‘It’s unreal’ – Lorenzo Finn takes first rainbow jersey for Italy at Rwanda Worlds

Lorenzo Finn celerated as the world champion for the second consecutive year, swapping out his junior men’s road race title with the under-23 men’s road race triumph at the 2025 UCI Road World Championships. The youngest winner of the race at 18 (turning 19 in December), his victory marked the first for Italy at these Worlds and a ‘special moment’ celebrated with his parents in Kigali.

Previous to Finn, Matej Mohorič (Slovenia) had been the youngest winner of the men’s U23 road race, taking the title at age 18 (plus 343 days) in 2013, which made him 62 days older than the Italian.