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Recap · 9 Oct 2026
How Brandon McNulty won the 2026 Worlds road race

McNulty went alone 33 kilometers from the finish in Montréal. The chase got to within 10 seconds on the last lap and no closer.
UCI Road World Championships 2026
Recap · 26 Sep 2026
How Demi Vollering won the 2026 World Championships: a 38 km attack, then a sprint in Montréal

How Pieterse and the Dutch team launched Vollering, how Niewiadoma-Phinney caught her, and why Vollering still won the Montréal world title.
UCI Road World Championships 2026
Preview · 24 Sep 2026
World Championships 2026 Junior Women’s Road Race: favorites

Alejandra Neira is the favorite for the Junior Women’s road race in Montréal.
UCI Road World Championships 2026
Preview · 24 Sep 2026
World Championships 2026 Under-23 Men’s Road Race: favorites

Aubin Sparfel is the favorite for the Under-23 Men’s road race in Montréal.
UCI Road World Championships 2026
Preview · 24 Sep 2026
World Championships 2026 Junior Men’s Road Race: favorites

Benjamín Noval is the favorite for the Junior Men’s road race in Montréal.
UCI Road World Championships 2026
Preview · 24 Sep 2026
World Championships 2026 Under-23 Women’s Road Race: favorites

Isabella Holmgren leads the Favorites for the Under-23 Women’s road race in Montréal.
UCI Road World Championships 2026
analysis · 20 Sep 2026
2026-27 Women’s Cyclocross Season Preview: Lucinda Brand, Puck Pieterse, and a winter with no easy route

Lucinda Brand brings the rainbow jersey and World Cup consistency into a women’s field full of range: Puck Pieterse, Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado, Fem van Empel, Amandine Fouquenet, Zoe Bäckstedt, and a rising American group all have races that suit them.
analysis · 20 Sep 2026
2026-27 Men’s Cyclocross Season Preview: Van der Poel, Van Aert, and the winter that matters

Mathieu van der Poel starts as the sport’s record-setting benchmark. Wout van Aert carries road-season form into a winter that gathers speed at Christmas, while Thibau Nys, Tibor Del Grosso, Felipe Orts, and Andrew Strohmeyer chase their own openings.
analysis · 18 Sep 2026
Cyclocross vs. gravel: why the races feel so different

Both sports leave the pavement, but cyclocross compresses its effort into an hour of repeated technical laps while gravel stretches racing across long roads and changing terrain.
analysis · 18 Sep 2026
The UCI Cyclocross World Cup: format, history, and how to follow the season

The World Cup gives cyclocross its international spine: a season of sand, hills, points, and major winter races from the opening round to the final weekend.
analysis · 18 Sep 2026
What is cyclocross? The rules, race format, and why winter racing looks like this

Cyclocross packs an hour of mud, sand, running, barriers, pits, and repeated attacks into a short circuit. This is how the racing works and why the winter season has its own heroes.
Preview · 16 Sep 2026
World Championships 2026 women’s road race: favorites, route, and start time

Demi Vollering, Lotte Kopecky, Magdeleine Vallières, the Mount Royal route, confirmed selection news, and the essentials for the elite women’s road race in Montréal.
UCI Road World Championships 2026

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