2026 Chrono des Nations (1.1), France
44th edition: Sunday, October 18, 2026
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Les Herbiers - Les Herbiers, 45.43 km
World time trial champion Remco Evenepoel starts his race winning ride.
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Weather at the start/finish city of Les Herbiers at 2:50 PM, local time: 13C (56F), cloudy, with the wind from the north at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is a 23% chance of rain at 3:00 PM.
The race: Here's the report from winner Remco Evenepoel's Team Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe.
The world champion signed off in style. Remco Evenepoel won the Chrono des Nations to bring his road season to a close. The Belgian remained unbeaten against the clock in 2026.
He claimed his fourth individual time trial victory for Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe alongside his World Championship title in Montréal.
In Les Herbiers in western France, Remco delivered another impressive performance over the 45.43-kilometre course, completing it in 49:54 at an average speed of 54.63 km/h. He finished a remarkable 2:11 minutes ahead of his closest rival, Jay Vine.
It was Remco’s third appearance at the long-standing event near the Atlantic coast. After competing in 2021 and 2023, he claimed victory for the first time.
Remco Evenepoel: “It was the last opportunity to get a win this year, so we came here highly motivated to deliver one final big performance. The course was very well suited to that. I’m happy to have finally won here. The handling, the speed and the feeling of being one with the bike all felt really good. Looking ahead to next year, it was all very promising.”
Complete results:
Thomas Peyroton-Dartet (EuroCyclingTrips-CCN) fininished outside the time limit.
45.43 kilometers raced at an average speed of 54.644 km/hr
| 1 | Remco Evenepoel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 49min 53sec |
| 2 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | @ 2min 11sec |
| 3 | Stefan Küng | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 2:28 |
| 4 | Maxime Decomble | Groupama-FDJ United | 2:34 |
| 5 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 2:58 |
| 6 | Remi Cavagna | Groupama-FDJ United | 3:03 |
| 7 | Stefan de Bod | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 3:36 |
| 8 | Alec Segaert | Bahrain Victorious | 3:37 |
| 9 | Luca Giaimi | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 3:54 |
| 10 | Samuel Leroux | Team TotalEnergies | 4:07 |
| 11 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 4:52 |
| 12 | Thibault Guernalec | Team TotalEnergies | 5:15 |
| 13 | Axel van der Tuuk | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 5:26 |
| 14 | Eric Fagundez | Burgos Burpellet BH | 5:35 |
| 15 | Miguel Heidemann | REMBE | rad-net | 5:45 |
| 16 | Janos Pelikan | Team United Shipping | 5:51 |
| 17 | Lorenzo Nespoli | MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort | 6:36 |
| 18 | Matteo Ambrosini | MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort | 7:01 |
| 19 | Danny van der Tuuk | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 7:39 |
| 20 | Barnabas Peak | MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort | 7:52 |
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Start list, October 17, 2026: The riders will depart in this order in two-minute intervals, beginning with Thomas Peyroton-Dartet at 2:26 PM and finishing with Remco Evenepoel at 3:12 PM.
| Number | Name | First name | Team | Nationality |
| 24 | PEYROTON-DARTET | Thomas | EuroCyclingTrips - CCN | France |
| 23 | PELIKÁN | János | Team United Shipping | Hongrie |
| 22 | ZÜGER | Andrin | Run & Race - Solarpur | Suisse |
| 21 | NESPOLI | Lorenzo | MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort | Italie |
| 20 | HEIDEMANN | Miguel | REMBE | rad-net | Allemagne |
| 19 | RASENBERG | Martijn | Unibet Rose Rockets | Pays Bas |
| 18 | JUARISTI | Txomin | Euskaltel - Euskadi | Espagne |
| 17 | AMBROSINI | Matteo | MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort | Italie |
| 16 | GUERNALEC | Thibault | TotalEnergies | France |
| 15 | FAGUNDEZ ANTONIO | Eric | Burgos Burpellet BH | Uruguay |
| 14 | DE BOD | Stefan | Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | Afrique du Sud |
| 13 | VAN DER TUUK | Danny | Euskaltel - Euskadi | Pays Bas |
| 12 | PEAK | Barnabas | MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort | Hongrie |
| 11 | GIAIMI | Luca | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | Italie |
| 10 | LEROUX | Samuel | TotalEnergies | France |
| 9 | VAN DER TUUK | Axel | Euskaltel - Euskadi | Pays Bas |
| 8 | BJERG | Mikkel | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | Danemark |
| 7 | DECOMBLE | Maxime | Groupama - FDJ United | France |
| 6 | CATTANEO | Mattia | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | Italie |
| 5 | SEGAERT | Alec | Bahrain - Victorious | Belgique |
| 4 | CAVAGNA | Rémi | Groupama - FDJ United | France |
| 3 | KUNG | Stefan | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | Suisse |
| 2 | VINE | Jay | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | Australie |
| 1 | EVENEPOEL | Remco | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | Belgique |