The first man down the ramp at the 2026 UCI World Time Trial in Montreal wore a normal helmet, off-the-shelf shades and short red socks. Then he rode 39.2 km at an average 33 km/h against the fastest specialists on earth.
Saturday 10 October, 10:45 CET. Bergamo to Como. 239 km of racing. The 120th edition of 'The Race of the Falling Leaves' is the first without Tadej Pogacar since 2020. Here is the complete global broadcast map.
A 2025 BMC Sports Science study measured a 10% power drop in trained cyclists after 1,000 kJ of prior work. Lombardia's decisive climbs come at 4,500 kJ. That gap is the entire story of why the race keeps breaking the pre-race favourites.
