Ryan Gilchrist and Raphaela Richter win 2026 Enduro World Championships

Ryan Gilchrist of Australia and Raphaela Richter of Germany have been crowned the 2026 UCI Enduro World Champions in Finale Ligure, Italy. The competition featured a demanding 76-kilometer course with six timed stages and over 2,100 meters of elevation gain.

In the Elite Men's category, Gilchrist secured the title with a total time of 36:20.262, narrowly defeating Canada's Elliot Jamieson by approximately four to five seconds. Richie Rude of the United States took the bronze medal.

The Elite Women's race was even more closely contested, with Richter winning her first Enduro world title by a margin of roughly 1.5 seconds over France's Isabeau Courdurier. Italy's Nadine Ellecosta finished third to complete the podium.

In the Junior categories, Hugo Marti Montessinos and Nežka Libnik of Slovenia claimed the world titles. Earlier in the weekend, Helen Weber and Adrien Dailly secured the E-Enduro world championships.