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The Team Time Trial Mixed Relay at the World Championships in Montral 2026 will be contested on Tuesday, 22.09.2026, over a total distance of 40.6 kilometres, starting on Avenue du Parc and finishing in Parc Jeanne-Mance. The race will get underway at 08:30 local time in Montral, which is 14:30 CE...

Adam Rafferty finished tenth in the mens under-23 time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Montral on Monday 21 September, a top-ten ride as Ryan Gal of the Netherlands took the title from the hot seat.Rafferty (bib 12) covered the 31km course from Avenue du Parc in 38:23.05 at 48.93km/h, 56.89 seconds behind the winner. He improved at every check 13th at 10.7km, 11th at 19.1km and ninth at 25.6km and his second half was among the quickest in the field, with the fifth-fastest time over the third sector.Seth Dunwoody (bib 28) slid out on a corner in the opening section and finished 56th in 43:20.08, 5:53.92 down. The crash left him 65th at the first check, more than two minutes off the pace, but he remounted and rode back through nine places over the remaining 20km.1Ryan GAL (27)NED 50.166 km/h 37:26.16Gal (bib 27) set his time early and then waited as the favourites came through. Hctor lvarez led at both the first two checks, and Gal was only fourth at 19.1km, but he was fastest over the third sector and held on to win by 7.01 seconds from Nicolas Milesi of Italy, with lvarez third for Spain at 11.88.I got sick this week, unfortunately, so it was a race against the clock to get fit again, and I was just satisfied that I could do the ride I wanted, Gal said. It got even better as time went on and I saw the time.I knew my numbers were good and I felt good. I pushed really hard on the climbs in the final part. I knew Id done a good TT, but I didnt realise Id done a great one. I think the biggest difference was on the final ramps I still had the power left to sprint up there.He spent much of his time in the hot seat on the phone to his mother, and said afterwards he still could not believe he was world champion.Irish RidersIRLIrish Riders Mens U23 Time TrialMon 21 September 2026 Montral 31km10Adam RAFFERTY (12)IRL 48.926 km/h+56.8956Seth DUNWOODY (28)IRL 43.337 km/h crashed+5:53.92ResultITTResult Mens U23 Time TrialMon 21 September 2026 Montral 31km 67 finishers1Ryan GAL (27)NED 50.166 km/h 37:26.162Nicolas MILESI (3)ITA 50.010 km/h +7.013Hector ALVAREZ (2)ESP 49.902 km/h +11.884Ashlin BARRY (14)USA 49.422 km/h+33.785Mads LANDBO (8)DEN 49.380 km/h+35.736Kristian EGHOLM (26)DEN 49.279 km/h+40.397Kasper HAUGLAND (7)NOR 49.146 km/h+46.588Bogdan ZABELINSKIY (40)CYP 49.031 km/h+51.989Michiel MOURIS (11)NED 48.941 km/h+56.2010Adam RAFFERTY (12)IRL 48.926 km/h+56.8911Ben WIGGINS (4)GBR 48.705 km/h+1:07.3712Matisse VAN KERCKHOVE (1)BEL 48.371 km/h+1:23.3513Bruno KESSLER (10)GER 48.326 km/h+1:25.5014Arthur BLAISE (9)FRA 48.320 km/h+1:25.7815Louis LEIDERT (29)GER 48.229 km/h+1:30.2116Jonas WALTON (15)CAN 48.113 km/h+1:35.8217Jasper SCHOOFS (21)BEL 48.047 km/h+1:39.0218Jonas Kind HOYDAHL (25)NOR 47.836 km/h+1:49.4019Enaut URCAREGUI (22)ESP 47.724 km/h+1:54.9420William HOLMES (23)AUS 47.675 km/h+1:57.3221Alessandro CATTANI (24)ITA 47.630 km/h+1:59.5622Carson