The elite women's peloton will line up to contest what is anticipated to be one of the most brutally challenging races in the history of the UCI Road World Championships on Saturday in Kigali, Rwanda.
The race will feature 11 laps of a 15.1km city circuit, totalling 164.4km and 3,350 metres of elevation gain, with its highest point at 1,493 meters. There are two climbs on the circuit: the Côte de Kigali Golf climb, 800m at 8.1% halfway around the local circuit, and the decisive Côte de Kimihurura climb, 1.3km at 6.3% on the circuit close to the finish, which is cobbled, and which some of the women will have already experienced in the individual time trial last Sunday.
