Overview

• The Italian dropped Switzerland’s Jan Huber on an uphill section with six kilometres remaining to finish solo.
• The U23 road race covered 165 kilometres on Kigali’s city circuit with more than 3,000 metres of climbing.
• Finn was the youngest of the 118 starters and is competing in his first year in the category after taking the junior world title in 2024.
• Italy adds to Federica Venturelli’s earlier U23 time-trial bronze as the Rwanda Worlds move toward the elite events this weekend.
• Finn is part of Red Bull’s development program, with Italian media reporting an expected WorldTour step in 2027 after strong U23 results at Giro Next Gen and the Tour de l’Avenir.