{"id":157552,"date":"2025-09-20T18:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T18:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/157552\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T18:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T18:31:09","slug":"up-first-mens-and-womens-time-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/157552\/","title":{"rendered":"Up First, Men’s and Women’s Time Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s the complete, day-by-day worlds racing program: Rwanda opens Sunday with the elite women’s and men’s individual time trials.<\/p>\n

\"Chloe<\/p>\n

Dygert, shown here last year riding to bronze in Zurich, will be among the medal favorites Sunday. (Photo: FABRICE COFFRINI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Updated September 20, 2025 10:09AM<\/p>\n

The race for the rainbow jersey heads to Africa for the first time as Rwanda hosts the 2025 UCI Road Cycling World Championships<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kigali\u2019s hilly, high-altitude roads will decide who wins cycling\u2019s most iconic jersey.<\/p>\n

Nearly 1,000 cyclists from more than 100 nations have made the trek, though some nations have brought reduced lineups due to logistics, costs, and other issues.<\/p>\n

Competition kicks off Sunday with the elite women\u2019s and men\u2019s individual time trials.<\/p>\n

Also read: Complete TV listings for Rwanda worlds<\/a><\/p>\n

Remco Evenepoel<\/a> will have a stiff challenge for Tadej Poga\u010dar in the men\u2019s race<\/a>, while former two-time world champion Chlo\u00e9 Dygert<\/a> will give Team USA a good chance for a medal in the women\u2019s race. The hilly course could favor Demi Vollering or Marlen Reusser for the gold.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the complete racing program, broken down day by day (start times are local Rwanda\/Central European Time):<\/p>\n

\"Evenepoel\"Evenepoel celebrates victory in last year\u2019s time trial worlds in Zurich. (Photo: JASPER JACOBS\/BELGA MAG\/AFP via Getty Images)
\nDay 1 \u2013 Sunday, September 21<\/p>\n

10:10 \u2013 Women Elite Individual Time Trial
13:45 \u2013 Men Elite Individual Time Trial<\/p>\n

Day 2 \u2013 Monday, September 22<\/p>\n

10:30 \u2013 Women Under-23 Individual Time Trial
13:35 \u2013 Men Under-23 Individual Time Trial<\/p>\n

Day 3 \u2013 Tuesday, September 23<\/p>\n

10:45 \u2013 Women Junior Individual Time Trial
14:00 \u2013 Men Junior Individual Time Trial<\/p>\n

Day 4 \u2013 Wednesday, September 24<\/p>\n

12:30 \u2013 Mixed Relay Team Time Trial<\/p>\n

Day 5 \u2013 Thursday, September 25<\/p>\n

13:05 \u2013 Women Under-23 Road Race<\/p>\n

Day 6 \u2013 Friday, September 26<\/p>\n

08:00 \u2013 Men Junior Road Race
12:00 \u2013 Men Under-23 Road Race<\/p>\n

Day 7 \u2013 Saturday, September 27<\/p>\n

08:20 \u2013 Women Junior Road Race
12:05 \u2013 Women Elite Road Race<\/p>\n

Day 8 \u2013 Sunday, September 28<\/p>\n

09:45 \u2013 Men Elite Road Race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s the complete, day-by-day worlds racing program: Rwanda opens Sunday with the elite women’s and men’s individual time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,54263,82,56902,79743,79744,70573,54266,54267],"class_list":["post-157552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-parent_category-road","tag-sports","tag-tag-american-racing","tag-tag-chloe-dygert","tag-tag-demi-vollering","tag-tag-remco-evenepoel","tag-tag-tadej-pogacar","tag-type-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}