How To Watch 2025 Vuelta a Espana Live Stream For Free
Watch Vuelta a Espana 2025 Live Stream online on your devices from anywhere in the world. If you follow the instructions in this article correctly, you can watch the competition for free.
The Vuelta a España (Spanish for “Tour of Spain”) is one of the three Grand Tours in professional road cycling, alongside the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia. Held annually, the Vuelta is considered one of the most prestigious and challenging cycling races in the world. It typically takes place in late summer or early fall and spans around three weeks, covering a variety of terrains, from flat sprint stages to intense mountain climbs.
The three-week-long Vuelta a Espana in 2025 will be held in Portugal & Spain from August 17 through September 8, 2025. The Vuelta a Espana will be in its 79th year. The race will start in Lisbon and finish in Madrid.
How To Watch 2025 Vuelta a Espana?
You can watch Vuelta a Espana via RTVE (Spain) and SBS On Demand (Australia) as they will be broadcasting the competition for free.
However, if you’re not in a country where the 2025 Vuelta a Espana live stream is made available or you don’t have access to a paid TV service, you’ll be blocked from accessing the live stream due to broadcasting rights.
Don’t worry, you can use a free Smart DNS service to bypass these restrictions. All you need to do is just;
- Register for a free SmartDNS account
- Set up your device to use SmartDNS servers
- Watch the 2025 Vuelta a Espana live stream for free.
Complicated? NO! Follow the easy steps below.
STEP 1: Register For A Smart DNS Account
To register, go to the Smart DNS Proxy website and click on Try It Now button.
Next, enter your name, email address and password to register with Smart DNS Proxy and click on SIGN UP.
You should now be getting an email from Smart DNS Proxy to verify your email address.
In the email you’ve received, please click on VERIFY MY EMAIL.
You will now be redirected to your account’s page and you should be able to see your account status.
STEP 2: Smart DNS Proxy Setup
Next, please set up a Smart DNS proxy service on your device.
To do so, click on the (+) icon next to the system you’re using and follow the instructions.
Right-click on your Network/Wireless icon at the bottom right-hand side of your taskbar and click on Network and Internet settings.
In the next screen, under Network & Internet, please click on Advanced network settings.
Now, choose More network adapter options which can be found under Related settings.
Next, Right-click on your active network adapter (Local Area Connection or Wireless Network Connection) and select Properties.
Un-Check Intenet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) and double-click on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4).
In the General tab, click on Use the following DNS server addresses: and enter the DNS server addresses as per below:
- Prefered DNS Server: 54.229.171.243
- Alternate DNS Server: 23.21.43.50
Click OK & OK again to save your changes.
Click on the Wifi/Internet icon at the bottom right-hand side of your taskbar and click on Network & Internet Settings.
In the next screen, please click on Change Adapter Options under Status page.
Right-click on your active network adapter (Local Area Connection or Wireless Network Connection) and select Properties.
Please Un-Check Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) as the service doesn’t work over IPv6.
Next, double-click on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) or alternatively, you can select it and click on Properties.
In the General tab, click on Use the following DNS server addresses: and enter the DNS server addresses as per below:
- Prefered DNS Server: 54.229.171.243
- Alternate DNS Server: 23.21.43.50
When you’re done, click on OK.
Click on the Apple Logo located at the top left hand corner of your Mac and open System Preferences.
Navigate to Internet & Wireless and click on Network.
Select your active Internet Adapter (Wi-Fi if Wireless or Ethernet if Wired connection) and click on the Advanced button.
Select the DNS tab and click on the plus (+) button and enter the DNS server addresses as per below:
- 54.229.171.243
- 23.21.43.50
Note: You will need to click on the plus (+) button again to enter the second DNS server.
Click OK followed by the Apply button.
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For Android, you can use an app to configure your device easily. To do so, follow the steps below:
Download DNS Changer App from Play Store or directly if you don’t have access to Play Store.
Once you’ve downloaded it, click on Install.
Next, Open the app and enter the following DNS servers as per below in the app and select START
- Primary Server: 54.229.171.243
- Secondary Server: 23.21.43.50
At the DnsChanger information, select OK.
When you see the Connection request message, select OK
If you see the Active status, you have configured your device. Next, just go to your home screen.
Note: If you no longer want to use the Smart DNS service, just tap on STOP.
Choose Settings from Home screen.
Tap on Wi-Fi.
Find your Wireless connection (which has a tick or check mark) and click on the blue ‘i‘ icon.
You should now be in your Wi-Fi details page. At the Configure DNS section, tap on Automatic.
At the DNS configuration screen, tap on Manual and tap on the red (-) minus icon to remove your existing DNS address.
Now, tap on the (+) Add Server and enter the DNS server addresses as per below:
- 54.229.171.243
- 23.21.43.50
Note: You will need to click on the plus (+) button again to enter the second DNS server.
Once you’ve added two DNS servers as per the image above, tap on Save at the top right corner to save the settings.
STEP 3: Check Smart DNS Configuration Status
Now that you’ve configured your device to use the Smart DNS, go to your Account and you should see green checkmarks next to DNS Setup and IP activation.
Note: If you didn’t get the green checkmarks, simply refresh the page.
Watch Vuelta a Espana Live Stream For Free
That’s it! You can now watch the 2025 Vuelta a Espana competition via the links below:
Some of the Channels above require you to register for a free account before you can watch their programmes. To do so, expand the link below and follow the instructions.
You will need to register for a free account with SBS before you can watch their programmes. To do so, follow the steps below:
Go to the SBS website and click Play any of the videos. When it asks you to sign in, click on Create an account link.
Now, enter your personal details and click Create Account.
To verify your account, click on the confirmation link sent to your email.
Finally, go back to the SBS page to enjoy the streaming.
That’s it, you can now enjoy SBS On Demand programmes.
Official Route
Running from 17 August to 8 September 2025, La Vuelta 24 will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3265 kilometers.
- 1 flat stage
- 5 medium mountain stages
- 8 mountain stages
- 2 individual time-trial stages
- 5 hilly stages (2 with high-altitude finales)
- 2 rest days
Schedule & Stages
Teams
22 teams will take part in the race. All 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited. They were joined by 4 UCI ProTeams: the two highest placed UCI ProTeams in 2023 (Lotto–Dstny and Israel–Premier Tech), along with Equipo Kern Pharma and Euskaltel–Euskadi who were selected by Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the organisers of the Vuelta.
| UCI WorldTeams | UCI ProTeams |
| Alpecin–Deceuninck | Equipo Kern Pharma |
| Arkéa–B&B Hotels | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| Astana Qazaqstan Team | Israel–Premier Tech |
| Bora–Hansgrohe | Lotto–Dstny |
| Cofidis | |
| Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale | |
| EF Education–EasyPost | |
| Groupama–FDJ | |
| Ineos Grenadiers | |
| Intermarché–Wanty | |
| Lidl–Trek | |
| Movistar Team | |
| Soudal–Quick-Step | |
| Team Bahrain Victorious | |
| Team dsm–firmenich PostNL | |
| Team Jayco–AlUla | |
| Visma–Lease a Bike | |
| UAE Team Emirates |
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