On the third day of the 2026 UCI Para-Biking Highway World Championships, the handcycles and tricycles competed of their respective highway races.
Kate Brim (Lowell, Mich.), Emelia Perry (Philadelphia, Penn.), Dennis Connors (Beaverton, Ore.), and Cody Wills (Harrisburg, Penn.) all secured medals in the present day after an intense day of racing, bringing the whole medal rely for the occasion to 14. Up to now, that is already some of the profitable World Championships in years for Crew USA and there’s nonetheless one other day of competitors. The group is chasing the file set in 2019 of 21 medals.
WH1-2
Kate Brim (Lowell, Mich.) was in a category of her personal. From the beginning, she was off and by no means regarded again. After 27.6km, she gained by 16 minutes, scoring her second World Title of the weekend, taking the Time Trial title earlier within the week. This journey marks her sixth World Title of her profession.
WH2 Outcomes:
1. Kate Brim (USA)
2. Roberta Amadeo (ITA)
3. Patcharapha Seesen (THA)
WH3-5
Emelia Perry (Philadelphia, Penn.) established herself within the entrance early on throughout the combined classes. She managed the tempo on the entrance over 55km of racing. It got here all the way down to the final lap, the place she rode to the road in second scoring the silver medal after profitable the Time Trial World Title earlier within the week.
Jenna Rollman (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) rode solo many of the day holding sturdy to take sixth within the H3 class.
WH4 Outcomes:
1. Sandra Fuhrer (SUI)
2. Emelia Perry (USA)
3. Kristina Madajova (SLO)
WH3 Outcomes:
1. Anais Vincent (FRA)
2. Jady Martins Malavazzi (BRA)
3. Lauren Parker (AUS)
6. Jenna Rollman (USA)
MH1-2
The lads’s H1 and H2 classes set out for 4 laps totaling 55.2km. Cody Wills (Harrisburg, Penn.), Jeremy Van Tress (Herriman, Utah), and Nicholas McCoy (Boerne, Texas) had been racing the H2 class together with Barry Wilcox (Port Angeles, Wash.) within the H1 race.
Wills took off within the lead group from the beginning. An early group of 4 shaped with Wills, Florian Jouanny (FRA), Luca Mazzone (ITA), and Rory Mead (NZL). Halfway by their third lap, they dropped Mead, leaving it to the three to combat for the medals. All three riders stayed collectively till the ultimate kilometers. Jouanny would take the win by inches over Mazzone and Wills would get the bronze, the identical end because the Time Trial earlier within the week. Van Tress held sturdy on the market solo to journey into 6th, with McCoy into the highest 10 of their World Championship debuts.
Wilcox was within the lead group after lap one within the MH1, however the warmth acquired one of the best of him. He pulled out of the race early on.
MH2 Outcomes:
1. Florian Jouanny (FRA)
2. Luca Mazzone (ITA)
3. Cody Wills (USA)
6. Jeremy Van Tress (USA)
9. Nicholas McCoy (USA)
MT1-2
Dennis Connors (Beaverton, Ore.) was the one American trike rider within the subsequent wave of competitors. He set out on three laps of the course overlaying 41.4 km. Connors was within the lead group established early with 4 different riders. By the final lap, that they had a 3-minute lead. It got here all the way down to a dash on the end straight for the gold in opposition to Tim Celen (BEL). Connors got here up simply quick on the line with Celen getting the benefit and claiming the rainbow jersey. Connors would wrap up the World Championships with two medals from two days of racing.
MT2 Outcomes:
1. Tim Celen (BEL)
2. Dennis Connors (USA)
3. Felix Barrow (GBR)
MH3
21 riders, together with Ryan Pinney (Phoenix, Ariz.) and Owen Daniels (Fontana, Calif.) lined up within the MH3 to tackle 69 km of racing. Pinney and Daniels had been controlling the entrance because the group saved dwindling down for the primary few laps. Sadly, Pinney crashed a number of laps in however was in a position to recuperate and catch again onto the group and keep clean. It got here all the way down to a battle between twelve riders on the line with Pinney using to sixth and Daniels in twelfth.
MH3 Outcomes:
1. Johan Qualie (FRA)
2. Christian Gylenohr (NOR)
3. Micha Wafler (SUI)
6. Ryan Pinney (USA)
12. Owen Daniels (USA)
MH4-5
To start out off the afternoon session, the MH4 and MH5 classes took on the Huntsville warmth on the hottest level of the day. 28 racers lined as much as tackle 5 laps of the course, totaling 69km
Matt Tingley (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Tom Davis (Fremont, Ind.) took to the beginning within the H4 race. Tingley established himself within the lead group that broke away with 5 riders. Davis discovered himself within the subsequent group again in a chase group of three. Halfway by the race, the tempo was selecting up and the chase group closed 20s on the leaders however nonetheless wanted one other 40s. In the meantime Tingley was wanting composed in entrance group. On their final lap, the chasers caught the leaders and it was going to be all out for the end. As soon as the group was on the end straight, it was a dash for the road. Tingley went sixth and Davis took ninth.
Within the H5, Freddie De Los Santos (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.) and Josue Barron (Los Angeles, Calif.) rode an extremely aggressive race. They pushed the tempo early on to breakaway with a bunch of seven. The chase group caught on halfway by the race making it a bunch of 9 heading into the final lap. With one to go, De Los Santos crashed abandoning the race. Then it was all Barron to combat to the road. He rode in for fifth, marking his finest championship efficiency.
MH4 Outcomes:
1. Callum Russell (GBR)
2. Fabian Recher (SUI)
3. Joseph Fritsch (FRA)
6. Matt Tingley (USA)
9. Tom Davis (USA)
MH5 Outcomes:
1. Mitch Valize (NED)
2. Qiangli Liu (CHN)
3. Loic Vergaud (FRA)
5. Josue Barron (USA)
10. Freddie De Los Santos (USA)
Crew USA will proceed with the ultimate day of highway races tomorrow.
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