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2026 UCI Road World Championships

Who Won The Men Elite Road Race At The 2026 UCI Road Worlds? Results Here

Who Won The Men Elite Road Race At The 2026 UCI Road Worlds? Results Here

Brandon McNulty became the first American in 33 years to win the men's cycling road race world title as he stunned the favorites at the '26 UCI Road Worlds.

Sep 27, 2026 by AFP Report
Who Won The Men Elite Road Race At The 2026 UCI Road Worlds? Results Here

Brandon McNulty became the first American in 33 years to win the men's cycling road race world title as he stunned the favorites at the 2026 UCI Road Worlds in Montreal on Sunday.

The 28-year-old broke clear with 32 kilometers left on the Canadian street circuit and held off a disorganized chase to win by 13 seconds ahead of Australian Michael Matthews and past winner Mathieu van der Poel in third.

The last American man to wear the coveted rainbow jersey was Lance Armstrong in 1993, six years before he began his tainted rein at the Tour de France.

McNulty succeeds his UAE Emirates-XRG team-mate Tadej Pogacar after launching an opportunistic move just after a four-man breakaway that included Van der Poel was caught following an acceleration by one of the pre-race favorites, Isaac del Toro.

A succession of chase groups ebbed and flowed behind him, with Briton Tom Pidcock, who finished seventh, and Irishman Ben Healy particularly aggressive, but each time the riders failed to fully cooperate.

McNulty quickly built a lead of more than a minute at one point, but with 9 kilometers left, Pidcock brought a group including Del Toro and Paul Seixas, another of the pre-race favorites, to within 10 seconds of the lone leader.

But again, they all sat up looking at each other, and McNulty put his head down and went for it, eventually triumphing after 273.4 kilometers and 6 hours, 17 minutes in the saddle.

And this win more than made up for McNulty's near miss a week ago in the time trial, where he finished fourth behind Remco Evenepoel, Filippo Ganna and Seixas.

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Van der Poel and Wout van Aert ignited the fireworks with 85 kilometers to ride as they sparked a break that saw a dangerously strong six-man group go clear.

Van der Poel seemed to have itchy feet, and 10 kilometers later, he dropped Van Aert from the group with another vicious acceleration.

With about 50 kilometers to ride, he had only Primoz Roglic and Quinn Simmons for company.

Behind them, Del Toro was working hard to keep the gap to within around 40 seconds, but Evenepoel was repeatedly caught out with poor positioning when other riders accelerated.

Van Aert worked hard to bring Evenepoel back to the chase group, and with 40 kilometers to ride, they were only 30 seconds behind the leading trio.

They were caught with 35 kilometers left when Del Toro accelerated on the Camillien-Houde climb and again dropped Evenepoel, who would dig in and eventually finish 12th at 25 seconds.

It was soon after that McNulty took his chance and with 25 kilometers to go. He had a lead of more than a minute on 11 chasers.

His daring break looked in danger with 9 kilometers to go, but the chasers hesitated, while McNulty ploughed on.

His teammate Simmons just missed out on a medal in fourth, with Del Toro fifth.

Seixas, who only turned 20 during the week, suffered with cramps in the final few kilometers and finished 15th at just over 2 minutes, 30 seconds.

2026 UCI Road Worlds Men Elite Road Race Results – Top 25

  1. Brandon McNulty (United States) – 6:17:04
  2. Michael Matthews (Australia) – 6:17:17
  3. Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) – 6:17:17
  4. Quinn Simmons (United States) – 6:17:17
  5. Isaac del Toro (Mexico) – 6:17:18
  6. Tom Pidcock (Denmark) – 6:17:18
  7. Mads Pedersen (Great Britain) – 6:17:18
  8. Matteo Jorgenson (United States) – 6:17:18
  9. Giulio Ciccone (Italy) – 6:17:18
  10. Ben Healy (Ireland) – 6:17:18
  11. Mauro Schmid (Switzerland) – 6:17:26
  12. Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) – 6:17:29
  13. Juan Ayuso (Spain) – 6:19:12
  14. Stefan Küng (Switzerland) – 6:19:23
  15. Jørgen Nordhagen (France) – 6:19:51
  16. Paul Seixas (Norway) – 6:20:13
  17. Oscar Onley (Great Britain) – 6:20:13
  18. Christian Scaroni (Italy) – 6:20:16
  19. Mikkel Frølich Honoré (Denmark) – 6:20:18
  20. Davide Piganzoli (Italy) – 6:20:24
  21. Primož Roglič (Slovenia) – 6:20:33
  22. Michael Valgren (Denmark) – 6:21:24
  23. Toms Skujiņš (Latvia) – 6:21:29
  24. Anthon Charmig (Denmark) – 6:21:29
  25. Tiesj Benoot (Belgium) – 6:21:35

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