The second world championship jersey to be awarded today in Kigali is one of the most anticipated, namely the elite time trial with the announced challenge between Remco Evenepoel (who has dominated the world championships for two years) and Tadej Pogacar who has decided to compete.

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COURSE. Start and finish in Kigali, 40.6 kilometers to be covered on a decidedly challenging route that includes the double climb of the Côte de Nyanza (2.5 km at 5.8% in one direction, while the second side measures 4.1 km at 3.1%), then the Côte de Péage (2 km at 6%) and finally the Côte de Kimihurura (1.3 km at 6.3%, with maximum peaks of 11%), all on pavé, leading to a finish always placed uphill.

Just as in the women's event, a Rwandan athlete will open the challenge in the men's elite time trial. The honor will go to Shemu Nsengiyumva, representing the Java - Inovotec Pro Team, national time trial champion and best climber of the Tour du Rwanda 2025. For Italy, Matteo Sobrero will race with number 21, starting at 3:10 PM, and Mattia Cattaneo, number 7, who will be at the start at 3:45 PM. Obviously, the most anticipated riders are Tadej Pogacar, who will start at 3:57:30 PM, and Remco Evenepoel, who will be the last to start at 4 PM.

THE FAVORITES. We've mentioned Evenepoel and Pogacar, among the riders to follow are the Australian Plapp, the Swiss Schmid, the Dutch Arensman, the Spaniard Romeo, the French Armirail and the Mexican Del Toro along with his teammate, the Australian Vine. Also keep an eye on the very young French rider Seixas, the Swiss Küng (although the course seems very tough for him) and the Norwegian Leknessund.

STARTING ORDER

13:45:00 55 NSENGIYUMVA Shemu 10096183059 RWA 3 FEB 1998
13:47:30 54 NGWATA Boniphase 10145233636 TAN 30 AUG 1999
13:50:00 53 EDWARD Jalal 10147145950 SSD 10 OCT 2000
13:52:30 52 JALLOH Ibrahim 10146735015 SLE 6 JAN 1999
13:55:00 51 DIARRA Siriki 10015422475 MLI 2 OCT 1995
13:57:30 50 CISSE Chiekhouna 10114411783 SEN 15 JAN 1998
14:00:00 49 WAIS Ahmad Badreddin 10006882031 REF 15 JAN 1991
14:02:30 48 HOULDER FITAHIANTSOA Mohamed 10154483594 MAD 25 NOV 1999
14:05:00 47 CA Apolinario 10086155077 GBS 24 DEC 1991
14:07:30 46 DAHALANI Abderemane 10154590294 COM 3 OCT 2002
14:10:00 45 SODJEDE Ricardo 10130034140 BEN 26 MAY 2001
14:12:30 44 LIU Jiankun 10009438484 CHN 21 JUN 1995
14:15:00 43 SHARIF Hassan 10154669615 TAN 17 FEB 1984
14:17:30 42 GERVAIS Laurent 10014647485 CAN 3 NOV 1997
14:20:00 41 MUT Dictor 10163408305 SSD 15 JAN 2006
14:22:30 40 KOROMA Mustapha 10146768761 SLE 15 MAR 1998
14:25:00 39 AKPABLI Victor 10080574547 GHA 19 DEC 1994
14:27:30 38 VERMEERSCH Florian 10010946028 BEL 12 MAR 1999
14:30:00 37 DIALLO Djandouba 10133264947 MLI 12 AUG 1999
14:32:30 36 NDUNGU Edwin 10074106970 KEN 1 JUL 1997
14:35:00 35 REDAE Bizay 10092075313 ETH 5 DEC 2002
14:37:30 34 JOHN Briton 10059976191 GUY 16 JAN 2000
14:40:00 33 NYCH Artem 10008687847 AIN 21 MAR 1995
14:42:30 32 ABU HARRAH Majid 10140966848 JOR 12 JUL 1996
14:45:00 31 ORKEN Ahmet 10007508790 TUR 12 MAR 1993
14:47:30 30 WALTERS Red 10023704356 GRN 19 JAN 1999
14:50:00 29 de COMARMOND Aurelien 10063067057 MRI 3 OCT 2002
14:52:30 28 SU Haoyu 10109152767 CHN 26 OCT 2000
14:55:00 27 MUNTON Byron 10017730267 RSA 12 DEC 1998
14:57:30 26 LEONARD Michael Shea 10060023782 CAN 26 MAR 2004
15:00:00 25 TAARAMAE Rein 10003214522 EST 24 APR 1987
15:02:30 24 RAFFERTY Darren 10017105831 IRL 1 JUL 2003
15:05:00 23 van WILDER Ilan 10016504128 BEL 14 MAY 2000
15:07:30 22 GARCIA PIERNA Raul 10041652790 ESP 23 FEB 2001
15:10:00 21 SOBRERO Matteo 10009976836 ITA 14 MAY 1997
15:12:30 20 PLAPP Lucas 10055221474 AUS 25 DEC 2000
15:15:00 19 SEIXAS Paul 10066169542 FRA 24 SEP 2006
15:17:30 18 SCHMID Mauro 10010948351 SUI 4 DEC 1999
15:20:00 17 MUGISHA Moise 10063787079 RWA 1 JAN 1997
15:22:30 16 LEKNESSUND Andreas 10015502301 NOR 21 MAY 1999
15:25:00 15 DOWNES Brandon 10014899483 RSA 12 MAR 1991
15:27:30 14 MAYER Alexandre 10010844378 MRI 29 APR 1998
15:30:00 13 BARTA William 10010089596 USA 4 JAN 1996
15:32:30 12 HEIDEMANN Miguel 10015766221 GER 27 JAN 1998
15:35:00 11 ARENSMAN Thymen 10010948149 NED 4 DEC 1999
15:37:30 10 del TORO ROMERO Isaac 10089274841 MEX 27 NOV 2003
15:40:00 9 MULLEN Ryan William 10008635408 IRL 7 AUG 1994
15:42:30 8 ROMEO ABAD Ivan 10041888220 ESP 16 AUG 2003
15:45:00 7 CATTANEO Mattia 10005839885 ITA 25 OCT 1990
15:47:30 6 VARGAS ALZATE Walter Alejandro 10009764648 COL 16 APR 1992
15:50:00 5 VINE Jay 10014868969 AUS 16 NOV 1995
15:52:30 4 ARMIRAIL Bruno 10009162642 FRA 11 APR 1994
15:55:00 3 KUNG Stefan 10007499494 SUI 16 NOV 1993
15:57:30 2 POGAČAR Tadej 10014972740 SLO 21 SEP 1998
16:00:00 1 EVENEPOEL Remco 10058736615 BEL 25 JAN 2000