Il Lombardia, the last monument of the 2024 season, will be held on Saturday, October 12.

We'll have all the information you need on how to watch this 252-km race from Bergamo to Como, including free broadcast options and VPN streaming options.

The race is the culmination of Italy's fall classics, with the peloton's top climbers gathering for the last time this season to tackle challenging mountain routes including Passo di Ganda, Madonna del Ghisallo, and Colma di Solmano.

World Champion Tadej Pogachar (UAE Team Emirates) will be looking for his fourth consecutive win on Il Lombardia. He will face Enric Mas (Movistar), David Gaudou (Groupama-FDJ), Remco Evenpole (Soudal-QuickStep), Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease A Bike) and Richard Karapas (EF Education- EasyPost) and others.

Il Lombardia will be broadcast for free in Italy on Rai Play.

If you live in this country or are on vacation, you can enjoy a month of racing without paying a subscription fee. However, if you are away from home on vacation during the race, you can catch up on the race without having to pay for local streaming.

A VPN can solve your problem, and we have all the information on how to watch the action using a VPN below.

Il Lombardia is broadcast by Max in the USA. Subscriptions for this service are $10/month or $100/year with ads, $16/$150 without ads, and $200/year for the “Ultimate” package.

In addition to that, one must pay the B/R Sports add-on, which costs an additional $10 per month.

Il Lombardia is broadcast live on Discovery+ in Canada. Subscriptions are $5.99 per month, and subscriptions for the ad-free version are $8.99 per month.

Il Lombardia is televised live on Eurosport and Discovery+.

A “standard” subscription to Discovery+, which includes Eurosport's cycling coverage, costs £6.99 per month or £59.99 per year. This package includes year-round cycling streams as well as other live sports such as snooker, tennis, and motorsports.

These, plus TNT sports (Premier League, Champions League, and Europa League soccer, plus rugby, wrestling, UFC, and MotoGP) are included in the premium subscription, which costs an additional £29.99 per month.

If you want to get a taste of the local atmosphere or want complete coverage of the races in Italian, visit “Rai Play”.

If you live outside your area and need to access a live streaming service to watch the race, access may be regionally restricted.

In this case, a VPN service may be useful, allowing you to pretend your computer is at home, log into your streaming account, and catch all of the race action.

Our colleagues at TechRadar thoroughly tested several VPN services and came up with some great recommendations below.

Some other very good options that are secure, reliable, and offer good bandwidth for streaming sports are ExpressVPN and the best budget option, Surfshark.