Toms Skujiņš delivered another strong performance in the men’s road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Kigali where he finished fifth, for his third top 10 result in three years, after claiming fourth last year in Zurich and eighth in Glasgow the prior year.
The 34-year-old Latvian rider knew that it would be a hard race, relishing the challenge as he targeted a podium finish. And brutal it was, as only 30 riders out of 165 starters finished the race. Everyone expected defending champion Tadej Pogačar to launch his move on Mount Kigali, and the Slovenian delivered, powering away to claim another solo victory.
