The end of the racing season is near but the UCI Road World Championships are around the corner, with the week-long slate of races running on September 21-29.
After last year's 'mega Worlds' in Glasgow, Scotland, this season the races take place in Zürich, Switzerland featuring challenging hilly courses throughout the week.
The biggest stars of the men's and women's pelotons will be heading to Switzerland for the Worlds, including reigning road race champions Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) and Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) and time trial champions Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) and Chloe Dygert (USA).
Those four big names will be hoping to pull on the rainbow jersey once again come the end of September, but there are plenty of major contenders heading to Zürich with similar dreams of glory.
Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia), Richard Carapaz (Ecuador), Mads Pedersen (Denmark), Michael Matthews (Australia), Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (France), Grace Brown (Australia), and Kristen Falkner (USA) are some of the stars already confirmed for the 2024 Worlds.
More riders including the likes of Demi Vollering (Netherlands), Stefan Küng (Switzerland), Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy), and Josh Tarling (Great Britain) are expected to join the start list for the event, too.
Belgium's Lotte Kopecky will be hoping to hold onto the rainbow jersey she won in Glasgow last year (Image credit: Getty Images)
Road World Championships live in the USA
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FloBikes will air the UCI Road World Championships in full in the USA. An annual subscription will set you back $150/year.
Road World Championships live in Canada
In Canada, the UCI Road World Championships will also be streamed on Flobikes with a subscription costing $29.99/month or $150/year.
Road World Championships live in the UK
In the UK, cycling fans will be able to catch all the action at the Road Worlds live on Discovery+.
A 'standard' subscription to Discovery+, which includes Eurosport's cycling coverage, will set you back £6.99 per month for the standard plan. The package includes year-round cycling streams as well as other live sports, including snooker, tennis, motorsports, and more.
A premium subscription, which includes all that plus TNT Sports (Premier League, Champions League and Europa League football plus rugby, wrestling, UFC, and MotoGP), costs £30.99 per month.
Road World Championships live in Australia
In Australia, national broadcaster SBS will carry live coverage of the Road Worlds on TV and streaming online.
Road World Championships on any streams
If you are outside your home region and need to access your live streaming services to watch the action, you may find your access to be geo-restricted.
In this case, a VPN service will come in handy, allowing your computer to pretend it's home and let you log into your streaming accounts to catch all of the racing action.
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Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, joining in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Before joining the team, they had written for numerous major publications in the cycling world, including CyclingWeekly and Rouleur.
Dani has reported from the world's top races, including the Tour de France, Road World Championships, and the spring Classics. They have interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars, including Mathieu van der Poel, Demi Vollering, and Remco Evenepoel. Their favourite races are the Giro d'Italia, Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix.
