UCI Road World Championships

These were no ordinary road cycling world championships: Bobby Julich dives in on what made Rwanda one to remember.

Team Amani riders and others to channel thrill of racing against cycling’s top stars: ‘The future is bright’

Evenepoel, Reusser untouchable in worlds-Euros double, and third-tier Danish rider Larsen stunned the WorldTour pros for bronze.

Slovenian superstar will be battling rivals and the passage of time, but the world championship venues from Montréal to Trentino provide the pathway to writing more cycling history.

Evenepoel hunts Euro redemption after saddle chaos cost him shot at rainbow jersey in Kigali: 'Remco said he shouldn't have stopped.'

Why do some young standouts in cycling excel as pros, while others fade away?

North Americans hit highs and lows at Rwanda worlds, making history, setting records, hitting breakouts, and a few hard knocks.

'It was survival ... brutal': Peloton stunned by cumulative impact of altitude, vert, and the Pogačar-effect in men's road worlds.

Healy best of the rest after Pogačar and Evenepoel, continuing his evolution as one of the peloton’s top riders.

'Tadej told me I have to keep working and pushing.' Spectacular worlds debut of 21-year-old from Baja California confirms his rise as cycling’s heir apparent to Pogačar’s throne.

The 2025 leaderboard boasts more nations and more surprise entries than last year, but the usual suspects still dominated.

Stunning long-range move echoes domination of 2024, reignites debate about whether Pogačar is best of all time.

Evenepoel vents frustration in spectacular fashion as he suffers costly slow bike change at Rwanda road worlds: 'l felt like I was in excellent shape.'

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.

Who is the best rider for the Kigali 2025 worlds course? Is it a climber, a puncheur, a classics rider, or something else entirely?

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.

The first wave of road races on the Kigali circuit has produced wild and unpredictable outcomes, and Saturday's double-header should be no different.

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.

Pidcock sees opportunity in extra-tough course ahead of rainbow jersey brawl with Pogačar and Evenepoel: 'This amount of climbing suits me.'

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?

Team USA brings a loaded junior squad to chase the first world title since Quinn Simmons won in 2019, with U23s racing in double-header.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.'

Some of America's top stars are bypassing Africa's first worlds as Team USA hunts first elite road rainbow jersey in decades: 'Not the best course for me.'

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

Tour de France Femmes obliterator carries fresh legs and a new mindset into her push for first road rainbow jersey since 2014.

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

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

'Amazing to win three times this week': Del Toro is on a tear with 10 wins since the Giro d'Italia and now he's fast-tracking toward the Rwanda world championships.

Van Aert, Woods, Onley headline challengers at Montréal and Québec Grand Prixs this week as Pogačar targets world championship peak.

With a climb-heavy road worlds course, Jasper Philipsen could be the latest European road star to target the UCI Gravel World Championships.

Gazzetta reports Pogačar will face off against Evenepoel in the TT championships ahead of road race title defense. Here's why Pogi could win both.

Evenepoel joined by Uijtdebroeks, Benoot in men's race, Kopecky opts out of Kigali championship due to concerns over fitness.

Start lists take shape as Ferrand-Prévot, Vollering, Roglič, Carapaz buck trend of riders chosing to skip gruelling Rwanda world championships.

'Maybe I'm longing for the end of the season': Demotivated Van Aert abandons previous plan to race GP Plouay, will focus on Canadian GPs.

Some 23 riders head to Kigali for Africa's first road cycling world championships, but several big names are sitting this one out.

Ferrand-Prévot refreshed and prime for post-Tour de France reboot: 'The priority was to recover and get away from all the hype that caused psychological fatigue.'

Can red-hot Uno-X sprint to WorldTour promotion in 2026? Four teams racing for one spot: 'We have a big chance.'

Tour de France stage winner and world championship medalist Woods announces impending retirement, has big plans for the future.

'Time for working on my mental resilience': Australian sidelined again after long recovery from Iliac artery surgery, out of hilly road worlds.

Pidcock to skip MTB worlds clash with Van der Poel to face off against defending champ Tadej Pogačar at Rwanda road worlds.

Ferrand-Prévot speaks out for first time since big win: 'My weight loss was controlled and intelligent. It was not a disease.'

Van Aert joins Van der Poel in skipping Africa's first worlds, and many favorites are undecided about the climb-heavy Rwanda route.