Marlen Reusser finished fourth at the Montral World Championships but was disappointed with the outcome of the race. The Swiss rider had the legs, but couldn't enter the medals in the final kilometers of the race. The Movistar rider has put in several strong performances this year that propelled h...

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...

Womens Elite Road Race ResultSaturday 26 September Brossard to Montral180.1km 2,570m climbing 49 finishers of 141Parc Jeanne-Mance winners average 37.90km/hDemi Vollering won the womens elite road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Montral on Saturday 26 September, taking the rainbow jersey in a sprint from Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney after 180.1km from Brossard.The Dutchwoman and the Pole were given the same time of 4:45:09, with Elisa Longo Borghini four seconds back for bronze and Marlen Reusser fourth at eight. Juliette Berthet was fifth at 39 seconds and Puck Pieterse sixth.It is a first elite road race world title for Vollering, and completes a week in which she had already finished eighth in the time trial. Reusser, who won that time trial on the opening day, came up four seconds short of a second medal of the championships.Longo Borghinis bronze adds to the gold she won in the mixed relay with Italy on Tuesday, when she rode the womens leg alongside Vittoria Guazzini and Monica Trinca Colonel.The closing circuits over Mount Royal cut the field to pieces once again. Of 141 starters from 57 nations, only 49 were classified 89 abandons and three non-starters over 180.1km with 2,570m of climbing.Ireland had no entry in the womens elite race. The championships conclude on Sunday with the mens elite road race, where Ben Healy, Darren Rafferty, Ryan Mullen and Jamie Meehan ride for Ireland.ResultRRResult Womens Elite Road RaceSat 26 September 2026 Montral 180.1km 49 classified1Demi VOLLERING (14)NED 4:45:092Kasia NIEWIADOMA-PHINNEY (36)POL +03Elisa LONGO BORGHINI (18)ITA +44Marlen REUSSER (31)SUI+85Juliette BERTHET (39)FRA+396Puck PIETERSE (12)NED+1:367Celia GERY (41)FRA+2:558Dominika WLODARCZYK (38)POL+4:169Maeva SQUIBAN (45)FRA+5:4810Franziska KOCH (47)GER+5:5111Pfeiffer GEORGI (59)GBR+8:3412Eleonora Camilla GASPARRINI (17)ITA+8:3413Steffi HABERLIN (29)SUI+8:3414Liane LIPPERT (48)GER+8:3415Noemi RUEGG (32)SUI+8:3416Henrietta CHRISTIE (63)NZL+8:3417Sarah VAN DAM (7)CAN+8:3418Lauren DICKSON (58)GBR+8:3419Ashleigh MOOLMAN PASIO (92)RSA+8:3420Lotte KOPECKY (53)BEL+8:3421Kristen FAULKNER (76)USA+8:3422Sara CASASOLA (16)ITA+8:3423Paula PATINO (88)COL+8:3424Shari BOSSUYT (51)BEL+8:3425Monica TRINCA COLONEL (21)ITA+8:3426Margarita GARCIA (25)ESP+8:4027Margot VANPACHTENBEKE (56)BEL+8:4028Antonia NIEDERMAIER (49)GER+8:4029Karlijn SWINKELS (13)NED+8:4030Silvia PERSICO (20)ITA+8:4831Mireia BENITO (23)ESP+8:4832Cedrine KERBAOL (42)FRA+8:4833Ginia CALUORI (28)SUI+8:5134Zoe BACKSTEDT (57)GBR+9:0335Francesca BARALE (15)ITA+12:3836Nina BERTON (98)LUX+14:2137Ana Vitoria