UCI World Championship ITT 2025

September 21, 2025 The World Individual Time Trial Championship course is always a true test against the clock and the 40KM route in Kigali, Rwanda is no exception. The first 8KM are flat after the roll out from the Amahoro Stadium. The first climb is the Côte de Nyanza, a 2.4KM climb at 6%. A sharp turn after the descent takes the riders back up the climb from the opposite direction but this ascent is 6.6KM at 3.5% and will require a lot of raw power to keep the speed up on this drag. The next 8KM are downhill into the heart of Kigali before the third climb, the Côte de Peage, which is 1.9KM at 6.6%. The final 2KM contains the cobbled climb up the 1.3KM Côte de Kimihurura and a short downhill before the final few hundred meters up to the finish line. The buzzer rang out and sent Shemu Nsengiyumva of Rwanda down the ramp and out of the stadium into the glorious sunshine to start the first UCI World Championships on the African continent. Nsengiyumva powered through the course, up the cobbles and into the tunnel of cheering fans in the last 200M to secure a great time of 56 minutes 41 seconds for an average speed of 43KM/HR. Nsengiyumva sat in the hot seat for well over an hour but when Florian Vermeersch of Belgium came home, he was 1 minute 51 seconds faster at 54 minutes 49 seconds. Vermeersch's time wouldn't last long because Canadian National ITT Champion, Michael Leonard, went 1 minute 10 seconds quicker. Ilan Van Wilder of Belgium grabbed the hot seat after crossing the line 1 minute 17 seconds faster than Leonard but the biggest contenders were still to come. Jay Vine of Australia had a remarkable Vuelta and carried his form very well into the race. He smashed Van Wilder's time by finishing at 51 minutes even, 81 seconds faster than Van Wilder. The problem for Vine was that a storming Remco Evenepoel of Belgium, who was last off the ramp, was smashing intermediate splits out on course. Evenepoel even caught Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia for two and a half minutes and by the time the Belgian crossed the line, he was 1 minute 14 seconds faster than Vine. With the win, Evenepoel secured his third consecutive World's ITT Championship. Vine's ride was good enough for Silver with Van Wilder making it two on the podium for Belgian with a Bronze.