First held in 1921, the Road World Championships were in Switzerland last year and Great Britain in 2023.
Rwanda will become the first African nation to host the Road World Championships this month.
Eritrean sprinter Biniam Girmay, winner of the green jersey at last year’s Tour de France, will be among the leading riders, along with three-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar.All the action from the eight-day event will be live on TNT Sports and discovery+. Here are the details of how to watch, when each race takes place, and who is riding…
When are the 2025 UCI Road World Championships?
The UCI Road World Championships take place from September 21-28.
There will be 13 separate events held over eight days of competition, all taking place in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda.
The winners of each event are crowned world champions and can wear the rainbow jersey when they compete in the same discipline the following season.
2025 UCI Road World Championships schedule
Sep 21 – Women’s Elite Individual Time Trial (9:10am)Sep 21 – Men’s Elite Individual Time Trial (12:45pm)Sep 22 – Women’s U23 Individual Time Trial (9:35am)Sep 22 – Men’s U23 Individual Time Trial (12:35pm)Sep 23 – Women’s Junior Individual Time Trial (9:45am)Sep 23 – Men’s Junior Individual Time Trial (1pm)Sep 24 – Team Time Trial Mixed Relay (11:30am)Sep 25 – Women’s U23 Road Race (12:05pm)Sep 26 – Men’s Junior Road Race (7am)Sept 26 – Men’s U23 Road Race (11am)Sep 27 – Women’s Junior Road Race (7:20am)Sep 27 – Women’s Elite Road Race (11:05am)Sep 28 – Men’s Elite Road Race (8:45am)
How to watch the 2025 UCI Road World Championships
All the races from the 2025 UCI Road World Championships will be live on TNT Sports and discovery+.
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Who is riding at the 2025 UCI Road World Championships?
After a season of dominance, Tadej Pogacar is the strong favourite to defend his title in the men’s road race.
A hilly route that features 5,475m of climbing over 267.5km should suit the Slovenian, who has been back in action in Montreal following his third Tour de France win earlier in the summer.
“I want to peak for the World Championships,” said Pogacar last week. “That’s the main goal for this final stretch of the season. I also want to use these races as good training and hope I’ll be ready.”
Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock will be among Pogacar’s rivals, fresh off his third-place finish at La Vuelta, along with Remco Evenepoel, who will lead Belgium in the absence of Wout van Aert.
Evenepoel has won the men’s time trial for the last two years and should start as the favourite again on the 40.6km course, which includes 680m of climbing and a cobbled section.
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Pogacar will be challenging Evenepoel in the time trial while Italy’s Filippo Ganna has opted against competing.
Lotte Kopecky has opted not to defend her title in the women’s road race but Demi Vollering leads a strong-looking Dutch team that also includes Anna van der Breggen and Marianne Vos.
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot has enjoyed a strong season, capped by her Tour de France Femmes win, and will have her sights on more success.
Great Britain have not entered a rider in the women’s road race but do have Anna Henderson, winner of the silver medal in the time trial at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in the time trial.
Vollering is also on the entry list along with USA’s Chloe Dygert but Australia’s Grace Brown will not be back to defend her title after retiring last year.
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