2026 UCI Road World Championships

20th - 27th September - Montréal, Canada

Results summary and reports from the Cycling Ireland team participants.

Day 1: 20th Sept

Women Elite Individual Time Trial

Result
1 REUSSER Marlen 50:24.44
2 BACKSTEDT Zoe 51:04.55
3 KOCH Franziska 51:09.98
4 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa 51:14.74
5 KERBAOL Cedrine 51:34.58

Men Elite Individual Time Trial

Ryan Mullen Takes 36th in the ITT

Ryan Mullen has today finished in 36th position in the Men’s Individual Time Trial on the opening day of competition at the UCI Road Cycling World Championships in Montreal, Canada.

The current TT National Champion finished the 39km course in a time of 48 minutes and 41 seconds, three minutes behind Belgian winner Remco Evenepoel.

Speaking afterwards, Mullen said: “I did everything I could today. I had my pacing plan, I had my strategy. I had my plan and I stuck to it. I gave every ounce of energy out of my body today. The result isn’t as high up as I’d have liked to be honest, but I physically couldn’t do any more. There’s some satisfaction knowing you got it all out, and it’s just full focus on next week now.”

He reiterated “it’s all about keeping the engine going with a few days training before the road race and get it primed for helping Ben on Sunday.”

This World Championships marks Mullen’s ninth in Irish colours, with the NSN rider in action again next Sunday in the Elite Men’s Road Race with team-mates Ben Healy, Darren Rafferty and Jamie Meehan.

Result
1 EVENEPOEL Remco 44:53.13
2 GANNA Filippo 45:50.44
3 SEIXAS Paul 46:06.17
4 McNULTY Brandon 46:18.40
5 SODERQVIST Jakob 46:19.31

Irish
28 MULLEN Ryan 48:41.40

Day 2: 21st Sept

Women Under 23 Individual Time Trial

Result
1 WILSON-HAFFENDEN Felicity 27:40.72
2 VINKE Nienke 28:09.19
3 VIERSTRAETE Luca 28:25.79
4 CHLADONOVA Viktoria 28:26.68
5 COUPLAND Mackenzie 28:27.71

Men Under 23 Individual Time Trial

Adam Rafferty Takes a Top-10 in the U23 ITT

Adam Rafferty - Image Cycling Ireland

Adam Rafferty has today taken a top-10 in the Men’s U23 Individual Time Trial event at the UCI Road World Championships in Montreal, Canada.

The Hagens Berman Jayco rider took bronze at last year’s European Championships in France in the same event

The Co. Down native finished the 31.3km course 56 seconds behind winner Ryan Gal of the Netherlands.

Rafferty reflected on his race afterwards; “Bit of a disappointing result to be honest, but that’s sport. Just looking forward to the road race now.”

Reigning national road race champion Seth Dunwoody, who added a European Track Championship title to his own tally earlier this year, took 56th place. The Bahrain Victorious rider had a crash early on in the race resulting in time lost and a bike change.


Result
1 GAL Ryan 37:26.16
2 MILESI Nicolas 37:33.17
3 ALVAREZ Hector 37:38.04
4 BARRY Ashlin 37:59.94
5 LANDBO Mads 38:01.89

10 RAFFERTY Adam 38:23.05
56 DUNWOODY Seth 43:20.08

Day 3: 22nd Sept

Team Time Trial Mixed Relay

Result
1 ITALY 51:32.28
2 FRANCE 51:40.91
3 SWITZERLAND 51:52.18
4 AUSTRALIA 52:12.76
5 GERMANY 52:21.02

Men Junior Individual Time Trial

Three Juniors Make Road World Championship Debut

Emer Heverin has today taken 24th position in her first event at her debut Road World Championships. 2026 has already seen her claim three national championships and a European gold and silver in a true breakout year for the 17-year-old.

Heverin completed the 10km ITT course in a time of 16:43.62, 1 minute and 25 seconds behind winner Maria Okrucinska of Poland.

Heverin said afterwards “That was a really tough course, especially having not had a lot of time on the TT bike, but I’m glad to have ticked off my first Road Worlds event. I’m really looking forward to Friday and the road race now.”

Junior Tour of Ireland winner Rían McCrystal put in a solid performance in the Junior Men’s ITT, taking 52nd place, while Freddie Winkley finished a few spots ahead in 46th.

