The 2026 European Road Championships (officially the 2026 UEC Road European Championships) will be the 32nd edition of the European Road Cycling Championships, the annual continental championships for road bicycle racing organized by the European Cycling Union (UEC). It is scheduled to be held from 2 to 7 October 2026 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
It will be the first time that Slovenia hosts a major international road cycling championship. The agreement to organize the event was signed on 17 November 2025 in Ljubljana by the Slovenian Minister of Economy, Tourism and Sport, Matjaž Han, UEC President Enrico Della Casa, and the President of the Slovenian Cycling Federation, Pavel Marđonović.
The championships are expected to bring together more than 40 nations and around 800 athletes.
Background Slovenia has become a prominent cycling nation in recent years, with riders such as Tadej Pogačar, Primož Roglič, and Matej Mohorič achieving success at the highest level of the sport. At the 2025 edition in Drôme-Ardèche, France, Pogačar won Slovenia's first elite men's road race gold at the European Championships with a 75 km solo attack, finishing ahead of Remco Evenepoel and Paul Seixas. Demi Vollering of the Netherlands won the elite women's road race with a 37 km solo ride, while Evenepoel claimed the men's elite time trial by 43 seconds, adding the European title to his existing world and Olympic time trial crowns.
The 2026 edition will feature a new schedule format, with the road races taking place before the time trials. The event takes place one week after the 2026 UCI Road World Championships in Montréal, Canada, requiring riders competing in both events to manage transatlantic travel and potential jet lag.
With the European Championships confirmed for Ljubljana, Slovenia has also expressed ambitions of hosting the Tour de France Grand Départ in 2029.
Race schedule All times are in CEST (UTC+2). Date Timings Event Distance Road race events 2 October 9:00 Under-23 Women 13:30 Under-23 Men 3 October 9:00 Junior Men 13:30 Elite Women 4 October 9:00 Junior Women 12:30 Elite Men Time trial events 6 October 11:00 Mixed team relay junior 15:30 Mixed team relay elite7 October 9:15 Junior Women 10:10 Junior Men 11:30 Under-23 Women 12:20 Under-23 Men 14:30 Elite Women 16:15 Elite Men
Medal summary Elite Men's Elite Events Road race 4h 16'37" s.t. +59"Time trial 28:16.61 + 6.58" + 28.42" Women's Elite EventsRoad race 3h 10' 33" +5" s.t.Time trial 31:30.84 + 23.33" + 1:10.13"
Under-23 Men's Under-23 Events Road race 3h 02' 22" +20" +32"Time trial 28:44.70 + 3.07" + 19.10" Women's Under-23 EventsRoad race 2h 26' 48" s.t. s.t.Time trial 32:36.93 + 36.78" + 41.11"
Junior Men's Junior Events Road race 2h 42' 40" + 10" s.t.Time trial 29:46.98 + 0.03" + 7.66" Women's Junior Events Road race 1h 52' 38" s.t. s.t.Time trial 35:45.65 + 3.18" + 10.49"
Mixed relay Elite team time trial Bruno ArmirailRémi CavagnaThibault GuernalecJuliette BerthetCédrine KerbaolMaëva Squiban 1h 00' 19.05" Mattia CattaneoMarco FrigoMatteo SobreroElisa Longo BorghiniMonica Trinca ColonelAlessia Vigilia + 1:12.36" Alex KirschMathieu KockelmannMats WenzelNina BertonMarie SchreiberLiv Wenzel + 3:34.52" Junior team time trial Enrico Andrea BallianaBrandon FedrizziPatrik Pezzo RosolaAzzurra BallanElisa BianchiMatilde Rossignoli 1h 07' 22.19" Mateusz BlaszakMikołaj LegiećIgor MitorajAgata SektaAmelia SzymańskaKinga Słomka + 23.01" Laurin LingenhagGian MüllerAntoine SalaminJoline HunzikerElia MartheValentine Rousseaux +30.08"
Medal table
References
External links 2026 UEC Road European Championships at the UCI