The 2026 UCI Street World Championships formally received underway Sunday on the streets of downtown Montreal, with the Elite Ladies and Elite Males taking up the opening time trials. With hometown crowds lining Avenue du Parc, the U.S. staff noticed a standout efficiency from Brandon McNulty (Phoenix, Ariz.; UAE Group Emirates-XRG), who completed fourth within the Elite Males’s Time Trial, simply 12 seconds off the rostrum.

Elite Males’s Time Trial

Artem Shmidt (Cumming, Ga.; Netcompany INEOS) was the primary American to take the beginning within the afternoon’s Elite Males’s Time Trial. Shmidt opened with a powerful first break up and maintained a constant tempo all through the difficult 45-minute effort, crossing the end line in 47:13.57 to complete nineteenth.

Subsequent up was Brandon McNulty (Phoenix, Ariz.; UAE Group Emirates-XRG), who put every thing on the highway in pursuit of a World Championship medal. McNulty continued to construct his tempo all through the course, averaging 50.79 kph and stopping the clock at 46:18.40. His time was sufficient to place him within the sizzling seat, however with the world’s prime time trialists nonetheless to return, McNulty knew he must wait to see the place he landed. In the long run, he completed fourth, simply 12 seconds off the bronze medal.

Whereas a fourth-place end left McNulty simply exterior the rostrum, he was happy with the progress he noticed from his effort. “12 seconds from the medal shouldn’t be dangerous… I feel it confirmed the work was paying off and hopefully I can hold getting higher.”

Outcomes:

1. Remco Evenepoel (BEL) – 44:53.13

2. Filippo Ganna (ITA) – +57.31

3. Paul Seixas (FRA) – +1:13.04

4. Brandon McNulty (USA) – +1:25.27

19. Artem Shmidt (USA) – +2:20.44

Elite Ladies’s Time Trial

Making her World Championship time trial debut, triathlete Taylor Knibb (Boulder, Colo.) delivered a powerful efficiency on the technical Montreal course, ending thirteenth general. Knibb opened with a gradual tempo earlier than step by step constructing velocity all through the course. Her easy effort moved her to the highest of the leaderboard early within the competitors, and he or she in the end completed in 52:43.35, averaging 44.65 kph. The end result marked a top-15 end in her first World Championship time trial.

Kristen Faulkner (Homer, Alaska; EF-Oatly-Cannondale) was the second American to take the beginning. Faulkner maintained a gradual rhythm all through the course, checking off her targets kilometer by kilometer earlier than crossing the road in 54:05.41 to complete twenty first. With the Street Race nonetheless forward on Saturday, Faulkner could have one other alternative to race for Group USA later within the week.

Outcomes:

1. Marlen Reusser (SUI) – 50:24.44

2. Zoe Backstedt (GBR) – +40.11

3. Franziska Koch (GER) – +45.54

13. Taylor Knibb (USA) – +2:18.91

21. Kristen Faulkner (USA) – +3:40.97

Up Subsequent

Tomorrow the U23 Males and Ladies take the road for his or her Time Trials. Comply with alongside. 

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