Allister MacSorley finished seventh and Steven McGowan placed tenth as Ireland recorded two further top ten finishes on the opening day of road race action at the 2026 UCI Para Cycling Road World Championships in Huntsville, Alabama.
Both men completed five laps of the 13.8 km circuit, covering 69.0 km in demanding conditions. Huntsville was under a National Weather Service Heat Advisory on Sunday, with temperatures reaching approximately 37 degrees Celsius.
MacSorley crossed the line in 1:39:56 in the Men’s H4 road race, finishing 24 seconds behind Great Britain’s Callum Russell, who won the world title in 1:39:32. MacSorley’s seventh place followed his ninth-place finish in Friday’s individual time trial, giving him two top ten results at these Championships.
MacSorley said: “I’m buzzing. I’m absolutely delighted about that.”
McGowan completed the Men’s H3 road race in 1:39:53, just four seconds behind France’s Johan Quaile, who took gold in 1:39:49. McGowan finished tenth in a tightly contested field of 21 riders, adding another top ten result to the seventh place he secured in Friday’s individual time trial on his World Championship debut.
The results give MacSorley and McGowan four top ten finishes between them across the individual time trial and road race events in Huntsville.
Day Three Results
Sunday, 6 September
| Irish athlete | Event | Place | Time |
| Allister MacSorley | Men’s H4 road race | 7th | 1:39:56 |
| Steven McGowan | Men’s H3 road race | 10th | 1:39:53 |
The Championships conclude on Monday with ten Irish athletes competing across six road race entries. Under the UCI Hot Weather Protocol, the Men’s B and Women’s B road races have each been reduced by one lap. The Men’s B race will now cover 96.6 km, while the Women’s B race will cover 82.8 km.
Day Four Schedule
Monday, 7 September. Times below are the official race start times. Ireland is six hours ahead of Huntsville.
| IRL | US | Irish athlete | Event |
| 4:17PM | 10:17AM | Richael Timothy | Women’s C3 road race 55.2 km |
| 4:18PM | 10:18AM | Heather Jameson | Women’s C2 road race 55.2 km |
| 10:15PM | 4:15PM | Ciarán O’Toole / Con Scully | Men’s B road race 96.6 km |
| 10:15PM | 4:15PM | Damien Vereker / Mitchell McLaughlin | Men’s B road race 96.6 km |
| 10:17PM | 4:17PM | Katie-George Dunlevy / Linda Kelly | Women’s B road race 82.8 km |
| 10:17PM | 4:17PM | Sinead Greenan / Alice Sharpe | Women’s B road race 82.8 km |
