About & legal

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About cycling.live

cycling.live brings cycling news, race data and the discussion around it into one place, across road, MTB, gravel, track, cyclocross, BMX, para-cycling and trials.

We stream some races ourselves, for example the UCI HERO XCM World Cup and The Traka. For all other races we embed or link footage from the rights holders and show where to watch.

Reading and watching are free. An account is needed to give a Chapeau, comment, post, vote and follow.

Run by
Livemotion GmbH, Switzerland
Contact
hello@cycling.live
Press & partners
partners@cycling.live

Terms of use

summary · last updated 23 Oct 2026
Who can join
From 13 years. Users aged 13–15 need consent from a parent by email; until then interactions stay locked.
Your account
One account per person. Usernames are unique and can be changed every 30 days. Keep your login safe.
Your content
You keep the rights to what you post. You allow cycling.live to show it on the site and in the app, including in rankings and the live rooms.
Not allowed
Content you have no rights to, harassment, hate speech, spam, impersonation, and doping or misconduct accusations without a source.
Reputation points
RP and tiers have no monetary value and cannot be transferred or exchanged. Fan rumours and race predictions are a prediction game, not betting: no stakes, no payouts.
Ending an account
You can delete your account at any time. We can suspend accounts that break these terms or the community rules.
Law
Swiss law applies. Place of jurisdiction: city.

Privacy policy

summary · Swiss FADP and EU GDPR
What we store
Account data (email, username, year of birth), what you post and react to, who you follow, uploaded rides (GPX/TCX) and an optional Strava profile link.
Why
To run your account, rank the Hub, show your profile and send the notifications you chose. What you do while signed in (posts, comments, Chapeau, follows, votes, views) is stored with your account and used for personalisation and RP, as accepted at sign-up.
Without an account
No tracking cookies, no personalised tracking, no fingerprinting and nothing stored per visitor. That's why there is no cookie banner.
Cookies
Only what the site needs: the sign-in session and security cookies, and your time zone, which stays in your browser's local storage on this device (signed in, it is saved with your account).
Site analytics
Vercel Web Analytics shows us traffic in aggregate (pages, referrers, countries, devices). It sets no cookies and keeps no persistent visitor identifier.
Page counts
Opening a page sends a small cookieless request to our server, which adds one to an hourly counter for that page. We store no IP address, browser details or identifier with it, filter obvious bots and never show the counts publicly.
Embedded media
Posts and videos from Instagram, X, Strava, YouTube and rights holders show a placeholder until you click Load content. Only then does your browser contact that service, which may set its own cookies. A click loads that one embed only.
Where
Servers in Switzerland / EU. We don’t sell personal data.
How long
Until you delete your account. Accounts that never accept the terms, never confirm their email or never get a parent's consent are deleted after 30 days.
Photos and videos
Photos you post are re-encoded before they are published, which removes the location and camera details stored in the file. Videos are stored and streamed by Mux. Both are public with your post and are deleted with your account.
Feedback
What you send with the feedback form: the message, the page, your device and browser, your account if you are signed in, an email address if you want a reply, and a screenshot if you attach one. Only our team sees it; it is deleted with your account.
Your rights
See, export, correct or delete your data in your account settings, or write to us.
Contact
privacy@cycling.live

Community rules

Be fair
Criticise riders, teams and posts, not people. No insults, no hate.
Show your source
News, transfers and rumours need a link or a clear source. Accusations of doping or misconduct without one are removed.
Chapeau
Chapeau is the only reaction. One per person per item, given to what you respect, not to what you agree with.
Your own media
Upload only photos and clips you made yourself. Race footage belongs to the rights holders.
Spoilers
Results go in the race room or posts tagged with the race, not in titles of unrelated posts during live coverage.
Moderation
Capitaines, Patrons and the cycling.live team can hide content. Report anything with ··· → Report.
Consequences
First a warning, then a 7-day mute, then a ban. Clear abuse leads to a ban straight away.