2026 European Elite Road Championships
Ljubljana, Slovenia
October 3 - 7, 2026

European Road Cycling Championships podium history
Road Race: Elite Men | Elite Women
Time Trial: Elite Men | Elite Women

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Sunday, October 4: Elite Men's Road Race: Ljubljana - Sencur, 196.3 km

Course map

Remco Evenepoel just beats Giulio Ciccone. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the race city of Ljubljana at 3:00 PM, local time: 22C (72F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 5 km/hr (3 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The course: The race starts in the centre of ljubljana at kongresni trg (congress square). During the 9-kilometre neutralised section, the riders will pass through the city centre, including the iconic triple bridge, before continuing along šubičeva, bleiweisova and celovška roads to kilometre 0 in šentvid.

The flat section of the course runs through škofja loka, the centre of kranj and the arboretum in volčji potok, and continues via kamnik, komenda and klanec. In cerklje na gorenjskem, near strmol castle, the route joins the circuit and crosses the finish line in šenčur for the first time.

The race will be decided over five laps of a 22.1 km circuit, each featuring 367 metres of elevation gain. The road climbs gradually via a short ascent through olševek towards tupaliče. After a sharp right-hand turn, a steep climb to možjanca begins. The ascent does not end at the summit, as a narrow road continues over rolling terrain that leaves no room for recovery. A technically demanding descent leads to the lower cable car station at krvavec, followed by a fast valley section where speeds are exceptionally high. Passing strmol castle, just over 7 kilometres remain to complete the lap.

The race: Here's the report from winner Remco Evenepoel's Team Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe.

Remco Evenepoel is the new European Champion in the road race. The Belgian claimed the white jersey with the blue stars for the first time after previously winning two silver medals in the event. It is also the first European Championship title in the Elite category for Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe.

Remco secured the title in Slovenia by the narrowest of margins, beating Giulio Ciccone in a photo finish. The pair had broken clear of the rest of the leading group with 33 kilometres to go. Just four kilometres earlier, they had already made the first move together, but it came to an abrupt end for Remco when he slipped in a corner. The 26-year-old had to chase back on before eventually rejoining the front.

The new European Champion, who finished runner-up in 2021 and last year, is now the first rider to have won the road race and time trial titles at both the European and World Championships.

“The victory is a real relief after things didn’t go so well for me at the World Championships. I’m very happy and also very proud to have won the title for Belgium and to have completed my personal collection of championship jerseys.

“As a team, we rode the race pretty much exactly as we had planned. But it became tricky again when I went too fast into a corner after the first attack. Then Ciccone and I tried again on the descent and worked well together. In the sprint, I initially didn’t think I could still win it, but in the final 100 metres he started to slow down, and that’s when I saw my chance.” — Remco Evenepoel

Three more Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe riders finished in the top 10: Emil Herzog (Germany), Maxim Van Gils (Belgium) and Primož Roglič (Slovenia).

Complete results:

196.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.897 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Belgium	4hr 16min 37sec
2	Giulio Ciccone	Italy	s.t.
3	Christian Scaroni	Italy	@ 59sec
4	Toms Skujins	Latvia	1:13
5	Iván Romeo	Spain	1:16
6	Ramses Debruyne	Belgium	s.t.
7	Emil Herzog	Germany	s.t.
8	Maxim Van Gils	Belgium	s.t.
9	Léo Bisiaux	France	1:18
10	Primoz Roglic	Slovenia	1:19
11	Mathys Rondel	France	1:27
12	Romain Grégoire	France	2:08
13	Jakob Omrzel	Slovenia	s.t.
14	Kévin Vauquelin	France	s.t.
15	Marc Hirschi	Switzerland	s.t.
16	Mikkel Honore	Denmark	s.t.
17	Alex Baudin	France	s.t.
18	Pavel Sivakov	France	2:15
19	Jan Tratnik	Slovenia	2:47
20	Michael Gogl	Austria	s.t.
21	Aleksandr Vlasov	Individual Neutral Athlete	s.t.
22	Pau Miquel Delgado	Spain	s.t.
23	Max Schachmann	Germany	s.t.
24	Tijmen Graat	Netherlands	s.t.
25	Urko Berrade	Spain	2:50
26	Diego Ulissi	Italy	3:07
27	Nelson Oliveira	Portugal	s.t.
28	Jan Christen	Switzerland	s.t.
29	Marco Schrettl	Austria	4:47
30	Senna Remijn	Netherlands	s.t.
31	Giulio Pellizzari	Italy	6:49
32	Clément Braz Afonso	France	s.t.
33	Matej Mohoric	Slovenia	8:13
34	Mateusz Gajdulewicz	Poland	s.t.
35	Peter Øxenberg	Denmark	8:14
36	Mads Pedersen	Denmark	s.t.
37	Marco Brenner	Germany	s.t.
38	Victor Langellotti	Monaco	12:14
39	Julien Bernard	France	12:19
40	Jardi Van Der Lee	Netherlands	s.t.
41	Marco Frigo	Italy	s.t.
42	Philipp Hofbauer	Austria	13:30
43	Alexander Hajek	Austria	s.t.
44	Gijs Leemreize	Netherlands	s.t.
45	Fabian Weiss	Switzerland	14:09
46	Frederik Wandahl	Denmark	s.t.
47	Tiago Antunes	Portugal	s.t.
48	Ludovico Crescioli	Italy	s.t.
49	Anthon Charmig	Denmark	s.t.
50	Jakub Kaczmarek	Poland	16:53
51	Dominik Neuman	Czechia	18:03
52	Tobias Bayer	Austria	s.t.
53	Márk Valent	Hungary	s.t.
54	Janos Pelikan	Hungary	s.t.
55	Axel Källberg	Finland	s.t.
56	Johannes Adamietz	Germany	s.t.
57	Valentin Darbellay	Switzerland	s.t.
58	Filip Maciejuk	Poland	s.t.
59	Burak Abay	Türkiye	s.t.
60	Alex Molenaar	Netherlands	s.t.
61	Emiliano Vila	Greece	s.t.
62	Emanuel Zangerle	Austria	18:08
63	Sjoerd Bax	Netherlands	s.t.
64	Jochem Kerckhaert	Netherlands	s.t.
65	Mathieu Kockelmann	Luxembourg	s.t.
66	Mats Wenzel	Luxembourg	s.t.

