Results World Championships 2026 Mixed Relay TTT - Filippo Ganna avenges Evenepoel defeat as Italy power to dramatic team victory in Montreal
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Filippo Ganna bounced back from defeat to Remco Evenepoel in the individual time trial as Italy powered to victory in the Mixed Relay Team Time Trial at the 2026 UCI Road World Championships in Montreal.
Ganna, Mattia Cattaneo and Matteo Sobrero laid the foundations with the fastest men's section of the leading nations, reaching the 20.3-kilometre changeover in 24:23.86.
Switzerland had actually been quickest at the opening checkpoint, but their challenge was disrupted when Stefan Küng suffered a mechanical problem. Italy then moved to the front by the second split and steadily opened their advantage through the remainder of the men's leg.
That gave Vittoria Guazzini, Elisa Longo Borghini and Monica Trinca Colonel an 11.30-second cushion over France and 12.21 seconds over defending champions Australia heading into the women's half.
Italy continued to strengthen their position, leading by 13.83 seconds over Australia at the fourth checkpoint before stretching their advantage over France to 16.18 seconds at the final intermediate split. They stopped the clock at 51:32.28, averaging 47.266km/h across the course and securing the rainbow jersey.
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France mounted the strongest late challenge. Bruno Armirail, Rémi Cavagna and Jordan Labrosse kept them firmly in contention during the men's leg before Juliette Berthet, Marion Borras and Cédrine Kerbaol cut into Italy's advantage over the closing kilometres. Their final time of 51:40.87 left them just 8.59 seconds short of gold.
Switzerland recovered from Küng's early setback to take bronze at 19.86 seconds. Jasmin Liechti was dropped during the women's section as Marlen Reusser and Noemi Rüegg completed the ride.
Two-time defending champions Australia missed the podium entirely. Michael Matthews, Cameron Rogers and Conor Leahy had reached the changeover only 12.21 seconds behind Italy, but Georgia Baker, Mackenzie Coupland and Felicity Wilson-Haffenden eventually slipped to fourth at 40.48 seconds, with Coupland struggling to hold the wheel late on.
Germany completed the top five, while Spain, who had led before the final wave of favourites, finished sixth.
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