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Current racing:
- September 20 - 27: World Road Championships
Upcoming racing:
- Sept 27 - Oct 4: Le Tour de Langkawi
Latest completed racing:
- September 16 - 20: Tour de Luxembourg
- September 19: Flandrian 0.0 Classic
- September 18: Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- September 15 - 18: Giro d'Abruzzo
- September 16: GP de Wallonie
- August 22 - Sept 13: Vuelta a España
- September 13: GP de Montréal
- September 13: GP de Fourmies
- September 13: Trofeo Matteotti
- September 12: Memorial Marco Pantani
- September 11: GP de Québec
- September 10: Coppa Sabatini
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We posted the report from men's winner Remco Evenepoel's Team Red Bull-BORA-hansgorhe with the results.
Here's the report from second-place Filippo Ganna's Team Netcompany INEOS:
Filippo Ganna produced a strong and measured ride to claim second place and a silver medal at the 2026 World TIme Trial Championships.
The Italian clocked a time of 45 minutes and 50 seconds around the 39.2-kilometre course in Montreal to claim a sixth elite World Championship medal in the discipline.
Filippo Ganna riding to second place. Sirotti photo
Ganna’s time saw him finish 57 seconds behind Remco Evenepoel, with the Belgian claiming a fourth title in a row in Canada. Paul Seixas (France) rounded out the podium positions, 15 seconds back on Ganna.
Five Netcompany INEOS riders were in action, the joint most of any WorldTour team. Artem Shmidt (19th) was the next rider home in the colors of the USA, followed shortly after by Tobias Foss (22nd/Norway) and Michal Kwiatkowski (23rd/Poland). Colombian national TT champion Brandon Rivera rounded out the team’s results in 45th place.
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We posted the report from GC winner Davide Piganzoli's Team Visma | Lease a Bike with the results.
Here's the report from Pepijn Reinderink's Team Soudal Quick-Step:
The Tour de Luxembourg finished Sunday afternoon, but not before Pepijn Reinderink capitalized again on the great form he displayed throughout the week to make it into the top three and improve his position in the overall ranking of the race.
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Numerous hills peppered the 177km course, many of which came in quick succession in the last part of the stage, and it was there that the peloton exploded, behind the breakaway. Andrea Raccagni and Pepijn Reinderink went on the offensive, together with a small group, and despite the others coming back, The Wolfpack didn’t give up. Reinderink went again in the last kilometers, part of a small group from which he sprinted to take third place behind solo winner Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck).
Pepijn Reinderink wins Tour of Luxembourg stage three.
Pepijn - victorious on Friday after an impressive solo ride - got rewarded twice for his brave action, as he moved up to ninth in the final standings of the Tour de Luxembourg for his best ever result in a stage race.