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2019 Tour Of Rwanda
The 2019 Tour du Rwanda was a road cycling stage race that took place between 24 February and 3 March 2019. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2019 UCI Africa Tour, and was the 22nd edition of the Tour du Rwanda. Teams Seventeen teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of five riders: UCI WorldTeams * UCI Professional Continental Teams * * * * UCI Continental Teams * * * * * NiCe–Ethiopia Cycling Team * National Teams * Algeria * Cameroon * Eritrea * France U23 * Kenya * Rwanda Route Stages Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 6 Stage 7 Stage 8 Classification leadership table Classifications References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tour du Rwanda, 2019 2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 UCI Africa Tour
The 2018 UCI Africa Tour was the 15th season of the UCI Africa Tour. The season began on 26 October 2018 with the Tour du Faso and ended on 20 October 2019. The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Africa Tour cycling jersey. Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers: the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows: * Multi-day events: 2.HC, 2.1 and 2.2 * One-day events: 1.HC, 1.1 and 1.2 Events 2018 2019 Final standings Individual classification Team classification Nation classification References {{UCI Africa Tour UCI Africa Tour UCI Africa Tour UCI Africa Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Fedeli
Alessandro Fedeli (born 2 March 1996) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Major results ;2017 : 1st Stage 4 Giro della Valle d'Aosta : 7th Trofeo Piva : 7th Toscana Terra di Ciclismo Eroica : 8th Gran Premio della Liberazione ;2018 : 1st Trofeo Edil C : 1st Gran Premio della Liberazione : 1st Stage 3 Giro della Valle d'Aosta : 5th GP Capodarco : 7th G.P. Palio del Recioto : 7th Giro del Medio Brenta : 8th Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo ;2019 : 1st Stage 6 CRO Race : 1st Stage 1 Tour of Rwanda ;2020 : 1st Stage 4 Tour du Limousin : 5th Bretagne Classic : 8th Memorial Marco Pantani ;2022 : 2nd Overall Tour of Antalya : 2nd GP Industria & Artigianato : 4th Per sempre Alfredo ;2023 : 3rd Eschborn–Frankfurt Eschborn–Frankfurt, previously Rund um den Henninger Turm Frankfurt, is an annual semi classic cycling race in Germany, starting in Eschborn and finishing in Frankfurt. The event, sometimes referred to as the Frankfurt Grand Prix, is hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salim Kipkemboi
Salim Kipkemboi (born 30 November 1998) is a Kenyan cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . Kipkemboi joined in 2017 and he won stage 3, the queen stage, of the 2018 Sharjah International Cycling Tour for his first career victory. He won the stage in a four-man sprint to the end. Major results ;2017 : 7th Overall Tour Meles Zenawi ;2018 : 4th Overall Sharjah International Cycling Tour ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 3 : 10th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo La Tropicale Amissa Bongo is a road cycling race held in Gabon and is part of the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (U ... References External links * Kenyan male cyclists 1998 births Living people Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Kenya {{Kenya-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Areruya
Joseph Areruya (born 1 January 1996) is a Rwandan cyclist, who rides for Rwandan amateur team Inovotec. In 2017 he won the Tour du Rwanda. He became the first cyclist from Rwanda to ride in the Paris–Roubaix road race, when he took part in the 2019 edition. Major results Source: ;2013 : 9th Road race, National Road Championships ;2014 : 7th Time trial, National Road Championships ;2015 : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::3rd Time trial ::3rd Under-23 time trial : 2nd Overall Tour du Rwanda : 5th Overall Tour de Côte d'Ivoire : 7th Road race, African Games ;2016 : 1st Circuit de Constantine : 2nd Overall Tour de Blida ::1st Young rider classification : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd GP de la Ville d'Oran : 4th Overall Tour du Rwanda ::1st Stage 4 : 6th Overall Tour International de Sétif : 6th Circuit d'Alger : 8th Overall Tour de Constantine : 9th Time trial, African Road Championships ;2017 : 1st Overall Tour du Rwanda ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodrigo Contreras (cyclist)
Rodrigo Contreras Pinzón (born June 2, 1994, in Villapinzón) is a Colombian cyclist, who currently rides for Amateur Team . He previously rode for . In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia. Major results ;2013 : 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Bolivia ;2014 : 2014 Pan American Road Cycling Championships, Pan American Under-23 Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::4th Road race : 2nd Colombian National Time Trial Championships, Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2015 : 1st Stage 1 (Team time trial, TTT) Czech Cycling Tour : 5th Overall 2015 Tour de San Luis, Tour de San Luis ::1st Young rider classification ;2016 : 1st Stage 1 (Team time trial, TTT) 2016 Tour de San Luis, Tour de San Luis ;2017 : 1st Time trial, Cycling at the 2017 Bolivarian Games, Bolivarian Games : 2nd Time trial, 2017 Pan American Road Cycling Championships, Pan American Road Championships : 2nd Colombian National Time Trial Championships, Time trial, National Road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Przemysław Kasperkiewicz
