Closing the time trial program in Montréal 2026, the junior women took to the road on a route of just 10.7 km, curiously the shortest in history in an edition that featured the longest Elite Women's ITT ever. The course was highly technical and featured multiple short climbs in the second part, including the final 400 meters at around 6.5%.
The nature of the route favored an off-road standout like Anja Grossmann who, despite very little experience in the discipline, set an excellent time of 15'42" (41 km/h), comfortably ahead of pre-race favorites such as Edwards, Bieberle, and Acuti. However, the first to beat the Swiss rider's time was a pure specialist, Yana Decruyenaere, who topped her by 12 seconds. The Belgian remained on the hot seat for a long time, while Aalia Clay managed to edge past Grossmann by less than a tenth of a second in the meantime.
Among the late starters, only one rider was able to shake up the standings: a splendid Maria Okrucińska, who led the race from the start and, with a final time of 15'17" (42 km/h), claimed the gold medal ahead of Decruyenaere and Clay. Fifth place, behind Grossmann, went to the other Belgian rider, Laura Fivé.