Canadian Magdeleine Vallieres won the women's elite road race at the 2025 UCI Road World Championships on Saturday in Kigali, Rwanda.

The 24-year-old from Sherbrooke, Que, riding for the U.S.-based EF Education-Oatly team, attacked out of the breakaway on the final climb of the Kigali circuit and held on for the historic victory.

She became the first-ever Canadian to win an elite road race world title.

"It was my dream to win it, and it's true now. It's crazy," said Vallieres, backed by a team that included Canadian Alison Jackson.

Vallieres finished the 164.6-kilometre course in four hours 34 minutes 48 seconds. New Zealand's Niamh Fisher-Black was second, 23 seconds back, and Spain's Mavi Garcia third, another four seconds in arrears.

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