The UCI Road World Championships have customarily opened with the individual time trial events in recent years, and Kigali 2025 follows suits, with the elite time trials the first event of the championships, taking place on Sunday 21 September.
The rolling Kigali course is one of the most challenging in recent memory. Beginning at the BK Arena and finishing in the Kigali Convention Centre, the women face a 31.2 kilometre test while the men’s race measures 40.6 kilometres. With 460m of ascent for the women and 680 for the men, barely any flat, and a tough cobbled climb – the Côte de Kimihurura – at the end of the route, it’s not a time trial for the faint-hearted. It will require a clear pacing strategy, and will likely favour the time trialists who are also strong climbers, making it a more demanding test for powerful flat specialists.
Women's elite time trial start times
Start Time | Name |
|---|---|
10:22:30 | Xaveline Nirere (RWA) |
10:25:00 | Kholoud Al-Kuwari (QAT) |
10:27:30 | Serkalem Watango (ETH) |
10:30:00 | Monica Kiplagat (KEN) |
10:32:30 | Lobopo Kono (BOT) |
10:35:00 | Natalia Frolova (AIN) |
10:37:30 | Jamila Abdullah (TAN) |
10:40:00 | Namukasa Trinitah (UGA) |
10:42:30 | Faina Potapova (KAZ) |
10:45:00 | Kendra Tabu (KEN) |
10:47:30 | Hermionne Ahouissou (BEN) |
10:50:00 | Soraya Paladin (ITA) |
10:52:30 | Hao Zhang (CHN) |
10:55:00 | Yulduz Hashimi (AFG) |
10:57:30 | Lolwa Al Marri (QAT) |
11:00:00 | Brhan Abrha (ETH) |
11:02:30 | Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset (NOR) |
11:05:00 | Lucie de Marigny Lagesse (MRI) |
11:07:30 | Marthe Goossens (BEL) |
11:10:00 | Aurelie Halbwachs (MRI) |
11:12:30 | Olivia Baril (CAN) |
11:15:00 | Akpeiil Ossim (KAZ) |
11:17:30 | Teniel Campbell (TTO) |
11:20:00 | Anna van der Breggen (NED) |
11:22:30 | Katarzyna Anna Niewiadoma (POL) |
11:25:00 | Cedrine Kerbaol (FRA) |
11:27:30 | Monica Trinca Colonel (ITA) |
11:30:00 | Ruth Edwards (USA) |
11:32:30 | Diane Ingabire (RWA) |
11:35:00 | Nora Jenčušova (SVK) |
11:37:30 | Wing Yee Leung (HKG) |
11:40:00 | Mireia Benito Pellicer (ESP) |
11:42:30 | Diana Carolina Penuela Martinez (COL) |
11:45:00 | Anna Kiesenhofer (AUT) |
11:47:30 | Urška Žigart (SLO) |
11:50:00 | Katrine Aalerud (NOR) |
11:52:30 | Yuliia Biriukova (UKR) |
11:55:00 | Marlen Reusser (SUI) |
11:57:30 | Brodie Chapman (AUS) |
12:00:00 | Antonia Niedermaier (GER) |
12:02:30 | Juliette Labous (FRA) |
12:05:00 | Anna Henderson (GBR) |
12:07:30 | Chloe Dygert (USA) |
12:10:00 | Demi Vollering (NED) |
Men's elite time trial start times
Start Time | Name |
|---|---|
13:45:00 | Shemu Nsengiyumva (RWA) |
13:47:30 | Boniphase Ngwata (TAN) |
13:50:00 | Jalal Edward (SSD) |
13:52:30 | Ibrahim Jalloh (SLE) |
13:55:00 | Siriki Diarra (MLI) |
13:57:30 | Chiekhouna Cisse (SEN) |
14:00:00 | Ahmad Badreddin Wais (REF) |
14:02:30 | Mohamed Houlder Fitahiantsoa (MAD) |
14:05:00 | Apolinario Ca (GBS) |
14:07:30 | Abderemane Dahalani (COM) |
14:10:00 | Ricardo Sodjede (BEN) |
14:12:30 | Jiankun Liu (CHN) |
14:15:00 | Hassan Sharif (TAN) |
14:17:30 | Laurent Gervais (CAN) |
14:20:00 | Dictor Mut (SSD) |
14:22:30 | Mustapha Koroma (SLE) |
14:25:00 | Victor Akpabli (GHA) |
14:27:30 | Florian Vermeersch (BEL) |
14:30:00 | Djandouba Diallo (MLI) |
14:32:30 | Edwin Ndungu (KEN) |
14:35:00 | Bizay Redae (ETH) |
14:37:30 | Briton John (GUY) |
14:40:00 | Artem Nych (AIN) |
14:42:30 | Majid Abu Harrah (JOR) |
14:45:00 | Ahmet Orken (TUR) |
14:47:30 | Red Walters (GRN) |
14:50:00 | Aurelien de Comarmond (MRI) |
14:52:30 | Haoyu Su (CHN) |
14:55:00 | Byron Munton (RSA) |
14:57:30 | Michael Shea Leonard (CAN) |
15:00:00 | Rein Taaramae (EST) |
15:02:30 | Darren Rafferty (IRL) |
15:05:00 | Ilan van Wilder (BEL) |
15:07:30 | Raul Garcia Pierna (ESP) |
15:10:00 | Matteo Sobrero (ITA) |
15:12:30 | Lucas Plapp (AUS) |
15:15:00 | Paul Seixas (FRA) |
15:17:30 | Mauro Schmid (SUI) |
15:20:00 | Moise Mugisha (RWA) |
15:22:30 | Andreas Leknessund (NOR) |
15:25:00 | Brandon Downes (RSA) |
15:27:30 | Alexandre Mayer (MRI) |
15:30:00 | William Barta (USA) |
15:32:30 | Miguel Heidemann (GER) |
15:35:00 | Thymen Arensman (NED) |
15:37:30 | Isaac del Toro Romero (MEX) |
15:40:00 | Ryan William Mullen (IRL) |
15:42:30 | Ivan Romeo Abad (ESP) |
15:45:00 | Mattia Cattaneo (ITA) |
15:47:30 | Walter Alejandro Vargas Alzate (COL) |
15:50:00 | Jay Vine (AUS) |
15:52:30 | Bruno Armirail (FRA) |
15:55:00 | Stefan Kung (SUI) |
15:57:30 | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) |
16:00:00 | Remco Evenepoel (BEL) |
