A parade of burgeoning talent will be on display for the men's under-23 individual time trial on the second day of competition at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships. The U23 men will compete on the same 29.9km course used by the elite women the day before, riding from Gossau to Zürich.
The 327 metres of climbing begins just 3km from the start ramp in Gossau, located in the northeastern corner of Switzerland near the border of Liechtenstein. To pass through the foothills of the Pfannenstiel, the course winds up a 2.6km climb passing Oetwil am See, the gradient averaging 4.5%. Two kilometres from the crest on the northern outskirts of Uetikon, there is one smaller 1.4km incline that leads to a steep 1km descent, with pitches of 10-12%. Then the climbing is done and a right-hand turn follows the eastern shore of Lake Zurich for the fast, flat 12km to the finish line in the largest Swiss city.
