How to watch 2026 La Vuelta Femenina LIVE on SBS

The first of the women's Grand Tours is here for 2026, with every stage of La Vuelta Femenina LIVE and FREE via SBS On Demand.

SANT BOI DE LLOBREGAT, SPAIN - MAY 05: (L-R) Loes Adegeest of Netherlands and Team FDJ - SUEZ, Henrietta Christie of New Zealand and Team EF Education-Oatty, Marlen Reusser of Switzerland and Team Movistar, Kristen Faulkner of The United States and Team EF Education-Oatty and a general view of the peloton competing during the 11th La Vuelta Femenina 2025, Stage 2 a 99km stage from Molins de Rei to Sant Boi de Llobregat / #UCIWWT / on May 05, 2025 in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski/Getty Images) Source: Getty / Szymon Gruchalski/Getty Images

SBS On Demand is the place to watch the 2026 edition of La Vuelta Femenina, with every stage streaming LIVE from May 3-9.

The race is back in 2026 with seven stages through Spain, culminating in a summit finish finale atop the fearsome Alto de l'Angliru for the first time - a climb which has tested the legs of riders in multiple editions of the men's Vuelta.

Demi Vollering took her second straight title with a triumphant victory at the summit of the Alto de Cotobello in last year's edition, but won't be returning in 2026 after opting to race the Giro d'Italia instead, which takes place from May 30 - June 7 (which you can watch live and free on SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand).

That means that in 2026, La Vuelta Femenina will have a new winner for the first time in five years - with Vollering having won the last two and the now-retired Annemiek van Vleuten taking the previous three before her.

Among the favourites to become a first-time winner will be Australian Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal), who will be making a long-awaited return from injury after lighting up the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France Femmes in 2025, where she finished third and sixth overall respectively.

Gigante has been sidelined since last August after breaking her femur in a crash while training shortly after the Tour de France Femmes.

She will be up against the likes of Tour de France Femmes winners Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Visma Lease-a-Bike) and Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) as well as Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx) who was third overall in last year's Vuelta.

La Vuelta Femenina 2026 LIVE via SBS On Demand

Sunday, May 3

Stage 1

8:50pm-10:50pm AEST

LIVE on SBS On Demand

Monday, May 4

Stage 2

11:35pm-1:35am AEST

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Tuesday, May 5

Stage 3

11:35pm-1:35am AEST

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Wednesday, May 6

Stage 4

11:35pm-1:35am AEST

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Thursday, May 7

Stage 5

11:35pm-1:35am AEST

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Saturday, May 8

Stage 6

12:05am-2:05am AEST

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Stage 7

8:50pm-10:50pm AEST

LIVE on SBS On Demand