Overview

• Tadej Pogacar retained the men’s rainbow jersey after a 66‑kilometer solo, finishing the 267.5‑kilometer course 1:28 ahead of Remco Evenepoel with Ben Healy third.
• Key selections formed on Mont Kigali and the cobbled Mur de Kigali as Evenepoel also contended with a bike issue at altitude.
• Magdeleine Vallieres won the women’s race from a seven‑rider move 32 kilometers from the finish, outsprinting Liamh Fisher‑Black and Mavi Garcia after the favorites hesitated.
• Multiple riders reported heat‑ and stomach‑related problems; Germany’s entire men’s squad failed to finish, and Liane Lippert abandoned the women’s race after vomiting.
• Tsige Kiros Kahsay of Ethiopia placed seventh in the junior women’s event, reported as the first top‑10 by an African rider at a cycling World Championships.