How to watch Cycling World Championships: live stream the action from Scotland
The 2023 Cycling World Championships is set to be the biggest cycling event ever. It's 13 World Championship events rolled into one festival of cycling, across seven disciplines including road, track and mountain bike. You can follow the action on GCN+ and Eurosport (via Discovery Plus) in the UK, FloBikes in the US, or for free on BBC iPlayer in the UK and SBS On Demand in Australia, so make sure you know how to watch for free with a VPN from anywhere.
The action runs from 3-13 August throughout Scotland, with Glasgow as the epicentre. The disciplines featuring at these 'super Worlds' are road, track, mountain bike, para-cycling, BMX, trials and indoor cycling. All the biggest names from cycling's global scene will be present from Tadej Pogačar and Demi Vollering on the road to Katie Archibald and Filippo Ganna on track, and Tom Pidcock and Pauline Ferrand-Prevot in the mountain biking.
Highlights include the men's and women's road races in Glasgow, the team pursuit on track and the mountain bike cross-country races in Glentress Forest. Scroll down to the end of the article for a summary of when each discipline is taking place.
Cycling's biggest ever event is a must-see and will bring the best the sport has to offer to Scotland over ten days, and with free-to-air options available in the UK and Australia, it will be easy to watch. Below we explain everything you need to know to watch a Cycling World Championships live stream in 2023.
Watch Cycling World Championships live stream in the UK – for free
You can watch a Cycling World Championships live stream for free on BBC iPlayer in the UK.
Cycling World Championships live streams will also be available in the UK courtesy of GCN+ and Eurosport (via Discovery+).
Access to GCN+ costs £39.99 a year, or £6.99 per month. Alternatively, for Discovery+ and Eurosport coverage, the Entertainment and Sports pass is available for £59.99 a year, or £6.99 per month.
If you're abroad, meanwhile, you can download and install a VPN – more on that below.
Watch Cycling World Championships live stream from anywhere on the planet
If you’re away from home for the 2023 Cycling World Championships, you might have a problem accessing your regular streaming service because of geo-blocking restrictions. Thankfully, there’s an easy solution.
If you’re not in the country for the Cycling World Championship, live streaming the events is still an option – all you have to do is download and install a VPN and use a location inside the United Kingdom to watch the broadcast live as if you were back home.
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Watch Cycling World Championships live stream in the US and Canada
In the US you can watch a Cycling World Championship live stream through FloBikes. A subscription to the service will cost you $149.99 per year.
Canadian cycling fans also have the option of watching a Cycling World Championshps live stream on FloBikes. An annual subscription costs $150 (CAD).
Watch Cycling World Championships live stream in Australia – for free
Australian viewers can follow Cycling World Championship action for free, as SBS and SBS On Demand will show the events live .
SBS will be showing the road cycling, track cycling, mountain biking and BMX races between 4-13 August.
Events timetable
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