2026 UCI Road World Championships Men's road race: Team-by-team guide
Here's a look at the confirmed line-ups and who will feature for each nation in the elite men's road race at the World Championships in Montréal, Canada, on September 27.

Australia 🇦🇺
Best result in 2025 edition: 16th - Jai Hindley
- Jack Haig (Netcompany-Ineos)
- Jai Hindley (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)
- Michael Matthews (Jayco AlUla)
- Ben O'Connor (Jayco AlUla)
- Michael Storer (Tudor)
- Luke Tuckwell (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)
Austria 🇦🇹
Best result in 2025 edition: DNS
- Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM)
- Felix Großschartner (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
- Patrick Konrad (Lidl-Trek)
Belgium 🇧🇪
Best result in 2025 edition: 2nd - Remco Evenepoel
- Tiesj Benoot (Decathlon CMA CGM)
- Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)
- Quinten Hermans (Pinarello-Q36.5)
- Thibau Nys (Lidl-Trek)
- Alec Segaert (Bahrain-Victorious)
- Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike)
- Maxim Van Gils (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)
- Gianni Vermeersch (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)
Canada 🇨🇦
Best result in 2025 edition: DNF
- Pier-André Côté (NSN)
- Derek Gee-West (Lidl-Trek)
- Hugo Houle (Alpecin-Premier Tech)
- Michael Leonard (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Michael Woods (-)
- Nickolas Zukowsky (Pinarello-Q36.5)
Colombia 🇨🇴
Best result in 2025 edition: 14th - Harold Tejada
- Wilmar Andres Paredes (Medellín-EPM)
- Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain-Victorious)
- Sergio Higuita (XDS Astana)
- Harold Tejada (XDS Astana)
- Nairo Quintana (Movistar)
- Brandon Rivera Smith (Netcompany-Ineos)
Czech Republic 🇨🇿
Best result in 2025 edition: DNF
- Pavel Novák (Movistar)
- Jakub Otruba (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)
- Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek)
Denmark 🇩🇰
Best result in 2025 edition: 4th - Mattias Skjelmose
- Kasper Asgreen (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
- Mikkel Frølich Honoré (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Søren Kragh Andersen (Lidl-Trek)
- Andreas Kron (Uno-X Mobility)
- Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek)
- Anthon Charmig (Uno-X Mobility)
- Michael Valgren (EF Education-EasyPost)
Ecuador 🇪🇨
Best result in 2025 edition: DNF
- Jefferson Alexander Cepeda (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda (Movistar)
- Jhonatan Narvaez (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
France 🇫🇷
Best result in 2025 edition: 13th - Paul Seixas
- Bruno Armirail (Visma | Lease a Bike)
- Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Jordan Jegat (TotalEnergies)
- Jordan Labrosse (Decathlon CMA CGM)
- Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal Quick-Step)
- Nicolas Prodhomme (Decathlon CMA CGM)
- Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM)
- Pavel Sivakov (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Germany 🇩🇪
Best result in 2025 edition: DNF
- Marco Brenner (Tudor)
- Nico Denz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)
- Felix Engelhardt (Jayco AlUla)
- Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)
- Georg Zimmermann (Lotto-Intermarché)
- Maximilian Schachmann (Soudal Quick-Step)
Great Britain 🇬🇧
Best result in 2025 edition: 10th - Tom Pidcock
- Mark Donovan (Pinarello-Q36.5)
- Finlay Pickering (Jayco AlUla)
- Tom Pidcock (Pinarello-Q36.5)
- Oscar Onley (Netcompany-Ineos)
- James Shaw (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Callum Thornley (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)
- Fred Wright (Pinarello-Q36.5)
- Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Italy