Result
1 NOVAL Benjamin 25:17.35
2 de SMET Vic 25:23.70
3 RISBJERG Malthe 25:34.32
4 BIRKEDAL Julius 25:38.35
5 PEZZO ROSOLA Patrik 25:38.40

Irish
46 WINKLEY Freddie 27:39.65
52 McCRYSTAL Rian 28:00.53

Women Junior Individual Time Trial

Result
1 OKRUCINSKA Maria 15:17.51
2 DECRUYENAERE Yana 15:29.76
3 CLAY Aalia 15:42.02
4 GROSSMANN Anja 15:42.09
5 FIVE Laura 15:53.23

Irish
24 HEVERIN Emer 16:43.62

Day 5: 24th Sept

Women Under 23 Road Race

Result
1 CHLADONOVA Viktoria 3:49:10
2 HOLMGREN Isabella +0
3 MOORS Fleur +33
4 WINTER Mara +33
5 APPLETON Talia +33

Men Junior Road Race

Result
1 NOVAL Benjamin 3:23:35
2 DEFRANCE Simon +42
3 WANDEL Elias +2:12
4 KINGS Owen +2:12
5 HETTEGGER Michael +2:12

Irish
46 WINKLEY Freddie +6:20
70 MULHEARNE Hugh Og +11:42
DNF McCRYSTAL Rian

Day 6: 25th Sept

Five Irish Riders in Action today UCI Road World Championships

The fifth day of racing at this year’s UCI Road World Championships saw five Irish riders in action.

Four riders took to the start for the U23 Men’s Road Race. Seth Dunwoody, Liam O’Brien, Adam Rafferty and David Gaffney got to the front of the main bunch and controlled the pace for several laps, looking to chase down the early breakaway.

After a monumental effort on the front Seth Dunwoody pulled the pin and abandoned at the 90km mark. The three remaining riders drove on chasing the breakaway but ultimately Rafferty took 60th, O’Brien 84th and Gaffney 90th.

Dunwoody reflected afterwards: “Super glad to be here. We rode pretty ballsy, and I was glad we were able to ride as a team. We were productive in the race, even though we’re obviously not happy with the way it unfolded. I guess had we pulled it off we would have been class, but now that it didn’t we don’t look great but honestly we go out with our heads held high.”

O’Brien added afterwards: “Feeling pretty empty and knackered. It was always going to be a hard day and we expected it. Unfortunately we just didn’t have it in the end, just ran out of gas to be honest. It’s been a super enjoyable experience and it’s nice to be here with such a good bunch of lads. I’m happy with how we took on the race, just in the end it wasn’t good enough.”

Men Under 23 Road Race

1 BARRY Ashlin 4:17:35
2 ALVAREZ Hector 4:18:28 +53
3 STIANSEN Jesper 4:18:28 +53
4 SPARFEL Aubin 4:18:28 +53
5 DRIESEN Niels 4:18:30 +55

Irish
60 RAFFERTY Adam +8:33
84 O'BRIEN Liam +13:30
90 GAFFNEY David +16:00
DNF DUNWOODY Seth

The afternoon saw Emer Heverin ride the Junior Women’s race. A split in the group on the second lap saw her group chasing for a large part of the race but unable to get back to the leaders. She took 45th position after battling throughout the 80km race.

Women Junior Road Race

1 NEIRA Alejandra 2:21:00
2 ROSSIGNOLI Matilde +0
3 GROSSMANN Anja +0
4 OKRUCI?SKA Maria +4
5 MONS Mirthe +5

Irish
45 HEVERIN Emer +10:39

Day 7: 26th Sept

Women Elite Road Race

1 VOLLERING Demi 4:45:09
2 NIEWIADOMA-PHINNEY Kasia +0
3 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa +4
4 REUSSER Marlen +8
5 BERTHET Juliette +39

Day 8: 27th Sept

Ben Healy Top-10 in the World for Third Consecutive Year

Ben Healy - Image Cycling Ireland

Ben Healy has today taken a top-10 at the UCI Road Cycling World Championships for the second consecutive year, having taken bronze at the 2025 Worlds in Rwanda.

Jamie Meehan went in the early breakaway, less than 10km into the 273km race, and pulled out a lead of over 8 minutes with 16 other riders. With 175km to go Healy and Ryan Mullen moved to the front of the main group before the race entered the smaller, punchy circuit, and after a 100km of graft Mullen abandoned.

Meehan’s breakaway was pulled back with just over 100km to go, but with just over 90km left another break went with Healy in the mix. That move was pulled back before another group went away, leaving Healy with work to do to bridge across.

The battle of attrition persisted, whittling down the group, before an attack from eventual winner Brandon McNulty stuck. Healy tried to bridge across but ultimately finished 10th with the group shattering on the final drag to the line.

Healy said afterwards: “Gave it everything. The lads were great for me out there today and left it out on the road, something we can really be proud of.” He added: “I wanted to get out ahead of the big guns you know, and I feel like I’ve good legs at the moment. Maybe I went too early on reflection but you know, like I said, left it all out there for a similar move that might have been the one that stuck.”

Men Elite Road Race

1 McNULTY Brandon 6:17:04
2 MATTHEWS Michael +13
3 van der POEL Mathieu +13
4 SIMMONS Quinn +13
5 del TORO Isaac +14
6 PEDERSEN Mads +14
7 PIDCOCK Tom +14
8 JORGENSON Matteo +14
9 CICCONE Giulio +14
10 HEALY Ben +14

Other Irish
DNF RAFFERTY Darren (lap 12)
DNF MEEHAN Jamie (lap 10)
DNF MULLEN Ryan (lap 2)




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