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Dubai Tour 2014: TV schedule – how to watch the inaugural race

British Eurosport to broadcast all four stages live

The inaugural Dubai Tour starts tomorrow (Wednesday February 5), with British champion Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) among the sprinting heavyweights heading to the emirate.

And you can catch each stage of the four-day race live on British Eurosport, or catch-up with regular highlights throughout the day.

Could there be a repeat of Mark Cavendish’s success in the Middle East last year, when he won four stages in Qatar (pic: Bruno Bade/ASO)

Kicking off with a short individual time trial on the Wednesday, where British time trial champion Alex Dowsett (Movistar) will be among the riders to watch, the Tour then concludes with three sprint-friendly stages (read our full race preview here).

And with Cav set to go wheel-to-wheel with Giant-Shimano’s Marcel Kittel and Cannondale’s Slovak star Peter Sagan, you can the action live as per the schedule below.

The Dubai Tour – television schedule

Stage one

Wednesday February 5
Live: British Eurosport 10.00am
Highlights: British Eurosport 1.50pm, 11.00pm; Eurosport2 6.00pm

Thursday February 6
Highlights: Eurosport2 1.00am, 5.00am; British Eurosport 9.00am

Stage two

Thursday February 6
Live: British Eurosport 10.00am
Highlights: British Eurosport 2.00pm, 9.00pm

Friday February 7
Highlights: Eurosport2 12.30am, 5.00am; British Eurosport 7.30am

Stage three

Friday February 7
Live: Eurosport2 10.00am
Highlights: Eurosport2 5.00pm, 10.00pm

Saturday February 8
Highlights: Eurosport2 4.30am; British Eurosport 8.55am

Stage four

Saturday February 8
Live: British Eurosport 10.00am

Sunday February 9
Highlights: Eurosport2 4.30am, 2.00pm; British Eurosport 11.25am

(Plus regular repeats shown on both channels through the rest of the week)

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