Beyond the day

The 2024 UCI Road and Para-cycling Road World Championships are planned to last beyond the event itself. They will leave a legacy for the city and canton of Zurich and for Switzerland as a whole.

Accompanying measures are to be used to exploit the charisma of the 2024 World Championships in order to support existing strategies of the City and Canton of Zurich, Swiss Cycling and other organisations with projects and activities in the areas of cycling and general sport promotion, as well as tourism before, during and after the event.

Züri Velo Cup launched as first accompanying measure

The Züri Velo Cup, initiated by the UCI Cycling and Para-Cycling Road World Championships Zurich 2024 on 11 May 2023 as the first accompanying measure, is the ultimate preparation and tune-up for next year’s major cycling event.
Motivated cyclists can pay tribute to the heroes of the country road on eleven iconic and cycling-historical segments such as the Regensberger between Pfannenstiel and the banks of the Rhine.

Para-cyclists can also complete the Züri Velo Cup. For this purpose, we have selected two segments that guarantee cycling fun, namely the “Flugpiste” and “Regensberg Nord”.

Guideline as a basis

The basis for the strategy is the guideline “Sustainability, Innovation and Legacy of Major Events” developed by the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. The city council and the Zurich cantonal government are aligning the staging of the 2024 UCI Road and Para-cycling Road World Championships with these guidelines. The Zurich City Council has approved a partial credit of CHF 1,500,000 for the afore-mentioned accompanying measures. The cantonal government has also promised  funds to the same amount for such activities and projects from the cantonal non-profit fund and the sports fund. At the national level, the federal government supports accompanying measures in the area of sports promotion projects of Swiss Cycling in the amount of 1,500,000 Swiss francs.