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Aatif Sulleyman

How to watch Road World Championships 2023: live stream for free from anywhere

Road World Championships Remco Evenepoel Annemiek van Vleuten Van Vleuten Demi Vollering Geraint Thomas Julian Alaphilippe Marianne Vos Van Aert Scotland

Julian Alaphilippe of France prior to the 95th UCI Road World Championships last year

Watch a Road World Championships live stream

You can watch the 2023 Road World Championships for free on BBC iPlayer in the UK, and SBS On Demand in Australia. Sporza in Belgium, France TV Sport in France, Rai Play in Italy, and Teledeporte in Spain are also offering free live coverage of the event. Full details on how to watch the Road World Championships just below. And don't forget: you can use a VPN watch a FREE Road World Championships live stream from anywhere.

Road World Championships 2023: preview

Cycling superstars are out in force for the Road World Championships, with Remco Evenepoel, Geraint Thomas and Wout van Aert set to face off in the elite men's ITT, as Annemiek van Vleuten looks to hold off Demi Vollering and Marianne Vos in the women's Road Race.

Evenepoel, Thomas and van Aert are three of the leading lights in the 47.8km Individual Time Trial, won by Tobias Foss last year, while Evenepoel and van Aert will also go wheel-to-wheel in the 271.1km Road Race (3,570m of elevation), which also sees Julian Alaphilippe, Mathieu Van der Poel and Mads Pedersen look to take Evenepoel's crown.

We'll get a new women's ITT champion regardless of what happens on the roads of Scotland, as the current title-holder Ellen van Dijk is expecting. Marlen Reusser and Grace Brown are amongst the favourites in her absence, with the race set to take place over 36.2km.

The reigning Road Race champion needs no introduction. 40-year-old van Vleuten is hoping to kep hold of that rainbow jersey before she hangs up her helmet at the end of the year, with Vos and Vollering looking the likeliest to take it from her.

Read on as we explain how to watch a FREE 2023 Road World Championships live stream from anywhere with a VPN. Full schedule and details of how to watch this UCI Cycling World Championships event below.

How to watch a FREE Road World Championships live stream

One of the best things about the UCI Cycling World Championships is that they're completely free to watch in lots of countries around the world. For example:

UK – BBC iPlayer

Australia – SBS

Belgium – Sporza

France – France TV Sport

Italy – Rai Sport

Spain – RTVE

If you're from any of the countries listed above but you're abroad right now, don't worry about missing out on that free coverage. All you need to do is subscribe to a VPN to watch a free Road World Championships live stream and re-connect to your home streaming coverage.

How to watch Road World Championships from outside your country

If you're abroad right now and struggling to tap into your usual coverage, you'll want a VPN. This'll help you circumvent the geo-blocking that will try to stop you watching a Road World Championships live stream in particular parts of the world.

They're a useful means of getting around this issue, are cheap, and easy to set-up as well. Here's how it's done.

Use a VPN to watch Road World Championships 2023 from anywhere

How to use a VPN to watch Road World Championships 2023

Using a VPN is as easy as one-two-three...

1. Download and install a VPN - as we say, our top choice is ExpressVPN.

2. Connect to the appropriate server location - open the VPN app, hit 'choose location' and select the appropriate location, eg: 'UK' for BBC iPlayer.

3. Go to the broadcaster's stream - head to your home broadcaster's site or app and watch as if you were at home - BBC iPlayer for Brits abroad.