How to watch the 2026 Tour of the Alps live and on TV in the USA and UK - Dates, stages and schedules
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From the 20th to the 24th of April the riders will take on the Tour of the Alps. This is often used as the ultimate preparation race towards the Tour of the Alps, whilst in itself it is a very prestigious race with plenty high mountains and its international course, often crossing borders. Here is when and where to watch the race live and on TV, including in the USA and UK.
The race was created in 1962 and initially won by Enzo Moser. However there was a long break and in 1980 the race finally picked up speed. Some big Italian names conquered the days-long stage-race. The race, due to its position in the calendar, was a match made in heaven for the Giro contenders and plenty have won it. Only in the last decades the likes of Paolo Savoldelli, Gilberto Simoni, Damiano Cunego, Vincenzo Nibali, Ivan Basso, Michele Scarponi and Domenico Pozzovivo all won the former 'Giro del Trentino'.
The last Italian win was in 2013 however. Ever since there has been more international list of winners, of great quality. Cadel Evans, Richie Porte, Mikel Landa, Geraint Thomas, Thibau Pinot, Pavel Sivakov, Simon Yates, Romain Bardet, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Juan Pedro López and most recently Michael Storer took the overall wins. Storer won last year after five brutal days of racing with plenty big changes due to his battle with Thymen Arensman.
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Tour of the Alps 2026 Schedule and start times
The 2026 Tour of the Alps will be held from the 20th to 24th of April Stage dates and times (in Central European Time: CET) are as follows:
| Stage | Day | Date | Start Time | Finish time |
| Stage 1 | 20 April | Monday | 11:55 | 15:15 |
| Stage 2 | 21 April | Tuesday | 11:35 | 15:15 |
| Stage 3 | 22 April | Wednesday | 10:00 | 14:20 |
| Stage 4 | 23 April | Thursday | 10:45 | 15:15 |
| Stage 5 | 24 April | Friday | 12:00 | 15:15 |
How to watch the 2026 Tour of the Alps on TV
The race will be broadcast on the traditional channels, most notably Discovery, MAX and Eurosport. As always, you can always follow the 2026 Tour of the Alps on CyclingUpToDate with our full coverage of the race.
In the United States and Canada the race will be broadcast on FloSports. In the United Kingdom, viewers can watch the race live on TNT Sports.
| Location | TV |
| United States | FloSports |
| Canada | FloSports |
| United Kingdom | TNT Sports |
| Italy | Rai |
| France | L'Équipe |
| Austria | OBF |
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- Ernesto Maggioni - The president of the commissaires Mafia. It is getting evident that this guy is basically "Iamalwaysrightandyouarestupidsoiwontlistentoyou" kind of guy. So fire him so that he can be always right in his homeabstractengineer10-11-2026
- Somehow it has got into his mind that he is a GC rider. He is primarily a classics and stage rider who can perform on GC given his day. As a result he is wasting his time on TDF GC and once committed to GC you are too tired to do anything else.abstractengineer10-11-2026
- 🐐❤️Lozza09-11-2026
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- Tis beyond your comprehension fine sir so best not to look on with blind eyes to THE GOATS greatness.
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