The 2025 UCI Road World Championships in Kigali, Rwanda raise their curtain with the women's elite individual time trial this Sunday.
Starting at the BK Arena, the route stretches 31.2km on a loop south of the city, before returning to finish at the Kigali Convention Centre. The course climbs 460m in total, over three climbs: the Côte de Nyanza, which is ascended from both sides (2.5km at 5.8% on the first ascent, 4.1km at 3.1% on the second) and the cobbled Côte de Kimihurura (1.3km at 6.3%).
Among the contenders for the event are two-time winner Chloé Dygert (USA), who earned titles in 2019 and 2023, Demi Vollering (Netherlands), Marlen Reusser (Switzerland) and Olympic silver medallist Anna Henderson (Great Britain).
In total, 44 riders will compete in the women's elite time trial for the first rainbow jersey of this year's championships. The event will be followed by the men's elite individual time trial later the same day.
Below are all the start times for the women's event, listed in British Summer Time. The local time in Kigali (Central African Time) is one hour ahead.
All of the title favourites will be among the last to begin their efforts. Some of the times to look out for are: Reusser at 10:55, Henderson at 11:05, Dygert at 11:07:30 and Vollering, the last rider down the ramp, at 11:10.
Germany's Antonia Niedermaier, twice a winner in the under-23 category, is the youngest rider participating in the event, aged 22.
There are the only two previous elite time trial world champions on the start list: Dygert and Anna van der Breggen (Netherlands).
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Start time (BST) |
Name |
Country |
|---|---|---|
09:22:30 |
Xaveline Nirere |
Rwanda |
09:25:00 |
Kholoud Al-Kuwari |
Qatar |
09:27:30 |
Serkalem Watango |
Ethiopia |
09:30:00 |
Monica Kiplagat |
Kenya |
09:32:30 |
Lobopo Kono |
Botswana |
09:35:00 |
Natalia Frolova |
Individual Neutral Athlete |
09:37:30 |
Jamila Abdullah |
Tanzania |
09:40:00 |
Namukasa Trinitah |
Uganda |
09:42:30 |
Faina Potapova |
Kazakhstan |
09:45:00 |
Kendra Tabu |
Kenya |
09:47:30 |
Hermionne Ahouissou |
Benin |
09:50:00 |
Soraya Paladin |
Italy |
09:52:30 |
Hao Zhang |
China |
09:55:00 |
Yulduz Hashimi |
Afghanistan |
09:57:30 |
Lolwa Al Marri |
Qatar |
10:00:00 |
Brhan Abrha |
Ethiopia |
10:02:30 |
Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset |
Norway |
10:05:00 |
Lucie de Marignylagesse |
Mauritius |
10:07:30 |
Marthe Goossens |
Belgium |
10:10:00 |
Aurelie Halbwachs |
Mauritius |
10:12:30 |
Olivia Baril |
Canada |
10:15:00 |
Akpeiil Ossim |
Kazakhstan |
10:17:30 |
Teniel Campbell |
Trinidad and Tobago |
10:20:00 |
Anna van der Breggen |
Netherlands |
10:22:30 |
Kasia Niewiadoma |
Poland |
10:25:00 |
Cédrine Kerbaol |
France |
10:27:30 |
Monica Trinca Colonel |
Italy |
10:30:00 |
Ruth Edwards |
United States |
10:32:30 |
Diane Ingabire |
Rwanda |
10:35:00 |
Nora Jenčušova |
Slovakia |
10:37:30 |
Wing Yee Leung |
Hong Kong |
10:40:00 |
Mireia Benito |
Spain |
10:42:30 |
Diana Peñuela |
Colombia |
10:45:00 |
Anna Kiesenhofer |
Austria |
10:47:30 |
Urška Žigart |
Slovenia |
10:50:00 |
Katrine Aalerud |
Norway |
10:52:30 |
Yuliia Biriukova |
Ukraine |
10:55:00 |
Marlen Reusser |
Switzerland |
10:57:30 |
Brodie Chapman |
Australia |
11:00:00 |
Antonia Niedermaier |
Germany |
11:02:30 |
Juliette Labous |
France |
11:05:00 |
Anna Henderson |
Great Britain |
11:07:30 |
Chloe Dygert |
United States |
11:10:00 |
Demi Vollering |
Netherlands |