MAGALHAES (129)BRA+14:2138Riejanne MARKUS (10)NED+14:2139Amanda SPRATT (70)AUS+14:2140Lauren STEPHENS (79)USA+15:3141Nadia GONTOVA (4)CAN+15:3342Sarah GIGANTE (68)AUS+15:3343Marte Berg EDSETH (71)NOR+15:3344Lieke NOOIJEN (11)NED+15:3345Kim LE COURT (66)MRI+15:3346Anna HENDERSON (60)GBR+15:3347Katharina SADNIK (82)AUT+15:3348Femke DE VRIES (8)NED+15:3349Evita MUZIC (44)FRA+15:33Did Not FinishDNFNon-finishers89 abandons and three non-startersDNFSolbjork ANDERSON (86)DENDNFOlha KULYNYCH (96)UKRDNFLinda RIEDMANN (50)GERDNFMarta LACH (35)POLDNFNika BOBNAR (85)SLODNFTiril JORGENSEN (73)NORDNFSandrine TAS (54)BELDNFLea CURINIER (40)FRADNFMarie LE NET (43)FRADNFJosie NELSON (61)GBRDNFUsoa OSTOLAZA (27)ESPDNFNatalie QUINN (78)USADNFErica MAGNALDI (19)ITADNFKate COURTNEY (75)USADNFGrace ARLANDSON (74)USADNFLotte CLAES (52)BELDNFJanika LOIV (114)ESTDNFAlison JACKSON (5)CANDNFRicarda BAUERNFEIND (46)GERDNFPetra ZSANKO (110)HUNDNFOlivia BARIL (2)CANDNFTeniel CAMPBELL (121)TTODNFHayley PREEN (93)RSADNFRaquel QUEIROS (126)PORDNFJulie VAN DE VELDE (55)BELDNFLinda ZANETTI (33)SUIDNFJasmin LIECHTI (30)SUIDNFAndrea RAMIREZ (108)MEXDNFAmber KRAAK (9)NEDDNFLaura ROJAS (90)COLDNFCatalina SOTO (109)CHIDNFJasmin SOTO (111)GUADNFCarina SCHREMPF (83)AUTDNFNiamh FISHER-BLACK (64)NZLDNFCecilie LUDWIG (87)DENDNFRomina HINOJOSA (107)MEXDNFClaudette NYIRARUKUNDO (106)RWADNFMagdeleine VALLIERES MILL (1)CANDNFAdele NORMAND (6)CANDNFArgyro MILAKI (116)GREDNFLisa BONE (91)RSADNFAgua ESPINOLA (136)PARDNFDaniela CAMPOS (125)PORDNFAnn-Christine ALLIK (113)ESTDNFSigrid Ytterhus HAUGSET (72)NORDNFAlexis MAGNER (77)USADNFSara MARTIN (26)ESPDNFMaggie COLES-LYSTER (3)CANDNFDiana PENUELA (89)COLDNFXaveline NIRERE (105)RWADNFShimeng ZHU (102)CHNDNFAntri CHRISTOFOROU (124)CYPDNFBeatriz ROXO (127)PORDNFVera LOOSER (128)NAMDNFMonaliza CHNESLASIE (112)ERIDNFUrsula LINDEN (119)FINDNFKarin ABE (123)JPNDNFFaina POTAPOVA (97)KAZDNFValeriia KONONENKO (95)UKRDNFMary Joyce MONTON (130)PHIDNFSkye DAVIDSON (137)ZIMDNFJulia BORGSTROM (81)SWEDNFPaula BLASI (24)ESPDNFAidi Gerde TUISK (115)ESTDNFGergana STOYANOVA (134)BULDNFKristina NOVIKOVA (99)AINDNFDiane INGABIRE (104)RWADNFZhaoqi FENG (100)CHNDNFMagh Firotika MARENDA (117)INADNFRotem GAFINOVITZ (135)ISRDNFMadina KAKHKHOROVA (94)UZBDNFWendy DUCREUX (122)PANDNFChristina SCHWEINBERGER (84)AUTDNFChanpeng NONTASIN (118)THADNFMishael ALHAZMI (140)KSADNFKaja RYSZ (37)POLDNFFlora PERKINS (62)GBRDNFMarta JASKULSKA (34)POLDNFLauretta HANSON (69)AUSDNFCaroline ANDERSSON (80)SWEDNFXin TANG (101)CHNDNFGeorgia BAKER (67)AUSDNFNesrine HOUILI (120)ALGDNFKendra TABU (133)KENDNFTereza KURNICKA (103)SVKDNFSajedeh SIYAHIAN (131)IRIDNFMonica KIPLAGAT (132)KENDNFRongina NGANDU (138)ZIMDNFAnta NDIAYE (139)SENDNSSandra ALONSO (22)ESPDNSLucie DE MARIGNYLAGESSE (65)MRIDNSRamadhan NAJMA (141)COMPhotosPhotography by B Sutton IrishCyclingNews.comThe post Results : Elite Womens World Championships Road Race 2026 appeared first on IrishCyclingNews.com | Irish Cycling News | IrishCycling.

