CYCLING CANADA ANNOUNCES TEAM FOR 2025 UCI ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Ottawa, ON (September 9, 2025) – Cycling Canada announces the team that will represent Canada at the UCI Road Cycling World Championships to be held in Kigali, Rwanda, from September 21 to 28. Isabella Holmgren and her U23 women’s teammates will compete in the first-ever edition of stand-alone U23 women’s race and in the Junior category, the Canadian women enter as the top-ranked nation, for the first time in history.

In the Elite women’s race, Canada is sending Magdeleine Vallières Mill who is looking to build on a stand-out 14th place in Zurich last year. Rounding out the team are Olympic and World Championship veterans Alison Jackson and Olivia Baril, and World Championship first-timers Nadia Gontova, Émilie Fortin and Laury Millette. In the Elite men’s race, Michael Leonard hopes to build on his strong time trial performances competing alongside Elite Road World Championships debutant, Laurent Gervais.

Canada will also send a team of U23 and Junior athletes. Holmgren will be coming off a historic international road win at the 2025 Tour de l’Avenir Femmes while Jonas Walton enters as the reigning Canadian U23 Time Trial Champion. The Junior team will be headlined by winner of the Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie, Sidney Swierenga, and winner of the Driedaagse Axel Juniors, Ben Morin. The Juniors are sure to deliver with an experienced mix of talent.

The competition begins on September 21, with the Elite Time Trial in Men’s and Women’s. The full schedule of events can be found on the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) website.

NATIONAL TEAM COMPETING AT THE 2025 UCI ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
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