{"id":174714,"date":"2025-09-28T08:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T08:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/174714\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T08:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T08:13:09","slug":"uci-road-world-championships-live-pogacar-and-evenepoel-face-off-in-elite-mens-road-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/174714\/","title":{"rendered":"UCI Road World Championships LIVE – Poga\u010dar and Evenepoel face off in Elite men’s road race"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2025-09-28T08:10:09.569Z<\/p>\n

In between, Mongolia\u2019s Tegsh-Bayar Batsaikhan attacked out of the peloton and wanted to join the leader. He has a substantial gap to make up, of almost a minute.<\/p>\n

2025-09-28T08:08:55.259Z<\/p>\n

The peloton has sat up, apparently happy with the make up of this break, despite the strong names and nations represented. They\u2019re over a minute adrift.<\/p>\n

2025-09-28T08:08:08.080Z<\/p>\n

Make that 6 – Bernard has succeeded in bridging up to them.<\/p>\n

2025-09-28T08:07:37.564Z<\/p>\n

Despite the attacks, the five leaders are all together as they cross the finish line, upon completion of the first lap.<\/p>\n

2025-09-28T08:04:57.314Z<\/p>\n

As the riders climb the cobbled C\u00f4te de Kimihurura, for the first time, the front group is threatening to break up, with Oliveira trying to accelerate from the others.<\/p>\n

2025-09-28T08:03:07.274Z<\/p>\n

Julien Bernard is trying to bridge up from the peloton to the break.<\/p>\n

2025-09-28T08:01:25.323Z<\/p>\n

Already a few riders have been dropped out of the peloton.<\/p>\n

2025-09-28T08:00:19.064Z<\/p>\n

Anders Foldager and Fabio Christen have joined the front group.<\/p>\n

2025-09-28T07:59:00.221Z<\/p>\n

This is a strong trio – Mayrhofer, Oliveira and Huising are all elite riders. They have a lead of about 7 seconds.<\/p>\n

260KM TO GO<\/p>\n

2025-09-28T07:56:59.548Z<\/p>\n

And now Walters has been dropped by those three.<\/p>\n

2025-09-28T07:56:48.265Z<\/p>\n

Huising, Marius Mayrhoffer and Ivo Oliveira have caught Walters.<\/p>\n

2025-09-28T07:55:20.675Z<\/p>\n

Menno Huising from he Dutch team is in pursuit of Walters, who leads by a handful of seconds.<\/p>\n

2025-09-28T07:54:39.716Z<\/p>\n

The Slovenian team leading the peloton during the neutralised section.<\/p>\n

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\"Slovenian\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-09-28T07:50:26.182Z<\/p>\n

Red Walters of Grenada is the first rider to get a gap.<\/p>\n

2025-09-28T07:49:49.176Z<\/p>\n

Lots of the conspicuous green jersey of Poga\u010dar\u2019s Slovenian team are massed near the front of the peloton, no doubt wanting to stay attentive to make sure no dangerous riders get up the road.<\/p>\n

2025-09-28T07:48:48.168Z<\/p>\n

And they’re off!<\/p>\n

OFFICIAL START<\/p>\n

2025-09-28T07:47:59.840Z<\/p>\n

This long day of racing is about to get underway, as the riders move through the neutralised section in Kigali. Anticipation is building!<\/p>\n

2025-09-28T07:43:57.166Z<\/p>\n

Yesterday\u2019s elite women\u2019s road race also demonstrated how this route can produce unpredictable racing. In that race, all of the top tier favourites were thwarted as Magdeleine Vallieres became one of the most surprising winners of the rainbow jersey in the event\u2019s history. That race showed how this route, though selective, can ignite chaos, and be difficult for even the strongest teams to control.<\/p>\n

Road World Championships: Canada\u2019s Magdeleine Vallieres conquers final climb to win elite women’s road race <\/a><\/p>\n

2025-09-28T07:39:25.524Z<\/p>\n

There are reasons to believe that Poga\u010dar might not have everything his own way. On his last day of racing, back at the beginning of the Championships, he suffered one of his most humbling days when Remco Evenepoel trounced him in the time trial. Evenepoel is riding again today, and is set to be Poga\u010dar\u2019s main rival for gold.<\/p>\n

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\"Belgian\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-09-28T07:35:17.661Z<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no doubt who the favourite is today. Tadej Poga\u010dar won last year\u2019s race at a canter, and has spent his year in the rainbow jersey in virtually unbeatable form. On a selective route that suits him, all eyes will be on the Slovenian.<\/p>\n

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\"KIGALI,\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2025-09-28T07:30:48.822Z<\/p>\n

A week of thrilling racing in Kigali comes to a close with the final event of the Championships – the elite men\u2019s road race.<\/p>\n

2025-09-25T14:21:57.009Z<\/p>\n

Hello and welcome to the 2025 World Championships men’s road race!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Refresh 2025-09-28T08:10:09.569Z In between, Mongolia\u2019s Tegsh-Bayar Batsaikhan attacked out of the peloton and wanted to join the leader.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":["post-174714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}