Only Demi Vollering will wear the rainbow jersey, but the new world champion was clear about how many riders it took to win it. Her breakthrough in Montral belonged to an entire Dutch team that committed its strength and ambitions to getting her across the line first.Puck Pieterse's devastating acceleration that contributed to Vollering's first solo attack was perhaps the most visible effort, but every Dutch woman had played her role. Before Pieterse's attack, the Dutch spent long hours controlling the race, making adjustments when their carefully prepared formation was disrupted, and showing a collective willingness to keep working towards the same end goal. "It's my biggest victory of my career," Vollering said, in part because of how the team had raced. For Vollering, her teammates' commitment to go all in for her carried both reassurance and an enormous responsibility."You [race the world championships] with teammates who normally are your competitors," she said in the post-race press conference. "So it's hard to make a team work like they worked today. For that, I'm so thankful. I'm forever thankful for them for all their hard work."Vollering ultimately secured her first elite road world title by outsprinting long-time rival Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Poland). Elisa Longo Borghini completed the podium, while Pieterse finished sixth following her pivotal work in service of Vollering. Rich in talented riders, the Dutch are always a dominant force at the world championships. They have won five of the past 10 women's world road race titles, but their strength in numbers has sometimes been undermined by disjointed teamwork.This year, the orange team lined up with one clear leader and six carefully selected riders to race in her service. "In the past I have said it more often, that if you want to win a race with me, then we need to do it this way," Vollering said, about the solo leader tactic. "To set a team in front of me and really sacrifice every team member to also make the race very hard and stay in control. And that's what we did today. It really took all the effort from every single team member to get to this point."That clarity had been established months before the start with national coach Laurens ten Dam building the selection specifically and explicitly around Vollering.Before the race, Vollering revealed that a lot of conversations took place between Ten Dam and his riders to secure the riders' commitment. Vollering, in turn, welcomed the responsibility of being the sole leader, believing it could draw more from her when the decisive moment arrived.Still, it was a considerable thing to ask of riders who could have had a chance of a medal themselves. "It takes guts to ask this from a team," Vollering said. "I take a lot of strong Dutch girls with me, they all sacrifice their own chances for me, and then I will finish it off for you. But you don't know if you can finish it off."It's very hard to say that as well, to say, OK girls, you need to work very hard for me, and then I will take the jersey for you.' But there is also a chance I cannot do it."Her willingness to make that request, and to accept the uncertainty attached to it, was part of what she felt had changed.Year by year, Vollering explained, she had become better at coping with and accepting the pressure that comes with being one of the top cyclists in the world. She trained her mind, learned how to control her emotions and, just as importantly, learned to tell the people around her what she needed. She could ask for complete commitment of her team without treating the possibility of defeat as something unbearable."I can stay calm in the race and know that if it will not work out, the world will not end," she said. "In the past maybe it would feel like this as well, but now I also know that it's not like this."The Dutch put that trust into practice throughout the race. Lieke Nooijen and Amber Kraak helped manage the early breakaway. Later, when Femke de Vries' crash disrupted the intended lead-out, Riejanne Markus rearranged responsibilities. Swinkels took charge before Pieterse delivered the final acceleration on Camillien-Houde with three laps remaining.The sequence had a familiar shape. During reconnaissance, Swinkels, De Vries and Pieterse had helped launch Vollering towards a record time on the climb. Race day demanded changes in personnel, but the principle survived: sustained pressure from the team, then Vollering's attack.Pieterse's contribution was especially punishing. She continued driving as the gradient eased, extending the effort rather than allowing the favourites a moment to recover."The effort had to be as long as possible. So I just went full gas there," Pieterse said afterwards."When Demi eventually went, I looked behind and there was actually nobody on my wheel anymore. I thought, well, that was hard enough."Vollering accelerated clear around 38km from the finish, catching and passing lone leader Maeva Squiban. But Niewiadoma-Phinney and Longo Borghini eventually reached her with approximately 15km remaining, and Juliette Berthet subsequently joined them.The solo victory the Dutch had worked to create was gone. Vollering had