Profile & Route men's under-23 World Championships 2025 road race

We preview the men's under-23 World Championships road race, taking place in Kigali. Here is the profile and the favourites for the race that will take place on the 26th September. It is expected to start at 12:00CET and finish at 16:25CET.

The course will be 164.5 kilometers long and take on 11 laps of a difficult circuit in the city of Kigali. In total there will be 3600 meters of climbing, quite a lot for a race of this distance, specially with a cobbled climb added to the mix on every single climb.

The circuit will have 15.5 kilometers in length and feature the Côte de Kigali Gold which is 800 meters long at 8% and finishes with 6 kilometers to go. A small descent leads into the Còte de Kimihurura which is the main climb of the circuit.

This cobbled ascent is 1.3 kilometers long at 6.4% and ends with a mete 1 kilometer to go. The decisive attacks can happen. After 300 meters of rest, the final 700 meters are then uphill to the finish line at a gradient of over 5%, making it a very explosive punchy finale. The whole circuit takes place at around 1500 meters of altitude.