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UCI Road World Championships: Brandon McNulty becomes first American winner in 33 years
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Annual world championships for bicycle road racing
The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and as of 2019, a mixed team relay.
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Brandon Alexander McNulty is an American cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates XRG. In the 2016 UCI Junior World Time Trial Championships McNulty became the fourth American junior world champion after Greg LeMond, Jeff Evanshine, and Taylor Phinney, winning the time trial by 35 seconds. He won the Men's Road Race at the 2026 UCI Road World Championships in Montreal, Canada, becoming the first American world champion since Lance Armstrong in 1993.
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Brandon McNulty becomes the first American winner of the men's road race world title in 33 years with a stunning victory in Montreal.
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