2025 Men’s and Women’s Elite Road World Championships: Course and Entrants

The 2025 Elite Men’s and Women’s Road World Championships will take place on Saturday, September 28, and Sunday, September 29, in Kigali, Rwanda. The women’s race covers 164 km with 3,350 m of elevation gain, while the men’s race covers 267 km with 5,475 m of elevation gain—promising to be perhaps the toughest World Championships in history. Both races will be broadcast on France TV and Eurosport. Find details on the two courses and the list of entrants.

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SEE ALSO: The 2025 World Championships schedule

The course for the 2025 Women’s Elite World Championships

The course for the 2025 Men’s Elite World Championships

The list of entrants for the 2025 Women’s Elite Road World Championships

France
Léa CURINIER .. Pauline FERRAND-PRÉVOT .. Cédrine KERBAOL .. Juliette LABOUS .. Marie LE NET .. Évita MUZIC .. Maeva SQUIBAN

Italy
Francesca BARALE .. Eleonora Camilla GASPARRINI .. Elisa LONGO BORGHINI .. Barbara MALCOTTI .. Soraya PALADIN .. Silvia PERSICO .. Monica TRINCA COLONEL

Canada
Olivia BARIL .. Emilie FORTIN .. Nadia GONTOVA .. JACKSON Alison .. MILETTE Laury .. VALLIERES Magdeleine

Netherlands
VOLLERING Demi .. VAN DER BREGGEN Anna .. VAN ANROOIJ Shirin .. ROOIJAKKERS Pauliena .. DE VRIES Femke .. KASTELIJN Yara

Spain
GARCÍA Mavi .. BENITO Mireia .. MARTÍN Sara .. SANTESTEBAN Ane .. OSTOLAZA Usoa .. GONZÁLEZ Alicia

Australia
CHAPMAN Brodie .. HANSON Lauretta .. MANLY Alexandra .. ROSEMAN-GANNON Ruby .. SPRATT Amanda

Switzerland
CALUORI Ginia .. REUSSER Marlen .. CHABBEY Elise .. LIECHTI Jasmin .. RÜEGG Noemi

Rwanda
IRAKOZE NEZA Violette .. INGABIRE Diane .. NIRERE Xaverine .. NZAYISENGA Valentine

South Africa
MOOLMAN Ashleigh .. LE ROUX Maude .. GROVE S'annara .. KEEP Tiffany

Belgium
MEERT Marieke .. VAN DE VELDE Julie .. VANPACHTENBEKE Margot

Ethiopia
REDA Haftu Eyerusalem .. ABRHA Fkadu Brhan .. WATANGO Serkalen Taye

Germany
LIPPERT Liane .. KOCH Franziska .. NIEDERMAIER Antonia

Guatemala
SOTO Jasmin Gabriela .. LEE Cynthia Eugenia .. RODRIGUEZ Bridggett Lucer

Kenya
KIPLAGAT Monica Jelimo .. DEBE Nancy .. MASIGA Kendra

Mauritius
DE MARIGNY-LAGESSE Lucie .. (LE COURT) PIENAAR Kimberley .. HALBWACHS Aurelie

Poland
NIEWIADOMA Kasia .. LACH Marta .. PEREKITKO Karolina

Benin
KPOVIHOUEDE Raimatou .. AHOUISSOU Hermionne

China
ZENG Luyao .. ZHANG Hao

Colombia
PATIÑO Paula .. PEÑUELA Diana

Kazakhstan
OSSIM Akpeiil .. POTAPOVA Faina

New Zealand
FISHER-BLACK Niamh .. WYLLIE Ella

Norway
HAUGSET Sigrid Ytterhus .. AALERUD Katrine

United States
DYGERT Chloé .. EDWARDS Ruth

Ukraine
BIRIUKOVA Yuliia .. KULYNYCH Olha

Afghanistan
HASHIMI Yulduz

Austria
SCHREMPF Carina

Botswana
KONO Lobopo

Comoros
NAJMA Najma

Denmark
ANDERSON Solbjørk Minke

Greece
FASOI Varvara

Guinea
BANGOURA Mamadama

Guinea-Bissau
IÉ Dodo Humberto

Hong Kong
LEUNG Wing Yee

Hungary
VAS Blanka

Mexico
HINOJOSA Romina

Senegal
NDIAYE Anta

Slovenia
ŽIGART Urška

Sweden
ANDERSSON Caroline

Tanzania
ABDULLAH Asger Jamila

Trinidad and Tobago
CAMPBELL Teniel

Uganda
TRINITAH Namukasa

Uzbekistan
KUSKOVA Yanina

Venezuela
CHACÓN Lilibeth

Individual neutral athletes
FROLOVA Natalia

Winners of the last 10 editions of the Elite Women’s Road World Championships

2024 KOPECKY Lotte
2023 KOPECKY Lotte
2022 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek
2021 BALSAMO Elisa
2020 VAN DER BREGGEN Anna
2019 Annemiek VAN VLEUTEN
2018 Anna VAN DER BREGGEN
2017 Chantal VAN DEN BROEK-BLAAK
2016 Amalie DIDERIKSEN
2015 Elizabeth DEIGNAN

The entry list for the 2025 Elite Men’s Road World Championships

Slovenia
POGAČAR Tadej .. ROGLIČ Primož .. MOHORIČ Matej .. NOVAK Domen .. MEZGEC Luka .. GOVEKAR Matevž .. GLIVAR Gal .. PRIMOŽIČ Jaka .. ŽUMER Matic

Australia
HAMILTON Chris .. HARPER Chris .. HINDLEY Jai .. MATTHEWS Michael .. PLAPP Luke .. SCOTSON Callum .. STORER Michael .. VINE Jay