prepared for that, too."I have seen every single scenario coming by in my head," she said. "I've visualised this race a million hours, it feels like."The first scenario was to do an attack and stay out solo. That was, of course, the most ideal one. But then Plan B was, if they come back, that you switch as soon as possible to another scenario."Longo Borghini's attack at the start of the final lap forced another response. Vollering caught her on the last ascent of Camillien-Houde, with Niewiadoma-Phinney following, before the Italian fell away."If she stays out over the top of this climb, then we have a problem," Vollering recalled thinking. "I knew I just had to pace this climb as hard as I could and catch her back before the top."You don't know what you can still do and what the others can still do. It was a nervous moment as well."Behind her, Pieterse had reached her own limit. She had tried to disrupt the chase after dropping back from her lead-out, but could no longer follow when the strongest pursuers went across.Even then, she trusted Vollering to finish the job."Demi has a really good sprint as well," Pieterse said. "I trusted that, if they came back, they would all be completely exhausted and she would still be the strongest."That belief mattered to Vollering. The work already done on her behalf gave her another reason to persist through the uncertainty."It really helped to have a team who worked so hard the whole day for you," she said. "You have all the weight on your shoulders to finish it off as well."Afterwards, she described the title as probably the biggest victory of her career, in part because bringing together riders who ordinarily compete against one another makes a World Championships so difficult to win."There were so many years that I also tried so hard and it didn't work out, and you're devastated as well," Vollering said."But this year it's finally worked out for me. I'm so incredibly proud to have delivered here and wear this beautiful jersey."

Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney had given everything. Demi Vollering still had the rainbow jersey. The silver medallist's first reaction?"It wasn't 'oh yay, silver!'," the Pole said dripping with sarcasm. "It's like 'Fuuudddgeee'"In the final 50 metres up the Avenue du Parc, she was empty, her leg had cramped, and she could not finish her sprint as she had wanted. Demi Vollering had won the rainbow jersey, and while Niewiadoma could accept that she had been beaten, that acceptance came with a promise."It just means that I will now come home and work harder to beat her next time," she said. This rivalry between Vollering and Niewiadoma-Phinney has been growing with each season. In 2023, Vollering passed Niewiadoma on the Tourmalet on her way to winning the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift; later that year, Niewiadoma took the gravel world title with Vollering finishing in third. In 2024, the Pole beat her on the Mur de Huy to win Flche Wallone, then held her off by just four seconds to win the Tour de France Femmes.This August, Vollering turned the tables, reclaiming yellow with Niewiadoma in second. The tension of that contest gave their rivalry an edge, but in Montral both described a respect rooted in knowing how hard the other makes them work."In the end, your greatest competitors are also your greatest motivation," Vollering said. "When Kasia is chasing me, then next time you're like, 'I need to train harder.'"Niewiadoma shared that in the lead up to the World Championships, she was revisiting all their head-to-heads. "I was reminding myself in the last four or five weeks when preparing for today that once I beat Demi and I won the world champion jersey, so why not do it again?," she said of the times she came out ahead. At this level, she explained, belief can determine whether a rider makes use of the strength she has. The opponent who creates the doubt can also provide the evidence needed to overcome it."Maybe [in the Tour de France Femmes] I cracked slightly mentally," she said. Confidence was fleeting, she explained. "You constantly have to work for it."The Worlds offered an opportunity to put that lesson into practice. She wanted to reach the finish knowing she had used everything available to her. And she did. She had left it all out there. She could take satisfaction in the racing they had produced. She called it one of the hardest races they had done, and was proud that it had shown women's cycling so well."You accept the fact that somebody was faster, stronger than you, and once you gave your absolute best, there are no what-ifs, and then it's kind of just easier to move on," she said. Just metres past the finish line, Niewiadoma-Phinney was among the first to congratulate Vollering. When asked about this moment in the press conference later, Vollering said she would have done the same if the roles had been reversed."If Kasia would be world champion here, I also think it's very deserved," she said.Vollering won the day's contest, but both leave Montral wanting the same thing: to beat the other next time. Their mutual respect only sharpens that ambition. For everyone watching, the next encounter cannot come soon enough.

