Start Times & Order World Championships 2026 Montréal men's elite time trial 2026

The 2026 Montréal Time Trial World Championships will take place on Sunday, 20.09.2026, with a total of 61 riders in the Elite men’s race. The session will open with Gil Gomes, who will be first down the ramp, while Remco Evenepoel will close the competition.

The organisers have set start times at 90-second intervals. The start list places the main favourites in the final wave, with several top specialists tackling the course in the closing minutes of the day.

The decisive phase begins with Ivo Oliveira, tenth from last, rolling off at 19:16:30 CET. He’ll be followed by Jakob Söderqvist, then Andreas Leknessund and Daan Hoole.

One of the standout names in this group is Isaac del Toro. The Mexican, wearing bib 6, starts at 19:22:30 CET, just ahead of the Swiss Stefan Küng, who leaves at 19:24.

Next up are Bruno Armirail and Ethan Hayter before the final two starters. Filippo Ganna, bib 2, is the penultimate rider, off at 19:28:30 CET, with Remco Evenepoel the last man down the ramp at 19:30 CET.

The Belgian will therefore be the final rider to begin his time trial, with Ganna directly in front of him. Having both in the last two slots of the start order will be one of the day’s major storylines.

Spain fields two riders in the Montréal men’s time trial. First up is Pablo Castrillo, bib 25, who starts at 19:54 CET. The second Spanish representative is Iván Romeo, one of the riders placed high in the start order. The Spaniard, bib 11, rolls at 20:15 CET, in the final wave and barely 15 minutes before Evenepoel. Romeo will be part of a late block that also includes Alec Segaert, Ivo Oliveira, Jakob Söderqvist, Andreas Leknessund, Daan Hoole, Isaac del Toro, Stefan Küng, Bruno Armirail, Ethan Hayter, Filippo Ganna, and Remco Evenepoel.

On 20.09.2026, Montréal will host the elite men’s and women’s time trials at the World Championships. Two new rainbow jerseys are at stake for the top specialists against the clock. The day features the two marquee individual races, with Remco Evenepoel the standout favourite in the men’s field against Filippo Ganna. Spain will line up with Iván Romeo and Pablo Castrillo.

The history of these events dates back to 1994, when both categories held their inaugural editions. In the women’s race, American Karen Brems-Kurreck made history as the first world champion, kicking off a period of success for the United States that would stretch over the following decades. The early years also saw Jeannie Longo shine with four world titles, while Emma Pooley delivered Great Britain’s first gold in 2010.

Over the years, the roll of honour has been dominated by several of the discipline’s great specialists. Annemiek van Vleuten, Ellen van Dijk, and Chloé Dygert have each taken two titles. Anna van der Breggen was champion in 2020, while Grace Brown pulled on the rainbow in 2024. The most recent winner to date is Marlen Reusser, who claimed her first world title against the clock at 34.

In the men’s category, Chris Boardman was the first world champion in 1994, racing for Great Britain. A year later, the title went to Miguel Induráin, then the reigning Tour de France champion. From the turn of the century, several of the event’s great dominators emerged.

Michael Rogers captured three straight championships between 2003 and 2005, while Fabian Cancellara amassed four titles between 2006 and 2010. Tony Martin then strung together three victories from 2011 to 2013 and returned to the top in 2016. Rohan Dennis also secured back-to-back crowns in 2019 and 2020.

In 2020, Filippo Ganna’s reign began as well, and he repeated in 2021. Tobias Foss broke that streak in 2022 with a win that surprised the international scene. Since 2023, however, the rainbow has had a clear owner: Remco Evenepoel has won every edition since then and will look to extend his supremacy in Montréal.