The Spring 2022 Classic is underway. If you're looking for ways to watch the Classics over the next month, we've put together a handy Classics live stream guide.
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.
The Belgian spring classics are well underway, with major races such as the E3 Saxo Bank Classic and Ghent-Wevelgem already completed. The prelude to the Monument continues with the men's and women's Dwars door Vlaanderen on Wednesday, March 20.
Cycling News will bring you full reports, results, news, interviews, and analysis throughout the race, and read about how you can use ExpressVPN (opens in new tab) to watch the Spring Classic live stream from anywhere.
The men will tackle a 183.7km circuit from Roselare to Waregem. There are 13 hills and eight cobblestone sections leading up to the finish, with familiar challenges such as Berg ten Hout, Maria Bollestraat (twice), Kanalieberg, Knokteberg (twice), and Nokereberg.
The women's race starts and finishes in Waregem and runs 120 km along the same road. It will also include uphill sections such as Berg ten Haute, Kanalieberg, Knokteberg, and Nokereberg, as well as flat cobblestone sections such as the Maria Bollestraat.
Men's Schedule Start - 12:45 (11:45 CET, 06:45 EST), Finish - 17:17 (16:17 CET, 10:17 EST), Wednesday, March 30.
Women's schedule: start - 12:04 (11:04 BST, 06:04 EST), finish - 15:14 (14:14 BST, 10:14 EST), Wednesday, March 30.
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Dwars door Vlaanderen will be broadcast across Europe on Eurosport (opens in new tab) and Discovery+ (opens in new tab) Eurosport Player subscription costs £6.99/$9.15 per month, 12-month pass £59. 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 race is broadcast on Flobikes (open in new tab);
Local Belgian broadcasters RTBF (open in new tab) and Sporza (open in new tab) also broadcast the race.
We will continue to update our "How to Watch" guide throughout the Spring Classics season with other broadcasters to remember over the next month, including NBC Sports (opens in new tab) via Peacock ($4.99/month in the US).
If you don't have cable, you can use SlingTV (opens in new tab) ($35/month, $10 off first month) or FuboTV (opens in new tab) ($64.99/month) (both services also offer free trials) to watch NBC Sports via Smart TV, 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 regionally restricted, you can access it by using a "virtual private network" for your laptop, tablet, or cell phone, or a VPN to simulate being in your home country and can be circumvented.
Our sister site TechRadar has tested hundreds of VPNs and recommends the number one VPN currently available as Express VPN. With ExpressVPN (opens in new tab), you can watch on many devices at once, including Smart TV, Fire TV Stick, PC, Mac, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, and tablet.
Mathieu Van Der Pol's return to the Cobbled Classic is the headline news of Wednesday's race. The Dutchman will lead the Alpecin Phoenix team in the race he won three years ago with Jasper Philipsen.
Tadej Pogachar (UAE Team Emirates) will also make his Tour de Flanders debut. Tom Pidcock will lead Ineos along with champion Dylan van Baarle.
Other competitors include Yves Lampert, Fabio Jacobsen (Quick Step-Alfa Vinyl), Greg Van Avermaert, Oliver Naessen (AG2R Citroen), Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma), Mads Pedersen ( Trek-Segafredo), Victor Kampenaerts (Lot Soudal), Stefan Kühn (Groupama FDJ), Alexander Kristof (Intermarke Wantigover), Anthony Turgis (Total Energies), Sam Bennett (Beulah Hansgrohe )
On the women's side, Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) returns to defend her title. The Dutchman will face two-time champion Ellen van Dijk (Trek Segafredo) and others.
Also in action are Shari Bothuit, Elise Chaby (Canyon-Slam), Lucinda Brand, Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo), Cecilie Uttrup-Ludwig (FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine-Futuroscope), Amanda Spratt (BikeExchange-Jayco), Florche Mackay (Team DSM), Marta Bastianelli (UAE Team ADQ) and Chiara Consonni (Valcar-Travel & Service) will also compete.
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