Ben Healy leads Irelands four-man team into the mens elite road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Montral on Sunday 27 September, the closing event of the championships and the longest race of the week at 273.4km. Jump to the Irish ridersHealy (bib 129) took bronze in the elite road race in Rwanda last year and comes to Montral as Irelands strongest card of the week. He is joined by Jamie Meehan (130), Ryan Mullen (131) and Darren Rafferty (132), who rode the Vuelta a Espaa earlier this month.Mullen has already ridden the elite time trial, finishing 36th on the opening day. Rafferty completed his first Grand Tour at the Vuelta, where his teammate Eddie Dunbar won at Peas Blancas.The race runs from Brossard on the south shore before the closing circuits over Mount Royal 273.4km with 3,803m of climbing, the hardest day of the championships. Saturdays womens elite road race over 180.1km left only 49 of 141 starters classified.Mens Elite Road Race StartlistSunday 27 September 14:00 Irish 09:00 Montral273.4km 3,803m climbing 184 riders from 61 nationsBrossard to Parc Jeanne-Mance nations presentation from 12:21 Irish, Ireland with Poland at 12:45AINAIN 1 riders151Aleksandr VLASOVAINALGALG 1 riders157Oussama MIMOUNIALGAUSAUS 6 riders78Jack HAIGAUS79Jai HINDLEYAUS80Michael MATTHEWSAUS81Ben OCONNORAUS82Michael STORERAUS83Luke TUCKWELLAUSAUTAUT 2 riders112Felix GALLAUT114Patrick KONRADAUTBELBEL 8 riders8Tiesj BENOOTBEL9Remco EVENEPOELBEL10Quinten HERMANSBEL11Thibau NYSBEL12Alec SEGAERTBEL13Wout VAN AERTBEL14Maxim VAN GILSBEL15Gianni VERMEERSCHBELBERBER 2 riders176Kaden HOPKINSBER177Nicholas NARRAWAYBERBIZBIZ 1 riders171Derrick CHAVARRIABIZBRABRA 1 riders156Henrique AVANCINIBRACANCAN 6 riders133Guillaume BOIVINCAN134Pier-Andr CTCAN135Hugo HOULECAN136Michael LEONARDCAN137Michael WOODSCAN138Nickolas ZUKOWSKYCANCHICHI 1 riders175Vicente ROJASCHICHNCHN 1 riders168You LICHNCOLCOL 6 riders102Santiago BUITRAGOCOL103Sergio HIGUITACOL104Wilmar PAREDESCOL105Nairo QUINTANACOL106Brandon RIVERACOL107Harold TEJADACOLCRCCRC 1 riders154Luis Daniel OSESCRCCYPCYP 1 riders174Andreas MILTIADISCYPCZECZE 3 riders125Pavel NOVKCZE126Jakub OTRUBACZE127Mathias VACEKCZEDENDEN 6 riders24Kasper ASGREENDEN26Anthon CHARMIGDEN27Mikkel HONORDEN29Andreas KRONDEN30Mads PEDERSENDEN31Michael VALGRENDENDMADMA 1 riders182Kohath BARONDMAECUECU 1 riders108Jhonatan NARVAEZECUERIERI 4 riders115 GHEBREIGZABHIERERI116Biniam GIRMAYERI117Merhawi KUDUSERI118Henok MULUEBERHANERIESPESP 8 riders48Igor ARRIETAESP49Juan AYUSOESP50Markel BELOKIESP51Marcel CAMPRUBIESP52Raul GARCIA PIERNAESP53Enric MASESP54Ivan ROMEOESP55Carlos VERONAESPESTEST 1 riders150Madis MIHKELSESTFRAFRA 8 riders16Bruno ARMIRAILFRA17Alex BAUDINFRA18Jordan JEGATFRA19Jordan LABROSSEFRA20Valentin PARET PEINTREFRA21Nicolas PRODHOMMEFRA22Paul SEIXASFRA23Pavel SIVAKOVFRAGBRGBR 8 riders40Mark DONOVANGBR41Oscar ONLEYGBR42Finlay