GCN+, the streaming option of choice for cycling fans in countries around the world, is shutting down on December 19.
The news means that fans in the USA, Canada, UK and in numerous other countries worldwide will be working out how to watch cycling for the rest of 2023 and into the 2024 season.
The coming weeks bring a number of key races across the cyclocross and road seasons. First up, there’s the second half of the 2023-24 cyclocross season – including the Christmas period, battles between the ‘big three’ of Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert, and Tom Pidcock, plus the World Championships in February.
Then there are the opening days of the 2024 road season, including the men’s and women’s Tour Down Under and the Spanish and French season openers in Valencia and Marseille.
Luckily, we’ve compiled all the future viewing options for the cyclocross and road seasons so that you can get your live racing fix even without GCN+.
Read on for all you need to know, including information on how to watch racing even if you’re abroad on holiday using a VPN such as ExpressVPN.
How to watch live cycling in the USA & Canada
Live cycling in the USA and Canada will continue to be broadcast via FloBikes. 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.
However, be warned that FloBikes hasn’t automatically picked up all live broadcasting rights from GCN+. They will be airing UCI World Cup and X20 Trofee cyclocross events going forward, though, as well as road racing at the Tour Down Under and AlUla Tour in January.
NBC and its streaming service PeacockTV also holds the rights to several major races throughout the year, though none in December or January.
How to watch live cycling in the UK
In the UK, live coverage of races will continue to be broadcast via Eurosport and Discovery+ – all with the same commentators and pundits that featured on GCN+, including Carlton Kirby, Sean Kelly, and Rob Hatch.
A standard subscription to Discovery+ will set you back £6.99 per month or £59.99 per year. That package includes all cycling coverage as well as sports including snooker, tennis, motorsports, the Paris Olmpic 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 £29.99 per month.
How to watch live cycling around the world
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