Its founders recover GCN and anticipate what will happen with the platform

After the closure in 2023 of its Streaming service and the GCN+ app, the popular cycling channel rises like a phoenix from its ashes and returns to its roots by boosting the content of its YouTube channel.

GCN creators regain ownership of the popular channel ready to start over

In a recent GCN Show, the weekly program that maintains the popular GCN YouTube channel, it was confirmed that the GCN website is closing, leaving only the YouTube channel, the platform where it became popular years ago as Global Cycling Network.

Along with the website closure, it was announced that Warner Bros-Discovery had sold GCN, along with Play Sports Group, the parent company, to Simon Wear and Mia Walter, the original owners of GCN.

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All this indicates that GCN's idea is to start over on the platform that brought them fame, their YouTube channel, where they gained popularity with bike tests, useful advice videos, comparisons, and their weekly magazine GCN Show. Obviously, this return to the origins means leaving behind the content offered by the streaming service and GCN+ before its closure, meaning they will not return to live professional cycling coverage. In fact, after the service closed in 2023, Warner Bros-Discovery transferred the rights the channel had to Eurosport, Discovery+, and the new platform Max.

"With our independence restored, we are free to go back to basics. Be creative, have fun, and explore other avenues," declared Daniel Lloyd, one of their popular presenters.

The relaunched GCN YouTube channel will operate through a membership system, offering its members access to their documentaries and films that the channel was producing and are yet to be completed.