2025 UCI Road World Championships
Kigali | |
| Venue | Kigali |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | 21–28 September 2025 |
| Coordinates | 1°56′38″S 30°3′34″E / 1.94389°S 30.05944°E |
| Events | 13 |
The 2025 UCI Road World Championships will be the 98th edition of the UCI Road World Championships, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing. It is scheduled from 21 to 28 September 2025 in Kigali, Rwanda. It will be the first UCI Road World Championships hosted in Africa.[1][2]
A total of thirteen events are planned, consisting of six road races, six individual time trials, and a team time trial mixed relay. This will be the first year with a standalone women's U23 race; previously, the U23 winner was simply the highest-placed rider under 23 in the women's elite race.[3]
Course
The route was announced during the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich. The road races take place on a 15.1 kilometres (9.4 mi) circuit around Kigali, with a different number of laps for different events. The elite men's race also includes an extra 42.5 kilometres (26.4 mi) extension that climbs the Mur du Kigal.[4] Kigali sits at an altitude of 1850 metres; the high altitude combined with the amount of climbing led multiple cycling publications to call the route one of the most difficult in the history of the world championships.[4][5][6]
Schedule
All times listed below are for the local time – Central Africa Time or UTC+02:00.
Road races
| Date | Timings[7] | Event | Location (start) |
Location (finish) |
Distance[7] | Laps[a] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September | 13:05 | 16:30 | Under-23 women | Kigali | Kigali | 119.3 km (74.1 mi) | 8 |
| 26 September | 08:00 | 11:15 | Junior men | 119.3 km (74.1 mi) | 8 | ||
| 12:00 | 16:25 | Under-23 men | 164.6 km (102.3 mi) | 11 | |||
| 27 September | 08:20 | 10:40 | Junior women | 74.6 km (46.4 mi) | 5 | ||
| 12:05 | 16:45 | Elite women | 164.6 km (102.3 mi) | 11 | |||
| 28 September | 09:45 | 16:45 | Elite men | 267.5 km (166.2 mi) | 15 + 1*[b] | ||
Mixed event
| Date | Timings[7] | Event | Location (start) |
Location (finish) |
Distance[7] | Laps[c] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September | 12:30 | 17:00 | Mixed team relay | Kigali | 42.4 km (26.3 mi) | 2 | |
Individual time trials
| Date | Timings[7] | Event | Location (start) |
Location (finish) |
Distance[7] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September | 10:10 | 12:55 | Elite women | Kigali | Kigali | 31.2 km (19.4 mi) |
| 13:45 | 16:50 | Elite men | 40.6 km (25.2 mi) | |||
| 22 September | 10:35 | 12:45 | Under-23 women | 22.6 km (14.0 mi) | ||
| 13:35 | 16:30 | Under-23 men | 31.2 km (19.4 mi) | |||
| 23 September | 10:45 | 12:45 | Junior women | 18.3 km (11.4 mi) | ||
| 14:00 | 16:30 | Junior men | 22.6 km (14.0 mi) | |||
Medal summary
Elite events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Men's Events | ||||||
| Men's road race |
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| Men's time trial |
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| Women's Events | ||||||
| Women's road race |
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| Women's time trial |
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| Mixed Event | ||||||
| Mixed relay |
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Under-23 events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Men's Under-23 Events | ||||||
| Men's under-23 road race |
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| Men's under-23 time trial |
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| Women's Under-23 Events | ||||||
| Women's under-23 road race |
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| Women's under-23 time trial |
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Junior events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Men's Juniors Events | ||||||
| Men's junior road race |
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| Men's junior time trial |
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| Women's Juniors Events | ||||||
| Women's junior road race |
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| Women's junior time trial |
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Medal table
* Host nation (Rwanda)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals (0 entries) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Notes
- ^ This denotes the number of laps of the 15.1 km (9.4 mi) circuit, beginning and ending at the Kigali convention center.
- ^ 9 laps of the Kigali circuit, then an extension circuit that climbs the Mur du Kigal, ending with 6 more laps in Kigali.
- ^ This denotes the number of laps of the 21.2 km (13.2 mi) circuit; the first lap is completed by three male riders, with the second lap completed by three female riders.[8]
References
- ^ "About Kigali 2025 - UCI Kigali 2025". Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ "UCI Road World Championships: Rwanda selected as first African hosts in 2025". BBC Sport. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ Fletcher, Patrick (12 February 2022). "UCI confirms U23 women's category for 2022 Road World Championships, with standalone races from 2025". cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ a b Farrand, Stephen (26 September 2024). "With 5,475m of climbing, 2025 Road World Championships in Rwanda to be one of hardest ever". cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ Cotton, Jim (27 September 2024). "Hardest Road Worlds Ever? Rwanda Reveals Crushing Climb-Loaded Courses for 2025 UCI World Championships". Velo. Archived from the original on 29 January 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ Boermans, Hendrik (26 September 2024). "UCI presents brutally tough 2025 World Championships in Rwanda: 5,500 (!) meters of climbing, including climbing time trial". IDL Procycling. Archived from the original on 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f "Race program & schedule". UCI Kigali 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "Team Time Trial". UCI Kigali 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
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