All right, you know the drill, and don’t shoot the messenger. Watching the 2017 UCI Cyclocross World Championships, if you’re not an NBC Sports cable channel subscriber, can be difficult.
NBC has tied up the rights to the UCI Cyclocross World Cups and World Championships in the United States. NBC Sports’ Universal cable station shows the World Championships Elite races on delay, and to watch it live you need the NBC Sports app on your device, and it appears the races are still limited to the Elite races. See NBC’s planned schedule here.
Of course we want everyone to enjoy cyclocross racing at the highest level, but if you’re not a NBC Universal subscriber and you’re determined to watch it, your options require some creativity to get around the UCI geo restriction. Some say Tunnel Bear VPN, the Hola plugin or the Opera browser are effective, and the Opera option (with built-in VPN set to Netherlands Germany) seems the safest.
If any of those options scare you, the other options might be even scarier. Some sites like cyclingfans.com offer streams of questionable quality and could force or trick you to click on ads.
If you reside in a UCI-authorized country or at least your IP address does, you should be able to watch Saturday’s races right here below. Click on a player to see if it returns an error.
If any say “The uploader has not made this video available in your country” then check the country you or your IP address are sitting in. We’ve heard the Swiss and German can watch the live stream just fine.
See the full 2017 World Championships schedule on our 2017 Worlds page here. While you’re waiting for the live racing, see our ever-growing playlist of videos and interviews from the 2017 Worlds at the bottom of this page.
Junior Men – 2017 UCI Cyclocross World Championships Live Streaming Video – Saturday 5:00 a.m. EST
U23 Women – 2017 UCI Cyclocross World Championships Live Streaming Video – Saturday 7:00 a.m. EST
Elite Women – 2017 UCI Cyclocross World Championships Live Streaming Video – Saturday 9:00 a.m. EST
U23 Men – 2017 UCI Cyclocross World Championships Live Streaming Video – Sunday 5:00 a.m. EST
Elite Men- 2017 UCI Cyclocross World Championships Live Streaming Video – Sunday 9:00 a.m. EST
Interviews and Video Playlist from the 2017 Cyclocross World Championships:
Stay up-to-date with all our 2017 Cyclocross World Championships coverage on our Worlds page here, and watch the racing live on our site here.