The 2025 edition of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships takes place this week, from Wednesday, 22 October to Sunday, 26 October. Fans of track cycling, however, will have to adjust to some uncomfortable timetables, as this year’s edition takes place in Chile.
In this competition, there are 11 events for men, 11 for women: Individual and team pursuits, Sprint and team sprints, Keirin, Madison, Omnium, Scratch, Points Race, Elimination, and 1km Time trial.
However, due to the time differences, most of the action will take place at night. The events on Day 1 start at 23:30 CEST, 22:30 BST (on Wednesday, October 22) and finish at 01:40 CET, 00:40 BST.
How to watch UCI Track Cycling World Championships
In many European countries, these events will be broadcast on public or free to air TV. That include:
Belgium: RTBF, VRT 1
Czech Republic: CT Sport
Denmark: TV 2 Sports
Hungary: MTVA
Italy: RAI Sport
Netherlands: NPO 1 Extra
France: Eurosport
Portugal: RTP Play
Slovakia: STVR
Spain: TVE
Switzerland: RTS
United Kingdom: BBC
However, beware that not every country will broadcast the events live, and some will instead show repeats or delayed broadcasts. Besides, some countries will also broadcast the events live for free on YouTube, but only those without an official TV broadcaster. You can check more information here.
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