Cycling: Kigali World Championships live stream: Pogacar and Evenepoel battle it out
The UCI Road World Championships conclude in Kigali with the crowning achievement, the professional road race. The battle between phenomenal riders Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel is on the line, but Giulio Ciccone has his cards covered.
-97 km: Del Toro and Pogacar with 30” on the Ciccone group
Del Toro and Pogacar break away after the Kigali Wall: 30 seconds behind are Roglic, Skjelmose, Seixas, Sivakov, Mollema, Hindley, Ayuso, Ciccone, and others. Evenepoel returns to this group, but doesn't seem to be having his best day.
Ayuso breaks away from the Kigali Wall
Del Toro and Pogacar overtook Ayuso on the cobbled Wall of Kigali: the Spaniard trailed by a few seconds. A group of 14, including Giulio Ciccone, was 26" behind. Evenepoel was 35" behind.
Del Toro returns to the lead of the two
The group of three leads: Isaac Del Toro joins Pogacar and Ayuso.
Pogacar, Ayuso and the void
Two riders remain in the lead: Tadej Pogacar and Spaniard Juan Ayuso, his teammate at UAE but heading out to Lidl-Trek. Ciccone is in one of the chasing groups. Evenepoel appears to be out of the running.
-104 km: Pogacar's attack
At the toughest point of Mount Kigali, Pogacar attacked: the Slovenian dropped Evenepoel, but took Ayuso with him.
Incredible crowd on Mount Kigali
A spectacular crowd awaits the main climb of the World Championships. Meanwhile, Sobrero and Fortunato, never the frontrunners, rise to their feet.
The altimetry
-118 km: we are at the foot of Mount Kigali
With 118 km to go, the peloton exits the main circuit: the toughest section of the route begins, with the long and demanding climb of Mount Kigali. Three riders are in the lead: Foldager, Bernard, and Oliveira. The strongest group is two minutes behind.
Hydraulic stop for Pogacar and Evenepoel
Both heavy favourites had to make a pit stop.
Mexico also appears in front
At 135 km, the silhouette of Isaac Del Toro appears, one of the great unknowns of the World Championships: the young Mexican, 2nd in the Giro d'Italia, has won races repeatedly in the last month.
The Blues
Italy will instead rely on captain Giulio Ciccone, who will be supported by Andrea Bagioli, Mattia Cattaneo, Lorenzo Fortunato, Marco Frigo, Fausto Masnada, Matteo Sobrero and Gianmarco Garofoli.
Pogacar's look
-144 km to go: Slovenia and Belgium leading the pack
The two key national teams, Pogacar's Slovenia and Evenepoel's Belgium, are leading the pack. Slovenia has already lost three supporting players.
Seven-man breakaway at the exit from the main circuit
Seven riders took the lead from the first pedal strokes: Anders Foldager (Denmark), Julien Berard (France), Menno Huising (Netherlands), Raúl García Pierna (Spain), Ivo Oliveira (Portugal), Fabio Christen (Switzerland), and Marius Mayrhofer (Germany). They held a 2.5-minute lead over the peloton.
The queen race of the World Road Championships in Kigali
The World Championships par excellence is underway, the crowning event of the season, reserved for professionals. Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel are the two big favorites.
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