MATTERN (31)CAN 47.630 km/h+1:59.5723Sebastian RUIZ (18)MEX 47.582 km/h+2:01.9424Romet PAJUR (50)EST 47.570 km/h+2:02.5825Nicholas VAN DER MERWE (54)BUL 47.539 km/h+2:04.1226Mateo KALEJMAN (38)ARG 47.437 km/h+2:09.2027Kade KREIKEMEIER (30)USA 47.264 km/h+2:17.8928Frank Aron RAGILO (39)EST 47.115 km/h+2:25.4529Robert Andres PLAZAS (69)COL 46.971 km/h+2:32.7730Patryk GOSZCZURNY (17)POL 46.924 km/h+2:35.1731Juan Diego QUINTERO (42)COL 46.891 km/h+2:36.8832Davio JONSSON (48)ISL 46.723 km/h+2:45.5133Alberto MONTI (16)CZE 46.660 km/h+2:48.7434Thomas WAITES (5)AUS 46.649 km/h+2:49.3135Jaka MAROLT (36)SLO 46.525 km/h+2:55.7536Mikhail PODLUZHNYY (32)KAZ 46.445 km/h+2:59.9537Jan JACKOWIAK (33)POL 46.273 km/h+3:08.9638Vladislav BASHLYKOV (43)KAZ 46.203 km/h+3:12.6439Cameron ROGERS (34)AUS 45.985 km/h+3:24.2340Jan HUBER (13)SUI 45.945 km/h+3:26.3641Danylo KOZORIZ (44)UKR 45.941 km/h+3:26.5742Taito SHINDO (67)JPN 45.737 km/h+3:37.4843Joshua DIKE (20)RSA 45.520 km/h+3:49.2544Mansur BEISEMBAY (19)KAZ 45.505 km/h+3:50.0645Chenli ZHAO (71)CHN 45.355 km/h+3:58.2346Mario SANCHEZ (56)BOL 45.308 km/h+4:00.8147Ferhat EMISCI (57)TUR 45.245 km/h+4:04.2748Jadian NEAVES (41)TTO 45.036 km/h+4:15.8549Yusheng CHEN (60)CHN 44.993 km/h+4:18.2150Rastko NIKAEVI (47)SRB 44.913 km/h+4:22.7051Mohamed Aziz DELLAI (59)TUN 44.411 km/h+4:51.0752Isshin YAMASATO (52)JPN 44.308 km/h+4:56.9453Kevin NSHUTIRAGUMA (49)RWA 43.983 km/h+5:15.7454Hareb ALMARZOOQI (70)UAE 43.895 km/h+5:20.8955Alexander ERASMUS (35)RSA 43.889 km/h+5:21.2156Seth DUNWOODY (28)IRL 43.337 km/h+5:53.9257Jeremy RABOUDE (45)MRI 43.261 km/h+5:58.4858Samuel QUEVAUVILLIERS (66)MRI 43.065 km/h+6:10.3759Rizky Ridho RIYADIYANTO (61)INA 42.922 km/h+6:19.0760Jaylen BRICENO (51)BIZ 42.781 km/h+6:27.7561Pablo ESCAJADILLO (62)PER 42.705 km/h+6:32.4162Temuulen KHADBAATAR (37)MGL 42.555 km/h+6:41.7263Deska Raya ADYA (72)INA 42.081 km/h+7:11.5564Arda TEKIRDAG (46)TUR 41.782 km/h+7:30.7265Prateek RAVLA (55)ZIM 39.379 km/h+10:15.2366Denver ALPHONSE (64)LCA 37.902 km/h+12:06.7867John MUCHIRI (58)KEN 36.940 km/h+13:24.18Sector AnalysisSECSector Times Top 10 and IrishChecks at 10.7km, 19.1km and 25.6km sector rank in brackets1Ryan GAL (27)S1 12:21.79 (5) S2 9:56.78 (2) S3 7:26.87 (1) S4 7:40.72 (2) 37:26.162Nicolas MILESI (3)S1 12:20.57 (3) S2 9:54.75 (1) S3 7:32.10 (2) S4 7:45.75 (3) 37:33.173Hector ALVAREZ (2)S1 12:10.04 (1) S2 9:59.42 (4) S3 7:39.78 (6) S4 7:48.80 (4) 37:38.044Ashlin BARRY (14)S1 12:31.87 (9) S2 10:10.48 (11) S3 7:39.47 (3) S4 7:38.12 (1)37:59.945Mads LANDBO (8)S1 12:17.95 (2) S2 9:57.70 (3) S3 7:44.77 (11) S4 8:01.47 (8)38:01.896Kristian EGHOLM (26)S1 12:21.47 (4) S2 9:59.97 (5) S3 7:39.62 (4) S4 8:05.49 (11)38:06.557Kasper HAUGLAND (7)S1 12:27.06 (8) S2 10:06.63 (9) S3 7:43.73 (8) S4 7:55.32 (6)38:12.748Bogdan ZABELINSKIY (40)S1 12:33.18 (10) S2 10:05.89 (8) S3 7:44.69 (10) S4 7:54.38 (5)38:18.149Michiel MOURIS (11)S1 12:22.32 (6) S2 10:09.14 (10) S3 7:44.92 (12) S4 8:05.98 (12)38:22.3610Adam RAFFERTY (12)S1 12:37.83 (13) S2 10:05.82 (7) S3 7:39.65 (5) S4 7:59.75 (7)38:23.0556Seth DUNWOODY (28)S1 14:39.01 (65) S2 11:24.79 (55) S3 8:31.52 (53) S4 8:44.76 (53)43:20.08PhotosPhotography by B Sutton IrishCyclingNews.comThe post Results : Mens U23 Individual Time Trial World Championships 2026 appeared first on IrishCyclingNews.com | Irish Cycling News | IrishCycling.

