Country-by-country team overview – Worlds 2025 elite women's road race
The 2025 UCI elite women's road race world championships take place on Saturday, 27 September, with 104 riders across 44 national teams set to take to the start line in Kigali. Defending champion Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) has forgone the opportunity to defend her title, meaning that the rainbow jersey will change shoulders on Saturday afternoon. Read on for the complete startlist for the 2025 UCI elite women's road race world championships.
Tour de France Femmes champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (France) is amongst the favourites to take the title, 11 years after the 33-year-old was victorious in Ponferrada, Spain. Demi Vollering (Netherlands) is likely to be the main challenger after picking up a bronze medal in the individual time trial event. Meanwhile, Kim Le Court (Mauritius) could make history in the first African edition of the road Worlds by becoming the first Elite Women’s Road Race World Champion from the continent.
The nations ranked 1-5 in the UCI world rankings are able to select 7 riders, whilst nations ranked 6-165 can choose 6 riders. Nations ranked 16-20 can enter 5 riders, and other nations and non-ranked nations can pick 3.
Consequently, 3 nations, France, Italy, and the Netherlands, will feature 7 riders, whilst defending champions Belgium will only select three riders despite the opportunity for more, but this is due to various factors, including illness, and riders choosing to skip the event. The host nation, Rwanda, will have 4 riders on the start line.
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Teams overview 2025 UCI World Championship Women road race
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