Przemysław Kasperkiewicz (born 1 March 1994) is a Polish racing cyclist, who most recently rode for French amateur team in 2021. Career Early years Kasperkiewicz took up cycling at a very early age and competed in track and road cycling with a local club – KTK Kalisz. He showed a lot of promise as a junior rider, winning medals and national titles on the track and taking 2nd in the international junior race, the Tour de la Région de Lódz. Coming to the Under-23 category Kasperkiewicz moved to the Netherlands and joined the WV De Jonge Renner cycling club. He raced both in Polish and Dutch races, putting his prowess on display with 6th place in the Carpathian Couriers Race and 2nd in the National Under-23 Time Trial Championships. Professional career In 2014, Kasperkiewicz turned professional at the age of 19, signing a one-year deal with Czech-based continental outfit . He finished 3rd overall in the Carpathian Couriers Race and shortly afterwards took his first p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nyamata
Nyamata is a town in the Bugesera District, southeastern Rwanda. Nyamata literally means "place of milk" from the two Kinyarwanda words "nya-" (of) and "amata" (milk). It is the location of Nyamata Genocide Memorial, commemorating the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Location Nyamata is located in Bugesera District, Eastern Province, directly south of Kigali, the national capital and the largest city in the country. Its location is about , by road, south of Kigali. Overview Nyamata is a small town in Bugesera District, Rwanda. Since 2017, a new airport, Bugesera International Airport, is under construction, with the first phases expected to be completed in 2019. The town is the location of Nyamata Genocide Memorial, commemorating the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Located at the site where Nyamata Parish Catholic Church once stood, the memorial contains the remains of over 45,000 genocide victims, almost all of whom were Tutsi The Tutsi (), or Abatutsi (), are an ethnic group of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biniam Girmay
Biniam Girmay Hailu (born 2 April 2000) is a professional Eritrean road cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . At the 2022 Giro d'Italia, he became the first Black African cyclist to win a Grand Tour stage after winning stage 10 in a reduced bunch sprint. Career After discovering cycling through his cousin Meron Teshome, Girmay joined the World Cycling Centre in 2018 for his second junior year. That year, he became a triple junior cycling champion of Africa, winning the road race, time trial and team time trial. He also won the first stage of Aubel–Thimister–Stavelot, beating out favorite Remco Evenepoel. In 2019, with the Eritrea national team, he won the third stage in a sprint of the La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, his first professional victory. This made Girmay the first cyclist born in the 2000s to win a professional race. His success continued, winning stage 5 of the Tour of Rwanda in a sprint against experienced riders, including Joseph Areruya and Daniel Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruhengeri
Ruhengeri, also known as Musanze or Muhoza, is a city and capital of Musanze District in the Northern Province of Rwanda. Some sources now refer to the city itself as Musanze, after the district in which it lies within. This has to do with the adopted policy of renaming Rwanda cities, which was done to eliminate memories of the past and to install new administrations in the country. Ruhengeri lies near the twin lakes of Lake Burera and Lake Ruhondo and is the gateway city to Volcanoes National Park and the famous mountain gorilla The mountain gorilla (''Gorilla beringei beringei'') is one of the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla. It is listed as endangered by the IUCN as of 2018. There are two populations: One is found in the Virunga volcanic mountains of Centr ...s in the north-western part of the country. The city's proximity to the Volcanoes National Park has made it a popular tourist destination with several restaurants and hotels mainly aimed at visitors t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Ávila
Edwin Alcibiades Ávila Vanegas (born 21 November 1989 in Cali) is a Colombian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's team pursuit for the national team. He won the Colombian National Road Race Championships in 2016. Major results Track ;2007 : 3rd Madison (with Jaime Ramirez Bernal), UCI Junior World Championships ;2008 : 3rd Team pursuit (Cali), UCI World Cup ;2010 : Central American and Caribbean Games ::1st Team pursuit ::2nd Individual pursuit : 2nd Team pursuit (Cali), UCI World Cup ;2011 : 1st Points race, UCI World Championships : 1st Points race, UCI World Ranking : 1st Team pursuit, Pan American Games : 3rd Points race (Cali), UCI World Cup ;2012 : 1st Team pursuit (Cali), UCI World Cup ;2014 : 1st Points race, UCI World Championships Road racing ;2010 : 1st Circuito Feria de Manizales : 5th Road race, Central American and Caribbean Games ;2012 : 1st Overall Tour of T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karongi District
Karongi is a district (''akarere'') in Western Province, Rwanda. The capital being Rubengera, the district also contains Kibuye, the provincial capital and a major Rwandan lakeside resort. It is one of the districts with the least population density of as of 2012 census. Tourism Tourism is one of the main economic sectors of Karongi. Karongi's location near Lake Kivu, the beautiful scenery and its many islands are the main draws. There are many resort and hotels which have been built recently outside the town of Kibuye, most on the shores of Lake Kivu. One of the most popular islands to visit in Karongi is Napoleon Island; a large island which is popular for hiking and for viewing one of Africa's largest colonies of straw colored fruit bats which resides on the Island. Other islands in Karongi are Monkey Island which has a small population of vervet monkeys and Amahoro or Peace Island which used to have a camping site. Night fishing is another popular pastime in Karongi. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
