{"id":150004,"date":"2025-09-17T15:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/150004\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T15:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:19:09","slug":"2025-rwanda-uci-road-worlds-tv-maps-schedule-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/150004\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Rwanda UCI Road Worlds: TV, Maps, Schedule, Favorites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poga\u010dar, Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot, Evenepoel, Dygert headline historic and brutally hilly Kigali road worlds. Here&#8217;s all you need to know to follow along.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Poga\u010dar UCI Road worlds\" src=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2175471227.jpg\" data-loaded=\"true\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2175471227.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Updated September 17, 2025 04:22AM<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-primary underline hover:text-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/tadej-pogacar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tadej Poga\u010dar<\/a>, <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-primary underline hover:text-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/pauline-ferrand-prevot\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot<\/a>, Remco Evenepoel, and <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-primary underline hover:text-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/chloe-dygert\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chlo\u00e9 Dygert<\/a> are among the cycling superstars who will stamp their passports in Rwanda this week for the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-primary underline hover:text-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/uci-road-world-championships\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UCI Road World Championships<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Starting Sunday September 21, rainbow jerseys will be awarded across the age categories in road racing and time trials. The team time trial mixed relay also returns for a sixth time.<\/p>\n<p>The Kigali road worlds wrap up the following weekend with marquee road races for the elite women on Saturday September 27 and elite men on Sunday Septeber 28.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s championships won\u2019t be like any seen before.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 championships are the <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-primary underline hover:text-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Kigali2025\/status\/1966945570612015528\" rel=\"nofollow\">first on African soil,<\/a> and the relentless, high-altitude courses out of Kigali are touted to be the hardest in modern history.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the parcours are so punishing that classics crushers Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert, Mads Pedersen <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-primary underline hover:text-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/wout-van-aert-out-start-list-remains-thin-for-road-world-championships-in-rwanda\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">won\u2019t even show up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reigning world and Olympic champions Lotte Kopecky and Kristen Faulkner, and grand tour star Jonas Vingegaard, are other high-profile athletes who will not start due to injury or calendar conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, the long, costly trip to Rwanda has deterred teams from sending full delegations or skipping certain disciplines altogether.<\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t let that get you down.<\/p>\n<p>Two new elite women\u2019s champions will be crowned in the next week \u2013 neither the retired Grace Brown nor the injured Kopecky will be there.<\/p>\n<p>Reigning rainbow jerseys Evenepoel and Poga\u010dar will face-off in battles of the titans in both the road race and the time trial.<\/p>\n<p>Demi Vollering, Tom Pidcock, Anna van der Breggen, Juan Ayuso, and Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d bring even more star power.<\/p>\n<p>And while many top Americans are missing, Dygert, Quinn Simmons, and Kevin Vermaerke <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-primary underline hover:text-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/https-velo-outsideonline-com-tag-ashlin-barry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">give USA a chance at medals<\/a> in Kigali.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the key things to know ahead of the Rwanda road worlds:<\/p>\n<p>2025 UCI road world championship schedule:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-965940\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-1605594267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"\/>USA\u2019s 2023 time trial world champion Dygert will be in action in the opening race in Kigali. (Photo: Dario Belingheri\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Sunday 21: Women elite time trial, men elite time trial<br \/>\nMonday 22: Women U23 time trial, men U23 time trial<br \/>\nTuesday 23: Women junior time trial, men junior time trial<br \/>\nWednesday 24: Team time trial mixed relay<br \/>\nThursday 25: Women U23 road race<br \/>\nFriday 26: Men junior road race, men U23 road race<br \/>\nSaturday 27: Women junior road race, women elite road race<br \/>\nSunday 28: Men elite road race<\/p>\n<p>Elite race essentials:<br \/>\nWomen\u2019s elite time trial, Sunday 21: 31.2km \/ 460m+<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled finish: 12:55 CAT \/ 06:55 ET \/ 12:55 CET<br \/>Rider to watch: Dygert, Vollering, Kiesenhofer, Reusser<br \/>2024 winner: Brown (retired)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-965897 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Women-Elite-mapSUNDAY-21-1200x1697.jpg\" alt=\"Kigali women's TT\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1697\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-965896\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Elevation-profileWomen-elite-Sunday-21-1024x197-1.png\" alt=\"Kigali road worlds women's TT\" width=\"1024\" height=\"197\"\/><br \/>\nMen\u2019s elite time trial, Sunday 21: 460km \/ 680m+<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled finish: 16:50 CAT \/ 10:50 ET \/ 16:50 CET<br \/>Riders to watch: Evenepoel, Poga\u010dar, Vine, Armirail, K\u00fcng<br \/>2024 winner: Evenepoel<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-965893 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Men-elite-21-sept-map-1200x1697.jpg\" alt=\"Kigali men's TT\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1697\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-965892\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Elevation-profilemen-elite-Sunday-21-1024x198-1.png\" alt=\"Kigali road worlds men's TT\" width=\"1024\" height=\"198\"\/><br \/>\nWomen\u2019s elite road race, Saturday 27: 165km \/ 3,350m+<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled finish: 16:45 CAT \/ 10:45 ET \/ 16:45 CET<br \/>Riders to watch: Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot, Vollering, Reusser, Le Court, Niewiadoma, Longo Borghini<br \/>2024 winner: Kopecky (not racing)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-965889\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Saturday-27-September-Women-Elite-Road-Race-1200x1697.jpg\" alt=\"Kigali road worlds women's road race\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1697\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-965888\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Saturday-27-September-Women-Elite-elevation-map-1200x231.png\" alt=\"Kigali road worlds women's road race\" width=\"1200\" height=\"231\"\/><br \/>\nMen\u2019s elite road race, Sunday 28: 268km \/ 5,475m+<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled finish: 16:45 CAT \/ 10:45 ET \/ 16:45 CET<br \/>Riders to watch: Poga\u010dar, Evenepoel, Del Toro, Ayuso, Pidcock<br \/>2024 winner: Poga\u010dar<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-965891\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sept-28-Men-Elite-Road-Race-1200x848.jpg\" alt=\"Kigali road worlds men's road race\" width=\"1200\" height=\"848\"\/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-965890 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sept-28-Men-Elite-Road-Race-elevation-map-1200x231.png\" alt=\"Kigali men's road race\" width=\"1200\" height=\"231\"\/><br \/>\nTV and streaming: How to watch the 2025 road worlds:<\/p>\n<p>USA and Canada: FloBikes<br \/>\nUK: TNT \/ Discovery+, BBC<br \/>\nEurope: HBO Max, Eurosport, and local broadcasters including TVE (Spain), VRT (Belgium), TV2 (Norway and Denmark), and NOS (Netherlands)<br \/>\nAustralia: STAN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Poga\u010dar, Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot, Evenepoel, Dygert headline historic and brutally hilly Kigali road worlds. 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