The Women’s Cycling Grand Prix Region Stuttgart takes place on Sunday 13 September 2026, with the fourth edition moving to a substantially revised course based around Tamm. There is still no dedicated UK television broadcaster listed for the race, but viewers do now have a live online option: Regio TV, the event’s official TV media partner, is providing a stream through its Brezel Race coverage page.
The professional race starts at 13:10 CEST, which is 12:10 BST. Riders face 134.7km, beginning with a longer regional section before the race returns to Tamm for three finishing circuits. The event remains part of the UCI Women’s ProSeries and has again attracted an international field, including two-time defending winner Eleonora Gasparrini.
Women’s Cycling GP Stuttgart 2026 start time and viewing details
- Date: Sunday 13 September 2026
- Race start: 13:10 CEST / 12:10 BST
- Start and finish: Tamm, Baden-Württemberg
- Distance: 134.7km
- UCI classification: 1.Pro
- Live stream: Regio TV Brezel Race live stream
- Dedicated UK TV coverage: none listed at the time of writing
The distinction between television coverage and online streaming is important. There is no dedicated British broadcaster listed for the race, and viewers should not assume it will appear on HBO Max simply because other races at a similar level are available there. Regio TV is, however, an official TV media partner of the event and provides an online live stream, giving viewers a direct way to watch the race without a UK television deal.
The simplest option for UK viewers is therefore the Regio TV Brezel Race live stream. The professional race starts at 12:10 BST, so it is worth having the stream open around the start and checking the coverage as the event moves from the amateur Brezel Race programme into the Women’s Cycling Grand Prix.
A completely different race around Tamm
The availability of a live stream is particularly welcome because the 2026 edition is not simply a repeat of the course used in previous years. Tamm becomes both the start and finish location, with the peloton leaving Bahnhofstraße at 13:10 before a neutralised section towards Asperg. The race then moves through the surrounding Ludwigsburg district before returning for three 11.8km finishing laps.
That creates a different tactical problem from the earlier Stuttgart editions. The longer regional roads account for most of the 134.7km distance, but the final circuits compress the decisive part of the race into repeated laps where positioning becomes easier for teams to organise and attacks are easier for rivals to measure. Riders who reach the circuit with numbers still around them will have much greater tactical freedom than those forced to chase alone.
Our beginner’s guide to the Women’s Cycling Grand Prix Region Stuttgart 2026 explains the event and its place on the calendar in more detail. The race only began in 2023, so course changes of this scale can still alter its identity quickly rather than merely adjusting an established formula.
Gasparrini returns chasing a third consecutive victory
Eleonora Gasparrini gives the 2026 race an obvious reference point. She won in 2024 after a late move produced a three-rider sprint and returned in 2025 to win again. That makes her the only multiple winner in the event’s short history and gives rival teams a clear rider to watch when the race reaches its decisive phase.
Her 2024 victory is particularly relevant because it did not come from waiting passively for a conventional sprint. Gasparrini was part of the selection that escaped on the final lap before finishing the job from a reduced group. The 2024 Stuttgart race report is a useful reminder that the event can reward a fast rider without producing a full bunch finish.
The new Tamm circuit changes the details but not that central tension. Teams with strong sprinters will want enough control to bring the race together, while riders who do not want to face Gasparrini in a reduced sprint have every incentive to attack before the final kilometre. Three laps of the same finishing circuit also allow teams to learn quickly where an attack is most difficult to chase and where positioning costs the most energy.
How to watch the Women’s Cycling GP Stuttgart 2026 live
The race can be watched online through Regio TV’s Brezel Race live stream. Regio TV is the event’s official TV media partner and its streaming page provides the most direct viewing option for followers without a dedicated television broadcast.
The professional race begins at 12:10 BST, with 134.7km between the start and finish in Tamm. Because the Regio TV coverage sits within the wider Brezel Race programme, viewers should use the live page rather than relying on a conventional UK television schedule. The women’s race follows the amateur events taking place earlier in the day.
Race and team social channels remain useful alongside the video coverage, particularly for time gaps and tactical information that may not always be obvious from the pictures. The number of riders in the front group, the teams represented and the gap back to the peloton will be particularly important once the race reaches its three finishing circuits around Tamm.
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Four editions have already given Stuttgart a clear sporting identity
The Women’s Cycling Grand Prix was launched in 2023 as a new top-level women’s race for the Stuttgart region. The route and start-finish locations have evolved, but the event quickly established itself as an important German date late in the European road season. Its promotion into the Women’s ProSeries strengthened that position and brought increasingly strong international fields.
There is more background in our history of the Women’s Cycling Grand Prix Stuttgart & Region. The short lifespan is part of what makes the 2026 redesign interesting: there is not yet a decades-old course dictating how the race has to be ridden, and Tamm has the opportunity to create a different type of finale from the previous editions.
For UK followers, the practical position is now much better than it initially appeared. The race starts at 12:10 BST on Sunday and can be followed through the Regio TV live stream. There is still no dedicated UK television broadcaster listed, but the online coverage means viewers do not have to rely solely on race updates and results to follow the fourth edition from Tamm.
