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Watch the 2027 Tour de Ski Live and Free Online – Cross-Country World Cup
FIS Cross-Country World Cup | Les Rousses, France; Oberstdorf, Germany; and Val di Fiemme, Italy | January 1–10, 2027
You can stream the 2027 Tour de Ski live and for free online with a VPN!
The 2027 Tour de Ski starts on New Year’s Day in Les Rousses, France, and finishes with the infamous climb up Alpe Cermis in Val di Fiemme on Sunday, January 10, 2027. Over ten days, the skiers race eight stages in three countries. You’ll find the rest of the season on our Cross-Country Skiing World Cup page.
Watch the 2027 Tour de Ski live and free on YouTube
You can watch the whole Tour de Ski for free on the official YouTube channel of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) with a VPN.
The best VPN service for getting around YouTube’s regional blocks is NordVPN.
With a VPN, you can also watch other free FIS streams, such as cross-country skiing, ski jumping, alpine skiing and Nordic combined, live on YouTube.
You need a VPN to watch the 2027 Tour de Ski live on YouTube
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How to watch the Tour de Ski for free on YouTube
1. Sign up for NordVPN and download the app.
2. Connect to a server in one of these countries: South Africa, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand or Vietnam.
3. Go to the FIS Cross-Country YouTube channel and pick the day’s stage under the Live tab.
FIS streams every Tour de Ski stage live on YouTube in countries where the TV rights haven’t been sold. In the US and the UK, the streams are geo-blocked because paid services hold the rights. With your VPN connected to one of the countries above, you can watch the whole Tour live and on replay without a subscription.
2027 Tour de Ski schedule
The Tour has eight stages, and women and men race the same distances on the same days. January 4 and 7 are rest days.
Friday, January 1, Les Rousses – classic sprint
Saturday, January 2, Les Rousses – 20 km mass start classic
Sunday, January 3, Les Rousses – 15 km pursuit freestyle
Tuesday, January 5, Oberstdorf – 15 km mass start classic
Wednesday, January 6, Oberstdorf – 5 km freestyle
Friday, January 8, Val di Fiemme – 15 km skiathlon
Saturday, January 9, Val di Fiemme – freestyle sprint
Sunday, January 10, Val di Fiemme – final climb up Alpe Cermis
FIS usually publishes the start times in December. The races are held during the European daytime, so US viewers should expect early-morning starts.
How to watch the Tour de Ski in the US and the UK
US: In 2025/26, the Tour de Ski and the rest of the Cross-Country World Cup were streamed in the US on the paid skiandsnowboard.live service, while Peacock didn’t carry cross-country. The 2026/27 arrangement hadn’t been confirmed when we wrote this, so check before the Tour starts.
UK: In the UK, cross-country skiing is shown on TNT Sports and streamed on HBO Max, which both require a paid subscription. The BBC axed Ski Sunday in September 2026, so there’s no longer a regular free-to-air winter sports show in the UK.
If you’d rather not pay, you can watch the Tour de Ski for free on the FIS YouTube channel or on a free foreign TV channel with a VPN.
The Tour de Ski on free TV channels abroad
ARD and ZDF (Germany): The German public broadcasters show the World Cup races in Germany for free from 2026/27 to 2029/30, so you can watch the Oberstdorf stages on January 5–6 on Sportschau and in the ZDFmediathek. These services require a German IP address, so connect your VPN to Germany.
CBC Gem (Canada): CBC Gem is the best free option for winter sports with English commentary. Check its listings for the Tour de Ski and connect to a VPN server in Canada.
Broadcast deals for the French and Italian stages hadn’t been announced when we wrote this, so the FIS YouTube channel is the surest way to watch every stage for free.
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Watching from Canada, Australia or while traveling
In 2025/26, the FIS Cross-Country YouTube channel streamed the World Cup for free in both Canada and Australia, so viewers there could watch the Tour de Ski at home without a VPN. Check that the streams are still open in 2026/27.
Many people travel over Christmas and New Year’s. If you’re abroad during the Tour, the free streams you watch at home may be blocked. With a VPN, you can connect to a server back home and watch the Tour de Ski just as you would on your own couch.
Les Rousses, Oberstdorf and Val di Fiemme
Les Rousses lies in the Jura Mountains on the border between France and Switzerland. The Tour starts here with three race days in a row.
Oberstdorf in the Allgäu region of Bavaria is a well-known Nordic skiing venue that hosted the 2021 World Championships. The Four Hills Tournament in ski jumping also starts in Oberstdorf between Christmas and New Year’s.
Val di Fiemme in Trentino is the Tour de Ski’s traditional finish. The final stage climbs the Alpe Cermis ski slope, which is so steep that the skiers have to herringbone up much of the way. The climb is the Tour’s most famous stage, and the overall standings can change right up to the finish line.
How the Tour de Ski is decided
The overall Tour de Ski winner is decided on total time. The times from each stage are added together, and skiers can earn bonus seconds in the sprints and at intermediate sprints along the way. In the pursuit, skiers start in the order of the overall standings, so the first skier across the line leads the Tour.
The stages also count toward the World Cup, and the top finishers in the Tour’s overall standings earn more points than in a regular World Cup race.
Last year’s winners
The Tour de Ski has been held since the 2006/07 season. In 2025/26, American Jessie Diggins won the women’s Tour.
On the men’s side, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo won the overall title.
The Tour de Ski and the Four Hills with one VPN
The holiday season is the busiest time of the winter for skiing fans. With one VPN service, you can watch all of this for free:
- Cross-country skiing: the World Cup in Engadin and Toblach after the Tour
- Ski jumping: the Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria, at the same time as the Tour de Ski
- Alpine skiing: the World Cup races in January
Besides the Tour de Ski, you can also use a VPN to watch a wide range of live sports online.
Cross-Country Skiing World Cup schedule 2026/27
Ruka, Finland – November 27–29, 2026
Trondheim, Norway – December 1–3, 2026
Davos, Switzerland – December 11–13, 2026
Tour de Ski: Les Rousses, Oberstdorf and Val di Fiemme – January 1–10, 2027
Engadin, Switzerland – January 22–24, 2027
Toblach, Italy – January 29–31, 2027
Lahti, Finland – February 12–14, 2027
Nordic World Ski Championships, Falun, Sweden – February 24–March 7, 2027
Oslo (Holmenkollen), Norway – March 13–14, 2027
Drammen, Norway – March 16, 2027
Finals in Ulricehamn, Sweden – March 19–21, 2027
Frequently asked questions
When does the 2027 Tour de Ski start?
The Tour de Ski starts on Friday, January 1, 2027, with a classic sprint in Les Rousses and ends on Sunday, January 10, 2027, with the climb up Alpe Cermis in Val di Fiemme.
Where can I watch the Tour de Ski in the US and the UK?
In the UK, the Tour de Ski is on TNT Sports and HBO Max. In the US, it was streamed on skiandsnowboard.live in 2025/26. Both are paid services.
Where can I watch the Tour de Ski for free?
Every stage is streamed for free on the FIS Cross-Country YouTube channel in countries where the TV rights haven’t been sold. From the US or the UK, you need a VPN connected to a country such as New Zealand. The Oberstdorf stages are also shown free on Germany’s ARD and ZDF.
What is the final climb in the Tour de Ski?
The final climb is the last stage of the Tour, where the skiers race up the Alpe Cermis ski slope in Val di Fiemme. The slope is so steep that they have to herringbone up much of the way.
