedule Start - 10:00 (09:00 BST, 04:00 EST), Finish - 16:47 (15:47 BST, 10:47 EST) on Sunday, April 3
Women's Schedule: Start - 13:25 (12:35 BST, 06:35 EST), Finish - 17:44 (16:44 BST, 11:44 EST) on Sunday, April 3
Cyclingnews on Twitter (opens in new tab), Facebook (opens in new tab) and Instagram (opens in new tab) for alerts on important stories and action during the spring Classics. Eurosport Player subscription is £6.99/$9.15/month or £59.99/$78.51 for a 12-month pass; Discovery+ offers the same coverage for the same price.
In the UK, Europe, and some other regions, the race is broadcast on GCN+ (opens in new tab), with a one-year subscription fee of £39.99.
In the United States, Australia, and Canada, the races are broadcast on Flobikes (opens in new tab); a one-year subscription costs $150 in the US and $209.99 in Canada)
Local Belgian broadcasters RTBF (opens in new tab) and Sporza Sporza (open in new tab) will also broadcast the race.
We will continue to update our "How to Watch" guide with other broadcasters to remember over the next month, including NBC Sports (opens in new tab) via Peacock ($4.99/month in the US) during the Spring Classic season.
If you don't have cable, Smart TV with SlingTV (opens in new tab) ($35/month, $10 off first month) or FuboTV (opens in new tab) ($64.99/month) (both services offer free trials), or other smart devices to access NBC Sports over IP.
European spring classic broadcasts include Rai Sport (open in new tab) (Italy), France TV (open in new tab), L'Equipe TV (open in new tab) (France), NOS (Netherlands), EITB (open in new tab) (Basque Country), RTVE (open in new tab) (Spain).
If you live outside the broadcast area or are out of the country on vacation and the live stream is geographically restricted, you can work around this by using a "virtual private network" (VPN) for your laptop, tablet, or cell phone to simulate being in your home country.
Our sister site TechRadar has tested hundreds of VPNs and recommends Express VPN as the #1 VPN currently available.With ExpressVPN (opens in new tab) you can watch on Smart TV, Fire TV Stick, PC, Mac, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, tablet, and many other devices at once.
As in the past, Sunday's starting lineup will include a selection of cobbled classic riders.
For the men, Mathieu van der Pol (Alpecin Phoenix), Kasper Asgreen (Quick Step Alpha Vinyl) and Tadey Pogachar (UAE Team Emirates).
Top female riders include Annemieke van Fruten (Movistar), Lotte Kopecky (SD Works), Elisa Balsamo (Trek Segafredo) and Marianne Vos (Jumbo Visma).
But in addition to these superstars, many other leading players have participated.
Yves Lampert, Zdenek Stybar (Quick Step Alphavinir), Taige Benoot, Christophe Laporte (Jumbo Visma), Tom Pidcock, Dylan Van Baar (Ineos Grenadiers), Victor Campenaerts , Florian Vermeersch (Lotto Soudal), Jasper Steuben, Mads Pedersen (Trek Segafredo), Greg Van Avermaat, and Oliver Naessen (AG2R Citroen) are all likely to form strong teams in the men's race.
Also in the mix are Alexander Kristoff (Intermarché Wanty-Gobert Matériault), Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-Easypost), Anthony Turguis (Total Energy), Michael Matthews (Bike Exchange- Jayco), Stefan Küng and Valentin Maduas (Groupama - FDJ).
In the women's field, several teams have multiple contenders, including Lucinda Brand, Ellen van Dijk, Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo), Chantal van den Broeck-Braak, Demi Volaring (SD Works), Anna Henderson Colin Labecki (Jumbo-Visma)
as well as Emma Norsgaard (Movistar), Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM), Grace Brown, Cecilie Uttrup-Ludwig (FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine-Futuroscope), Amanda Spratt (BikeExhange-Jayco), Lisa Brennauer (Serratigit-WNT), and Marta Bastianelli (UAE Team ADQ).
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