Veneto Classic 2026: Results, Route and Race Report

Brandon McNulty of UAE Team Emirates-XRG won the Veneto Classic on Sunday 18 October 2026. The world champion attacked on the Diesel Farm gravel climb with about 10 km to go and finished alone in Bassano del Grappa, after 157.6 km in 3:32:57. Anthon Charmig (Uno-X Mobility) was second and McNulty’s teammate Pavel Sivakov third. It was McNulty’s first win in the rainbow jersey (Cyclingnews, UAE Team Emirates-XRG).

Veneto Classic 2026 results

Place	Rider	Team	Time or gap
1	Brandon McNulty (USA)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	3:32:57
2	Anthon Charmig (DEN)	Uno-X Mobility	+1:06
3	Pavel Sivakov (FRA)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	+1:32
4	Clément Berthet (FRA)	Groupama-FDJ United	+1:53
5	Marc Hirschi (SUI)	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+2:02
6	Christian Scaroni (ITA)	XDS Astana Team	+2:09
7	Quinten Hermans (BEL)	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+2:10
8	Marcel Camprubí (ESP)	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+2:20
9	Diego Ulissi (ITA)	XDS Astana Team	+2:20
10	Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	+2:20

Riders in the same group share the same time. The ProCyclingStats table lists ninth and tenth with the same time as eighth, and the full order is on ProCyclingStats and OA Sport. Cyclingnews gave the gap to second as 1:05 in its report, while the published classification says 1:06.

How the race was won

The race has three parts: a flat opening, then a series of circuits with the cobbled La Tisa climb, and a finale that includes the gravel climb of Diesel Farm.

80 km to go: the peloton broke up as the first of four laps of the 12 km La Tisa circuit began. Twenty-one riders formed the front group, and UAE had four of them: McNulty, Filippo Baroncini, Benoît Cosnefroy and Sivakov.
About 40 km to go: Charmig had attacked several times. McNulty joined him and the two built a lead of nearly a minute.
Penultimate La Tisa climb: the pair were 52 seconds ahead of the peloton, now down to 21 riders, on the way up, and over a minute clear at the top.
18 km to go: Sivakov, Berthet and Hermans left the chasing group, but they were 1:20 behind.
10 km to go: on Diesel Farm, a gravel road of about 1.2 km at an average of 10%, McNulty accelerated and dropped Charmig.
Finish: McNulty had about 20 seconds at 6 km to go and extended it to the line. Sivakov passed the other chasers for third.

McNulty told broadcasters that it was special to win in the jersey, and that he wanted a win in it before the end of the year (Cyclingnews). He had been second at the Coppa Agostoni and fifth at Il Lombardia in October.

The route and the race

The Veneto Classic is a one-day race in Veneto, Italy, held since 2021 and part of the UCI ProSeries since 2023 (Wikipedia). The 2026 edition, the sixth, started in the walled town of Cittadella and finished in Bassano del Grappa. It covered 157.6 km (ProCyclingStats) with about 2,200 m of climbing, according to OA Sport. The cobbles of La Tisa were climbed six times, four of them on a 12 km circuit, and the finale included Diesel Farm.

Year	Winner	Team
2021	Samuele Battistella (ITA)	Astana-Premier Tech
2022	Marc Hirschi (SUI)	UAE Team Emirates
2023	Davide Formolo (ITA)	UAE Team Emirates
2024	Magnus Cort (DEN)	Uno-X Mobility
2025	Sakarias Koller Løland (NOR)	Uno-X Mobility
2026	Brandon McNulty (USA)	UAE Team Emirates XRG

Nobody has won the race twice so far.

Why this result matters

McNulty won the men’s road race world title in Montréal in September. The Veneto Classic was his first race win since, and it came in the last race of the European road season.
It was the final race of the year for UAE Team Emirates-XRG, who finished the season with 78 wins, according to the team.
It was also Sivakov’s last race for the team.

McNulty had said earlier that he would end his season with the Giro del Veneto and the Veneto Classic, instead of the CRO Race (Domestique). Read our report on the Giro del Veneto and on the 2026 Il Lombardia.