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The women’s and men’s elite time trials will put a fast start on the 2026 UCI road world championships on Sunday.
Starting Sunday morning with the elite women, the first rainbow jerseys of the Montréal worlds will be at play on a flat, twisting 39.2km course suited to the specialists.
The men’s elite race blasts off early Sunday afternoon, a few hours after the women’s medals are awarded.
Both the men and women ride the same 39.2km parcours, which takes in the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve F1 circuit and ends with a thigh-burning 400-meter uphill.
The course amasses only 220m of gain, so expect racing to be lightning-fast.
Defending champions Remco Evenepoel and Marlen Reusser are outright favorites.
But these races against the clock aren’t a done deal. Demi Vollering, Filippo Ganna, Zoe Bäckstedt, and USA’s Taylor Knibb and Brandon McNulty could surprise.
Zimbabwe’s Skye Davidson will open the 2026 road worlds at 9:19:30 local time (ET). The three big favorites for the elite women’s race start at 90-second intervals from 10:28:30.
Gil Gomes from Guinea-Bissau is first man down the ramp at 13:00. “Aero bullet” Evenepoel is the last man at 14:30.
Don’t miss a minute of the action.
Here’s how to watch in the U.S., Canada, and worldwide. All the women’s and men’s TT start times can be found below.
N.B. All times are local in Montréal and the U.S. Eastern time zone.
2026 road worlds: Women’s elite time trial start times
| Time (ET) | Number | Name | Nation |
| 09:19:30 | 48 | DAVIDSON Skye | ZIM |
| 09:21:00 | 47 | SIYAHIAN Sajedeh | IRI |
| 09:22:30 | 46 | TANG Xin | CHN |
| 09:24:00 | 45 | BURGESS Alyssa | CAY |
| 09:25:30 | 44 | KIPLAGAT Monica | KEN |
| 09:27:00 | 43 | ABE Karin | JPN |
| 09:28:30 | 42 | ALHAZMI Mishael | KSA |
| 09:30:00 | 41 | MARENDA Magh Firotika | INA |
| 09:31:30 | 40 | ALLIK Ann-Christine | EST |
| 09:33:00 | 39 | INGABIRE Diane | RWA |
| 09:34:30 | 38 | STOYANOVA Gergana | BUL |
| 09:36:00 | 37 | NGANDU Rongina | ZIM |
| 09:37:30 | 36 | HINOJOSA Romina | MEX |
| 09:39:00 | 35 | ZHU Shimeng | CHN |
| 09:40:30 | 34 | POTAPOVA Faina | KAZ |
| 09:42:00 | 33 | TABU Kendra | KEN |
| 09:43:30 | 32 | KONONENKO Valeriia | UKR |
| 09:45:00 | 31 | KNIBB Taylor | USA |
| 09:46:30 | 30 | BARIL Olivia | CAN |
| 09:48:00 | 29 | CAMPBELL Teniel | TTO |
| 09:49:30 | 28 | NIRERE Xaveline | RWA |
| 09:51:00 | 27 | CLAES Lotte | BEL |
| 09:52:30 | 26 | WLODARCZYK Dominika | POL |
| 09:54:00 | 25 | AHTOSALO Anniina | FIN |
| 09:55:30 | 24 | HANSON Lauretta | AUS |
| 09:57:00 | 23 | MORRIS Anna | GBR |
| 09:58:30 | 22 | GUAZZINI Vittoria | ITA |
| 10:00:00 | 21 | MACGREGOR Bronwyn | NZL |
| 10:01:30 | 20 | de MARIGNYLAGESSE Lucie | MRI |
| 10:03:00 | 19 | KOCH Franziska | GER |
| 10:04:30 | 18 | ROEL Sara | MEX |
| 10:06:00 | 17 | PENUELA Diana | COL |
| 10:07:30 | 16 | KERBAOL Cedrine | FRA |
| 10:09:00 | 15 | BLASI Paula | ESP |
| 10:10:30 | 14 | BOBNAR Nika | SLO |
| 10:12:00 | 13 | GONTOVA Nadia | CAN |
| 10:13:30 | 12 | NOOIJEN Lieke | NED |
