The 2025 UCI Road World Championships was the 98th edition of the UCI Road World Championships, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing. It was held from 21 to 28 September 2025 in Kigali, Rwanda. It was the first UCI Road World Championships hosted in Africa.
A total of thirteen events were held, consisting of six road races, six individual time trials, and a team time trial mixed relay. This is the first year with a standalone women's U23 race; previously, the U23 winner was simply the highest-placed rider under 23 in the women's elite race.
Course The route was announced during the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich. The road races take place on a circuit around Kigali, with a different number of laps for different events. The elite men's race also includes an extra extension that climbs the Mur du Kigali. Kigali sits at an altitude of 1850 metres; the high altitude combined with the amount of climbing led multiple cycling publications to call the route one of the most difficult in the history of the world championships.
Schedule All times listed below are for the local time – Central Africa Time or UTC+02:00.
Road races Date Timings Event Distance Laps 21 September 10:10 12:55 Elite women time trial 13:45 16:50 Elite men time trial 22 September 10:35 12:45 Under-23 women time trial 13:35 16:30 Under-23 men time trial 23 September 10:45 12:45 Junior women time trial 14:00 16:30 Junior men time trial 24 September 12:30 17:00 Mixed team time trial relay 2 25 September 13:05 16:30 Under-23 women road race 8 26 September 08:00 11:15 Junior men road race 8 12:00 16:25 Under-23 men road race 11 27 September 08:20 10:40 Junior women road race 5 12:05 16:45 Elite women road race 11 28 September 09:45 16:45 Elite men road race 15 + 1*
Medal summary Elite events Men's Events 6h 21' 20" + 1' 28" + 2' 16" 49'06.03" +1'14.80 +2'06.07" Women's Events 4h 34' 48" + 23" + 27" 43'09.34" +51.89" +1'04.73" Mixed Event Michael MatthewsLucas PlappJay VineBrodie ChapmanAmanda SprattFelicity Wilson-Haffenden 54'30.47" Bruno ArmirailPaul SeixasPavel SivakovCédrine KerbaolJuliette LabousMaeva Squiban +5.24" Jan ChristenStefan KüngMauro SchmidJasmin LiechtiMarlen ReusserNoemi Rüegg +10.00"
Under-23 events Men's Under-23 Events 3h 57' 24" + 31" + 1' 13" 38'24.43" +1'03.96" +1'04.13" Women's Under-23 Events 3h57'24" +2" +12" 30'56.13" +1'50.85 +2'11.58
Junior events Men's Juniors Events 2h55'19" +16" +16" 29'07.61" +6.84" +8.58" Women's Juniors Events 2h09'19" s.t. s.t. 25'47.41" +35.30" +37.54"
Medal table
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