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2025-09-21T12:56:00.615Z
Gervais has lost ground at the second time check, where he’s 38 seconds slower than Nsengiyumva.
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2025-09-21T12:47:43.955Z
As expected, Florian Vermeersch has become the first man to beat Nsengiyumva’s time at the first check. He’s 45 seconds faster.
2025-09-21T12:46:41.804Z
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2025-09-21T12:43:10.111Z
We have our first finisher! Nsengiyumva arrives home in a time of 56:41, to a cacophony of noise from the many roadside fans. That’s likely to keep him on the hot seat for some time.
FIRST FINISHER – SHEMU NSENGIYUMVA
2025-09-21T12:39:41.410Z
Nsengiyumva is labouring up the Côte de Kimihurura, a 1.3km climb averaging 5.9% near the end of the course, made extra difficult by the fact it’s on cobbled roads. He’s pushing up it in a big gear at a slow cadence.
2025-09-21T12:37:55.028Z
Here’s Jiankun Liu out on the road
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2025-09-21T12:36:10.799Z
Canada’s Laurent Gervais is pushing Nsengiyumva’s time. He’s just ten seconds slower at the first check.
2025-09-21T12:32:15.292Z
Scratch that – Jiankun Liu has just posted the second best time at the first check, 1:13 slower than Nsengiyumva and 32 seconds faster than Ngwata.
2025-09-21T12:30:56.835Z
For now though, it’s the home rider Nsengiyumva who’s the fastest on the course. Ngwata is the only rider to post a time within two minutes of his at the first check.
2025-09-21T12:29:18.915Z
Florian Vermeersch is the first European to start. You’d imagine the Belgian will be one of the early frontrunners.
2025-09-21T12:27:22.208Z
Over in Europe, it was the queen stage of the Tour of Slovakia today, which finished recently. Here’s what happened.
2025-09-21T12:25:15.116Z
Sierra Leone’s Ibrahim Jalloh has had to pull out and did not take to the start.
2025-09-21T12:16:47.924Z
With five riders now through the first time check, Nsengiyumva remains the fastest.
2025-09-21T12:13:50.532Z
Jiankun Liu of China is the first rider from outside of Africa to begin his ride.
2025-09-21T12:09:53.200Z
The weather is warm and sunny, without being oppressively hot.
2025-09-21T12:04:06.227Z
Nsengiyumva has gone through the first time check, in exactly 16 minutes.
2025-09-21T12:00:00.846Z
It’s a rolling course, with four short climbs taken on. Nsengiyumva is currently on the first of these, Côte de Nyanza, at the top of which is the first time check.
2025-09-21T11:54:34.784Z
It’s some atmosphere at the start. Each rider is being serenaded by a chorus of drums when setting off.
2025-09-21T11:49:48.087Z
Boniphase Ngwata of Tanzania is the second rider on the course. Each rider will set off at two and a half minute intervals.
2025-09-21T11:46:42.407Z
Shemu Nsengiyumva rolls down the flashy start ramp in Kigali to get the 2025 World Championships elite men’s road race underway!
TIME TRIAL BEGINS
2025-09-21T11:45:51.027Z
Pogacar and Evenepoel, aren’t the only men competing, of course. Jay Vine, Stefan Küng and Isaac del Toro are among the other men in contention for a medal.
2025-09-21T11:40:45.744Z
To do so, Pogacar must get the better of Remco Evenepoel. Pogacar might be the best all-round rider in the world, but Evenepoel is the best time trialist, and has won this title the last two years, as well as the Olympics last year, and four of the six time trials he’s competed in this year. Ominously, he’s stated that he’s in great form.
2025-09-21T11:36:55.180Z
All the talk going into the race is about two men – Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel.
Pogacar arrives in Rwanda as the defending road race champion, but is also taking aim at this, which would be a first ever World individual time trial title for him. His previous best finish in this event was 6th place in 2022, but, as he is for virtually every race he starts these days, he’ll be well in contention for the win.
2025-09-21T11:30:40.154Z
Here are the start times for all of the men taking part today. The first will be the home nation’s representative Shemu Nsengiyumva, at 13:45 local time.
Road World Championships – elite men’s and women’s time trial start times and order
2025-09-18T15:01:07.851Z
The 2025 World Championships are underway, and we already have our first rainbow jersey – the elite women’s time trial was decided this morning.