The start and finish venues for all road cycling events at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games are now confirmed, and the biggest rider-facing detail is the finish at Griffith Observatory. In the official UCI announcement published on Tuesday, June 10, 2026, the federation said both Olympic road races and individual time trials will finish at the famous hilltop landmark, while the Olympic time trials will start at the LA Zoo and the road races will start at Venice Beach Boardwalk.
For Icebike readers, the important point is not just the postcard backdrop. The Observatory finish strongly suggests uphill final kilometers for both the Olympic road race and time trial medals.
What the UCI confirmed
The UCI says the Olympic time trials are scheduled for July 19, 2028, with the start at the LA Zoo in Griffith Park. The road races are scheduled for July 22 and 23, 2028, starting at Venice Beach Boardwalk and finishing at Griffith Observatory.
The same UCI announcement says the Paralympic road events, including the road race, time trial, and mixed team relay, will start and finish at the LA Zoo between August 22 and August 26, 2028.
The federation also says the remaining full course details for all road cycling events will be revealed later in 2026.
Why the finish matters
Griffith Observatory sits above the Los Angeles Basin, and the UCI explicitly notes its elevated position. That is the real racing takeaway. This is not shaping up like a flat city-center roll-in where timing, positioning, and lead-outs do most of the work. An uphill finish changes which riders can realistically target the road race and what kind of pacing the time trial specialists may need.
For the Olympic road race, that likely means a harder separation between pure sprinters and riders who can still punch uphill deep into a long day. For the time trial, it points to an effort that may reward riders who can carry power into a rising finish instead of riding one steady flat drag.
What is already locked in across LA28 cycling
The UCI says earlier venue announcements had already placed BMX Racing and BMX Freestyle in the Valley Zone, track cycling at Carson Velodrome, and mountain biking at Industry Hills MTB Course. This latest announcement finishes the venue map for road cycling, even though the full route files are still pending.
That makes the story useful now for fans and riders because it moves LA28 road cycling from abstract host-city talk to something more concrete. We now know the start and finish anchors, the likely climbing flavor of the Olympic finish, and the split between Olympic and Paralympic road-event locations.
What is confirmed and what is still unknown
What is confirmed from the UCI’s June 10, 2026 announcement is that Griffith Observatory will host the Olympic finish for both the road races and time trials, the LA Zoo will host the Olympic time-trial start and the Paralympic starts and finishes, and Venice Beach Boardwalk will host the Olympic road-race starts.
What is still unknown is the exact route design between those landmarks, how selective the final climb will be once gradients and distance are published, and whether traffic-surface or technical-course details will favor breakaway riders, climbers, or all-rounders more than expected.
Why it matters for riders now
Readers who follow major-event course design, use bike computers to think about pacing, or compare effort patterns on pages like average bike speed and cycling benefits can already take one lesson from this venue reveal: final elevation and route shape matter as much as total distance when a race is likely to be won at the very end.