Magdeleine Vallieres becomes 1st-ever Canadian to win elite race at road cycling worlds
Canadian Magdeleine Vallieres won the women's elite road race at the 2025 UCI Road World Championships on Saturday in Kigali, Rwanda.
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UCI chief says Israeli athletes are welcome amid boycott calls
Lappartient said: “We are not a tool for sanctions, we are a tool in the service of an ideal of bringing people together with the unifying power of sport”He dismissed questions about double standards despite the UCI’s ban on Russian and Belarusian teams from events over Russia’s war in UkraineKIGALI: The world cycling governing body (UCI) will continue to welcome Israeli athletes at its competitions despite calls for sporting boycotts, UCI president David Lappartient declared on Friday, saying sport should unite rather than punish.Lappartient, who was re-elected the body’s president for a third four-year term at the UCI Congress on Thursday, was speaking on the sidelines of the World Championships in Kigali, Rwanda.Earlier this week, a UN Commission of Inquiry said in a report that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza — an accusation that Israel has dismissed — and called for Israel’s suspension from international football, but Lappartient said the UCI would not go down that path.“It is perfectly normal for them to be here, because we believe — and I am speaking on behalf of the UCI but I could almost say that these are also Olympic values — that sport is not a tool for punishment,” he told reporters.’NOT A TOOL FOR SANCTIONS’Lappartient, who is also a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), added: “The IOC has confirmed our position.“We are not a tool for sanctions, we are a tool in the service of an ideal of bringing people together with the unifying power of sport, with the aim of promoting peace.
Australia power to gold to retain mixed relay road world title
KIGALI :Australia retained their title in the mixed team relay at the UCI Road World Championships as they stormed to victory over two circuits of a hilly 20.9 km course in Kigali on Wednesday.
Triple winner Vos pulls out of world championship road race
AMSTERDAM :Three-time world champion Marianne Vos will skip the Road World Championships in Rwanda to help tend to her sick father, Netherlands coach Laurens ten Dam said.
Pogacar turns focus to road race after time trial disappointment
KIGALI :A rare setback for Tadej Pogacar in Sunday's individual time trial at the Cycling Road World Championships in Rwanda has served only to ramp up his determination to win the road race at the weekend.
Victorius Evenepoel sets sights on making time trial history
KIGALI :Remco Evenepoel had barely crossed the finish line before declaring he would try to retain his world time trial title next year and in the process make history.
Evenepoel completes time-trial triple as Pogacar left trailing
KIGALI :Remco Evenepoel of Belgium won a third successive men’s individual time trial title at the Cycling Road World Championships, leaving the field trailing in his wake and easily seeing off the challenge of Tadej Pogacar.
Switzerland's Reusser powers to world time trial title
KIGALI :Switzerland’s Marlen Reusser overcame illness this year to win the women’s individual time trial at the Cycling Road World Championships in Kigali on Sunday, finishing 51.89 seconds quicker than the rest of the field for a dominant victory.