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  • ‘Maybe Tadej Will Ride for Me’: World Champion McNulty Can Only Joke about Getting Pulls From Pogačar in 2027

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/mcnulty-pogacar.jpg”] Updated September 28, 2026 03:54AM Brandon McNulty ensured the rainbow jersey stays at UAE Emirates-XRG another year with his sensational world title victory Sunday, but he’s under no illusions about who the boss will be in 2027. Tadej Pogačar, the UAE rider who wore the stripes the two years before him. Speaking…

  • ‘I Thought My Career Was Done’: Michael Matthews Earns Surprise Silver Medal at Worlds After Major Setbacks

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-2296906208.jpg”] Updated September 28, 2026 01:18AM Few people had Brandon McNulty picked to win the world championship in Montréal. Fewer still had Michael Matthews anywhere near the podium. Yet on Sunday the veteran Australian rider, who turned 36 the day before, finished on the second podium spot, standing above a former world champion,…

  • UCI Hits Eritrea with Hefty Fines for Racing Worlds in Non-Matching Kits

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-2297379705.jpg”] Published September 27, 2026 09:56PM The UCI hit two Eritrean riders and the team’s director with hefty fines on Sunday after the elite men’s world championship road race. Their transgression? Not littering, riding in a dangerous manner, or resting their arms on their handlebars in an illegal position as Demi Vollering was…

  • Dream Denied: Why the Top Favorites Missed Out to McNulty at Worlds

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-2297421209.jpg”] Published September 27, 2026 05:45PM It’s a case of what went wrong for the top pre-race favorites, with Paul Seixas, Wout Van Aert, Remco Evenepoel and Tom Pidcock all wondering what they could have done differently to overcome a tactically-perfect USA team in the elite men’s world championship road race. Brandon McNulty…

  • Brandon McNulty Stuns the Favorites in Montréal Worlds Thriller

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-2297434798.jpg”] Updated September 27, 2026 02:43PM Brandon McNulty became the first US road race champion in more than three decades when he soloed to a brilliant victory in the elite road race championship in Montreal on Sunday. The American rider attacked an elite lead group with 32.4k remaining and went into time trial…

  • Brandon McNulty Ends 33-Year US Wait for Men’s Road World Title With Epic Solo Raid

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-2297433871.jpg”] Updated September 27, 2026 02:40PM Brandon McNulty roared to America’s first rainbow jersey in 33 years with a daring solo attack to win the UCI Road World Championship Sunday. The 28-year-old hold off a late chase in Montréal to join Greg LeMond and Lance Armstrong in a select club of U.S. cycling…

  • Reassuring News for Worlds Riders Affected by Brutal Crash

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-2297261675.jpg”] Published September 27, 2026 10:47AM The two world championship riders who appeared to be most badly hurt in the big crash Saturday have, thankfully, both been cleared of serious injury. At least 15 riders hit the deck in huge crash approximately 95km into the elite women’s road race championships. Paula Blasi (Spain)…

  • UCI Whacks Demi Vollering with Massive Fine After Sensational World Championship Win

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-2297280198.jpg”] Updated September 27, 2026 05:39AM Demi Vollering was handed a huge 1,000 CHF ($1,200 USD) fine by the UCI on Saturday after she blazed to her sensational world championship victory in Montréal. The Dutchwoman was sanctioned by race officials for “using a non-compliant position or point of support on the bicycle.” She…

  • Kasia v. Demi: Worlds Provided Another Chapter in One of Cycling’s Great Rivalries

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-2297279863-scaled-e1790456460803.jpg”] Updated September 26, 2026 06:17PM The battle between Demi Vollering and Kasia Niewiadoma at the 2026 UCI World Championship had shades of women’s cycling history all over it. For the past five seasons, women’s cycling has been marked by their showdowns. While others have entered the fray, in the key moments it…

  • Slovakia Team Masseur Thrust Into Elite Men’s Worlds Despite Last Competing Nine Years Ago

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://velo-cdn.outsideonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GettyImages-2295975246.jpg”] Updated September 26, 2026 05:59PM Ten years ago Slovakia was one of the powerhouses of world championship cycling, with Peter Sagan winning the elite men’s title in 2015, 2016 and 2017. A decade on the gloss has dulled somewhat, with his country having four slots in the elite men’s road race, but…