2026 UCI Road Cycling World Championships
Date: 20–27 September 2026
Events: 13
Location: Montréal, Canada
TV Coverage: TNT/Discovery+, BBC (UK), FloBikes (US and Canada), Stan (YouTube)
Official website: www.montreal2026.org/en
The UCI Road Cycling World Championships are the annual world championships for road racing, organized by a city, town or regoin on behalf of the sport's governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).
The 2026 UCI Road World Championships are being held in Montréal, Canada. You can find out all the information in our guide to the racing. Montréal previously hosted the event in 1974 (when the Worlds left Europe for the first time ever). The event features time trials and road races for men and women at junior, under-23 and senior level. There is also a mixed relay time trial.
The first world championship was held in 1921 and having for many years run in the summer, soon after the Tour de France, now runs late in the season, following the Vuelta a España.
They are held in a different country every year and the courses can change dramatically. Most hosts aim for a challenging course with a technical circuit that includes some climbing, meaning that classics style riders usually start as favourites.
Italy top the metal table, with 52 golds since the race was conceived. The most successful rider was Italian Alfredo Binda who won the race three times and took home Bronze once. More recently Óscar Freire matched this achievement. Peter Sagan is the first rider to take the honours three years in a row.
More reading: Guide to the World Championships | How to watch
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'Four brain bleeds, two facial fractures' – Swedish rider reveals extent of injuries from horror crash at World ChampionshipsCaroline Andersson's condition is stable, but she will not race again this season
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Quinn Simmons' Strava power data shows just what it takes to be one of the best in a brutal World Championships road raceThe US rider placed fourth, and he has revealed the full Strava analysis of his ride
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'They don't deserve a leader like me' – Paul Seixas berates himself after 'childish mistake' at World ChampionshipsTwenty-year-old Frenchman cramped in the finale and finished 15th
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'It's a dream for every rider' – team masseur races World Championships in remarkable last-minute call-upVladimír Kováčik lasted 100km in the men's elite road race before he was dropped
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'Underestimated and the numbers to prove people wrong': How Team USA upset the favourites at Worlds"Number, numbers, numbers" - McNulty, Michael Creed and Riley Sheehan explain the team effort behind the American victory in Montréal
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'Maybe Tadej will have to ride for me some days': Pogačar's trusted lieutenant Brandon McNulty takes his turn in the rainbowsAfter helping others in their biggest victories, the American claimed his own
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'I was just dying': USA's Brandon McNulty soloes to World Championships victory after a chaotic raceAmerican team put on a show of strength before the man from Phoenix went solo
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Demi Vollering fined $1,200 and docked 25 UCI points after world championship victoryThe Dutch rider also received a yellow card for an illegal riding position during her winning ride in Montréal, but retains her rainbow jersey.
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How to watch the UCI Road World Championships 2026: Everything you need to live stream the road races in Canada — men's road race todayAll the information on broadcasters and live streams for the UCI Road World Championships from 20-27 September, so you can watch all the action online, on TV, anywhere.
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'Your greatest competitors are also your greatest motivation' - the Kasia-Demi rivalry continuesAfter another fierce battle, Demi Vollering and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney explain how the sting of defeat and their mutual respect keep pushing them to new heights
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‘I'm forever thankful for them' – Demi Vollering gets the rainbow jersey, but Worlds triumph belongs to the full Dutch teamNew world champion talks about 'the guts' it took to ask her teammates to sacrifice everything for her
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Demi Vollering sprints to victory in World Championships women’s road race thriller around MontréalKasia Niewiadoma finished runner-up in a two-up sprint as Elisa Longo Borghini claimed the bronze medal
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Massive crash upends women’s road race at UCI Worlds: Latest rider updatesLauretta Hanson and Caroline Andersson were taken to hospital, while defending champion Magdeleine Vallières and Paula Blasi abandoned after a major pile-up in Montréal.
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Message on a bottle: Without race radios, Belgium turns to bidons to pass along messages at WorldsWith earpieces banned at the road worlds, the Belgian squad plans to deliver tactical updates via drink bottles in the feedzone
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Del Toro or Evenepoel, Vollering or Niewiadoma? We asked AI who’s going to win Worlds; here’s what it came up with - plus our own predictionsWith Pogačar out and Montréal’s circuits promising a showdown, even AI went against bookmakers' odds
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A birthday, a breakaway and a family legacy: USA's Ashlin Barry strikes gold in MontréalOn roads where his mother won on a bike his grandfather built, the 19-year-old solos to the U23 world title
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All in for Demi: Dutch women put their faith in one leader at World ChampionshipsVollering welcomes the pressure of being the Netherlands' sole leader at the Montréal Worlds, where a clear plan and committed teammates could make the difference
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'It's my best shot so far' – Tom Pidcock sets sights on 'truly amazing' UCI Road World Championships victoryPinarello Q36.5 rider to lead British squad alongside Adam Yates
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'On the limit but not impossible' - Mathieu van der Poel sees a path to second world title in MontréalDutchman believes a hard, attritional World Championships could play to his strengths as he targets his last race of the 2026 season
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'I did everything I could' – Isabella Holmgren takes bittersweet Worlds silver in front of home crowdA two-up sprint left the Canadian just short of a home Worlds title in the women's U23 race, but Holmgren was proud of a strong team effort
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'A bit of a sh*tshow': What recon day looks like at the UCI Road World ChampionshipsTwo hours, hundreds of riders, one crowded circuit. I did the course recon at Worlds – here's what I saw
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'Pretty unexpected' - British junior time trial champion Aalia Clay clinches Worlds bronze by just 0.07 secondsThe 17-year-old adds a world championship medal to her national title, and is already eyeing rainbows for next year
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'I'm not going to let that bring me down' – Enzo Hincapie turns to road race after 12th in junior Worlds time trialThe American had hoped to challenge for a medal in Montréal, but Thursday’s road race remains his main target
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2026 UCI Road World Championships: Race schedule, route information and riders to watch
13 world titles will be awarded in Montréal, Canada this month: here's your guide to the week of racing
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'This sport is brutal' – Australian time triallist on disastrous Worlds mechanical that caused angry outburstCameron Rogers finished 3:24 behind U23 winner Ryan Gal after losing three minutes due to broken derailleur
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‘There are no race radios, because any kind of organisation would be too normal’: The World Championships road races are joyously anarchic, that’s why we love themIt feels trite to say anyone could win them, but they are open races
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'I came here for gold. I don't know what happened' - Ben Wiggins misses Top 10 at U23 Worlds TTDespite reporting some of his best-ever power numbers, the British hopeful finished 11th, 1:07 behind winner Ryan Gal
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Unbound 100 winner and Canadian twins set sights on U23 Worlds road race after time trial testAva Holmgren finds momentum after a difficult year, while US time trial champion Hanel balances late-season fatigue with a breakthrough season on road and gravel
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'My bike broke yesterday': Worlds TT opener raced on her team manager’s ageing bikeZimbabwe's Skye Davidson opened the 2026 UCI Road World Championships on an ageing Cervélo P3, after her own bike failed during course practice
