2026 World Cycling Championships Route & Schedule | McNulty closes the show with a dominant USA performance
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Follow us on GoogleOne of the most important races of the autumn cycling season is the World Cycling Championships. This year, it will be held in Montreal, already an annual host town thanks to the GP Montreal. The World Championship road races bear many similarities to the Canadian race, but when do they take place, and what time, taking the time difference into account, should you be ready to watch? IDL Pro Cycling has all the details.
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After Kigali, Rwanda 2025, it’s time for Montreal, Canada 2026. The Elite Women’s World Time Trial Championship will kick off there on Sunday, September 20, starting at 9:00 a.m local time. The race will finish at 12:00 p.m Canadian time, which is 6:00 p.m CET and 5.00 p.m GMT. Immediately following that will be the Elite Men’s World Time Trial Championship, which ends at 10:30 p.m CET.
In the days that follow, we will see the remaining time trials, for juniors and U23s, and the mixed relay. All of these races take place on a relatively easy course, along the banks of the St. Lawrence River, the Formula 1 circuit (Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve) on Île Notre-Dame, and through historic Old Montreal. We’ll finish at Mount Royal Park, but it will skip the hills.
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2026 World Championships Time Trial route
Road racing provides World Championship finale
Wednesday, September 23, is a rest day, though it can also be used to scout the local circuit for the road races. It closely resembles the Montreal GP, featuring the Côte Camillien-Houde (1.8 kilometers at 8%), the Côte de la Polytechnique (780 meters at 6%), Avenue Pagnuelo (534 meters at 7.5%), and the final 500 meters at approximately 400 percent as the decisive climbs.
The juniors and U23 riders will compete on Thursday and Friday, followed by the women on Saturday and the finale on Sunday: the elite men. The women—including Demi Vollering and Lotte Kopecky—are set to finish on Saturday around 8:00 p.m. CET. Mathieu van der Poel, Remco Evenepoel, Wout van Aert, Tadej Pogačar, and their teammates will finish on Sunday around 10:00 p.m CET.
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Schedule for the 2026 World Cycling Championships in Montreal, Canada
Sunday, September 20, 2026
Women's Elite Time Trial result
🥇 Marlen Reusser (Swiss)
🥈 Zoe Bäckstedt (GB)
🥉Franziska Koch (Ger)
🥈 Zoe Bäckstedt (GB)
🥉Franziska Koch (Ger)
Men's Elite Time Trial result
🥇Remco Evenepoel (Bel)
🥈Filippo Ganna (Ita)
🥉Paul Seixas (Fra)
🥈Filippo Ganna (Ita)
🥉Paul Seixas (Fra)
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Monday, September 21, 2026
Women's U23 Time Trial result
🥇 Felicity Wilson-Haffenden (Australia)
🥈 Nienke Vinke (Netherlands) + 0.28
🥉 Luca Vierstraete (Belgium) + 0.45
Men's U23 Time Trial result
🥇 Ryan Gal (Netherlands)
🥈 Nicolas Milesi (Italy)
🥉 Héctor Álvarez (Spain)
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Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Mixed Relay result
🥇 Italy
🥈 France
🥉 Switzerland
🥈 France
🥉 Switzerland
Junior Men's Time Trial result
🥇 Benjamin Noval (Spain)
🥈 Vic De Smet (Belgium)
🥉 Malthe Risbjerg (Denmark)
Junior Women's Time Trial result
🥇 Maria Okrunciska (Poland)
🥈 Yana Decruyenaere (Belgium)
🥉 Aalia Clay (Great Britain)
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Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Rest Day / Official Practices
Thursday, September 24, 2026
Women's U23 Road Race: approx. 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. GMT)
🥇 Viktoria Chladonova (Slovakia)
🥈 Isabella Holmgren (Canada)
🥉 Fleur Moors (Belgium)
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Junior Men's Road Race: approx. 1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. GMT)
🥇 Benjamin Noval (Spain)
🥈 Simon Defrance (France)
🥉 Elias Wändel (Sweden)
Friday, September 25, 2026
Men's U23 Road Race: approx. 9:00 a.m. – 1:45 p.m. (2:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. GMT)
🥇 Ashlin Barry (USA)
🥈 Héctor Álvarez (Spain)
🥉 Jesper Stiansen (Norway)
Junior Women's Road Race: approx. 2:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (7:15 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. GMT)
🥇 Alejandra Neira (Spain)
🥈 Matile Rossognoli (Italy)
🥉 Anja Grossmann (Switzerland)
Saturday, September 26, 2026
Women's Elite Road Race: approx. 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. GMT)
🥇Demi Vollering
🥈Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney
🥉Elisa Longo Borghini
🥈Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney
🥉Elisa Longo Borghini
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Sunday, September 27, 2026
Men's Elite Road Race: approx. 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. GMT)
🥇Brandon McNulty
🥈Michael Matthews
🥉Mathieu Van der Poel
🥈Michael Matthews
🥉Mathieu Van der Poel
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