{"id":130364,"date":"2026-09-18T12:48:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/remco-evenepoel-filippo-ganna-and-the-rest-analysing-the-contenders-for-the-elite-mens-time-trial-at-the-world-championships\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T12:48:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:48:32","slug":"remco-evenepoel-filippo-ganna-and-the-rest-analysing-the-contenders-for-the-elite-mens-time-trial-at-the-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/remco-evenepoel-filippo-ganna-and-the-rest-analysing-the-contenders-for-the-elite-mens-time-trial-at-the-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Remco Evenepoel, Filippo Ganna, and the rest \u2013 Analysing the contenders for the elite men’s time trial at the World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The world’s top time triallists will face off on a 39.2km course in Montreal at the UCI Road World Championships<\/a> this Sunday, with former world champions Remco Evenepoel and Filippo Ganna heading the line-up.<\/p>\n

The pair will once again be among the top favourites for the rainbow jersey on Sunday, with an out-and-back course, including the F1 circuit in central Montreal standing in their way.<\/p>\n

The route begins with a short downhill run and concludes with a 400-metre, 6.1% uphill run to the line, though it is largely flat in between.<\/p>\n

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The route for the men’s ITT <\/span>(Image credit: Cycling Canada \/ UCI)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Evenepoel and Ganna, who have won five of the past six world time trial titles, will certainly be the ones to watch on Sunday, but who else is in with a shout of the top spots? Here are our contenders for the elite men’s time trial at the 2026 Road World Championships.<\/p>\n

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Reigning world champion Remco Evenepoel is the top favourite to win a fourth title <\/span>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Triple world champion Remco Evenepoel<\/a> is the overwhelming favourite to add to his world titles from 2023, 2024, and 2025. He may well become the first elite man to win both road race and time trial titles in the same year.<\/p>\n