Overview

• Remco Evenepoel clocked 49:46.03 on the 40.6km course to become the only rider under 50 minutes, catching Tadej Pogacar on the cobbled Côte de Kimihurura near the finish.
• Australia’s Jay Vine took silver at 1:14 and Belgium’s Ilan van Wilder earned bronze, with Pogacar fourth by 1.6 seconds.
• Switzerland’s Marlen Reusser won the 31.2km women’s time trial in 43:09, finishing 52 seconds ahead of Anna van der Breggen, with Demi Vollering third.
• The Kigali championships mark the first UCI Road Worlds held in Africa, drawing large crowds as well as scrutiny from rights groups over Rwanda’s record.
• Pogacar shifts focus to the 267.5km men’s road race featuring more than 5,500m of climbing, while Evenepoel says he will target a fourth straight ITT title next year in Montreal.