Only 20 percent of starters made the finishline while Pogačar dominated the brutal high-altitude course. Here's who survived and who didn't.

Evenepoel salvages silver medal after unravelling with mechanical issues as Pogačar delivers dominant road race title defense.

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Pre-race favorites for women’s elite world championship road race rue missed chances: ‘I honestly wasn’t the strongest’.

The Slovenian superstar is the five-star favorite to win a second world title, but could an outsider pull off the shocker? His own UAE teammates might be his most dangerous rivals.

Here are the full standings as Canada's wildcard attacker Vallieres wins rainbows in the elite women's road race Saturday in Kigali.

Pre-race favorites miss the key moves before 24-year-old Vallieres attacks out of three-rider group to become Canada's first elite world champion.

'They'll definitely lend a hand': Evenepoel acknowledges Pogačar may see non-Slovenian support as UAE takes 11 riders to Sunday's race.

18-year-old Spaniard Ostiz comes good on status as favorite with commanding sprint win; steps up to Movistar WorldTour team in 2026.

Isaac del Toro, the Mexican sensation and UAE teammate, is Slovenian superstar’s most unpredictable rival to Rwanda rainbow repeat.

More than 50 riders DNF race of attrition; 18-year-old Italian Finn blasts away at 6km to go for sensational victory in first year as a U23.

Hudson, winner of the junior Liège-Bastogne-Liège, lit up the junior men's road race with a searing attack with three laps to go and Team GB put three riders into the top 5.

Pogačar, Vollering, PFP, Evenepoel flex verbal muscles ahead of rainbow jersey showdowns: 'I'm in a completely different mindset from last year'

‘You really pay for every effort you do’: Ultra-difficult course will guarantee a very worthy winner, but who will it be?

France's Gery wins the first stand-alone U23 women's road race world title in spectacular fashion, pre-race favorite Holmgren misses podium with 6th.

Pogačar could write more pages of history if he wins Sunday, when a second rainbow jersey could topple records and cement his GOAT legacy: 'I feel ready.'

Will Pogačar, Del Toro, Ayuso go 1-2-3? Can Le Court shift the focus of Africa's first road worlds? The hot takes and key stories of the elite road races.

The first-ever U23 women’s stand-alone road race at the UCI road world championships sees Cat Ferguson lead a global field of rising stars.

Merlier climbs to 15 wins in 2025, one shy of Pogačar, as the race for the most wins goes down to the wire: 'It would be a dream.'

From 18-hour drives in a mini-van to the top of the cycling world: teenage buddies Primožic and Pogačar reunited in Rwanda. 'Maybe he will try to beat his 100km Zurich attack and go early.'

Australian six beat France by just 5 seconds to defend mixed relay TTT title, USA opts not to start.

'I see myself in the rainbow jersey': With Valverde debuting as national team coach, a confident Ayuso heads to Rwanda as the ultimate worlds disruptor.

Premier Tech joins bike sponsor Factor in pushing team to switch identity; organizers of Euro champs adjust security for presence of Israeli athletes.

Mixed team time trial closes out racing against the clock before road racing takes over Thursday.

Team USA scores two in the top 5 in the junior men’s time trial to score first US medal in Rwanda.

18-year-old Megan Arens doubles Dutch junior TT title with rainbow stripes, USA's Liliana Edwards and Lidia Cusack 9th and 13th.

Wider global participation, headline-grabbing results and feel-good vibes seem to have the first-ever African-based road worlds off to a flying start.

'He was one of my three certainties': Team Belgium reeling after Evenepoel loses road captain Benoot, family issues keep Vos home.

Junior women and men race the individual time trial in Day 3 of competition at the 2025 UCI road world championships.

Söderqvist dominates ahead of incredibly close battle for positions 2 through 10 in hilly Kigali time trial.

Remember, kids – always double-check your drafts before you hit 'post.'

Julich captured a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics but his world campaigns were sometimes hammered by misfortune.

Analysis: UAE’s 86-win 2025 season to eclipse HTC’s 2009 record reveals how big changes in the modern peloton and unlimited budgets beat old-school sprint dominance.

Bäckstedt delivers on favorites status in emphatic fashion in first standalone women's U23 time trial world championships.

One 40km misfire does not change the odds for Sunday. If anything, it makes them even worse for everyone else.

Evenepoel crushed Pogačar's rainbow dream Sunday in the world championship TT, and he's already thinking about doing it again in the road race.

A Canada conundrum for Pogačar: How world championship buildup hampered his TT, but could yet win him the road race.

The women’s U23 time trial debuts Monday in the second day of competition at the road worlds alongside the men’s long-running race.

Jay Vine shocked the men’s TT at Rwanda worlds to take silver behind Remco Evenepoel after Tadej Pogačar missed medals by one second.

Remco Evenepoel supreme against the clock ahead of Jay Vine and Ilan Van Wilder, Tadej Pogačar experiences slump on his 27th birthday.

