India is set to be awarded the 2032 Road World Championships at next week’s annual congress of the International Cycling Union (UCI).

Multiple sources with knowledge of the situation, who all spoke on the condition of anonymity as they did not have permission to talk, have told The Athletic that India’s bid — which would be held in the city of Pune, in the western state of Maharashtra — is heavily favoured by the UCI, cycling’s governing body, over a rival bid from the city of Groningen and the surrounding Drenthe region of the Netherlands.

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