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Gervais has lost ground at the second time check, where he\u2019s 38 seconds slower than Nsengiyumva.<\/p>\n
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2025-09-21T12:47:43.955Z<\/p>\n
As expected, Florian Vermeersch has become the first man to beat Nsengiyumva\u2019s time at the first check. He\u2019s 45 seconds faster.<\/p>\n
2025-09-21T12:46:41.804Z<\/p>\n
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2025-09-21T12:43:10.111Z<\/p>\n
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\u2019s likely to keep him on the hot seat for some time.<\/p>\n
FIRST FINISHER – SHEMU NSENGIYUMVA <\/p>\n 2025-09-21T12:39:41.410Z<\/p>\n Nsengiyumva is labouring up the C\u00f4te de Kimihurura, a 1.3km climb averaging 5.9% near the end of the course, made extra difficult by the fact it\u2019s on cobbled roads. He\u2019s pushing up it in a big gear at a slow cadence.<\/p>\n 2025-09-21T12:37:55.028Z<\/p>\n Here’s Jiankun Liu out on the road<\/p>\n \n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2025-09-21T12:36:10.799Z<\/p>\n Canada’s Laurent Gervais is pushing Nsengiyumva’s time. He’s just ten seconds slower at the first check.<\/p>\n 2025-09-21T12:32:15.292Z<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 2025-09-21T12:30:56.835Z<\/p>\n For now though, it\u2019s the home rider Nsengiyumva who\u2019s the fastest on the course. Ngwata is the only rider to post a time within two minutes of his at the first check.<\/p>\n 2025-09-21T12:29:18.915Z<\/p>\n Florian Vermeersch is the first European to start. You’d imagine the Belgian will be one of the early frontrunners.<\/p>\n 2025-09-21T12:27:22.208Z<\/p>\n Over in Europe, it was the queen stage of the Tour of Slovakia today, which finished recently. Here\u2019s what happened. <\/a><\/p>\n 2025-09-21T12:25:15.116Z<\/p>\n Sierra Leone’s Ibrahim Jalloh has had to pull out and did not take to the start.<\/p>\n 2025-09-21T12:16:47.924Z<\/p>\n With five riders now through the first time check, Nsengiyumva remains the fastest.<\/p>\n 2025-09-21T12:13:50.532Z<\/p>\n Jiankun Liu of China is the first rider from outside of Africa to begin his ride.<\/p>\n 2025-09-21T12:09:53.200Z<\/p>\n The weather is warm and sunny, without being oppressively hot.<\/p>\n 2025-09-21T12:04:06.227Z<\/p>\n Nsengiyumva has gone through the first time check, in exactly 16 minutes.<\/p>\n 2025-09-21T12:00:00.846Z<\/p>\n It\u2019s a rolling course, with four short climbs taken on. Nsengiyumva is currently on the first of these, C\u00f4te de Nyanza, at the top of which is the first time check.<\/p>\n 2025-09-21T11:54:34.784Z<\/p>\n It\u2019s some atmosphere at the start. Each rider is being serenaded by a chorus of drums when setting off.<\/p>\n 2025-09-21T11:49:48.087Z<\/p>\n Boniphase Ngwata of Tanzania is the second rider on the course. Each rider will set off at two and a half minute intervals.<\/p>\n 2025-09-21T11:46:42.407Z<\/p>\n Shemu Nsengiyumva rolls down the flashy start ramp in Kigali to get the 2025 World Championships elite men’s road race underway!<\/p>\n TIME TRIAL BEGINS<\/p>\n 2025-09-21T11:45:51.027Z<\/p>\n Pogacar and Evenepoel, aren\u2019t the only men competing, of course. Jay Vine, Stefan K\u00fcng and Isaac del Toro are among the other men in contention for a medal.<\/p>\n Rwanda Road World Championships – Riders to watch in the men’s individual time trial<\/a><\/p>\n 2025-09-21T11:40:45.744Z<\/p>\n 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\u2019s competed in this year. Ominously, he\u2019s stated that he\u2019s in great form.<\/p>\n ‘I’m feeling the best I’ve done all season’ – Remco Evenepoel raring to go ahead of world time trial defence<\/a><\/p>\n 2025-09-21T11:36:55.180Z<\/p>\n All the talk going into the race is about two men – Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel.<\/p>\n 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\u2019ll be well in contention for the win.<\/p>\n 2025-09-21T11:30:40.154Z<\/p>\n Here are the start times for all of the men taking part today. The first will be the home nation\u2019s representative Shemu Nsengiyumva, at 13:45 local time.<\/p>\n![\"KIGALI,](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kotExpYxt9jPkB37n5EwDb.jpg\")
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