France, Sept. 21 -- Switzerland's Marlen Reusser and Remco Evenepoel from Belgium won the first titles at the 2025 world road race championships in Kigali with victories respecitvely in the elite womne's and men's individual time trials (ITT).

Reussercompleted the 31.2 kilometre course between the BK Arena in Kigali and the Kigali Convention Centre in 43 minutes and nine seconds.

Anna van der Breggen from the Netherlands was second - 52 seconds behind - and her Dutch compatriot Demi Vollering was third.

Although she has won golds in team events, Reusser, who turned 34 on Saturday, had never brandished an ITT.

"I can almost not believe it," she said. "I know it's real and it happened but I tried so many times and it didn't work out. An...