Baltimore – The 2025 Maryland Cycling Classic, America's premier professional cycling road race, set for Saturday, Sept. 6 in Baltimore, Md., has announced a cross-channel streaming agreement with Outside, the leader in endurance content.
The joint announcement is highlighted by an exclusive national agreement in North America for live Over The Air and Livestream coverage of the 2025 Maryland Cycling Classic women's and men's races, which will be available for free on Outside TV and livestreaming on Velo.com.
The women's race will start at 8:30 am Eastern Time and conclude between 11:30 and 12:00 pm. The men's race will start at 12:30 pm and finish between 4:30 and 5:00 pm. Both races are Saturday, September 6th.
"As someone who started out road racing and has spent my lifetime around bikes, I'm thrilled that Outside will be the exclusive streaming partner for the Maryland Cycling Classic," said Robin Thurston, CEO of Outside, Inc. "With live race coverage on Outside TV and in-depth editorial coverage from Velo, we're committed to support and help grow road racing here in the U.S. Events like the Maryland Cycling Classic showcase everything that makes this sport great, and we're excited to share that with cycling fans everywhere"
The agreement extends into shoulder content, Video on Demand highlights and social media sharing of real-time data.
"When you examine the current media landscape, there is no more natural partner than Outside," said Steve Brunner, the Maryland Cycling Classic's executive director. "Outside and Velo have a captured, natural audience for professional cycling. It was also important for our key stakeholders and cycling fans that this content is not relegated behind a paywall. As someone who has promoted many of the biggest cycling events in the U.S. over the past two decades, it was critical to bring fans back to the sport and make our coverage more inclusive. We look forward to building this relationship with the great team at Outside and its audience."
The men's race is highlighted by 2023 Maryland Cycling champion Mattias Skjelmose (DEN) of Lidl-Trek, who earlier this year won the prestigious 2025 Amstel Gold race; American star Neilson Powless (Sacramento, Calif.) of EF Education – EasyPost, the winner of '25 Dwars door Vlaanderen and also the runner-up in the 2023 Maryland Cycling Classic; current road U.S. National champion and Tour de France featured rider Quinn Simmons (Durango, Colo.) from Lidl-Trek; Jayco-AlUla's superstar Micheal Matthews, the one-time Tour de France sprint points jersey winner and champion of the 2025 Eschborn-Frankfurt classic in Germany and top 5 finisher in both Amstel Gold and Milan-San Remo Classics; and American superstar Brandon McNulty (Phoenix, Ariz.), the recent winner of Tour of Poland, top 6 finisher at both Tokyo and
Paris Olympics Games, and 9th place finisher at the '25 Giro d'Italia. The two-time Grand Tour stage winner is on loan from his UAE team to ride for Team USA.
The women's field is highlighted by three-time Canadian National Champion for road race Alison Jackson (CAN) of EF Education – Oatly; top one-day rider Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN) of Canyon/SRAM zondacrypto; Team Pursuit Paris Olympic silver medalist Bryony Botha (NZL); veteran one-day specialist Tiffany Cromwell (AUS), former Giro d'Italia and Le Route de France stage winner and 5th at the recent Gravel World Championships; 2025 Tour de Bloom winner and U.S. National Championships for road race runner-up Lauren Stephens (Mesquite, Texas) of Aegis Cycling Foundation; Czech Republic National champion in road race Kristýna Burlová (CZE) of Ceratazit Pro Cycling; and Benin National champions Sèdo Charlotte Metoevi in the road race and Hermionne Marie Paul Ahouissou in ITT.
The women's race is comprised of four laps covering 71.6 miles (115.6 km) and starts at 8:35 a.m. (EDT) with an estimated finish between 11:30 and 11:50 a.m. (EDT). The men's race is comprised of six laps covering 107.4 miles (172.8 km) and start at 12:30 p.m. (EDT) with an estimated finish between 4:20 and 4:40 p.m. (EDT). Both races at the Harbor Point District along the waterfront and finish on East Pratt Street along Baltimore's famous Inner Harbor.
The circuit features more than 20 turns, a steep 900-meter climb on the northern most part of the course, which will contest a King/Queen of the Mountains point and a unique 550-meter cobblestones sector.
Sport & Entertainment Corporation of Maryland
The Maryland Cycling Classic is owned by the Sport & Entertainment Corporation of Maryland, a 501(c)3 tax exempt corporation and affiliated foundation of the Maryland Sports Commission, which is a division of the Maryland Stadium Authority, and was established in 2019 to further, promote, and move the State of Maryland forward through sports.
