UCI Cycling World Championships 2023: Live stream, TV coverage, schedule and who is riding as Scotland host event

It’s finally here! The UCI Cycling World Championships 2023 begin on Thursday August 3, taking place across 11 days of action in Glasgow.

Thousands of amateur and elite cyclists from more than 120 countries will be competing across seven disciplines in 13 World Championships in an event that is the first of its kind.

It is the first time in history the various disciplines in cycling will come together in one event, with riders competing in road racing, time trials, track, BMX, mountain bike, indoor cycling and para-cycling.

Some of the sport’s biggest names will be taking part including Remco Evenepoel, Tadej Pogacar, Tom Pidcock, Demi Vollering and Annemiek van Vleuten.

You can watch coverage on discovery+ and eurosport.com with highlights and reaction on eurosport.com.

• Track & Para-Cycling Track: Team Pursuit, Individual Pursuit, Sprint, Time Trial and Scratch Race
• Mountain Bike Downhill: Junior – Qualifying
• Track & Para-Cycling Track: Individual Pursuit, Sprint, Time Trial and Scratch race

• Track & Para-cycling Track: Team Pursuit and Time Trial
• Gran Fondo: Road Race
• Medio Fondo: Road Race
• Mountain Bike Downhill: Elite – qualifying & junior – finals
• Track & Para-cycling Track: Individual Pursuit, Sprint, Time Trial and Scratch Race

• BMX Freestyle Park: Elite – qualifying
• Track & Para-cycling Track: Team Pursuit, Sprint, Time Trial and Scratch Race
• Road: Women Junior Road Race
• Mountain Bike Downhill: Elite – finals
• Road: Men Junior Road Race
• Track & Para-cycling Track: Time Trial, Sprint, Keirin, Scratch Race and Team Pursuit

• Mountain Bike Cross-country Marathon: Elite – finals
• Road: Men Elite Road Race
• Track & Para-cycling Track: Sprint, Time Trial, Team Pursuit, Scratch Race, Keirin and Omnium
• BMX Racing: Challenge
• BMX Freestyle Park: Elite – semi-finals
• Track & Para-cycling Track: Individual Pursuit, Sprint, Time Trial, Scratch Race, Keirin, Omnium & Elimination Race

• BMX Racing: Challenge
• Gran Fondo: Individual Time Trial
• Track & Para-cycling Track: Sprint and Time Trial
• BMX Freestyle Park: Elite – finals
• Track & Para-cycling Track: Individual Pursuit, Time Trial, Elimination Race, Madison, Scratch Race and Sprint

• Mountain Bike Cross-country: Short Track – qualifying
• BMX Racing: Challenge
• Track & Para-cycling Track: Sprint and Time Trial
• Road: Team Time Trial Mixed Relay
• BMX Freestyle Flatland: Elite Qualifying
• Track & Para-cycling Track: Sprint, Time Trial, Scratch Race, Keirin, Points Race and Madison

• BMX Racing: Challenge
• Mountain Bike Cross-country: Team Relay & E-MTB
• Para-cycling Road: Individual Time Trials
• Road: Men U23 Individual Time Trial
• BMX Freestyle Flatland: Men Elite semi final
• Track: Sprint, Omnium, Keirin and Points Race
• Trials: Teams

• Mountain Bike Cross-Country: Junior Olympic & Elite Short Track – finals
• Para-cycling Road: Individual Time Trials
• Trials: Men Junior – 20″ & 26″ & Women Elite semi finals
• Road: Women Junior Individual Time Trial
• Road: Women Elite Individual Time Trial
• BMX Freestyle Flatland: Elite finals

• Indoor Cycling: Cycle-ball & Artistic Cycling
• Para-cycling Road: Road Races
• Trials: Men Elite – 20″ & 26″ semi finals
• Mountain Bike Cross-country: Under 23 Olympic
• Road: Men Junior Individual Time Trial
• Road: Men Elite Individual Time Trial

• Indoor Cycling: Cycle-ball & Artistic Cycling
• Mountain Bike Cross-country: Elite Olympic
• Para-cycling Road: Road Races
• Trials: 20″ & 26″ Junior and Elite – final
• Road: Men U23 Road Race
• BMX Racing: All categories (qualifiers); Junior, Under 23 and Elite (last 32)
• Trials: 20″ & 26″ Elite – final

• Indoor Cycling: Cycle-ball & Artistic
• Para-cycling Road: Team Relay
• BMX Racing: Junior, Under 23 and Elite (quarter finals, semi finals and finals)
• Road: Women Elite (incl Women U23) Road Race

Some of the biggest names will be vying to take the rainbow jersey in the men’s road race, including reigning world champion Evenepoel.

Three-time back-to-back winner Peter Sagan will be making his final appearance at the event and will be joined by Julian Alaphilippe, who won in both 2020 and 2021. Tour de France runner-up Pogacar has also confirmed he will be taking part.

Current Olympic mountain bike champion Pidcock will be confident of grabbing the elite men’s rainbow jersey after World Cup wins in both cross-country and short track earlier in the season.

Meanwhile, after disappointment at the Tour de Frances Femmes, Van Vleuten will switch her attention to matters in Scotland where she will line up as the defending champion. She will join the Dutch team that includes rival Vollering.