Course map:

Mens' road championships map.

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Saturday, October 3: Elite Women's road race: Ljubljana - Sencur, 130 km

Course map

World Road Champion Demi Vollering has left the best of the rest behind to win the race.

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Weather at the race city of Ljubljana at 2:35 PM, local time: 22C (71F), sunny, with the wind from the east-southest at 5 km/hr (3 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The course: The race starts in the centre of ljubljana at kongresni trg (congress square). During the 9-kilometre neutralised section, the riders will pass through the city centre, including the iconic triple bridge, before continuing along šubičeva, bleiweisova and celovška roads to kilometre 0 in šentvid.

The flat section of the course runs through škofja loka, the centre of kranj and the arboretum in volčji potok, and continues via kamnik, komenda and klanec. In cerklje na gorenjskem, near strmol castle, the route joins the circuit and crosses the finish line in šenčur for the first time.

The race will be decided over two laps of a 22.1 km circuit, each featuring 367 metres of elevation gain. The road climbs gradually via a short ascent through olševek towards tupaliče. After a sharp right-hand turn, a steep climb to možjanca begins. The ascent does not end at the summit, as a narrow road continues over rolling terrain that leaves no room for recovery. A technically demanding descent leads to the lower cable car station at krvavec, followed by a fast valley section where speeds are exceptionally high. Passing strmol castle, just over 7 kilometers remain to complete the lap.

The race: Here's the race organizer's report:

Dutch rider Demi Vollering won the elite women’s road race at the 2026 UEC Road European Championships. The reigning world champion successfully defended her European title in Šenčur, holding both titles simultaneously for the first time in her career. Slovenia’s best-placed rider was Nika Bobnar in 43rd place.

Europe’s top female riders competed over a 130-kilometre course, starting at Kongresni trg in Ljubljana and finishing in Šenčur. Dutch rider Demi Vollering claimed the European title for the second consecutive year. Her compatriot Puck Pieterse took silver, while Switzerland’s Marlen Reusser claimed bronze.

Vollering successfully defended the European title she won in France last year. She arrived in Slovenia as the reigning world champion after winning the road race world title in Montréal a week earlier. With her victory in Šenčur, she holds the world and European titles simultaneously for the first time in her career.

“I really love winning and I never get tired of it. But for me, it’s not just about winning. It’s also about constantly improving, working on yourself every day and finding out what more you can achieve in the future,” Vollering said after her victory, adding that she is already looking forward to racing in the European champion’s jersey next season.

The best of the three Slovenian riders was Nika Bobnar, who finished 43rd, 8 minutes and 4 seconds behind the winner. Tjaša Sušnik finished 50th, while Špela Kern was 51st.

