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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!

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.