{"id":55788,"date":"2025-09-29T13:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/medal-standings-and-most-decorated-stars-of-the-uci-world-championships-in\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T11:05:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T11:05:17","slug":"medal-standings-and-most-decorated-stars-of-the-uci-world-championships-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/medal-standings-and-most-decorated-stars-of-the-uci-world-championships-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Medal standings and most decorated stars of the UCI World Championships in Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time since the competition began 125 years ago, the world\u2019s best cyclists battled for rainbow jerseys on African soil, and they did so before record crowds. <\/p>\n

The UCI President called the event \u201cprobably the most beautiful World Championships ever, here in Africa,\u201d saluting the passion of over one million spectators who lined the routes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat amazing races we witnessed this week\u2026 There were one million people along the roads today. Thank you very much,\u201d the UCI President said, praising Rwanda\u2019s organisation and President Paul Kagame for delivering an unforgettable debut.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/figure>\n

{{Battle for the podium
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More than 100 nations sent riders, but only 18 countries managed to convert their efforts into medals across the 13 races, a proof of just how intense and unpredictable the championship was.<\/p>\n

At the top of the medal standings, the Netherlands emerged as the most successful nation, claiming two golds, one silver, and one bronze (4 total medals). Great Britain took a close second, powered by two crucial golds but no additional podium spots. France rounded out the top three with a balanced haul of one gold, two silver, and one bronze (4 total medals).<\/p>\n

Not far behind, Belgium, Spain, and Switzerland produced a rare four-way deadlock for fourth, each earning one gold, one silver, and two bronze medals.<\/p>\n

{{Medal scoreboard
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| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
\n| 1 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
\n| 2 | Great Britain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
\n| 3 | France | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
\n| 4 | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
\n| 4 | Spain | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
\n| 4 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
\n| 7 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
\n| 8 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
\n| 9 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
\n| 9 | Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
\n| 9 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
\n| 12 | Slovakia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
\n| 13 | New Zealand | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
\n| 14 | United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
\n| 15 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
\n| 15 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
\n| 15 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
\n| 15 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |<\/p>\n

{{Most decorated riders who lit up Kigali
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Several riders delivered career-defining performances at the championship. Remco Evenepoel of Belgium once again proved his class, winning the Men\u2019s Elite Individual Time Trial and battling through two bike changes to claim silver in the road race, finishing just behind Tadej Poga\u010dar, who lit up Kigali’s climbs with a trademark long-range attack to secure a second consecutive men\u2019s road race world title on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"Remco<\/figure>\n

Jay Vine of Australia delivered versatility and power, pairing a silver in the men\u2019s time trial with a pivotal ride in the gold-winning Team Time Trial Mixed Relay.<\/p>\n

\"Jay<\/figure>\n
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Swiss time trial specialist Marlen Reusser celebrated a long-awaited breakthrough by capturing the Women\u2019s Elite ITT gold and contributing to Switzerland\u2019s bronze in the mixed relay. <\/p>\n

\"Switzerland\u2019s<\/figure>\n

Spain\u2019s young phenom Paula Ostiz Taco made headlines with a stunning victory in the Women\u2019s Junior Road Race \u2014 the first ever for her nation \u2014 and added a silver from the junior time trial. <\/p>\n

\"Spain<\/figure>\n

Meanwhile, rising Slovakian talent Vikt\u00f3ria Chlado\u0148ov\u00e1 impressed with double silver in the inaugural Women\u2019s Under-23 standalone events.<\/p>\n

\"Slovakia\u2019s<\/figure>\n

{{What comes next?
\n}}<\/p>\n

The peloton\u2019s next rainbow dream will unfold in Montreal, Canada, host of the 2026 UCI Road World Championships, with Kigali\u2019s edition setting a new benchmark for sporting excellence as well as inclusivity and global reach, proving that the world\u2019s biggest cycling stage can thrive far beyond its European origins.<\/p>\n

\"For<\/figure>\n
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\"UCI<\/figure>\n
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The cheers in Kigali\u2019s streets have faded, the banners are coming down, but the roar of the 2025 UCI Road World Championships still echoes across Rwanda\u2019s hills. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000095356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000095356,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g19xn4exaaa1qs9logo.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g19xn4exaaa1qs9logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g19xn4exaaa1qs9logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g19xn4exaaa1qs9logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g19xn4exaaa1qs9logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/g19xn4exaaa1qs9logo.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000095356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55788"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55788"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}