Overview

• Vallieres, 24, claimed the rainbow jersey with a late solo attack to the summit finish in Kigali.
• The race covered 167km over 11 laps of a 15.2km circuit featuring repeated cobbled climbs.
• She accelerated on the final lap’s cobbled ascent and held the gap to the line.
• Niamh Fisher-Black took second for New Zealand and Mavi Garcia finished third for Spain.
• Pre-race favorite Pauline Ferrand-Prevot was tightly controlled, and the first Worlds held in Africa rewarded national-team racing dynamics.