Pogacar challenge delights Evenepoel for Rwanda world championships | Sports

PARIS, Sept 20, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel is expecting a tough challenge from Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar when the cycling Road World Championships begin in Kigali on Sunday with the men's and women's time-trials. Belgian Evenepoel is the reigning champion in the discipline having also triumphed in 2023. And while time-trialling is not Pogacar's main strength, he has been crowned Slovenian national champion three times and has won time-trial stages at both the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia. With twice former world champion Filippo Ganna of Italy -- who finished narrowly second to Evenepoel in the last two years -- missing the event, the Belgian expects Pogacar to provide his main competition. "I...