PICKERINGGBR43Tom PIDCOCKGBR44James SHAWGBR45Callum THORNLEYGBR46Fred WRIGHTGBR47Adam YATESGBRGBSGBS 1 riders179Gil GOMESGBSGERGER 6 riders90Marco BRENNERGER91Nico DENZGER92Felix ENGELHARDTGER93Florian LIPOWITZGER94Maximilian SCHACHMANNGER95Georg ZIMMERMANNGERGREGRE 1 riders165Nikiforos ARVANITOUGREGUAGUA 1 riders162Manuel RODASGUAHONHON 1 riders180Fredd MATUTEHONHUNHUN 1 riders164Attila VALTERHUNIRLIRL 4 riders129Ben HEALYIRL130Jamie MEEHANIRL131Ryan MULLENIRL132Darren RAFFERTYIRLISRISR 1 riders167Nadav RAISBERGISRITAITA 8 riders32Alberto BETTIOLITA33Mattia CATTANEOITA34Giulio CICCONEITA35Lorenzo Mark FINNITA36Giulio PELLIZZARIITA37Davide PIGANZOLIITA38Christian SCARONIITA39Matteo TRENTINITAJPNJPN 1 riders172Jo HASHIKAWAJPNKAZKAZ 2 riders140Anton KUZMINKAZ141Daniil MARUKHINKAZKSAKSA 1 riders183Ali AL SHAIKHAHMEDKSALATLAT 4 riders146Kristians BELOHVOSCIKSLAT147Emils LIEPINSLAT148Martin PLUTOLAT149Toms SKUJINSLATLUXLUX 1 riders166Arno WALLENBORNLUXMEXMEX 5 riders84Edgar David CADENAMEX85Ulises CASTILLOMEX86Isaac DEL TOROMEX88Eder FRAYREMEX89Carlos Alfonso GARCIAMEXMGLMGL 1 riders159Maral-Erdene BATMUNKHMGLMLTMLT 1 riders178Andra MIFSUDMLTMONMON 1 riders181Victor LANGELLOTTIMONMRIMRI 1 riders169Alexandre MAYERMRINEDNED 8 riders56Pascal EENKHOORNNED57Daan HOOLENED58Menno HUISINGNED59Bart LEMMENNED60Bauke MOLLEMANED61Mathijs PAASSCHENSNED62Mathieu VAN DER POELNED63Tim VAN DIJKENEDNORNOR 6 riders72Tobias FOSSNOR73Tobias JOHANNESSENNOR74Andreas LEKNESSUNDNOR75Jrgen NORDHAGENNOR76Anders SKAARSETHNOR77 SVESTAD-BRDSENGNORNZLNZL 3 riders109Ben OLIVERNZL110Laurence PITHIENZL111Corbin STRONGNZLPANPAN 1 riders158Cristofer JURADOPANPOLPOL 4 riders142Mateusz GAJDULEWICZPOL143Jakub KACZMAREKPOL144Michal KWIATKOWSKIPOL145Piotr PKALAPOLPORPOR 6 riders119Joao ALMEIDAPOR120Tiago ANTUNESPOR121Afonso EULLIOPOR122Ivo OLIVEIRAPOR123Nelson OLIVEIRAPOR124Antonio MORGADOPORREFREF 1 riders184Amir ANSARIREFROUROU 1 riders170Iustin-Ioan VAIDIANROURSARSA 1 riders152Byron MUNTONRSASLOSLO 7 riders1Tilen FINKTSLO2Gal GLIVARSLO3Matev GOVEKARSLO4Luka MEZGECSLO5Matej MOHORICSLO6Primo ROGLISLO7Jan TRATNIKSLOSRBSRB 1 riders155Mihajlo STOLISRBSUISUI 6 riders96Stefan BISSEGGERSUI97Fabio CHRISTENSUI98Jan CHRISTENSUI99Marc HIRSCHISUI100Stefan KNGSUI101Mauro SCHMIDSUISVKSVK 1 riders139Vladimir KOVIKSVKSWESWE 1 riders160Jakob SDERQVISTSWETHATHA 1 riders173Baptiste POULARDTHAUKRUKR 1 riders153Heorhii ANTONENKOUKRURUURU 1 riders128Guillermo SILVAURUUSAUSA 8 riders64Matteo JORGENSONUSA65Brandon MCNULTYUSA66Sean QUINNUSA67Riley SHEEHANUSA68Artem SHMIDTUSA69Quinn SIMMONSUSA70Kevin VERMAERKEUSA71Lawrence WARBASSEUSAUZBUZB 1 riders161Samandar JANIKULOVUZBPhotosPhotography by B Sutton IrishCyclingNews.comThe post Startlist: Elite Mens Road Race Worlds 2026 appeared first on IrishCyclingNews.com | Irish Cycling News | IrishCycling.

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