The Montral World Championships take place from the 20th to the 27th of September and will take over the cycling world. Below, you will find all the information regarding the dates of all events, the start and finishing times for both local and European time. The event will be split into two parts...

Ben Wiggins arrived at the UCI Road World Championships aiming for gold. But he left the mens under-23 time trial outside the top 10, struggling to understand how a ride that had felt so strong could deliver so little.The British rider finished 11th, one minute and seven seconds behind the Netherlands Ryan Gal, missing both the podium he had expected to challenge for as well as a top-10 placing."I said I wanted to come here and go for gold or at least, at the very least, a medal," Wiggins said shortly after finishing."Im very surprised, especially with the performance Ive put in there."As he stood addressing the media mere minutes after his finish, he was scrolling through the pages of his cycling computer, in disbelief. "I've done some of my best numbers ever. Whether they're true, I don't know," he said. "Yeah, to be honest, I have no idea [what happened]."Looking at his screen, Wiggins reported an average power of 440 watts - a figure he would normally expect to put him among the top contenders at this level.He watched the podium finalise on a TV in the media tent. Gal in first. Nicolas Milesi (Italy) in second. Hctor lvarez third.Perhaps there had been one indication that the ride was not unfolding as he expected, the 21-year-old said, thinking out loud. "You know, on the flat sections, I just felt like I was maybe a [kilometre] an hour or two off from where I'd want to be...so kind of across the whole course really," he said. "I don't know why that is."He wondered whether changing conditions might have played a part, having noticed strong results from some earlier starters. But he offered no firm explanation."This isnt me making excuses," he said. "Im just pointing out, I dont know."Im a bit lost for words right now."Wiggins started taking cycling seriously relatively late, at 16, but soon demonstrated his promising. In 2023, he won junior time trial silver in Stirling behind Australias Oscar Chamberlain, a performance that helped establish his credentials beyond his famous surname. He loves the time trial discipline and is not planning on giving it up any time soon, no matter the setback. "This is a discipline Im really passionate about, and Im never going put it away," he said. "Back to the drawing board and well go again soon."When asked to elaborate, Wiggins said his first task will be to properly digest and analyse the performance, then help his British teammates in Fridays road race. The European time trial follows in a couple of weeks, offering another chance before the end of his season. "[The time trial] just doesn't lie. The best guy wins on the day most of the time, so I like that," he said, even if that means disappointment at times. "There's a lot more to [time trialing] than just legs and numbers and things as I've learned today. It's something I want to keep working on. I know what I am capable of."

