Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team will be strongly represented at the 2026 UCI Road World Championships in Montréal, Canada, with eight riders selected to represent their respective national teams.

From Great Britain to Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, Latvia and host nation Canada, the selection reflects the international identity at the heart of our team.

🇬🇧 Great Britain
Tom Pidcock – Road Race
Fred Wright – Road Race
Mark Donovan – Road Race

🇧🇪 Belgium
Quinten Hermans – Road Race

🇨🇭 Switzerland
Fabio Christen – Road Race

🇪🇸 Spain
Marcel Camprubí – Road Race

🇱🇻 Latvia
Emīls Liepiņš – Road Race

🇨🇦 Canada
Nickolas Zukowsky – Individual Time Trial & Road Race

Zukowsky will be the first Pinarello Q36.5 rider in action, contesting the Elite Men’s Individual Time Trial on Sunday, 20 September, before all eight riders line up for the Elite Men’s Road Race one week later, on Sunday, 27 September.

“We have always wanted this team to look beyond borders and to bring together riders, staff and partners from different countries and cultures. Having eight of our riders representing six nations at the World Championships in Montréal is a strong reflection of that international identity.

“It is also something we can be proud of from a sporting perspective. Selection for a World Championship is earned, and seeing so many of our riders trusted to represent their countries shows the level we have within this team.

“For one week they will race in different colours and for different nations, but they all arrive in Montréal carrying the same ambition and racing mentality that we share throughout the season.”

Douglas Ryder, Team Principal

Zukowsky opens our Worlds against the clock

Racing on home soil, Nickolas Zukowsky will get our World Championships underway on Sunday in the Elite Men’s Individual Time Trial.

The 39.2-kilometre course features 220 metres of elevation gain and takes the world’s best time triallists through some of Montréal’s most recognisable locations.

Starting in Old Montréal, the route heads alongside the St Lawrence River before taking in the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve and Parc Jean-Drapeau, with the race against the clock providing the opening Elite Men’s test of the Championships.

For Zukowsky, it will be the first of two appearances in Canadian colours during his home World Championships before turning his attention to the Road Race seven days later.

273.7 kilometres. 3,803 metres. One rainbow jersey.

The Elite Men’s Road Race will provide a World Championship course worthy of the rainbow bands.

Starting in Brossard, the race travels through the Montérégie region and across the St Lawrence River towards Montréal.

From there, the race enters its decisive phase: 12 laps of the demanding Mount Royal circuit, terrain familiar from the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal but multiplied into a 273.7-kilometre test with 3,803 metres of elevation gain.

The circuit features the Voie Camillien-Houde, Chemin de la Polytechnique – including gradients above 11 per cent – and the rising drag along Avenue du Parc towards the finish.

Long. Selective. Relentless.

A true World Championship course.

World Championship experience

There is considerable rainbow experience within the Pinarello Q36.5 contingent heading to Canada.

Tom Pidcock has already raced at the sharp end of an Elite Road World Championship, finishing sixth in Leuven in 2021 and returning to the top ten with tenth place in Kigali in 2025. His road Worlds pedigree also includes bronze in the U23 Road Race on home roads in Yorkshire in 2019.

Fred Wright heads to Montréal with four previous Elite Road World Championship appearances behind him, having represented Great Britain in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025.

Quinten Hermans has three Elite Road World Championship starts to his name – in 2022, 2024 and 2025 – while Emīls Liepiņš brings extensive experience representing Latvia on the world stage, including 29th place in the Elite Road Race in Glasgow in 2023.

Fabio Christen has built significant World Championship experience through the age categories. The Swiss rider finished 15th in the U23 Road Race in 2021, 33rd in 2023 and 13th on home roads in Zürich in 2024, before stepping up to the Elite race in Kigali last year.

Mark Donovan made his Elite World Championship debut for Great Britain in Kigali in 2025, while Spanish Road Champion Marcel Camprubí is set to make his first appearance in the Elite Men’s Road World Championship.

For Nickolas Zukowsky, Montréal carries an additional significance: racing a World Championship in front of a home crowd. The Canadian has represented his country at World Championships from U23 level onwards, with Elite Road Race appearances including 36th place in Wollongong in 2022 and 40th in Glasgow in 2023.

The world comes to Montréal

The 2026 UCI Road World Championships mark the return of the event to Montréal, 52 years after the Canadian city hosted the Worlds in 1974 – the first edition of the championships ever staged outside Europe.

For Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, Montréal also provides a snapshot of what international professional cycling represents.

Eight teammates will exchange their Pinarello Q36.5 colours for six different national jerseys.

Different flags. One world stage.

Eight riders. Six nations. One World Championship.

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