2026 Road World Championships, Men Elite: Evenepoel leads the favourites in Brossard

The 2026 Men Elite Road World Championships On Sunday 27 September 2026 the UCI Road World Championships – Men Elite Road Race takes place, a worldtour event starting and finishing in Brossard. The route covers 273.7 kilometres with 3,803 metres of elevation gain: figures that outline a long and selective race where endurance and climbing ability will make the difference. The expected protagonists Among the verified entrants, the standout names are Remco Evenepoel (Belgium), Filippo Ganna (Italy), Paul Seixas (France), Brandon McNulty (United States), Isaac Del Toro (Mexico), Jakob Söderqvist (Sweden), Stefan Küng (Switzerland), Kasper Asgreen (Denmark), Daan Hoole (Netherlands) and Callum Thornley (Great Britain). The favourites' season Remco Evenepoel arrives in Brossard with a top-level recent record: he is first in the Men Elite individual time trial at the World Championships, first at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec and fifth at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal. Evenepoel won the World Championships time trial and also triumphed at the GP Québec — source: entrants' results history Paul Seixas has shone with third place in the World Championships time trial and second at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal; at the 2026 Tour de France he took a tenth place in a stage. Seixas finished third in the World Championships time trial and second in Montréal — source: entrants' results history Isaac Del Toro won the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal and is sixth in the World Championships time trial; in the Lidl Deutschland Tour he took a second place in a stage. Del Toro won the GP Montréal — source: entrants' results history Brandon McNulty is fourth in the World Championships time trial and third at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal; at the 2026 Tour de France he has a fifth place in a stage. Filippo Ganna is second in the World Championships time trial and second in a stage of the 2026 Tour de France; at the Giro he took a stage win. Ganna won a stage at the Giro — source: entrants' results history Among the other men at the start, Jakob Söderqvist is fifth in the World Championships time trial and took third in a ZLM Tour stage and second in a Boucles de la Mayenne stage. Stefan Küng is seventh in the World Championships time trial and won a stage at the Vuelta a España. Callum Thornley is tenth in the World Championships time trial and second in a Vuelta stage. Daan Hoole is ninth in the World Championships time trial; Kasper Asgreen is eighth in the same event. The favourites for victory On a route with 3,803 metres of elevation gain, Remco Evenepoel starts as the reference: his form in time trials and the Canadian classics puts him at the top of the list. Behind him Paul Seixas and Isaac Del Toro, both protagonists in Montréal and in the World Championships time trial, are the most credible alternatives. Brandon McNulty and Filippo Ganna complete the group of favourites: the former for his solidity across terrains, the latter for his danger should the race not ignite too early. Also worth watching are Söderqvist, Küng and Thornley, capable of inserting themselves in the decisive phases.