UCI Road World Championships 2024 routes

The 2024 UCI Road World Championships will be held in Switzerland, with Zurich hosting time trial and road race routes that include a climbing challenge. 

The elite time trials have an an ascent over the foothills of the Pfannenstiel, before heading to the finish line of the along Lake Zurich while the elite road races accumulate a hefty dose of climbing as they take on multiple laps of the finishing city circuit in Zurich.

Sunday, September 22: Women’s Elite ITT, 29.9km

Opening up the elite racing at the Road World Championships in 2024, the women’s time trial runs on a 29.9km course from Gossau with 327 metres of elevation gain. There is an ascent over the foothills of the Pfannenstiel and a short intermediate climb before the course descends into the flat final half and runs along Lake Zurich to the finish line in Sechseläutenplatz in Zurich.

Sunday, September 22: Men’s Elite ITT, 46.1km

The 46.1km elite men’s time trial start on the historic open race track in Zurich Oerlikon, heads to Dübendorf and then along Lake Greifensee before heading to Monchaltorf to join the same route as the women’s elite time trial and other events which start in Gossau. The course takes in an elevation gain of 413m as it continues to work its way over the foothills of the Pfannenstiel and along the shores of Lake Zurich to the finish line in Sechseläutenplatz in Zurich. 

Monday, September 23: Men’s Junior ITT, 24.9km

It’s a flat 24.9km out and back time course for the 24.9km men’s junior time trial which runs along the shores of Lake Zurich before returning to the finish line in Sechseläutenplatz in Zurich.

Monday, September 23: Men’s Under 23 ITT, 29.9km

The men’s under 23 time trial starts in Gossau, tracking the same course at the elite women’s event. It includes 327m of altitude gain as it works its way over the foothills of the Pfannenstiel before the course descends into the…