Overview
- Australia won the mixed team relay by five seconds over France, with Switzerland third at ten seconds after a costly mechanical for its sextet featuring Stefan Küng and Marlen Reusser.
- Germany finished fifth, 1:33 behind, after Liane Lippert pulled out with morning illness and Justyna Czapla stepped in alongside Franziska Koch and Antonia Niedermaier.
- Jonas Rutsch, Miguel Heidemann and U23 rider Louis Leidert started for Germany’s men, trailed by 39 seconds at the first split, and handed off to the women more than a minute off the podium pace as Leidert had already fallen back.
- The result ends Germany’s run of podiums in the discipline after medals in 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2024, including gold in 2021 and silver last year.
- Kigali’s inaugural African-hosted Worlds continue after earlier individual time-trial wins by Remco Evenepoel and Marlen Reusser on courses defined by altitude and steep climbs.