Best result in 2025 edition: 6th - Giulio Ciccone
- Alberto Bettiol (XDS Astana Team)
- Mattia Cattaneo (Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe)
- Giulio Ciccone (Lidl - Trek)
- Lorenzo Finn (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe Rookies)
- Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe)
- Davide Piganzoli (Team Visma | Lease a Bike)
- Christian Scaroni (XDS Astana Team)
- Matteo Trentin (Tudor Pro Cycling Team)
Netherlands 🇳🇱
Best result in 2025 edition: 21st - Bauke Mollema
- Pascal Eenkhoorn (Soudal Quick-Step)
- Daan Hoole (Lidl-Trek)
- Menno Huising (Visma | Lease a Bike)
- Bart Lemmen (Visma | Lease a Bike)
- Bauke Mollema (Lidl-Trek)
- Mathijs Paasschens (Bahrain-Victorious)
- Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech)
- Tim van Dijke (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)
New Zealand 🇳🇿
Best result in 2025 edition: - DNS
- George Bennett (NSN)
- Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)
- Josh Kench (Groupama-FDJ United)
- Ben Oliver (Modern Adventure)
- Laurence Pithie (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)
- Corbin Strong (NSN)
Norway 🇳🇴
Best result in 2025 edition: 25th - Andreas Leknessund
- Tobias Foss (Netcompany-Ineos)
- Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility)
- Jørgen Nordhagen (Visma | Lease a Bike)
- Andreas Leknessund (Uno-X Mobility)
- Anders Skaarseth (Uno-X Mobility)
- Embret Svestad-Bårdseng (Netcompany-Ineos)
Poland 🇵🇱
Best result in 2025 edition: DNS
- Mateusz Gajdulewicz (ATT Investments)
- Jakub Kaczmarek (Voster Team)
- Michał Kwiatkowski (Netcompany-Ineos)
- Piotr Pękala (ATT Investments)
Portugal 🇵🇹
Best result in 2025 edition: 9th - Afonso Eulálio
- Afonso Eulálio (Bahrain-Victorious)
- António Morgado (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
- Ivo Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
- João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
- Nelson Oliveira (Movistar Team)
- Tiago Antunes (Efapel Cycling)
Slovenia 🇸🇮
Best result in 2025 edition: 1st - Tadej Pogačar
- Tilen Finkšt (Solution Tech Nippo Rali)
- Gal Glivar (Alpecin-Premier Tech)
- Matevž Govekar (Bahrain-Victorious)
- Luka Mezgec (Jayco AlUla)
- Matej Mohorič (Bahrain-Victorious)
- Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)
- Jan Tratnik (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)
Spain 🇪🇸
Best result in 2025 edition: 8th - Juan Ayuso
- Igor Arrieta (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
- Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek)
- Markel Beloki (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Marcel Camprubí (Pinarello-Q36.5)
- Raúl García Pierna (Movistar)
- Enric Mas (Movistar)
- Iván Romeo (Movistar)
- Carlos Verona (Lidl-Trek)
Switzerland 🇨🇭
Best result in 2025 edition: 18th - Marc Hirschi
- Stefan Bissegger (Decathlon CMA CGM)
- Fabio Christen (Pinarello-Q36.5)
- Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
- Marc Hirschi (Tudor)
- Stefan Küng (Tudor)
- Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla)
United States 🇺🇸
Best result in 2025 edition: 23rd - Kevin Vermaerke
- Matteo Jorgenson (Visma | Lease a Bike)
- Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
- Riley Sheehan (NSN)
- Sean Quinn (EF Education-EasyPost)
- Artem Shmidt (Netcompany-Ineos)
- Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek)
- Kevin Vermaerke (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
- Larry Warbasse (Tudor)
Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Best result in 2025 edition: DNF
- Luis Daniel Oses (7C-Economy-Hyundai)
Hungary 🇭🇺
Best result in 2025 edition: DNF
- Attila Valter (Bahrain-Victorious)
Sweden 🇸🇪
Best result in 2025 edition: - DNS
- Jakob Söderqvist (Lidl-Trek)
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