Team USA Recap: Jastrab Earns Bronze at Track Worlds; McNulty First Victory in Rainbow Jersey; Simmons Wins Japan Cup
ROAD
Veneto Classic: Italy
(October 18) – Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) completed the road race season with his first win wearing the World Championship jersey. Having broken away with 10 km to go, McNulty crossed the line alone at the Veneto Classic, finishing the 158-kilometer race in 3:32:57.
“It’s a really nice way to finish the season,” he said afterwards. “I’ve been enjoying racing in the rainbow jersey these past few weeks, but of course I wanted to get that first win wearing it, so to do it in the last race of the year is pretty special.”
Results here
Japan Cup Road Race and Criterium: Utsunomiya, Japan
(October 17-18) – Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) wrapped up his road season with a decisive win at the 144-kilometer Japan Cup road race. The road national champion beat Ireland’s Ben Healy in a two-man sprint for the finish, completing the race in 3:33:02, more than a minute ahead of the peloton.
“When you take the start and Ben is here, I think everyone knew we were the two strongest in the race,” Simmons said afterwards. “Luckily the course is selective enough that we can make the difference and have a fair battle between us. I was quite confident in my sprint, so I just knew I had to make it over the climb the last time.”
The day before was the 34-kilometer Japan Cup Criterium, won by Norway’s Jesper Stiansen. Quinn’s brother Colby Simmons (EF Education-EasyPost) was the top-placing American, in 10th place.
TRACK
UCI Track World Championships: Shanghai, China
(October 14-18) – Team USA earned one medal plus a number of top-10 placings at this year’s UCI Track World Championships, held at the Shanghai Velodrome on Chongming Island.
Megan Jastrab (UAE Team ADQ) battled to bronze in the Women’s Elimination race, placing third in a photo finish. Jastrab has won road and track national and world titles as a junior. This marks the 24-year-old’s first individual Elite Track World Championship medal.
Other top finishes: Graeme Frislie (CCACHE x Bodywrap) placed 8th in Men’s Scratch; Ashlin Barry (JEGG - SKIL - DJR) placed 5th and Taylor Phinney was 8th in Men’s Individual Pursuit; Ashlin Barry placed 4th in Men’s Elimination.
Kristen Faulkner (EF-Oatly-Cannondale) placed 8th in Women’s Individual Pursuit; Hayley Yoslov was 10th in Women’s 1k Time Trial; Anna Hicks was 6th in Women’s Points.
For a complete rundown of the action, see each day’s recaps below.
Recaps: Day One | Day Two | Day Three| Day Four| Day Five | Results here
MOUNTAIN BIKE
UCI Enduro World Championships: Finale Ligure, Italy
(October 16-18) – Team USA earned two medals at the 2026 Enduro World Championships in Italy. Cyclists vied for world championship jerseys over two days and six timed stages (totaling 37.3 miles), featuring 9,350 feet of descending and 6,070 feet of climbing.
Defending world champion Richie Rude earned bronze in a close elite men’s race. Junior enduro national champion Daisy James won silver in the junior women’s race.
Americans earned two other top-10 spots: JT Fisher placed 6th in the elite men’s race, and Alison Ward was 6th in junior women’s.
Results here
CYCLOCROSS
Kings CX: Mason, Ohio
(October 17-18) – Kings CX served as stop number 4 in the USA Cycling CX National Series, with UCI C1 and C2 races and two days of age-group competition at Kingswood Park.
Manon Bakker and Andrew Strohmeyer (Competitive Edge Racing) won day one’s elite women’s and men’s races.
Canada’s Sidney McGill (Materiaal-Lastig) placed 2nd behind Bakker, followed by Alyssa Sarkisov (CXD Trek Bikes), Ada Watson (CXD Trek Bikes) and Lauren Zoerner (Corner Racing) in 3rd-5th.
In the men’s race, Miles Mattern (CXD Trek Bikes) and Dylan Haynes (CXD Trek Bikes) came in four seconds later for 2nd and 3rd. Ryan Drummond (Competitive Edge Racing) and Canada’s Tyler Clark (Caladeon Hills Cycling Armada) placed 4th and 5th.
Sidney McGill won day two’s C2 elite women’s race, edging out Manon Bakker by one second and Alyssa Sarkisov by three seconds. Ada Watson and Lauren Zoerner were 4thand 5th.
Dylan Hanes took the men’s C2 win by one second over Miles Mattern. Calvin Conaway, Tyler Clark and junior 17-18 national champion Ethan Brown (Midwest NXT) placed 3rd-5th.
Results here
Major Taylor Cross Cup: Indianapolis, Indiana
(October 24-25) – The Major Taylor Cross Cup hosted a weekend of C2 racing at the Indy Cycloplex course. It was the fifth of 9 stops in the USA Cycling CX National Series.
Alyssa Sarkisov (CXD Trek Bikes) and Miles Mattern (CXD Trek Bikes) won the elite men’s and women’s races both days.
Canada’s Sydney McGill (Materiaal-Lastig) came in a second behind Sarkisov, followed by Lizzy Gunsalus (Via LLP p/b Van Rysel), Finley Aspholm (Marian University) and Kira Mullins (Bear CX) in 3rd-5th.
On day two, the women crossed the line in the exact same order, though Sarkisov had a 52-second lead over McGill for the win.
Day one’s elite men’s race saw Calvin Conaway (Midwest NXT) come in 7 seconds behind Mattern for 2nd, followed by Ethan Brown (Midwest NXT), Ben Frederick (The Small Monsters Project) and Mark Myles (Lads Racing Collective) in 3rd-5th.
On day two Ethan Brown placed 2nd, followed by Calvin Conaway, Ben Frederick and Tom Scott (Marian University) placing 3rd-5th.
Next up in the series: Northampton CX, October 31-November 1, Northampton, MA
Results here
GRAVEL
Big Sugar: Bentonville, Arkansas
(October 17) – Big Sugar Gravel served as the finale in the six-race Life Time Grand Prixseries, with elite and age-group cyclists taking on 100, 50, and 25-mile gravel courses through the Ozark Mountains.
Fifty men and fifty women competed in the six-race series, and defending men’s and women’s champions Keegan Swenson (Specialized) and Sofia Gomez Villafañe (Specialized) came out on top in the men’s and women’s leaderboards.
Brendan Johnston (Giant-SRAM), Matthew Wilson, Cole Paton and Bradyn Lange(Canyon x DT Swiss ATR) came in 2nd-5th in the men’s division. Hayley Preen, Cecily Decker (PAS Racing), Karolina Migon and Lauren Stephens (Aegis x LOE) were 2nd-5th overall.
