Grand Tour season is over, but the top-level road racing season continues this week with the UEC Road European Championships in the Netherlands. We have all the information on how to watch the Championships, including free-to-air options and VPN streaming options.
The races – encompassing time trials, mixed relay TTTs and road races across men's and women's elite, U23, and junior ranks – run from September 20 to 24, culminating in the battle for the elite European road titles on the Col du VAM.
Top names, including Wout van Aert, Lotte Kopecky (Belgium), Demi Vollering, Lorena Wiebes (Netherlands), Filippo Ganna (Italy), and Marlen Reusser (Switzerland) will all be taking part throughout the week, so the races will certainly be ones to watch.
Other major names taking part include Mads Pedersen, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Denmark), Julian Alaphilippe, Audrey Cordon-Ragot (France), Lotte Kopecky (Belgium), Alexander Kristoff, Tobias Foss (Norway), Josh Tarling, Pfeiffer Georgi (Great Britain), Stefan Bissegger, Stefan Küng (Switzerland), Elisa Balsamo, Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy), and Michał Kwiatkowski, Kasia Niewiadoma (Poland).
Key dates to remember include Saturday, September 23, for the elite women's road race, and Sunday, September 24, for the elite men's road race.
In addition to scrolling down the page for our live streaming guide, check out our UEC Road European Championships guide, the route maps below, plus the elite road race start list information powered by FirstCycling.
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How to watch the UEC European Championships in the USA & Canada
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The UEC European Championships will be available to view in the USA and in Canada on GCN+. A subscription to the network will cost $8.99 per month or $49.99 per year in the USA and $11.99 / $59.99 in Canada.
How to watch the UEC European Championships in the UK
The 2023 UEC European Road Championships will be broadcast in the United Kingdom and around Europe on Eurosport channels 1 and 2 (410, 411 on Sky) as well as streaming on Discovery+, which carries Eurosport's live coverage.
A subscription to Discovery+ costs £6.99/$9.15 per month or £59.99/$78.51 for a 12-month pass.
Additionally, the racing will be aired in the United Kingdom, Europe, and in select other territories on GCN+, with a year’s subscription costing £39.99 and a monthly subscription costing £6.99.
How to watch the UEC European Championships around the world
Eurosport and GCN+ will serve numerous countries around Europe and the rest of the world. Consult GCN+'s live streaming schedule for information on your location.
In Australia, GCN+ will carry coverage to watch in full. GCN+ pricing in Australia costs $15.99 per month and $64.99 per year.
Best VPNs for streaming the UEC European Championships
Geo-restrictions are the bane of cycling fans because they can prevent you from watching the UEC European Championships using your live streaming accounts if you are outside of your home country.
While you can always follow Cyclingnews for all the live coverage, you can access your geo-blocked live streaming services by simulating being in your home country with a VPN – a 'virtual private network'.
Our experts have thoroughly tested VPNs for live-streaming sports and recommend ExpressVPN. The service lets you watch the race live on various devices – Smart TVs, Fire TV Stick, PC, Mac, iPhone, Android phone, iPads, tablets, etc.
Try ExpressVPN risk-free for 30 days ExpressVPN offers a 30-day money back guarantee with its VPN service. You can use it to watch on your mobile, tablet, laptop, TV, games console and more. There's 24/7 customer support and three months free when you sign-up.
There are a couple of other very good options that are safe, reliable and offer good bandwidth for streaming sports. Check out the best two options below – NordVPN and the best budget option, Surfshark.
NordVPN - get the world's favorite VPN We've put all the major VPNs through their paces and we rate NordVPN as the best for streaming Netflix as our top pick, thanks to its speed, ease of use and strong security features. It's also compatible with just about any streaming device out there, including Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Xbox and PlayStation, as well as Android and Apple mobiles.
Surfshark: the best cheap VPN Currently topping our charts as the fastest VPN around, Surfshark keeps giving us reasons to recommend it. It's a high-value, low-cost option that's easy to use, full of features, and excellent at unblocking restricted content.
With servers in over 100 countries, you can stream your favorite shows from almost anywhere. Best of all, Surfshark costs as little as $2.30 per month, and it comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee to try it out.
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
