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Simone Giuliani

Eight times more than any other discipline? Here's just how much you have to pay the UCI to host the Road World Championships

KIGALI, RWANDA - SEPTEMBER 27: Detail view of the gold medalist Magdeleine Vallieres and Team Canada celebrating during the medal ceremony after the 98th UCI Cycling World Championships Kigali 2025 - Women Elite Road Race a 164.6km race from Kigali to Kigali on September 27, 2025 in Kigali, Rwanda. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images).

The UCI has called for another round of bids to host World Championships across cycling's disciplines this week, and in doing so has revealed the latest fees for securing the rights to run the rainbow jersey races.

Unsurprisingly, the fees to the cycling governing body vary dramatically across the disciplines, with its flagship UCI Road World Championships attracting by far the biggest fee at a proposed 10 million Swiss francs (CHF) (€10.7 million) for 2032, which is now open for bids in the current cycle. That's eight times more than any other discipline and up from the 8 million CHF (€8.6 million) outlined in the bid guide for the next edition in 2026, to be held in Montreal.

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