New champions will be crowned, new stories will be told, and a new ultimate home of cycling is gearing up to stage more live races this season than ever before.  

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Sports Europe today unwraps its bumper cycling package for fans ahead of the 2025 season. Collectively engaging more than 100 million cycling fans in Europe across all platforms, in 2025 it will deliver 3,900 hours of content including 2,500 hours of live action from the world’s biggest races. 

As the Home of Cycling, WBD’s immense racing proposition brings together every race on the men’s and women’s UCI World Tour in one place for the first time, alongside the Grand Tours, the Classics, the UCI World Championships across all disciplines, the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series and much more. 

From 28 February, TNT Sports becomes the new ultimate home of cycling for fans in the UK and Ireland as the entire portfolio of Eurosport’s live and non-live content including cycling integrates to TNT Sports’ channels and platforms, forming an even more enthralling offer for sports fans. Combining live cycling with other premium sports such as football, rugby, cricket, tennis, snooker, motorsport and more, TNT Sports and its streaming home discovery+ will offer a single destination for the world’s greatest events and athletes.   

In 50 markets across Europe, Eurosport will continue to bring its celebrated cycling expertise and heritage of screening the world’s greatest races for 37 years to viewers through localised productions, with streaming of all the action on Max and discovery+*, and US fans also able to enjoy live race coverage on Max.

Scott Young, Group SVP Content, Production and Business Operations at WBD Sports Europe, said: “Our unwavering commitment to cycling and its fanbase has seen us continuously invest in the sport for many years. This has supported its growth whilst fans have benefitted from increased access to more live races than ever before, a further enhanced broadcast product, and even more stories told for cycling communities across Europe and beyond.

“Our approach to the 2025 season continues our mission to shine a light on every aspect of this epic sport – from the world’s greatest male and female riders to the stories from the passionate people at grassroots level keeping this industry spinning.”  

“We’re particular excited to underline this commitment in the UK where TNT Sports becomes the new ultimate home of cycling. The sport is further elevated as it now sits alongside other premium properties such as Premier League football, Premiership rugby and international cricket where it will benefit from even greater reach through a single access point. Alongside this, we're excited to launch a new initiative designed to support the development of the next generation of professional riders as well as premiering a new free-to-air show which will expose the sport to new fans across the country.”

QUEST FOR NEW CYCLING STORIES SEES ULTIMATE CYCLING SHOW PREMIERE IN THE UK 

New for the 2025 season, a weekly magazine programme titled The Ultimate Cycling Show will be available to watch for free on Quest in the UK and Ireland. Presented by the expert cycling duo of Orla Chennaoui and Adam Blythe, and featuring regular guests, the first episode airs on 27 February at 22:00 GMT with 15 episodes planned throughout the season. 

Every story will be chased down and showcased for viewers like never before with the show set to cover all aspects of racing. From the peloton’s painstaking Grand Tour preparations to portraits of the world’s greatest riders, and recons of iconic routes narrated by former world-beaters, from Flanders’ cobbles to alpine peaks, fans will be treated to a feast of features throughout the season. 

LEGENDARY LINE-UP OF CYCLING STARS CONNECT COVERAGE TO CYCLING COMMUNITIES 

With more former cycling champions than any other broadcaster, WBD Sports Europe has assembled an unbeatable and locally relevant on-air presentation team to connect viewers in its territories with the amazing array of relentless races and remarkable riders. The line-up of celebrated cycling presenters, reporters and commentators includes: 

TNT Sports (UK and Ireland):  

Road - Adam Blythe, Carlton Kirby, Dani Christmas, Dani Rowe, Hannah Walker, Matt Stephens, Orla Chennaoui, Robbie McEwen, and commentator of the year - Rob Hatch 

Mountain Bike – Oil Beckinsale, Josh Carlson, Kate Mason, and Ric McLaughlin 

Eurosport Germany: Bernie Eisel, Jens Voigt and Robert Bengsch  

Eurosport France: Steve Chainel, Guillaume Di Grazia, Jacky Durand, Louis-Pierre Frileux and Philippe Gilbert 
Eurosport Italy: Moreno Moser, Riccardo Magrini and Wladimir Belli,  

