UCI Road World Championships 2024 - Elite-U23 women's road race contenders

GLASGOW SCOTLAND AUGUST 13 LR Lotte Kopecky of Belgium and Demi Vollering of The Netherlands attack during the Women Elite Women U23 Road Race a 1541km race from Loch Lomond to Glasgow at the 96th UCI Cycling World Championships Glasgow 2023 Day 11 UCIWWT on August 13 2023 in Glasgow Scotland Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images
Lotte Kopecky of Belgium and Demi Vollering of The Netherlands attack at 2023 Glasgow Worlds road race (Image credit: Getty Images)

The 2024 UCI Road World Championships will host the combined elite-U23 women's road race on the event's penultimate day, September 29, from Uster to Zurich, Switzerland.

The 154.1km race route is expected to cater to the classics specialists given the hilly terrain, circuit-style final loop and fast run-in to Zurich. The race will begin in Uster where the peloton will complete a single lap of Greifensee before heading to the city circuit. 

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