The culmination of the 2023-24 cyclocross season is almost upon us, with the top stars of the sport heading to the 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Championships in Tabor, Czechia, on February 2-4.
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Fem van Empel (Visma-Lease a Bike) will be defending their rainbow jerseys this weekend.
Other stars of the scene including Eli Iserbyt, Michael Vanthourenhout (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal), Thibau Nys (Baloise Trek Lions), and Laurens Sweeck (Crelan-Corendon) will be looking to take Van der Poel's crown for Belgium.
Meanwhile in the women's race, a packed field of contenders includes a slate of other Dutch riders – Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Lucinda Brand (Baloise Trek Lions), Denise Betsema, Annemarie Worst (Cyclocross Reds), Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck), and British star Zoe Bäckstedt (Canyon-Sram).
How to watch the Cyclocross World Championships in the USA & Canada
The UCI Cyclocross World Championships will be aired by FloBikes across North America. A subscription will set you back US$149.99 / CAN$150 for the year or US$29.99 / CAN$29.99 on a monthly basis.
How to watch the Cyclocross World Championships in the UK
In the UK, live coverage of all the 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Championships action will continue to be broadcast via Eurosport and Discovery+ – with the same commentators that featured on GCN+.
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A 'standard' subscription to Discovery+ which includes Eurosport's cycling coverage will set you back £6.99 per month or £59.99 per year. The package includes year-round cycling streams as well as other live sports including snooker, tennis, motorsports, the Paris Olympic Games, 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 an additional £29.99 per month.
How to watch the Cyclocross World Championships around the world
In the Netherlands, NOS will be airing live coverage of all events of the 2024 UCI Cyclocross World Championships, while in Belgium you can look to Sporza for the same comprehensive coverage.
Eurosport/Discovery+ will also air the racing in various countries around Europe and the rest of the world – check local listings to make sure. Australia doesn't have any broadcaster listed as having picked up the rights so that means tuning to the UCI YouTube Channel which has a live stream, that is selectively geoblocked when it comes to locations where other broadcasters are showing the event.
Best VPN for streaming live cycling
If you are outside of your home region and need to access your live streaming services to watch the Cyclocross World Championships, 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.
Our colleagues at TechRadarthoroughly tested several VPN services and came up with a few great recommendations below.
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Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Prior to 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, World Championships, and the spring Classics. They have interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars, including Mathieu van der Poel, Remco Evenepoel, Demi Vollering, and Anna van der Breggen.
As well as original reporting, news and feature writing, and production work, Dani also oversees How to Watch guides and works on The Leadout newsletter throughout the season. Their favourite races are Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix and their favourite published article is from the 2024 edition of the latter: 'Unless I'm in an ambulance, I'm finishing this race' – Cyrus Monk, the last man home at Paris-Roubaix
