How to watch the 2022-23 cyclo-cross season – streaming and schedule
The road racing season may not be over yet, but the cyclocross season has already begun and a long winter of off-road action beckons.
Cyclingnews will have race reports and news throughout the 2022-23 cyclocross season as stars like Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) compete against several racing series of October to February leading up to the UCI Cyclocross World Championships.
The cyclo-cross will be broadcast live across Europe and the rest of the world – find out how to follow a race from anywhere with our handy guide and with ExpressVPN (opens in new tab).
Superstar duo Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert are set to make the headlines again this cyclocross season, although both riders will return to limited campaigns ahead of the World Championships in Hoogerheide in early February.
Fellow multi-discipline star and reigning World Champion Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) will also return to the mud and sand.
Other big names competing in the men’s cyclocross season include Pauwels Sauzen bingoal duo Eli Iserbyt and Michael Vanthourenhout, Tormans riders Quinten Hermans and Corné van Kessel, Laurens Sweeck (Crelan-Fristads) and Lars van der Hair (Baloise Trek Lions). The latter’s team-mate Toon Aerts is still awaiting his fate after testing positive for a banned substance in January.
World Champion Marianne Vos is leading the women’s field this season, the veteran is the leading name among a squad of Dutch women likely to dominate the season. She will be joined in the Netherlands squad by new signing Fem van Empel.
Elsewhere, the top teams all have two big names to present. Former World Champion Lucinda Brand and Shirin van Anrooij lead the Trek Baloise Lions, duo Annemarie Worst and Inge van der Heijden lead 777 while 2021 World Champion Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado is joined by Puck Pieterse in Alpecin-Deceuninck. Three-time World Champion Sanne Cant rides alongside Manon Bakker and Yara Kastelijn at Crelan-Fristads.
Denise Betsema (Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal), Clara Honsinger (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld), Blanka Kata Vas (SD Worx) and Zoe Backstedt (EF Education-Tibco-SVB) are also riders to watch out for.
Read on for all the information on how to catch the cyclocross season this winter.
How to watch cyclocross
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GCN+ (opens in new tab) will provide comprehensive coverage of the 2022-23 cyclocross season, including two of the season’s three main competitions – the Superprestige and the X20 Trofee. The channel will also broadcast the European Championships in November and the UCI World Championships in February, as well as the Exact Cross sub-race series.
GCN+ will broadcast live to countries across Europe and the rest of the world. In the UK, a yearly subscription costs £39.99, while a monthly subscription costs £6.99. Coverage will also be available on Discovery Plus (opens in new tab)/Eurosport at the same price points.
Corresponding figures for subscriptions are: $64.99 and $15.99 (US), $59.99 and $11.99 (Canada) and $64.99 and $15.99 (Australia).
The main series of the season, the UCI World Cup, is broadcast live and in full on the UCI’s own website. Eurosport will also broadcast the races in certain territories (excluding the UK and Ireland), while Flobikes (opens in new tab) will air it in the US and Canada, with a subscription costing $12.99 per month.
Local channels including VRT (opens in new tab)/Sporza (opens in new tab) and Proximus (opens in new tab) (Belgium), Rai (opens in new tab) (Italy), NOS (opens in new tab) (Netherlands) and L’Equipe TV (opens in new tab) (France) will also cover cyclo-cross throughout the season.
However, be warned, geographic restrictions may apply if you are outside your home country during the race or on holiday.
However, you can get around this by accessing the streams through a VPN.
ExpressVPN (opens in new tab) offers the ability to simulate returning to your home country so you can watch the race live on various devices – including Smart TVs, Fire TV Stick, PC, Mac, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, tablet, etc.
Cyclocross schedule 2022-23
| date | Run |
|---|---|
| 9th October | UCI World Cup Waterloo |
| October, 16th | UCI World Championship Fayetteville |
| 23rd October | UCI World Cup Tabor |
| October 29th | Super prestigious Ruddervoorde |
| 30th of October | UCI World Cup Maasmechelen |
| November 1st | X2O Koppenbergcross |
| November 6th | European Championship Namur |
| November 11th | Super Prestige Niel |
| 13.11 | UCI World Cup Beekse Bergen |
| 19.11 | Super prestige memorabilia |
| November 20 | UCI World Cup Overijse |
| 11/26 | X20 Kortrijk |
| November 27 | UCI World Cup sleeve |
| 3rd of December | Super Prestige Boom |
| December 4th | UCI World Cup Antwerp |
| 11th December | UCI World Championship Dublin |
| December 17th | UCI World Cup Val di Sole |
| December 26th | UCI World Cup Gavere |
| December 27th | Super Prestige Heusden Zolder |
| December 28th | Superprestige Diegem |
| January 1st | X20GP Sven Nys |
| January 3rd | X20 Herentals |
| January 5th | X20 Koksijde |
| January 7th | Superprestige Gullegem |
| January 8th | UCI World Cup Zonhoven |
| 15. January | National Championships |
| 22nd of January | UCI World Cup Benidorm |
| January 29th | UCI World Cup Besancon |
| February 5th | UCI World Championship Hoogerheide |
| February 11th | Super prestigious Middelkerke |
| February 12th | X2O Lille |
| 19th of February | X2O Brussels |