US EditionPogacar wins second straight world title at road cycling championships in Rwanda
- On Sunday, 27-year-old Tadej Pogacar from Slovenia defended his world road race title by winning solo with a 66km break in Kigali, Rwanda.
- The 2025 World Championships marked the first time in its 104-year history that Africa hosted the event, featuring a brutal 267.5km course with high altitude, heat, humidity, cobbles, and 33 hills.
- Pogacar made his decisive move on Mont Kigali's 17% climb with 104km remaining, broke away with Isaac del Toro, dropped him with 67km to go, then time-trialled alone to a 1 minute 29 seconds victory.
- Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel overcame a mechanical problem to claim second place, finishing one minute and 28 seconds behind Pogacar, while Ireland’s Ben Healy secured the bronze medal, marking the nation’s first podium finish in the world road race event since 1989.
- The event attracted vast crowds estimated at around one million, and Pogacar's win set a historic milestone reaffirming his status after last year's 'Triple Crown' season and his unique double of Tour de France and world titles.
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Tadej Pogačar defended his cycling world champion title.
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Tadej Pogacar won the men’s road race at the UCI Road World Championships for the second year in a row with a dominant performance that left his rivals trailing. Four-time Tour de France winner Pogacar, 27, crossed the line in Rwanda to claim the winner’s rainbow jersey one minute 28 seconds clear of Remco Evenepoel of Belgium. The Republic of Ireland’s Ben Healy took a superb third place, with Britain’s Tom Pidcock in 10th – nine minutes five s…
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