Robert McKenna to Represent Ireland at UCI MTB Marathon World Championships
Cycling Ireland 6th August
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Cycling Ireland can confirm that one rider, Robert McKenna, will represent Ireland at this year’s UCI MTB Marathon World Championships in Trentino, Italy. McKenna will take on the 95km course on Saturday, September 12th.
This World Championship event marks McKenna’s first time pulling on an Irish jersey, with the Bray Wheelers rider taking 6th in the Trans Gran Canaria stage race in May followed by a top-20 Alpen Tour stage race in Austria in June.
McKenna is looking forward to his national team debut; “Pulling on the green jersey for the first time is a childhood dream come true—something I've targeted since my primary school days. After navigating a few major surgeries and countless hours of sacrifice, it’s an unbelievable honour to head to the World Championships and help get Ireland back on the map at the elite international marathon mountain bike level. I'm beyond thrilled to line up and race against the best.”
Last year's longer event, at 125km with 5000m of climbing, was won by American rider Keegan Sweenson in a time of just over six hours, just 15 seconds ahead of second placed Samuele Porro of Italy. With this year's course set at 95km with 4000m of climbing it's expected to be even tighter competition across the 100 rider field.
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2026 UCI MTB MARATHON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Primiero San Martino di Castrozza, Italy - 12 Sep 2026
Men Elite - Cross-country Marathon - Results
Name / Age / NAT / Time
1 ANDREAS SEEWALD 35 GER 04:33:47
2 GIOELE DE COSMO 29 ITA 04:36:59
3 JAKOB DORIGONI 28 ITA 04:37:00
4 DIEGO ROSA 37 ITA 04:37:43
5 DAVIDE FOCCOLI 25 ITA 04:38:27
6 MARTIN STOŠEK 32 CZE 04:39:57
7 KEEGAN SWENSON 32 USA 04:41:09
8 DARIO CHERCHI 25 ITA 04:41:30
10 LORENZO SAMPARISI 33 ITA 04:43:31
Irish
83 ROBERT McKENNA 35 IRL 05:56:35
Women Elite - Cross-country Marathon
Name-Team / Age / NAT / Time
1 ANNA WEINBEER KTM SPADA POWERED BY BRENTA BRAKES 32 SUI 05:30:54
2 CLAUDIA PERETTI 28 ITA 05:34:47
3 MONA MITTERWALLNER MONDRAKER FACTORY RACING XC 24 AUT 05:39:13
4 MELISA ROLLINS 31 USA 05:41:28
5 SAVILIA BLUNK DECATHLON FORD RACING TEAM 27 USA 05:42:50
6 GIADA SPECIA KTM FACTORY MTB TEAM 26 ITA 05:45:02
7 LARISSA HARTOG 25 NED 05:52:24
8 LEJLA NJEMCEVIC 32 BIH 05:59:45
9 CHIARA GUALANDI LEECOUGAN BASSO FACTORY RACING 24 ITA 06:01:06
10 DEBORA PIANA 37 ITA 06:02:27