{"id":60211,"date":"2025-09-29T21:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T21:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/pogacar-wins-gold-at-first-african-uci-championship"},"modified":"2025-09-29T22:02:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T22:02:17","slug":"pogacar-wins-gold-at-first-african-uci-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/pogacar-wins-gold-at-first-african-uci-championship","title":{"rendered":"Poga\u010dar Wins Gold at First African UCI Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span><b>Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogac\u030car secured his second world road race crown in Kigali on Sunday, September 28, closing what he described as a \u201cperfect season.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The week-long global cycling event, hosted on African soil for the first time, saw Pogac\u030car defend his title conquering the 267.5-kilometer course in six hours, 21 minutes, and 20 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar took gold at the UCI Road World Championships men&#8217;s elite road race in Kigali, Sep. 28, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Already the 2024 world champion in Zurich, Pogac\u030car has now made history as the first rider ever to win both the Tour de France and the world road race title in consecutive years, reinforcing his status among the sport\u2019s all-time greats.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a good experience coming here,&#8221; Pogac\u030car told reporters. &#8220;Last week, already for the time trial, there were some ups and downs, but we managed this week to do some beautiful rides and have a good time with the team. Today was a beautiful race, super hard, but really nice.<\/p>\n<p>Belgium&#8217;s Remco Evenepoel finished second in 6:22:48 to take silver, while Ireland&#8217;s Ben Healy claimed bronze at the UCI Road World Championship in Kigali, Sep. 28, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Belgium\u2019s Remco Evenepoel, who had beaten Pogac\u030car earlier in the time trial on September 21, finished runner-up by 1 minute and 26 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland\u2019s Ben Healey surged past Denmark\u2019s Mattias Skjelmose as second runner up, completing the podium.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 UCI Road World Championships, held from Sept. 21 to 28, marked the first time the event has taken place in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We played really nicely together but we still weren&#8217;t into Tadej\u2019s gap at all,&#8221; Healy told Africanews. &#8220;Remco was definitely pulling harder than most of us in that group. When (Tadej) attacked us I don&#8217;t think we had much to respond with.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Out of the 165 riders that kicked off this race, only 31 managed to make it to the finish line.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Mauritius<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. 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