The men's peloton advances on Sunday towards a 273.7 km course in Montreal, with a final hilly circuit taken 12 times.
What you need to know
In the absence of Tadej Pogacar, all dreams are allowed. Double title holder but withdrawn since his fall in the Vuelta, the Slovenian leaves the field open in the world cycling championships, Sunday September 27, in Montreal (from 3 p.m., also to follow on france.tv). With a tiring course of more than 270 km, including 12 laps of the final circuit with three listed difficulties, the expected profile of the future world champion is that of a puncher-climber, capable of swallowing the difficulties of the day, like Demi Vollering during the women's race on Saturday, which ended with the same podium as that of the last Tour de France.
Remco Evenepoel is aiming for an unprecedented double. Now a quadruple time trial world champion, Remco Evenepoel could become the first rider in history to win the time trial and the road race in the same edition of the Worlds. Second last year in Kigali, the Belgian, 2022 world champion, is the big favorite and dreams of imitating Eddy Merckx, winner in Montreal of his third and last world champion title, fifty-two years ago. His teammate Wout Van Aert, with whom cohabitation has not always been easy, however, has the same ambition.
Paul Seixas doesn't talk about age. Five years after Julian Alaphilippe's second world title, another Frenchman is a declared candidate for the rainbow jersey: Paul Seixas. At barely 20 years old (he celebrated them on Thursday), the fourth in the last Tour de France is one of the main candidates for the iridescent jersey. In the event of victory, the tricolor prodigy would quite simply be the youngest world champion in history. To do this, he will be surrounded by a French team totally dedicated to his cause.
Watch out for the flying Mexican. If collectives like the Netherlands, Italy or the United States will be worth watching, single men can shine, like the Briton Tom Pidcock, but especially the Mexican Isaac Del Toro. Winner of the Montreal GP ahead of Seixas two weeks ago, he arrives at the head of a very modest Mexican selection. A free electron, he was designated by Evenepoel as his main opponent.
The Dutchman looks like he's having a great day, yes. Difficult to beat him in the sprint, even if we want a happy ending for Primoz Roglic.
47km
It's starting to seriously feel like trouble for Paul Seixas and Isaac Del Toro, who are the only ones riding in their group, which is unable to get back into the lead.
51km
Too confusing for Mathieu van der Poel, who does one again! Only Quinn Simmons manages to hold the wheel of the 2023 world champion. Primo Roglic returns in a second phase.
51km
The situation is still just as confusing, with four groups holding each other within 45 seconds, just over 50 km from the finish. The suspense is total.
56 km
Isaac Del Toro is putting Paul Seixas and the other favorites back in play, around thirty seconds behind the leading quartet. It gets complicated, however, for the Belgians, with Wout van Aert and Remco Evenepoel suffering the blow.
59 km
Isaac Del Toro and Paul Seixas change gear to try to get back to the leading group. What a spectacle, there are everywhere!
62 km
Ben Healy, Tom Pidcock and Matteo Jorgenson came out of the peloton.
The Slovak masseur was left behind at the entrance to Montreal, and quickly fell behind. But it is far from being the only one in this case. In any case, we haven't talked so much about a Slovak at the World Cup since Peter Sagan!
65 km
Primoz Roglic left the chasing trio to join the leading trio, where Mathieu van der Poel did not spare himself. Behind, the other favorites are waiting for reinforcements to try to put out the fire.
69 km
The trio Van der Poel, Onley, Simmons is 14 seconds ahead of the trio Roglic, van Aert, Charmig, and 30 seconds ahead of the group of favorites.