Eurosport Spain: Alberto Contador, Eduardo Chozas, Laura Meseguer  

Eurosport Netherlands: Karsten Kroon, Sander Kleikers, Iris Slappendel, Bobbie Traksel, Jip van den Bos 

Eurosport Denmark: Jesper Worre and Anders Mielke 

They will narrate the stories that will be told throughout the season, both on-site at the biggest races and at cutting-edge studios in selected territories. These include presentation of the most immersive pre and post-race analysis shows in the UK (The Breakaway), Spain (La Montonera), France (Les Rois de la Pédales) and Germany (Vélo Club).   

NEW ORIGINAL CONTENT INCLUDES DARING DOCUMENTARY ON DANISH WORLD CHAMPION 

Through its commitment to content and storytelling, a new and original docuseries titled Mads Pedersen – Fear Nothing is set to premiere across WBD’s channels and platforms. Four hour-long episodes story the journey of the 2019 UCI World Road Race Champion from the Lidl-Trek team in his ongoing quest to achieve one of professional cycling’s greatest feats by winning a Monument. 

Produced by Eurosport Denmark, the fly-on-the-wall series provides unique access into Pedersen’s life on and off the bike with unique contributions from the Dane, his Lidl-Trek teammates and family to provide viewers with an inside look at the mind of a champion. The first episode premieres across Europe at 16:15 GMT on 15 March on Eurosport 2 and Max or discovery+, and TNT Sports 3 and discovery+ in the UK and Ireland. 

In tandem, mountain bike fanatics will be treated to a new eight-part series that explores the sport’s iconic brands and cutting edge-tech through the eyes of its visionary founders. Race Bikes premieres this summer and combines the competitive edge of mountain bike with the camaraderie and passion for the sport to interview the creators, engineering pioneers and athletes who have created history by designing, and racing on, the world’s fastest off-road bikes. 

TNT SPORTS SET TO LAUNCH NEW GRASSROOTS INITIATIVE

Devoted to serving the cycling community by investing in the sport and growing its fanbase, TNT Sports is launching a new grassroots initiative ahead of the 2025 season to inspire the next generation of riders. The new Just Ride scheme aims to unite the vibrant domestic cycling community by inspiring young riders and their families to embrace cycling to get out on their bikes.

TNT Sports aims to empower cycling communities across the UK by providing a platform to promote their clubs, event riders and healthy living. It will offer a cash prize for cycling tribes who can demonstrate their passion for the sport by submitting their videos through a new nationwide competition, with shortlisted entries set to be broadcast on TNT Sports and Quest. Submissions are set to open this spring ahead of the winning entry being announced on the final day of the UCI Road World Championships on 28 September. More details will soon be available at TNTSports.co.uk.

POWERING THE STREAMING REVOLUTION 

Live cycling is a key part of WBD’s unbeatable sports portfolio in Europe and the US, powered by the most engaging experience on Max, WBD’s enhanced streaming service. Available to all subscribers, cycling fans can benefit from interactive in-app features within Max (available on discovery+ in the UK, Italy and Germany) such as timeline markers which enable users to scrub back to key moments during a race so they never miss a moment.   

Max is currently available in selected markets in Europe as well as the US ahead of planned launches in additional territories including the UK, Italy and Germany in 2026 as WBD accelerates its streaming strategy by bringing together the world’s greatest collection of live sport and entertainment.  

Warner Bros. Discovery recently reaffirmed its position as the Home of Cycling by extending its rights to show the world’s greatest races including the Tour de France, Tour de France Femmes, La Vuelta a España, La Vuelta a España Femenina and the Classics until at least 2030. The new agreement sees WBD gain exclusive access to the Tour de France in the UK and Ireland while continuing to be the only place to screen every minute of every Grand Tour and the Classics across Europe.