Brandon McNulty's GC triumph at the Tour de Luxembourg pushes UAE to 86 victories to surpass HTC-Columbia’s benchmark set in 2009.

Marlen Reusser aces tough Rwanda course to take first rainbow jersey ahead of Anna Van der Breggen and Demi Vollering.

Full results elite women's individual time trial UCI world championships: Dygert punches into top 10, Edwards 19th for Team USA.

All TT start times, from Rwanda's Nirere opening the champs early morning through Pogačar and Evenepoel drawing the day to a close in afternoon face-off.

Wout van Aert puts in determined performance in final race of road season, explains way back to top form in 2026.

US rider McNulty holds solid advantage over his rivals heading into Sunday’s concluder, but tough course looms.

Key contenders for Sunday’s time trial include American specialist Chloe Dygert, Marlen Reusser, Demi Vollering and others.

Here’s the complete, day-by-day worlds racing program: Rwanda opens Sunday with the elite women's and men's individual time trials.

UAE left waiting: Skjelmose snatched stage 3 in Luxembourg to deny the win record as McNulty kicks to third.

Watch Pogačar, Dygert, Evenepoel, Ferrand-Prévot and more live on television or streaming via Flobikes, Eurosport, Discovery, YouTube, and more.

'Immediate identification of unusual situations': UCI responds to safety fears with system that transmits position to a control center and race convoy.

UAE delivered Pogačar’s fourth Tour title, but Giro and Vuelta slipped away under Visma’s steady pressure to keep 'Killer Bees' ahead in grand tour count.

Is the hilly Kigali time trial steep enough for Pogačar to derail the defending 'aero bullet'? 'When Tadej sets his mind on something, it's a sign he feels ready.'

From Pogačar and Del Toro through Pidcock and Alaphilippe: Who's on form and who's flapping after racing in the Vuelta, Canada, Britain?

'It's one of the best moments of my career': Vuelta champ Vingegaard moved by last-minute ceremony after protests forced the cancelation of final stage and winner's podium.

Pidcock and Q36.5 shock WorldTour super teams at Vuelta a España to deliver only the third wild-card grand tour top 3 in 25 years: 'This was always the dream.'

Pogačar, Ferrand-Prévot, Evenepoel, Dygert headline historic and brutally hilly Kigali road worlds. Here's all you need to know to follow along.

No stage wins, but the six Americans and two Canadians set new records, hit podiums, beat personal milestones, and worked in the service of their teams.

Controversy-stalked 23-year-old Spaniard shares favorite's status for climb-heavy Kigali worlds as reports of transfer to Lidl-Trek heat up.

Riders end protest-ravaged Vuelta on their terms with improvised podium in a hotel parking lot: 'A pity that such a moment of eternity was taken from us.'

Time out for Lotte Kopecky as fracture diagnosed, tough decisions for Fem van Empel and Marta Cavalli.

'No one thought we'd make it to Madrid:' With the 2026 Tour de France opening in Spain and IPT’s WorldTour return looming, anxiety shifts to next season.

23-year-old Arizonan joins LeMond, Hampsten and Van Garderen as the only the American males to crack a grand tour top 5 and win the white jersey.

Pidcock's coach cracked the GC code to deliver a breakout Vuelta podium finish for the multi-discipine star. But now the Brit might face some tough choices.

‘One of the most memorable days of my career’: Breakthrough for McNulty, Simmons sees upside.

Defending champ Tadej Pogačar gives up chance of third career win in Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, waiting for McNulty after a solo attack.

Pidcock and Riccitello big GC surprises while UAE racks up 7 stage victories and 2nd with Almeida in protest-marred Spanish grand tour.

Although Visma DS Niermann admits Jonas Vingegaard has been better, ending a two-year Grand Tour drought was important for the Dane

Vuelta is forced to a premature end as protesters flood onto the finishing circuit.

Full stage results and standings from stage 20 at the Vuelta a España: Kuss climbs to second on Bola del Mundo and will finish 7th in Madrid.

Tom Pidcock proves doubters wrong after going the distance to secure third place: 'I'm pretty proud of myself.'

Jonas Vingegaard takes a big step towards his third grand tour success at the Bola del Mundo

Matthew Riccitello secures young rider's white jersey and top 5 going into Madrid to confirm his rise as America’s next GC star: 'I went into the stage with nothing to lose.'

No holding back for the Vuelta GC riders as top 10 is finally settled in daunting mountain clash.

Alaphilippe wins from the break, Tadej Pogačar launches several surges but can't gap rivals.

Mads Pedersen confirms he allowed fellow Dane to gain time on Almeida at Vuelta a España.

Here are the full results and standings of the Vuelta a España after sprinters see their chances ahead of huge climbing stage on Saturday.

Vingegaard and his GC rivals finish together after echelon threats don't materialize in flat exposed stage at La Vuelta.

'Thankful for the trust': Warbasse renews through 2027 as Tudor Pro Cycling continues pushing for WorldTour future.