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Ava Holmgrens first goal for her home World Championships was simply to reach the start line healthy. On Monday in Montral, she went considerably further, finishing sixth in the under-23 womens time trial and taking renewed confidence into Thursdays road race.The Canadian clocked 28:42 over the 20.3km course, finishing 1:01 behind race winner Felicity Wilson-Haffenden of Australia, who added an under-23 title to her previous junior rainbow jersey. Nienke Vinke of the Netherlands took silver, with Belgiums Luca Vierstraete completing the podium.Wilson-Haffenden was second at the first checkpoint before moving ahead at the second. Her winning time of 27:40 was the only ride under 28 minutes, ending Vinkes almost hour-long spell as provisional leader. For Holmgren, who missed the medals by approximately 16 seconds, improving four places on last years result carried particular significance after a difficult season.My first goal was to just show up on the line healthy, and its been a hard year for me in terms of health, so Im really happy with that, she told Cycling Weekly.Sixth place compared to 10th last year is a big improvement, so Im happy with that.Her performance followed third place at the Tour de Gatineau, giving her another encouraging result heading into the road race. American Kylee Hanel was Team USAs highest finisher in 21st place.She arrived in Montral after a breakthrough season that included victories at Unbound Gravel 100 and the US under-23 time trial championships, alongside a stage win and the youth classification at the Tour of the Gila.Those performances helped earn her a stagiaire opportunity with VismaLease a Bike. She raced the Montral course on a Cervlo P5, explaining afterwards that she had ridden her time trial bike only four times.Hanel has spent the past month racing in Europe while also maintaining an off-road programme in the Life Time Grand Prix at home. At the finish, she still bore a black eye from a crash last month and acknowledged the accumulated fatigue.I think towards the end of the season you get a little fatigued. Ive done a lot of racing, she said. So its more of my bodys kind of getting ready to rest. But I mean, it felt good. It felt fine.The courses repeated efforts presented a challenge of their own.Its just a whole lot of punchy stuff, and thats not my strength yet. But work in progress.The result came as Hanel continues to gain experience on the road, with her stagiaire spell offering a chance to test herself alongside WorldTour riders. Asked whether those opportunities brought added pressure to perform, she said the expectations were her own.Right now Im the only one thats putting pressure on myself.Hanel intends to continue combining road and gravel over the next two years. Returning off-road also means returning to a familiar racing community.Its a different environment, so different people. I know a lot more people there, so I get to race with my friends, she said.First, however, comes Thursdays road race. Hanel said the American squad had yet to work through its tactics but speaking for herself, she said her aim was to "race her best race."Ava Holmgren in the U23 time trial (Image credit: Getty Images)Holmgren, meanwhile, is looking forward to racing in front of home supporters and alongside her twin sister, Isabella.My only other race with her this year was the Tour de Gatineau, and we did really well, she said.The sisters made the final break together there, and Ava is eager for another opportunity to work together.Shes super strong, and I know how hard shes been working for this, and she can see the same with me.Beyond her sister, Holmgren will have family and longtime supporters on the roadside, including people who helped her make the move to racing in Europe.Im happy that I can finally show them how hard we work, and they can see it firsthand, she said.Asked about Team Canadas chances on Thursday, she said: I think we have a really strong team, and if we can play our cards right, we can go for the best result.Holmgren is set to line up alongside her twin sister Isabella, Kiara Lylyk, Alexandra Volstad and Sidney Swierenga in Canadas five-rider squad. Hanel will be joined by US under-23 road champion Katherine Sarkisov, Alyssa Sarkisov, Mia Aseltine and Lidia Cusack.The womens under-23 road race starts at 9am EDT on Thursday, September 24, with riders tackling 134km and 2,690 metres of climbing.