Phoenix's Brandon McNulty Becomes First US Rider to Win Cycling World Title Since 1993
The American held off Michael Matthews and Mathieu van der Poel by 13 seconds after launching his decisive move with 32 km remaining.
- On Sunday, September 27, Brandon McNulty won the UCI Road World Championships elite men's road race in Montreal, finishing in 6:17:04 to end a 33-year American title drought.
- Team USA executed coordinated tactics, with Quinn Simmons and Matteo Jorgenson marking rivals throughout the race to create space for McNulty's decisive 33km solo attack.
- McNulty's lead shrunk to 10 seconds on the final Mount Royal climb as he battled exhaustion, yet late attacks by Mathieu van der Poel and Michael Matthews failed to close the gap.
- Matthews secured silver and Van der Poel took bronze, both finishing 13 seconds behind McNulty in a result that caps Team USA's dominant tactical performance.
- McNulty's victory marks the first American elite road world title since Lance Armstrong in 1993, elevating him from domestique to premier one-day racer after years supporting Tadej Pogačar.
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Brandon McNulty follows LeMond and Armstrong as US riders to win cycling world title
Brandon McNulty, of the United States, celebrates winning the men's elite road race at the UCI Road World Championships cycling event in Montreal on Sunday. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP) Joking with his wife before the biggest single-day race in cycling, Brandon McNulty said it would take a miracle to become world champion. Well, […]
The new world champion, considered a great hope since adolescence, has always shared his dreams with his friend Matteo Jorgenson. ...
Joking with his wife before the biggest one-day cycling race, Brandon McNulty commented that it would take a miracle to become a world champion.
Team USA Won Brandon McNulty A World Championship With A Tactical Masterclass
Inside the hundred-meter mark, after 273.3 kilometers of racing, Brandon McNulty looked back one last time to see the chasing pack behind him sprinting it out for silver. He banged on his handlebars, put his hands to his head, and pumped his fist, not seeming quite sure how he should celebrate his country's first World Championship road race victory in 33 years and the biggest win of his career. McNulty's scattered exuberance tells part of the s…
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Joking with his wife before the biggest single-day race in cycling , Brandon McNulty said it would take a miracle to become world champion. Well, “I guess, today, miracles happen,” McNulty said after becoming the first American
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