Complete results:

130 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.934 km/hr

1	Demi Vollering	Netherlands	3hr 10min 33sec
2	Puck Pieterse	Netherlands	@ 5sec
3	Marlen Reusser	Switzerland	s.t.
4	Elisa Longo Borghini	Italy	s.t.
5	Antonia Niedermaier	Germany	0:15
6	Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney	Poland	0:45
7	Juliette Berthet	France	0:59
8	Franziska Koch	Germany	1:55
9	Usoa Ostolaza	Spain	s.t.
10	Femke de Vries	Netherlands	1:56
11	Evita Muzic	France	s.t.
12	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig	Denmark	s.t.
13	Audrey De Keersmaeker	Belgium	s.t.
14	Ginia Caluori	Switzerland	s.t.
15	Olha Kulynych	Ukraine	2:00
16	Noemi Rüegg	Switzerland	2:37
17	Karlijn Swinkels	Netherlands	s.t.
18	Maeva Squiban	France	s.t.
19	Riejanne Markus	Netherlands	s.t.
20	Liane Lippert	Germany	2:41
21	Emilie Morier	France	3:10
22	Steffi Häberlin	Switzerland	3:16
23	Eleonora Gasparrini	Italy	s.t.
24	Lea Fuchs	Switzerland	s.t.
25	Katharina Sadnik	Austria	s.t.
26	Nina Berton	Luxembourg	3:41
27	Lotte Claes	Belgium	s.t.
28	Julia Borgström	Sweden	4:48
29	Tiril Jørgensen	Norway	5:30
30	Lieke Nooijen	Netherlands	6:49
31	Sandrine Tas	Belgium	s.t.
32	Cédrine Kerbaol	France	s.t.
33	Margot Vanpachtenbeke	Belgium	s.t.
34	Léa Stern	Switzerland	7:10
35	Yuliia Biriukova	Ukraine	s.t.
36	Nikol Plosaj	Poland	s.t.
37	Rasa Leleivyte	Lithuania	s.t.
38	Solbjørk Minke Anderson	Denmark	s.t.
39	Carina Schrempf	Austria	s.t.
40	Petra Stiasny	Switzerland	s.t.
41	Debora Silvestri	Italy	s.t.
42	Léa Curinier	France	7:14
43	Nika Bobnar	Slovenia	8:04
44	Marie Schreiber	Luxembourg	s.t.
45	Varvara Fasoi	Greece	s.t.
46	Raquel Queirós	Portugal	s.t.
47	Leila Gschwentner	Austria	s.t.
48	Marthe Truyen	Belgium	s.t.
49	Marta Lach	Poland	s.t.
50	Tjasa Susnik	Slovenia	s.t.
51	Spela Kern	Slovenia	s.t.
52	Célia Le Mouel	France	s.t.
53	Alena Amialiusik	Belarus	s.t.
54	Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka	Poland	s.t.
55	Linda Riedmann	Germany	s.t.
56	Marta Jaskulska	Poland	s.t.
57	Karolina Perekitko	Poland	s.t.
58	Francesca Barale	Italy	8:09
59	Silvia Persico	Italy	s.t.
60	Marie Le Net	France	s.t.
61	Gaia Masetti	Italy	8:11
62	Blanka Vas	Hungary	8:13
63	Soraya Paladin	Italy	s.t.
64	Myral Greco	Albania	11:07
65	Letizia Borghesi	Italy	s.t.
66	Beatriz Roxo	Portugal	s.t.
67	Antri Christoforou	Cyprus	s.t.
68	Sara Martín	Spain	11:14
69	Amber Kraak	Netherlands	s.t.
70	Alicia Gonzalez	Spain	s.t.

Course map:

Map of the women's road race course

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Wednesday, October 7: Elite Men's individual time trial, Sencur - Sencur 22.1 km

Course map

Prinoz Roglic is the new European Time Trial Champion. GettySport photo

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Weather at the race city of Sencur at 2:45 PM, local time: 21C (69F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south-southeast at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a 10% chance of rain.

The course: The route is identical to the road race circuit. The road climbs gently to a short ascent in olševek, and in tupaliče, after a sharp right-hand turn, the climb to možjanca begins. At the top, a narrow road follows rolling terrain towards štefanja vas and does not allow any recovery all the way to the technical descent to the lower cable car station at krvavec. Through the narrow valley, riders will reach very high speeds on the way to cerklje na gorenjskem. This is followed by the final 7 kilometres on flat terrain.

The race: Here's the report from winner Primoz Roglic's Team Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe.

Primož Roglič won the European time trial title on home soil, securing Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe’s first Elite European TT gold medal.

Primož completed the time trial course in Šenčur in 28:16 minutes at an average speed of 46.9 km/h. The course featured a 2,000-metre climb in the middle section, averaging almost ten per cent. Roglič was seven seconds faster than France’s Bruno Armirail, who took silver. For the Olympic time trial champion from Tokyo 2021, it is his first European title.

Red Bull ends European Championships with three elite medals

Primož Roglič: “It’s simply a great feeling. Of course, it’s my victory, but it’s also for all the people along the course and everyone who made it possible for the European Championships to take place in Slovenia. It’s a great way to finish the championships.Shortly after the start, my radio stopped working, so I just rode and left everything I had out on the road. Luckily, it was enough."

