{"id":2150955,"date":"2026-09-17T14:13:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T11:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2150955"},"modified":"2026-09-17T14:13:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T11:13:47","slug":"how-to-watch-the-2026-road-world-championships-in-the-usa-canada-and-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2150955","title":{"rendered":"How to Watch the 2026 Road World Championships in the USA, Canada, and Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Updated September 17, 2026 08:33AM<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

A new set of rainbow jerseys will be dished out over the coming week at the UCI Road World Championships, and you won\u2019t want to miss a minute of it.<\/p>\n

Starting this Sunday, September 20, and running through Sunday, September 27, Montr\u00e9al will host the world\u2019s best men and women in a packed program of time trialing and road races.<\/p>\n

Nearly 1,000 riders from more than 75 countries will contest 13 medal events across eight days.<\/p>\n

Remco Evenepoel, Wout van Aert, Paul Seixas, Mathieu van der Poel, and Quinn Simmons headline the field of elite men.<\/p>\n

Demi Vollering, Lotte Kopecky, Kristen Faulkner, and the home defending champion Magdeliene Valli\u00e8res headline the elite women.<\/p>\n

Vollering is super-favorite for the women\u2019s road race after a season so immaculate you could serve your dinner off of it. In the men\u2019s road race, the absence of Tadej Poga\u010dar has blown the race wide open, so expect a thriller.<\/p>\n

For the time trials, you needn\u2019t look much further than three-time defending champion Evenepoel and 2025 world champion Marlen Reusser.<\/p>\n

U.S. fans should pay particular attention to the racing in this first North American worlds since Richmond 2015. USA Cycling hasn\u2019t put out such a strong selection in years, in both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s races.<\/p>\n

Simmons, Matteo Jorgenson, and Brandon McNulty give the U.S. serious hopes of a men\u2019s road race medal.<\/p>\n

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Faulkner and crossover star Kate Courtney are very strong wildcards for the women\u2019s. But don\u2019t look for Chlo\u00e9 Dygert in the time trial \u2013 the two-time world champion is out after a recent surgery and ongoing RED-S.<\/p>\n

How to watch UCI road world championships 2026<\/h2>\n
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Tour de France champion Vollering is poised to add a world title to the European title she won in autumn 2025.<\/span> (Photo: Billy Ceusters\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The elite program rolls out Sunday 20 with the elite women\u2019s time trial. Racing closes one week later on Sunday 27 with the elite men\u2019s road race.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how to watch road worlds this month, and the schedule of events.<\/p>\n

And if you\u2019ve not seen it already, be sure to check out our super-size cheat sheet outlining the courses, contenders, and key storylines.<\/p>\n

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Elite race schedule (start times)<\/h3>\n
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Date<\/span><\/td>\nEvent<\/span><\/td>\nLocal\/ET<\/span><\/td>\nPT<\/span><\/td>\nUK<\/span><\/td>\nCEST<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sun., Sept. 20<\/span><\/td>\nElite women\u2019s ITT<\/span><\/td>\n9 a.m.<\/span><\/td>\n6 a.m.<\/span><\/td>\n2 p.m.<\/span><\/td>\n3 p.m.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sun., Sept. 20<\/span><\/td>\nElite men\u2019s ITT<\/span><\/td>\n12:45 p.m.<\/span><\/td>\n9:45 a.m.<\/span><\/td>\n5:45 p.m.<\/span><\/td>\n6:45 p.m.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sat., Sept. 26<\/span><\/td>\nElite women\u2019s road race<\/span><\/td>\n9 a.m.<\/span><\/td>\n6 a.m.<\/span><\/td>\n2 p.m.<\/span><\/td>\n3 p.m.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sun., Sept. 27<\/span><\/td>\nElite men\u2019s road race<\/span><\/td>\n9 a.m.<\/span><\/td>\n6 a.m.<\/span><\/td>\n2 p.m.<\/span><\/td>\n3 p.m.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

How to watch road worlds: Broadcaster guide<\/h3>\n

USA:<\/strong> FloBikes
Canada:<\/strong> FloBikes
UK:<\/strong> BBC, TNT Sports \/ HBO Max
Australia:<\/strong> Stan
Worldwide:<\/strong> Eurosport, L\u2019Equipe, VRT, RTBF, TV2, RAI, NOS, TVE, SuperSport, DirectTV<\/p>\n

The racing will also be available to watch live on the UCI YouTube channel, subject to geo-blocking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Updated September 17, 2026 08:33AM<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2237895341-scaled-e1789652575443.jpg”] Updated September 17, 2026 08:33AM A new set of rainbow jerseys will be dished out over the coming week at the UCI Road World Championships, and you won\u2019t want to miss a minute of it. Starting this Sunday, September 20, and running through Sunday, September 27, Montr\u00e9al will host the world\u2019s best […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,71],"class_list":["post-2150955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-velo-outsideonline-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2150955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2150955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2150955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2150955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}