Sport How to watch the 2020 Vuelta a España – Live streams from anywhere

Better late than never: the 2020 Vuelta a España gets underway in the Basque Country on October 20 after the coronavirus pandemic forced most of the calendar into less than four months of racing.

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The final Grand Tour of 2020 has been reduced to 18 stages after the cancellation of the opening days in the Netherlands but that only means that all of the toughest stages have been condensed into a shorter time frame with no room for error.

Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) is leading the race after three stages and a victory on stage 1 at the Alto de Arrate. The Slovenian is joined by a wrecking crew of a team, with Tom Dumoulin, George Bennett, Robert Gesink and Sepp Kuss joining him in the Tour-Vuelta double.

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Primoz Roglic, Thibaut Pinot, Richard Carapaz to clash in final Grand Tour of 2020While the Tour de France and the ongoing Giro d'Italia swapped positions, the Vuelta is again the final Grand Tour of the season and has attracted a typically eclectic field of riders.

Dan Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation) took victory atop La Laguna Negra de Vinuesa on stage 3, while Marc Soler (Movistar) won stage 2 after a downhill finish in Lekunberri.

Cyclingnews will have full live reports, with news and photos from inside of the race as it happens, along with extensive reporting on the stage and its players throughout the final week of the race. We're also your go-to place for results, photos and highlights once the stage is done.

Read on to find out how to watch the 2020 Vuelta a España via live stream, no matter your location, with ExpressVPN.

With Pogačar out of the picture for the rest of the 2020 season, Roglič's main rivals include Ineos Grenadiers' Richard Carapaz, Enric Mas and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), Hugh Carthy (EF Pro Cycling), Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott) and Dan Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation).

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Roglic loses red jersey to Carapaz as Carthy moves up to second overallThe rain-soaked sixth stage was won solo by Astana's Ion Izagirre, ahead of EF Pro Cycling's Michael Woods and UAE Team Emirates' Rui Costa, while Carapaz was the first home of the main favourites almost a minute down, with Roglič losing 43 seconds to the 2019 Giro d'Italia champion.

There aren't very many flat stages but when there are, it will be Tour de France green jersey Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-Quickstep) going head-to-head with former teammate Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Jasper Philipsen (UAE Team Emirates) and up-and-coming sprinters like Alex Aranburu (Astana) and Matteo Moschetti (Trek-Segafredo).

Here are some suggested places to watch the live streaming from your computer, phone, tablet or other internet-connected device.

How to watch

In the UK, the Vuelta a España is being broadcast in the UK on Eurosport, which can be found in basic Sky TV packages. For streaming from just about any internet-connected device, you can sign up for a subscription to Eurosport Player for £6.99 for a month, £4.99 for a year-long monthly pass, or £39.99 for a 12-month pass.

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Roglic closes gap to overall leader Carapaz with solo victory on stage 8Things remain close at the top of the general classification, however, with Martin now in third, a further 15 seconds down, while Carthy has dropped to fourth, but is still only 44 seconds behind leader Carapaz.

GCN Race Pass will also host the live stream and costs £6.99 per month or £39.99 per year.

Australians can watch the 2020 Vuelta a España on SBS On Demand, SBS Cycling Central or Eurosport.

In Canada, FloBikes will air the Vuelta a España. Subscribing to FloBikes costs $12.50 per month or $150 for the year and gives you access to watch most of the season's biggest races.

NBC Sports Gold is streaming the race in the United States, costing $54.99 for a year's subscription that includes a number of other major races.

If you live outside a broadcast zone or are on holiday outside your country and find that the live streams to be geo-restricted, you can get around this by getting access to them by simulating being back in your home country via a 'virtual private network', or VPN, for your laptop, tablet or mobile.

TechRadar tested hundreds of VPNs and recommends the number-one VPN currently available as Express VPN. With ExpressVPN, you can watch on many devices at once including Smart TVs, Fire TV Stick, PC, Mac, iPhone, Android phone, iPads, tablets, etc.

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