| 10:15:00 | 11 | SCHWEINBERGER Christina | AUT |
| 10:16:30 | 10 | LONGO BORGHINI Elisa | ITA |
| 10:18:00 | 9 | KOPECKY Lotte | BEL |
| 10:19:30 | 8 | FAULKNER Kristen | USA |
| 10:21:00 | 7 | BERTHET Juliette | FRA |
| 10:22:30 | 6 | BENITO Mireia | ESP |
| 10:24:00 | 5 | NIEDERMAIER Antonia | GER |
| 10:25:30 | 4 | AALERUD Katrine | NOR |
| 10:27:00 | 3 | BACKSTEDT Zoe | GBR |
| 10:28:30 | 2 | VOLLERING Demi | NED |
| 10:30:00 | 1 | REUSSER MARLEN | SUI |
2026 road worlds: Men’s elite time trial start times
| Time (ET) | Number | Name | Nation |
| 13:00:00 | 61 | GOMES Gil | GBS |
| 13:01:30 | 60 | CA Apolinario | GBS |
| 13:03:00 | 59 | WAIS Ahmad Badreddin | REF |
| 13:04:30 | 58 | LIU Chenglu | CHN |
| 13:06:00 | 57 | MOAZAMI GODARZI Arvin | IRI |
| 13:07:30 | 56 | MARUKHIN Daniil | KAZ |
| 13:09:00 | 55 | BATMUNKH Maral-Erdene | MGL |
| 13:10:30 | 54 | CHAVARRIA Derrick | BIZ |
| 13:12:00 | 53 | NARRAWAY Nicholas | BER |
| 13:13:30 | 52 | YON HIN Daniel | MRI |
| 13:15:00 | 51 | MATUTE Fredd | HON |
| 13:16:30 | 50 | MUNTON Byron | RSA |
| 13:18:00 | 49 | ANSARI Amir | REF |
| 13:19:30 | 48 | ZUKOWSKY Nickolas | CAN |
| 13:21:00 | 47 | CAO Houwang | CHN |
| 13:22:30 | 46 | PEAK Barnabas | HUN |
| 13:24:00 | 45 | ABU HARRAH Majid | JOR |
| 13:25:30 | 44 | KUZMIN Anton | KAZ |
| 13:27:00 | 43 | BODDEN Chris | CAY |
| 13:28:30 | 42 | AVANCINI Henrique | BRA |
| 13:30:00 | 41 | ILIĆ Ognjen | SRB |
| 13:31:30 | 40 | HASHIKAWA Jo | JPN |
| 13:33:00 | 39 | LEWIS Cory | BIZ |
| 13:34:30 | 38 | HOPKINS Kaden | BER |
| 13:36:00 | 37 | SUTTERLIN Jasha | GER |
| 13:37:30 | 36 | KLUCKERS Arthur | LUX |
| 13:39:00 | 35 | PELIKAN Janos | HUN |
| 13:40:30 | 34 | OLIVEIRA Nelson | POR |
| 13:42:00 | 33 | HERREGODTS Rune | BEL |
| 13:43:30 | 32 | KWIATKOWSKI Michal | POL |
| 13:45:00 | 31 | TRATNIK Jan | SLO |
| 13:46:30 | 30 | ASGREEN Kasper | DEN |
| 13:48:00 | 29 | RIVERA Brandon | COL |
| 13:49:30 | 28 | MULLEN Ryan | IRL |
| 13:51:00 | 27 | LEONARD Michael | CAN |
| 13:52:30 | 26 | WALSCHEID Max | GER |
| 13:54:00 | 25 | CASTRILLO Pablo | ESP |
| 13:55:30 | 24 | SHMIDT Artem | USA |
| 13:57:00 | 23 | MAYER Alexandre | MRI |
| 13:58:30 | 22 | LEAHY Conor | AUS |
| 14:00:00 | 21 | CATTANEO Mattia | ITA |
| 14:01:30 | 20 | BISSEGGER Stefan | SUI |
| 14:03:00 | 19 | FOSS Tobias | NOR |
| 14:04:30 | 18 | VARGAS Walter | COL |
| 14:06:00 | 17 | BJERG Mikkel Norsgaard | DEN |
| 14:07:30 | 16 | SEIXAS Paul | FRA |
| 14:09:00 | 15 | THORNLEY Callum | GBR |
| 14:10:30 | 14 | VACEK Mathias | CZE |
| 14:12:00 | 13 | McNULTY Brandon | USA |
| 14:13:30 | 12 | SEGAERT Alec | BEL |
| 14:15:00 | 11 | ROMEO Ivan | ESP |
| 14:16:30 | 10 | OLIVEIRA Ivo | POR |
| 14:18:00 | 9 | SODERQVIST Jakob | SWE |
| 14:19:30 | 8 | LEKNESSUND Andreas | NOR |
| 14:21:00 | 7 | HOOLE Daan | NED |
| 14:22:30 | 6 | del TORO Isaac | MEX |
| 14:24:00 | 5 | KUNG Stefan | SUI |
| 14:25:30 | 4 | ARMIRAIL Bruno | FRA |
| 14:27:00 | 3 | HAYTER Ethan | GBR |
| 14:28:30 | 2 | GANNA Filippo | ITA |
| 14:30:00 | 1 | EVENEPOEL Remco | BEL |
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