The world of cycling is back in one of its spiritual homes as the men's individual time trial event gets underway at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. As the hosts of the Tour de France, there's arguably no better country to hold an Olympic cycling event, and as such, the first Games in Paris for 100 years will set the stage for a special weekend of races.
First up in 2024 are the men's and women's individual time trials, both of which take place on Saturday, July 27. This is the 13th Olympic Games at which the world's best cyclists have competed for medals, with the delayed 2020 gold medal in Tokyo being won by Slovenia's Primoz Roglic.
This year's Tour de France finished just a few short weeks ago, but with some riders such as Eritrea's Biniam Girmay and Belgian Remco Evenepoel – who finished third behind eventual winner Tadej Pogacar – returning to France, they'll be hoping to have just as much success on the streets of Paris, with the capital not included on the map of the Tour.
For all the information you'll need to watch this weekend's men's cycling time trial from anywhere in the US, The Sporting News has all the TV, live streaming and scheduling details to ensure you don't miss a second of the high-octane action.
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How to watch 2024 Olympics cycling men's time trial: TV channel, Live stream
- TV Channel: USA Network, NBC Daytime (delay)
- Live Stream: Fubo, Peacock
The only live TV coverage of the men's cycling time trial at the 2024 Olympics for viewers Stateside comes via USA Network – they'll be showing the race live, while NBC Daytime will also be broadcasting delayed coverage of the race and a highlights package.
If you'd prefer to live stream the action though, Fubo have you covered – they're showing every events at this year's Games live and are offering a FREE trial to new customers! Peacock's coverage of the 2024 Olympics is also extensive and includes this weekend's time trials.
When is the 2024 Olympics men's cycling time trial?
The men's cycling Time Trial at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games takes place on Saturday, July 27, 2024 from the Pont d'Iena bridge over the River Seine in Les Invalides of Paris, France. The first of the 34 riders to set off, Amir Ansari, will do so at 4:32 p.m. local time (CEST)
Here's how that starting point translates to every time zone across the US:
| US Time Zone | Date | Start Time |
| Eastern Time | Saturday, July 27 | 10:32 a.m. |
| Central Time | Saturday, July 27 | 9:32 a.m. |
| Mountain Time | Saturday, July 27 | 8:32 a.m. |
| Pacific Time | Saturday, July 27 | 7:32 a.m. |
| Alaskan Time | Saturday, July 27 | 6:32 a.m. |
| Hawaii Time | Saturday, July 27 | 4:32 a.m. |
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How long is the men's cycling time trial at Paris 2024?
The road course for the men's cycling Time Trial at the 2024 Paris Olympics stretches to a distance of 32.4 miles, traversing the streets of Paris with an overall elevation gain of 150 metres and doing a round-loop of the city in the process.
Starting from Pont d'Iena in Les Invaldes, there are time and distance markers set across seven points of the race, with two of these marking sprint sections, with the Alexander III Bridge being the finishing line.
Those distance markers are as follows:
- Place de la Bastille – 5 miles in, 41m elevation
- Bois de Vincennes – 8.8 miles in, 46m elevation
- Chateau de Vincennes – 13.4 miles in, 50m elevation (sprint section)
- Nogent-Sur-Marne – 16.8 miles in (HALFWAY), 58m elevation
- Chateau de Vincennes – 22.3 miles in, 50 elevation (sprint section)
- Place de la Nation – 25.6 miles in, 53m elevation
- Place de la Bastille – 27.4 miles in, 41m elevation
- Alexander III Bridge – 32.4 miles in (FINISH LINE), 35m elevation
2024 Olympic men's cycling time trial teams and start times
The men's individual cycling time trial at the 2024 Olympic Games begins from the Pont d'Iena bridge over the River Seine in the Paris Invalides, France on Saturday, July 27 2024.
Being a time trial, the 34 riders will set off at staggered intervals in order to reduce the potential of congestion in the race, each setting off 1 minute and 30 seconds after the previous contender has started.
The time trial begins at 4:32 p.m. local time (CEST) with Amir Ansari, an Iran-born Afghanistan refugee currently based in Sweden, getting the race underway as he represents the IOC Refugee Olympic Team.
Belgium's Remco Evenepoel will be the last of the 34 riders to go, setting off at 5:21:30 p.m. local time (CEST) – with the USA's best medal hope, Brandon McNulty, getting his race underway just three minutes earlier.
| Start Time (ET) | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 10:32:00 a.m. | Amir Ansari | IOC Refugee Olympic Team |
| 10:33:30 a.m. | Jan Tratnik | Slovenia |
| 10:35:00 a.m. | Gleb Syritsa | Individual Neutral Athletes |
| 10:36:30 a.m. | Alberto Bettiol | Italy |
| 10:38:00 a.m. | Laurence Pithie | New Zealand |
| 10:39:30 a.m. | Achraf El Doghmy | Morocco |
| 10:41:00 a.m. | Rui Costa | Portugal |
| 10:42:30 a.m. | Oier Lazkano Lopez | Spain |
| 10:44:00 a.m. | Ryan Mullen | Ireland |
| 10:45:30 a.m. | Mathias Vacek | Czechia |
| 10:47:00 a.m. | Michal Kwiatkowski | Poland |
| 10:48:30 a.m. | Felix Grosschartner | Austria |
| 10:50:00 a.m. | Attila Valter | Hungary |
| 10:51:30 a.m. | Jambaljamts Sainbayar | Mongolia |
| 10:53:00 a.m. | Biniam Girmay | Eritrea |
| 10:54:30 a.m. | Kevin Vauquelin | France |
| 10:56:00 a.m. | Mattias Skjelmose | Denmark |
| 10:57:30 a.m. | Soeren Waerenskjeld | Norway |
| 10:59:00 a.m. | Derek Gee | Canada |
| 11:00:30 a.m. | Dean Toole | Netherlands |
| 11:02:00 a.m. | Stefan Bissegger | Switzerland |
| 11:03:30 a.m. | Magnus Sheffield | United States |
| 11:05:00 a.m. | Maximilian Schachmann | Germany |
| 11:06:30 a.m. | Wout van Aert | Belgium |
| 11:08:00 a.m. | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Uzbekistan |
| 11:09:30 a.m. | Lucas Plapp | Australia |
| 11:11:00 a.m. | Tobias Foss | Norway |
| 11:12:30 a.m. | Mikkel Norsgaard Bjerg | Denmark |
| 11:14:00 a.m. | Nelson Oliveira | Portugal |
| 11:15:30 a.m. | Josh Tarling | Great Britain |
| 11:17:00 a.m. | Stefan Kueng | Switzerland |
| 11:18:30 a.m. | Brandon McNulty | United States |
| 11:20:00 a.m. | Filippo Ganna | Italy |
| 11:21:30 a.m. | Remco Evenepoel | Belgium |
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