After Saturday's individual time trial, the cycling action at the Paris Olympics continues with the mountain bike races. The women's event will take place on Sunday, July 28, and the men's event on Monday, July 29, and here's how to watch the Olympic 2024 mountain bike live stream.

There is only one mountain biking discipline included in the Olympics and that is Cross Country (XCO). Cross-country is a mass start format that challenges athletes to climb and descend on rough, technical terrain, rather than the hair-raising descents of downhill, and is a comprehensive test of power, endurance, and bike handling. In Paris, the races will be held on a 4.4 km circuit on the hills of Élancolle, with the exact number of laps to be determined the afternoon before each race, but both races will last over an hour.

Tom Pidcock, who won gold at the last Olympics in Tokyo, is the men's gold medal contender and will be joined by veteran Nino Schluter, Swiss teammate Matthias Flückiger, and Sam Gaze (New Zealand) and Victor Koretzky (France). They will play against each other. In the women's competition, Pidcock's Ineos teammate Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (France) is looking to end her Olympic heartbreak, but she will have to see off young Puck Pieterse (Netherlands) and compatriot Roana Lecomte.

This guide explains how to watch Olympic Mountain Bike 2024 from anywhere in the world. For other disciplines, see How to Watch Cycling at the Paris Olympics.

NBC owns the broadcast rights to the Olympics in the United States. The Olympics will be televised on several of the network's television channels, as well as on the network's streaming service, Peacock. The women's mountain bike race will only be available on Peacock, while the men's race will be available on USA Network.

Peacock offers a 7-day free trial for those who wish to try before they buy. A full subscription to the service through Peacock Premium starts at $7.99 per month. Peacock Premium Plus, which is ad-free, is $13.99 per month.

USA Network is available on cable plans, but don't worry if you don't have cable; Sling is a smart TV service that lets you watch cable channels on your TV, laptop, or tablet without actually subscribing to an annual cable TV package in the US. USA Network is available on Sling with the Sling Blue package for $40/month ($20 for the first month).

Canadian residents can watch the Olympic mountain bike races on several broadcasters, including the free-to-air CBC, subscription service TSN, and Sportsnet.

CBC will broadcast the women's race live on television on July 28, but it is unclear if the men's race will be broadcast on July 29. In any case, both events will be available for online viewing on CBC Gem. Access to the ad-free on-demand library is $5.99 per month, but the ad-supported version is free.

On TSN, only the men's race will be broadcast live on television, but both events are available online through TSN's subscription service.

Sportsnet does not have a dedicated feed for the races, but they may air as part of the broadcaster's daily programming, which is available online through a Sportsnet SN Now subscription ($14.99 per month or $179.99 per year).

In the UK, cycling fans can watch the Olympics for free on the BBC through BBC One, BBC Two, and BBC iPlayer.

However, the BBC only has the rights to broadcast two streams at a time, so if the mountain bike race is not broadcast, it will be seen on Discovery+, home of the most comprehensive coverage in the UK, with 3,800 hours of live action on 55 channels will be on Discovery+, the home of the UK's most comprehensive coverage of live action on 55 channels.

A special Olympic promotion offers Discovery+'s “Standard” package for just £3.99 per month. This package includes a year-round cycling stream as well as other live sports such as snooker, tennis, and motorsports.

In Australia, cycling fans can watch the Olympics for free on Channel 9.

Viewers across Australia can watch the 9Now streaming service on their favorite smart device and catch all the action from the event.

If you are traveling abroad and try to access your usual live streaming service to watch the competition, you may find that access is regionally restricted.

In this case, a VPN service can come in handy, making it look like your computer is at home, allowing you to log into your streaming account and catch all of the race action.

Our colleagues at TechRadar thoroughly tested several VPN services, and NordVPN struck gold: