How to watch UCI Road World Championships 2026 for FREE: Live Streams & TV Channels

UCI Road World Championships 2026: September 20-27 Free Stream: CBC Gem (Can), BBC iPlayer (UK) & UCI YouTube Channel (selected) Unlock your stream with NordVPN (save up to 75%) UCI Road World Championships 2026 live streams see the cycling action take place in Canada for the first time in 23 years.

And while it's set to host many of the world's elite riders, one man will be notable by his absence.

Yes, anybody hoping to get a glimpse of modern great Tadej Pogačar speeding up and down the roads of Montreal will be sorely disappointed.

His Vuelta a Espana -ending crash in Spain a few weeks ago means that he's unable to defend the world road race title that he won for the second straight time in Kigali, Rwanda last year.

That leaves the field wide open for the likes of Wout Van Aert, Tom Pidcock and previous winners Remco Evenepoel and Mathieu van der Poel to compete for glory in the week's blue riband event.

Before that, however, comes plenty of other pulsating pedalling action, with the elite individual time trials kicking things off on the first Saturday, a mixed relay, and disciplines for U23 and junior riders (you can see a full schedule at the bottom of this page).

Evenepoel himself is going for an unprecedented fourth straight title in the men's ITT, while Marlen Reusser (ITT) and Magdeleine Vallieres (road race) are both back to defend their respective crowns – the latter in front of a home crowd this time around.

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And there's a full schedule of every single event at the bottom of this page.

Can I watch UCI Road World Championships 2026 cycling for free? Yes! You can watch Road World Championships 2026 for FREE in many parts of the world.

CBC Sports and the CBC Gem streaming platform is showing extensive coverage of the 2026 UCI Road World Championships in Canada – and all for FREE! You just need to create a free account on CBC Gem to watch online.

Elsewhere, several other free-to-air broadcasters and their streaming platforms will also have varying amounts of the live cycling coverage with domestic commentary.

These include: 🇬🇧 UK: BBC iPlayer 🇫🇷 France: France TV 🇩🇪 Germany: ZDF 🇧🇪 Belgium: RTBF Auvio / Sporza 🇮🇹 Italy: RaiPlay 🇵🇹 Portugal: RTP 🇪🇸 Spain: RTP 🇨🇭 Switzerland: Play RSI And in areas of the globe where there's no other official rights holder, the UCI's own YouTube channel will stream live action.

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