The 2023 road racing season is underway as riders head to the sun around the world to kick off the season.

The race will run from February 20-26, with top GC riders and sprinters taking on seven days of racing in the UAE.

Cycling News will bring you live coverage, reports, results, news, interviews, and analysis of the 2023 UAE Tour, and read about how you can use ExpressVPN (opens in new tab) to watch the race live stream from anywhere. Please read on to learn how you can watch the race live stream from any location.

Expect an intense GC battle as riders tackle the 17km team time trial, the usual summit finishes at Jebel Jais and Jebel Hafeet, and several sprint stages.

World champion Remco Evenpole (Soudal-Quick Step) is the Belgian looking for his first win of the 2023 season.

He will battle UAE Team Emirates' Adam Yates and Jay Wein, Pero Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious), Emmanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Kazakstan), Michal Storer ( Groupama-FDJ), Luke Plapp (Ineos Grenadiers), Louis Mainz (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty), Andreas Rechnasund (Team DSM) and Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma).

This is the strongest sprint field of the season. Mark Cavendish (Astana-Kazakstan), Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ), Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates), Caleb Yuan (Lotto-Dstny), Tim Merrier (Sudar-Quick Step), Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorias), Elia Viviani (Ineos Grenadiers), Olaf Kooi (Jumbo-Visma), Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-AlUla), Sam Welsford (Team DSM ) will participate.

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If you are in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, or one of the many European countries, the race will be broadcast live and in full on GCN+ (open in new tab) and Eurosport - Discovery+ (open in new tab).

Subscriptions for Discovery+ are £6.99/$9.15/month, £59.99/$78.51 for a 12-month pass; a one-year pass for GCN+ is £39.99.

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 via a "virtual private network" for your laptop, tablet, or mobile, or via VPN to simulate being in your home country. workaround.

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