Jonas Vingegaard has been hit with heavy criticism on the weekend of the World Championships, with a former Danish cyclist claiming that the Visma | Lease a Bike rider has no intention of winning the rainbow jersey. Vingegaard crashed out of the Tour de France with a broken collarbone, and some week...

Lotte Kopecky sees the 2026 World Championships revolving around Demi Vollering as the former rainbow jersey winner labelled the Montreal course a race of attrition ahead of Saturday. The 2023 and 2024 world champion leads a Belgium selection includingShari Bossuyt, Lotte Claes, Sandrine Tas, Margo...

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Enric Mas already has his sights set on his next major goal. The Mallorcan tackles the Montral 2026 World Championships after winning the Vuelta a Espaa, with the red jersey still fresh and the fatigue of a three-week race lingering in his legs. However, the victory on home roads lets him approach...

The 2026 Cro Race has come to a conclusion this Saturday afternoon, with Soudal - Quick-Step's Paul Magnier adding another victory to his palmars. The Frenchman was the strongest in the final sprint of the race. The final stage featured 164 kilometers, a day where the sprinters were expected to su...

Vladimir Kovacik is an unlikely headliner for this year's World Championships. But one would be justified for not recognizing the name, as he is not a professional cyclist. But the 28-year old will be the only rider representing Slovakia at the men's elite road race, despite having travelled to Mont...

Isaac del Toro is one of the main favourites to win the 2026 World Championships. Both in the Grand Tours and in this very race, he has shown the legs to win big, but that hasn't yet landed. In a race that is expected to be chaotic, the Mexican rider could succeed Tadej Pogacar in bringing the rainb...

At Friday evening's press conference with Dutch-speaking media, the Belgian team revealed plans to use bottle handups as a communications channel at the UCI Road World Championships.Already tested with the Belgian under-23 squad, the system involves sticking written notes onto bottles handed to riders in the feed zone. With race radios banned, this gives Sport Directors a way to relay race updates, such as breakaway gaps, the composition of groups up the road and instructions on when to chase or attack.Belgium will continue using roadside white boards as well, with the bottles providing another way to get information into the bunch."It's no genius invention. It's existed for a long time. But I've never raced like that. For me it'll be new," said Wout van Aert. Van Aert has been outspoken about his dislike of racing without radios, and explained that riders cannot always get back to the team car for information. As such, he welcomed anything that could improve his understanding of the race. In a peloton of around 180 riders, he explained, it is impossible to see exactly who is ahead, how much time they have or who has been dropped.The experiment comes with potential downsides, however. A message only works if the intended rider collects the bottle."If you miss a bottle and there's an important message on it, you haven't seen it," said Remco Evenepoel, who believe sthe tactic still needs some fine-tuning. Secrecy presents another complication. A bottle carrying a message reportedly reached a cameraman during the under-23 race, which led to Van Aert joking about the team needing a secret code. Come Sunday, the Belgians have 12 laps of the Montral circuit to perfect their bottle-hand-up tactic. Belgium is lining up with Evenepoel and Van Aert as co-leaders, giving the team options but also a potential challenge. Evenepoel can attack from distance, while Van Aert provides a formidable option if a small group reaches the finish together. But the question is whether Belgium can make those strengths work together or if the two leaders will divide the team. Pauwels believes that the race circumstances will determine which leader takes precedence.Sunday's elite men's road race covers 273.7 kilometres with 3,803 metres of elevation gain, starting in Brossard before reaching the Montral circuits. The race starts at 9 a.m. EDT / 3:00 p.m. CEST.

Follow the 2026 UCI Road World Championships live as the elite women take centre stage in Montral on Saturday, 26 September. Demi Vollering, Marlen Reusser, Elisa Longo Borghini and Kasia Niewiadoma are among the leading contenders hoping to claim the rainbow jersey in one of the most anticipated r...

UAE Team Emirates - XRG, Netcompany INEOS, Team Visma | Lease a Bike; Lidl-Trek and Pinarello - Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team are all involved in important market moves. In the space of a week, most major teams in the world of cycling continue to try and bolster their teams into the 2027 season. Since the...