Belgium
EVENEPOEL Remco .. CAMPENAERTS Victor .. VAN WILDER Ilan .. HERMANS Quinten .. MEURISSE Xandro .. UIJTDEBROEKS Cian .. VERMEERSCH Florian .. VERVAEKE Louis

Denmark
SKJELMOSE Mattias .. FOLDAGER Anders .. CHARMIG Anthon .. JUUL-JENSEN Christopher .. HELLEMOSE Asbjørn .. HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich .. PEDERSEN Casper .. KAMP Alexander

France
ALAPHILIPPE Julian .. BARRÉ Louis .. BERNARD Julien .. JEGAT Jordan .. MADOUAS Valentin .. PARET-PEINTRE Valentin .. SEIXAS Paul .. SIVAKOV Pavel

Italy
CICCONE Giulio .. PELLIZZARI Giulio .. BAGIOLI Andrea .. FORTUNATO Lorenzo .. FRIGO Marco .. CATTANEO Mattia .. SOBRERO Matteo .. MASNADA Fausto

Spain
AYUSO Juan .. BALDERSTONE Abel .. SOLER Marc .. ROMEO Iván .. VERONA Carlos .. CANAL Carlos .. ADRIÀ Roger .. GARCÍA PIERNA Raúl

Great Britain
ONLEY Oscar .. PIDCOCK Thomas .. BLACKMORE Joseph .. DONOVAN Mark .. KNIGHT Oliver .. KNOX James .. WRIGHT Fred

Eritrea
GIRMAY Biniam .. ZERAY Nahom .. GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel .. KUDUS Merhawi .. MULUBRHAN Henok .. TESFATSION Natnael

Ireland
DUNBAR Eddie .. HEALY Ben .. RAFFERTY, Darren .. RYAN, Archie .. TOWNSEND, Rory .. MULLEN, Ryan

Netherlands
ARENSMAN, Thymen .. MOLLEMA, Bauke .. POELS, Wout .. OOMEN, Sam .. VAN DEN BROEK, Frank .. HUISING Menno

Rwanda
MANIZABAYO Eric .. MASENGESHO Vainqueur .. MUGISHA Moise .. MUHOZA Eric .. NKUNDABERA Eric .. NSENGIYUMVA Shemu

United States
BARTA Will .. LAMPERTI Luke .. SIMMONS Quinn .. VERMAERKE Kevin .. WARBASSE Larry .. SHEFFIELD Magnus

Ecuador
CARAPAZ Richard .. CAICEDO Jonathan Klever .. CEPEDA Jefferson Alveiro .. CEPEDA Jefferson Alexander .. LÓPEZ Harold Martín

Germany
ENGELHARDT Felix .. HEIDEMANN Miguel .. RUTSCH Jonas .. STORK Florian .. ZIMMERMANN Georg

Switzerland
HIRSCHI Marc .. CHRISTEN Fabio .. CHRISTEN Jan .. WEISS Fabian .. SCHMID Mauro

Colombia
BERNAL Egan .. TEJADA Harold .. RIVERA Brandon Smith .. VARGAS Walter

Latvia
BELOHVOŠČIKS Kristiāns .. NEILANDS Krists .. PLUTO Mārtiņš .. SKUJIŅŠ Toms

Norway
LEKNESSUND Andreas .. SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG Embret .. STAUNE-MITTET Johannes .. BYSTRØM Sven Erik

Portugal
EULÁLIO Afonso .. MORGADO António .. OLIVEIRA Ivo .. ANTUNES Tiago

Mexico
DEL TORO Isaac .. FRAYRE Eder .. RUVALCABA David

Canada
GERVAIS Laurent .. LEONARD Michael

Czech Republic
BOROŠ Michael .. VANÍČEK Šimon

Mali
DIALLO Yaya .. DIARRA Siriki

Mauritius
MAYER Alexandre .. DE COMARMOND Aurelien

São Tomé and Príncipe
ALFREDO Mauro da Silveira .. DO ROSARIO Ediney Nascimento Ferreira

South Africa
MUNTON Byron .. DOWNES Brandon

Algeria
BADLIS Slimane

Belize
GONZALEZ Jyven

Brazil
AVANCINI Henrique da Silva

China
SU Haoyu

Costa Rica
ROJAS Gabriel Francisco

Estonia
TAARAMÄE Rein

Greece
DRAKOS Nikolaos Michail

Grenada
WALTERS Red

Guatemala
CHUMIL Sergio Geovani

Guyana
JOHN Briton

Hungary
VALTER Attila

Israel
RAISBERG Nadav

Japan
TODOME Yuhi

Kenya
NDUNGU Edwin

Monaco
LANGELLOTTI Victor

Mongolia
BATSAIKHAN Tegsh-Bayar

Nauru
ALESSANDRI Valerio

Panama
ARCHIBOLD Franklin

Romania
PICIU Mattew-Denis

Senegal
CISSÉ Cheikhouna

Serbia
ILIĆ Ognjen

Slovakia
SVRČEK Martin

Thailand
CHAWCHIANGKWANG Peerapol

Turkey
ÖRKEN Ahmet

Ukraine
BUDIAK Anatolii

Uzbekistan
KHALMURATOV Muradjan

Venezuela
PEÑUELA Francisco Joel

Individual neutral athletes
NYCH Artem

Refugee cycling team
WAIS Ahmad Badreddin

Winners of the last 10 editions of the Elite Men’s Road World Championships

2024 POGAČAR Tadej
2023 VAN DER POEL Mathieu
2022 EVENEPOEL Remco
2021 ALAPHILIPPE Julian
2020 ALAPHILIPPE Julian
2019 PEDERSEN Mads
2018 VALVERDE Alejandro
2017 SAGAN Peter
2016 SAGAN Peter
2015 SAGAN Peter

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