UEC Road European Championships 2025: How to watch, full schedule as Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard renew rivalry in France

The 2025 UEC Road European Championships are being held in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of south-central France - specifically in the two departments of Drome and Ardeche, with all the action live on TNT Sports and discovery+. The road race will be the first time Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard have competed against each other since the Tour de France. In total, there will be 14 events.

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The 2025 UEC Road European Championships are taking place in France’s Drome and Ardeche region this week. It marks the first meeting between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard since the Tour de France.

The event features 14 races, including road races, time trials, and a mixed relay across Elite, U23, and Junior categories.

With the European Championships scheduled just days after the 2025 UCI Road World Championships, many riders might arrive fatigued, but with a strategy already in place to attack this meeting.

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Action from the European Championships is live on TNT Sports and discovery+. Here are the details of how to watch, when each race takes place, and who is riding…

When are the Road European Championships?

The 2025 Road European Championships run from October 1-5.

The time trial took place on October 1, with Belgian star Remco Evenepoel storming to gold to reign supreme across all three major time trial crowns - adding the continental title to his world and Olympic triumphs. Switzerland's Marlen Reusser prevailed to be crowned champion of the women’s event.

The women’s road race takes place on Saturday, October 4, with the men’s event set for 24 hours later.

Pogacar renews his rivalry with Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard

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Who is riding at the Road European Championships?

Tour de France champion Pogacar overcame Evenepoel and Tom Pidcock to win the road race at the World Championships in Rwanda, but Dane Vingegaard, who finished second to Slovenian Pogacar in the last two editions of the Tour, skipped the World Championships to focus on the European Championships.

The 28-year-old returns to France having won the Vuelta a Espana earlier this month and could be Pogacar's main rival.

Portugal's Joao Almeida is also riding the road race along with Evenepoel.

What can we expect from the women’s race?

Spain’s Mavi Garcia targets European gold in the women's road race as she looks to build on her world bronze last week.

France are led by home favourite Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, fresh off Olympic cross-country gold and Tour de France Femmes victory, while Netherlands' Demi Vollering looks to rebound after a disappointing seventh place in Rwanda, saying her dream was "a little bit crushed."

Several other near-miss contenders from the World Championships — Elise Chabbey (Switzerland), Riejanne Markus (Netherlands), and Antonia Niedermaier (Germany) — will also chase the top step in Etoile-sur-Rhone.

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What can riders expect from the road races?

The terrain for the road races is expected to be quite challenging, capitalising on the hilly landscape of Ardeche, with repeated climbs on routes such as Saint‑Romain‑de-Lerps and the Val d’Enfer (Hell valley).

The elite men’s field will commence at 10.45am UK time and is peppered with viable contenders besides the two favourites. Spain's Juan Ayuso and Almeida also arrive with hopes of being in contention across the 203.1 -kilometre distance from Privas to Guilherand-Granges, where the Val d’Enfer segment will be tackled six times and the Saint‑Romain‑de-Lerps ascent will feature on three occasions.

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The elite women’s race is slightly shorter at 116.1 km with 2,271 m of climbing. Vollering, Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy), Chabbey, Juliette Labous (France), and Kasia Niewiadoma (Poland) will be among the notable names competing for the title.

Given the Val d’Enfer’s ascent will also feature three times, the hilly nature of the courses suggests climbers or punchy all-rounders will have an advantage over out-and-out sprinters.

What has happened so far?

During the men’s time trial, Evenepoel made light work of the mostly flat 24km course in Etoile-sur-Rhone, clocking 28:26.36 at a blistering 50.63 km/h average speed — winning by a staggering 43.37 seconds.

Evenepoel becomes European time trial champion with dominant performance

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The Belgian wasted no time asserting his dominance, opening up a 13.95-second lead on Italy’s Filippo Ganna by the first checkpoint, extending it to 25 seconds atop the Allex climb at intermediate two, and was 33 seconds clear by the final time split. Remarkably, he found another 10 seconds on the uphill drag to the finish.

Ganna, a two-time world champion, had to settle for silver with 29:09.73. The fight for bronze was fiercely contested as Denmark’s Niklas Larsen, an early starter, held on to third with 29:34.92 — edging Britain’s Ethan Hayter by just 0.70 seconds. Fellow Brit Josh Tarling finished fifth, a further 1.35 seconds back.

2025 UEC Road European Championships — Men's elite time trial results

Remco Evenepoel (BEL) 28:26.36
Filippo Ganna (ITA) +43.37
Niklas Larsen (DEN) +1:08.56
Ethan Hayter (GBR) +1:09.26
Josh Tarling (GBR) +1:10.61
Daan Hoole (NED) +1:38.60
Mathias Vacek (CZE) +1:43.95
Stefan Kung (SUI) +1:47.44

2025 UEC Road European Championships — Women's elite time trial results

Marlen Reusser (SUI) 33:06.83
Mie Bjorndal Ottestad (NOR) +49.20
Mischa Bredewold (NED) +51.08
Katrine Aalerud (NOR) +51.28
Lieke Nooijen (NED) +58.23
Juliette Labous (FRA) +1:04.26
Anna Henderson (GBR) +1:05.15
Christina Schweinberger (AUT) +1:30.75

What other events are taking place at the European Championships?

The road races end five days of action. While much of the focus will be on Pogacar - fresh from defending his world title in Kigali - as he renews his rivalry with Vingegaard, there are many other events still to take place that you can watch live on TNT Sports and discovery+. Here’s a full list of the remaining schedule:

*All UK start times

Oct 2: Junior Mixed Relay Time Trial (10am)
Oct 2: Elite Mixed Relay Time Trial (1.30pm)
Oct 3: U23 Women's Road Race (8am)
Oct 3: Junior Women's Road Race (11.40am)
Oct 3: Junior Men's Road Race (2.35pm)
Oct 4: U23 Men's Road Race (8am)
Oct 4: Elite Women's Road Race (1pm)
Oct 5: Elite Men's Road Race (10.45am)

How to watch the 2025 Road European Championships

Action from the 2025 UEC Road European Championships will be live on TNT Sports and discovery+.

TNT Sports is available across all major TV platforms, offering a line-up of up to four TV channels (TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports 2, TNT Sports 3, TNT Sports 4), and up to six digital or red-button channels (TNT Sports 5 to 10), and TNT Sports Ultimate plus TNT Sports Box Office HD.

You can subscribe to TNT Sports through discovery+, BT, EE, Sky, and Virgin Media.

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