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MYSTERIOUS: 5 - What They Never Told You

Gallery: Massive crowds, demanding routes, and gutsy racing at Rwanda World Championship road races

As the curtain comes down on an unforgettable week of action in Kigali, take in the best images from the final weekend of the 2025 World Road Championships

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'It's not like it's going to be revenge' – Remco Evenepoel dashes from Rwanda Worlds to France for Wednesday's European Championships time trial

Belgium domestique Ilan Van Wilder out of European road race after fracturing wrist in Rwanda

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Reflections from Rwanda – Eight things we learned at the World Championships

From the development of African cycling to young stars, and from tough courses to unrivalled crowds, we reflect on a week of racing in Kigali

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'I had nothing left to give. I was empty' –Mattias Skjelmose disappointed to miss Road World Championships bronze medal in final kilometres

Danish rider with no excuses in Rwanda as he admits Ben Healy was the stronger man on Sunday

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'A Tour de France like I had this summer, gave me the extra boost' - Ben Healy earns hard-fought bronze medal for Ireland at Rwanda Worlds

25-year-old becomes the fourth Irish rider to win a medal in the elite men’s road race

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'It was a long way to go' - Ayuso, Del Toro dropped from Tadej Pogačar's winning breakaway at Rwanda Worlds

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'I was fighting with myself' - Tadej Pogačar says Mont Kigali attack was part of the plan, doing 66km alone was not at Rwanda Worlds

'Of course, you doubt yourself a bit, but you have to push through and hope for the best'

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As it happened: Huge gaps in ultra-attritional Elite men’s World Championships road race

The 267.5km route, complete with 5,475m is one of the hardest ever, who will triumph?

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Pogacar the great pedals to another epic world title

Tadej Pogacar has made more cycling history with another incredible win in the world championship road race on a brutally tough course in Rwanda.

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No regrets ‘because I did my best’ - Mavi García on road race bronze medal at Rwanda 2025

41-year-old Spanish rider calls the result ‘the cherry in my career’

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‘I'm not sure I ever expected that’ - Niamh Fisher-Black on her road race silver medal at Rwanda Worlds

25-year-old became first New Zealand rider to step onto elite road race podium at UCI World Championships.

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'Chapeau, they were the bravest' - Elisa Longo Borghini congratulates winning breakaway, takes time to reflect on poor performance at Rwanda Worlds

'We should give credit to the ones who were in the front and who were the bravest because they made a move, and they believed, and they succeeded' says disappointed Italian champion

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'I took the risk' - Magdeleine Vallieres makes history with stunning breakaway to claim Canada's first elite road race rainbow jersey at Rwanda Worlds

'It was my dream to win it, and it's true now! It's crazy!' says Canadian in Kigali

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'It was a big mess' - Pauline Ferrand-Prévot says tactical game went wrong among major favourites at Rwanda Worlds

'They were thinking that I was as good as I was at the Tour de France, and I was not' yellow-jersey winner says it was hard to make a strong attack in Kigali

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Radio France Internationale

Organisers hail success, vision of world cycling event in Kigali

Elite women and men cyclists are this weekend vying for glory in the final races of the UCI road world championships in Rwanda's capital Kigali. As the event wraps up, organisers are reflecting on the positive impact of bringing such a competition to the African continent for the first time.

Cycling News

As it happened: Canadian rider outwits the favourites in elite women's road race

With 3,350m of climbing over the 164.6km route, we'll see a real test of the strongest climbers of the WorldTour

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'She could win the Tour de France one day' - Tsige Kahsay Kiros animates junior women's road race in hunt for rainbow jersey at Rwanda Worlds

Ethiopian talent discovered by mechanic and developed through the World Cycling Centre cracks the top 10 in Kigali

The Independent UK

‘The more chaotic the race, the better it suits us’: Britain’s Pidcock and Onley look to disrupt Pogacar’s world title defence

The Slovenian is the favourite to make it back-to-back rainbow jerseys on the gruelling Rwandan course - but the British team intend to take the fight to him

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'It's unreal' - Lorenzo Finn takes first rainbow jersey for Italy at Rwanda Worlds

'I was more confident in my potential to win' says youngest winner in the men's U23 road race

Cycling Weekly

UCI Road World Championships 2025 women's elite road race start list

Defending champion Lotte Kopecky absent, while Demi Vollering and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot lead list of favourites

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'It would be nice if it gave more opportunities to the African riders' - Biniam Girmay says challenging course design made him doubt racing historic Rwanda Worlds

Girmay opines that the difficulty of the road race course makes it harder for African riders to have a chance

Cycling Weekly

UCI Road World Championships 2025 men's elite road race start list

Tadej Pogačar, Remco Evenepoel and Tom Pidcock among 165 riders competing in Rwanda

Cycling News

'Teams wanted to blackmail the UCI' – David Lappartient aims to roll out new GPS tracking system at all races, despite concerns from teams

'We will not commercialise rider data' says UCI President at Rwanda Worlds, open to working with alternative provider

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'He's the soul of the team' - Julian Alaphilippe overcomes illness after Québec win, now motivated to lead France in elite men's road race at Kigali Worlds

Young talents Paul Seixas and Valentin Paret-Peintre offer 'generational transition' alongside veterans, according to French national team coach Thomas Voeckler

The Independent UK

Pride and excitement as Africa hosts road cycling world championships for the first time

African cyclists have been gearing up for the road world championships in Rwanda, the first time it has been held on their continent

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