Results Chrono des Nations 2026 - Remco Evenepoel catches runner-up Jay Vine in two-minute demolition win to end his season
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Remco Evenepoel has won the Chrono des Nations for the first time at elite level, ending his 2026 season with a crushing victory after catching eventual runner-up Jay Vine on the road.
The world champion completed the 45.43km course around Les Herbiers in 49:53.68, averaging approximately 54.6km/h to secure his 14th win of the year. Vine finished 2:11 behind, with three-time winner Stefan Küng completing the podium at 2:27.8.
Evenepoel established his advantage immediately, taking 27 seconds out of Küng over the opening 10.5km. Rémi Cavagna was four seconds further back, while Vine began more cautiously with the fourth-fastest split.
Through the middle of the course, Evenepoel pulled further clear. His lead over Küng reached 1:47 at the 34km checkpoint, with Vine trailing by 1:55. Shortly afterwards, the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe rider swept past the Australian, who had started two minutes ahead of him.
Vine produced the stronger finish of the two principal chasers, overturning his eight-second deficit to Küng at the second checkpoint to claim second place for the third successive year. Küng held off Maxime Decomble by just under six seconds for third, denying the Frenchman a home podium.
Mikkel Bjerg finished fifth ahead of Cavagna, while Belgian time trial champion Alec Segaert placed eighth, 3:36.7 behind Evenepoel. A junior winner here in 2018, Evenepoel added the elite title after finishing fifth in 2021 and second to Josh Tarling in 2023.
| 1 | Evenepoel Remco | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 00:49:53 |
| 2 | Vine Jay | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 02:11 |
| 3 | Küng Stefan | Tudor | + 02:28 |
| 4 | Decomble Maxime | Groupama-FDJ United | + 02:34 |
| 5 | Bjerg Mikkel | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 02:58 |
| 6 | Cavagna Remi | Groupama-FDJ United | + 03:03 |
| 7 | de Bod Stefan | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | + 03:36 |
| 8 | Segaert Alec | Bahrain Victorious | + 03:37 |
| 9 | Giaimi Luca | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 03:54 |
| 10 | Leroux Samuel | Team TotalEnergies | + 04:07 |
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Maëva Squiban has won the women’s Chrono des Nations, beating Canada’s Nadia Gontova by 24 seconds over the 27.23km course around Les Herbiers.
The Frenchwoman followed her breakthrough at last year’s Tour de France Femmes with victory on home roads. Juliette Berthet completed the podium in third, giving France two of the top three finishers, while Belgium’s Lotte Claes placed seventh. Squiban succeeds Ellen van Dijk, who won the final time trial of her career at the event in 2025.
| 1 | Squiban Maeva | UAE Team L’IMAD | 00:35:36 |
| 2 | Gontova Nadia | Liv AlUla Jayco | + 24 |
| 3 | Berthet Juliette | FDJ United-SUEZ | + 38 |
| 4 | Le Mouel Célia | Ma Petite Entreprise | + 45 |
| 5 | Vigilia Alessia | Uno-X Mobility | + 52 |
| 6 | Bertold Isabella | Torelli | + 56 |
| 7 | Claes Lotte | Fenix-Premier Tech | + 01:11 |
| 8 | Abgrall Noémie | Ma Petite Entreprise | + 02:14 |
| 9 | Dickson Lauren | FDJ United-SUEZ | + 02:16 |
| 10 | Nothum Gwen | Minimax | + 02:27 |
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