Gearing Up for the 2025 UCI Road World Championships

Laval, Quebec — It’s time to start pedaling in the heart of Africa! From September 21 to 28, Rwanda will be hosting this year’s UCI Road World Championships in the capital city, Kigali, with Main Partner MAPEI right by their side.

Over 4,000 riders are registered to compete in this year’s races, including 54 from Canada. Since 2008, MAPEI Group has been a Main Sponsor of the UCI Road World Championships, a flagship event on the international cycling calendar broadcast by major TV stations all around the world.

2025 will make history as the first-ever UCI Road World Championships to be held on the African continent.

According to Samson Ndayishimiye, President of the Rwandan Cycling Federation (Fédération Rwandaise du Cyclisme – FERWACY), cycling is one of his country’s most popular sports for several reasons, not least the cycling infrastructure and Rwanda’s terrain that has something for everyone: elevation combined with flat roads. Already known for its national cycling tour, the Tour du Rwanda, the country has been preparing for the UCI Road World Championships since being awarded the event in 2021.^[1] 

And stay tuned for next year! Because true to its international nature, this race will be jumping from Africa across the Atlantic to North America, for the 2026 UCI Road World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. And you can be sure MAPEI Canada will be riding right alongside.

About UCI

Founded in 1900 in Paris, France, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is the worldwide governing body for cycling. It develops and oversees cycling in all its forms, for all people – as a competitive sport, a healthy recreational activity, a means of transport, and just for fun. The UCI manages and promotes the nine cycling disciplines: Road, track, mountain bike, BMX Racing, BMX Freestyle, cyclo-cross, trials, indoor cycling and cycling esports. Five of these are featured on the Olympic Games program (road, track, mountain bike, BMX Racing and BMX Freestyle), two in the Paralympic Games (road and track) and four in the Youth Olympic Games (road, mountain bike, BMX Racing and BMX Freestyle). For more information, visit www.uci.org.

About MAPEI
MAPEI Group, with 98 subsidiaries operating in 59 countries and 106 plants in 36 nations, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of mortars, grouts, adhesives and complementary products for installing all types of flooring and wall coverings. The company specializes in developing chemical products for every aspect of construction, from waterproofing and structural strengthening to concrete repairs and tunnel building.

Headquartered in Deerfield Beach (Florida), MAPEI North America consists of the subsidiaries MAPEI Corporation (for the USA), MAPEI Inc. (for Canada) and MAPEI Caribe (for Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands), whose 28 facilities collectively have a workforce of about 2,000 employees. MAPEI facilities have been certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 Standards for Management Systems. An environmentally conscious manufacturer that reinvests a percentage of its revenue into R&D, MAPEI offers training for architects, contractors, installers and distributors through the MAPEI Technical Institute. For more about MAPEI, visit www.mapei.com or call 1-800-42-MAPEI (1-800-426-2734).