Callum Thornley was another Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe rider to finish in the top 10, taking ninth place. Aleksandr Vlasov finished 11th. Mattia Cattaneo, who won silver in the Mixed Relay the previous day, finished 16th, two places ahead of Jan Tratnik.

Complete results:

22.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.910 km/hr

1	Primoz Roglic	Slovenia	28min 16sec
2	Bruno Armirail	France	@ 7sec
3	Maxime Decomble	France	0:29
4	Ilan Van Wilder	Belgium	0:33
5	Stefan Küng	Switzerland	0:35
6	Kasper Asgreen	Denmark	0:45
7	Marco Frigo	Italy	0:55
8	Jakob Söderqvist	Sweden	0:56
9	Callum Thornley	Great Britain	s.t.
10	Iván Romeo	Spain	0:58
11	Aleksandr Vlasov	Individual Neutral Athlete	s.t.
12	Mikkel Bjerg	Denmark	0:59
13	Felix Grossschartner	Austria	1:02
14	Mauro Schmid	Switzerland	1:07
15	Nelson Oliveira	Portugal	1:08
16	Mattia Cattaneo	Italy	1:11
17	Sander De Pestel	Belgium	1:13
18	Jan Tratnik	Slovenia	1:23
19	Mauro Brenner	Germany	1:28
20	Tiago Antunes	Portugal	s.t.
21	Alex Kirsch	Luxembourg	1:37
22	Michel Hessmann	Germany	s.t.
23	Sjoerd Bax	Netherlands	1:39
24	Michal Kwiatkowski	Poland	1:47
25	Mathieu Kockelmann	Luxembourg	2:00
26	Axel Källberg	Finland	2:39
27	Janos Pelikan	Hungary	2:51
28	Aivaras Mikutis	Lithuania	2:52
29	David Kasko	Slovakia	3:01
30	Burak Abay	Türkiye	3:13
31	Andreas Miltiadis	Cyprus	3:16
32	Heorhii Antonenko	Ukraine	3:28
33	Catalin Buta	Romania	3:58
34	Filip Maciejuk	Poland	4:10
35	Genadii Morgun	Moldova	5:08
36	Samet Bulut	Türkiye	6:07
37	Borislav Palashev	Bulgaria	6:38
38	Albion Kastrati	Kosovo	7:38
39	Blerton Nuha	Kosovo	8:37
40	Kristinn Jónsson	Iceland	8:38
41	Milos Lazarevic	Montenegro	9:35
42	Nofal Nuriyev	Azerbaijan	9:40
DNF	Rainer Kepplinger	Austria
DNS	Mathias Vacek	Czechia

Course map:

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Wednesday, October 7: Elite Women's Individual Time Trial, Sencur - Sencur, 22.1 km

Course map

Another day at the office for race winner Marlen Reusser, winning the European Championship in her World Champion's jersey. Sprint Cycling photo

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Weather at the race city of Sencur at 2:45 PM, local time: 21C (69F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south-southeast at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a 10% chance of rain.

The course: The route is identical to the road race circuit. The road climbs gently to a short ascent in olševek, and in tupaliče, after a sharp right-hand turn, the climb to možjanca begins. At the top, a narrow road follows rolling terrain towards štefanja vas and does not allow any recovery all the way to the technical descent to the lower cable car station at krvavec. Through the narrow valley, riders will reach very high speeds on the way to cerklje na gorenjskem. This is followed by the final 7 kilometers on flat terrain.

Complete results:

22.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.095 km/hr

1	Marlen Reusser	Switzerland	31min 30sec
2	Demi Vollering	Netherlands	@ 24sec
3	Juliette Berthet	France	1:10
4	Elisa Longo Borghini	Italy	1:17
5	Dominika Wlodarczyk	Poland	1:31
6	Cédrine Kerbaol	France	2:00
7	Sandrine Tas	Belgium	2:02
8	Lauren Dickson	Great Britain	2:23
9	Lotte Claes	Belgium	2:38
10	Lieke Nooijen	Netherlands	2:40
11	Franziska Koch	Germany	2:58
12	Yuliia Biriukova	Ukraine	3:20
13	Nina Berton	Luxembourg	3:37
14	Alessia Vigilia	Italy	3:54
15	Steffi Häberlin	Switzerland	3:57
16	Marie Schreiber	Luxembourg	4:15
17	Nika Bobnar	Slovenia	4:35
18	Eleftheria Giachou	Greece	4:51
19	Alina Abramenka	Belarus	6:35
20	Gergana Stoyanova	Bulgaria	7:06
21	Varvara Fasoi	Greece	7:10
22	Bríet Kristý Gunnarsdóttir	Iceland	7:22
23	Beatriz Roxo	Portugal	7:59
24	Anja Perovic	Montenegro	16:33
DNS	Valeriya Kononenko	Ukraine

Course map: