Road World Championships 2026 elite women's individual time trial LIVE - Marlen Reusser looks to defend title in Canada
39.2km race against the clock kicks off the 2026 UCI Road World Championships in Montreal
Marlen Reusser (Switzerland) will hope she can defend her title from Rwanda last year but she faces a challenge from Tour of Giro winner Demi Vollering (Netherlands) and Zoe Backstedt (Great Britain), who is making her elite debut at the Worlds, among many more.
And here is the view from above. Starting just a few hundred metres down the road from the finish, the riders dart around the Saint Lawrence River for the majority of the course.
It is a tricky course to manage. Largely very flat with three time checks along the 39.2km route but the finale adds a climb to the finish in Montreal. This means the riders will have to make sure they have something left in the tank for the final kick to the finish.
Hello and welcome to our live report on Cyclingnews for the opening race of the 2026 UCI World Road Championships in Montreal, Canada. It is the women's individual time trial.
The first rider who will ride down the ramp to kick things off for the 2026 World Road Championships will be Skye Davidson from Zimbabwe. See all the riders starting and when they are starting with our start times in the link above.
