From October 1st to 5th, the roads of the Drôme and Ardèche departments (France) will host the 2025 UEC Road European Championships, one of the most prestigious and anticipated events of the international cycling season. The program includes five days of races with a total of 896 athletes representing 44 nations, who will compete for 14 continental titles: individual and time trial events for Juniors, Under 23, and Elite (men and women), plus mixed Elite and Junior relays.

Thanks to the television coverage guaranteed by Eurovision, the event will be followed throughout Europe and promises to be one of the season's highlights. This edition will mark the tenth Elite European Championship, first introduced in 2016 in Plumelec (France), confirming the growing prestige of this continental championship.

The entry lists feature a lineup of champions who have made recent world cycling history. In the Elite men's road race, among the great favorites stands out Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia), four-time Tour de France winner and recent triumphant at the World Road Championships in Kigali (Rwanda), where he secured his second consecutive world title. Also at the start, Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark), winner of two Tours de France and the latest Vuelta Espana edition, ready to play his cards on the challenging French course.

Belgium will rely on Remco Evenepoel, Olympic gold medalist in both road race and time trial at the Paris 2024 Games and multiple world champion. Portugal will field João Almeida, who podiumed at the recent Vuelta Espana. Switzerland will be led by Marc Hirschi, winner of the Flèche Wallonne and a Tour de France stage, known for his explosiveness in the most challenging finishes.

In the men's time trial, great specialists will compete: besides Evenepoel, Almeida, and Ganna, at the start will be French national champion Bruno Armirail, and Swiss riders Stefan Küng (multiple European and world medalist) and Stefan Bissegger.

Among Elite women in the road race, all eyes are on Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (France), an athlete who in 2024 won the Olympic cross-country title in Paris and in 2025 won Paris-Roubaix and the Tour de France. Italy can count on Elisa Longo Borghini, winner of Paris-Roubaix and Giro d'Italia Donne, as well as medalist at World and European Championships. From the Netherlands, Anna van der Breggen returns to the group, already an Olympic and world champion, as well as multiple Giro Rosa winner, who is getting back in the game after an extraordinary career. For Switzerland, there will be Marlen Reusser, European champion and Olympic time trial medalist, among the world's strongest specialists.

In the women's time trial, world champion Reusser will challenge French riders Cédrine Kerbaol, national time trial champion, and Juliette Labous, both ready to shine in front of their home crowd, along with Anna Kiesenhofer (Austria), who at Tokyo 2021 won the Olympic road race with a legendary solo performance.

Enrico Della Casa, President of the Union Européenne de Cyclisme: "The Road European Championships represent the highlight of our season and this year's edition takes on a special meaning, as it marks the tenth anniversary of the Elite category, introduced in 2016 in Plumelec. Celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Elite category in France, where it all began, has an extraordinary symbolic and sporting significance. The participation of champions who have written indelible pages of modern cycling guarantees days of great spectacle that the public can follow with passion, also thanks to Eurovision's television broadcast. I would like to thank the French Cycling Federation, chaired by Michel Callot, with whom we have shared a solid relationship based on mutual trust for years. A heartfelt thanks goes to the Drôme and Ardèche Departments, the cities and municipalities that have embraced the project with enthusiasm and conviction. Finally, my sincerest thanks go to the Local Organizing Committee led by Guillaume Delpech, who with all his valuable collaborators, once again demonstrated professionalism, passion, and attention to detail that make this event unique. I am certain that, thanks to their commitment, we will experience a memorable championship capable of leaving a lasting mark on our sport."