We are in the middle of the on-going
World Championships in Zurich, but the UCI has already presented the route that the cyclists will ride in the elite men's and women's time trial and road race for Rwanda 2025. It will be one of the hardest in history, with 5,475 meters of elevation gain, the second hardest after the 1966 Nurburgring, won by the local rider, the German Rudi Altig, ahead of the French Jacques Anquetil and Raymond Poulidor.
The elite men's road race will be held in Kigali, at 1,400 meters above sea level, will be 267.5 kilometers long and will pass through Mount Kigali and the Mur de Kigali. They will ride 15 laps of a circuit divided into two stages to finish on cobblestones in the last two kilometers. The big favorites in Switzerland, Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel, will again have a chance to win the rainbow jersey. We could also count on the presence of Jonas Vingegaard, a big absentee this year.