2025 UCI Road World Championships

The 2025 UCI Road World Championships was the 98th edition of the UCI Road World Championships, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing. It was held from 21 to 28 September 2025 in Kigali, Rwanda. It was the first UCI Road World Championships hosted in Africa.
A total of thirteen events were held, consisting of six road races, six individual time trials, and a team time trial mixed relay. This is the first year with a standalone women's U23 race; previously, the U23 winner was simply the highest-placed rider under 23 in the women's elite race.

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Course

The route was announced during the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich. The road races take place on a circuit around Kigali, with a different number of laps for different events. The elite men's race also includes an extra extension that climbs the Mur du Kigali. Kigali sits at an altitude of 1850 metres; the high altitude combined with the amount of climbing led multiple cycling publications to call the route one of the most difficult in the history of the world championships.

Schedule

All times listed below are for the local time – Central Africa Time or UTC+02:00.