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
The Tour du Rwanda is a cycling race started in 1988 and based in Rwanda. Until 2008, TOUR DU RWANDA was a regional cycling race that brought together Rwandans but also riders from neighboring Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda. The race is a cycling stag ...
. He became the first cyclist from Rwanda to ride in the
Paris–Roubaix
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road race, when he took part in the
2019 edition.
Major results
Source:
;2013
: 9th
Road race, National Road Championships
;2014
: 7th
Time trial
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, National Road Championships
;2015
: National Road Championships
::2nd
Road race
::3rd
Time trial
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::3rd
Under-23 time trial
: 2nd Overall
Tour du Rwanda
The Tour du Rwanda is a cycling race started in 1988 and based in Rwanda. Until 2008, TOUR DU RWANDA was a regional cycling race that brought together Rwandans but also riders from neighboring Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda. The race is a cycling stag ...
: 5th Overall
Tour de Côte d'Ivoire
The Tour de Côte d'Ivoire-Tour de la Réconciliation is a cycling stage race held in the Ivory Coast. It was on the UCI Africa Tour
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: 7th Road race,
African Games
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;2016
: 1st
Circuit de Constantine
: 2nd Overall
Tour de Blida
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::1st

Young rider classification
: 2nd
Road race, National Road Championships
: 2nd
GP de la Ville d'Oran
: 4th Overall
Tour du Rwanda
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::1st Stage 4
: 6th Overall
Tour International de Sétif
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: 6th
Circuit d'Alger
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: 8th Overall
Tour de Constantine
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: 9th Time trial,
African Road Championships
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;2017
: 1st

Overall
Tour du Rwanda
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::1st Stages 1 & 3
: 1st Stage 5a
Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
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:
African Road Championships
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::3rd

Team time trial
::6th Road race
::7th Time trial
;2018
: 1st
Time trial
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, National Road Championships
: 1st

Overall
La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
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::1st

Young rider classification
::1st Stage 4
: 1st

Overall
Coupe des Nations de l'Espoir Blue Line
::1st

Points classification
:
African Road Championships
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::2nd

Team time trial
::3rd

Time trial
::6th Road race
;2019
: 1st
Time trial
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, National Road Championships
:
African Games
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::3rd

Team time trial
::7th Time trial
: 9th Overall
Tour du Rwanda
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;2021
:
African Road Championships
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Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square& ...
::2nd

Team time trial
::7th Road race
;2022
: 1st Stage 1
Tour de Martinique
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References
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1996 births
Living people
Rwandan male cyclists
African Games bronze medalists for Rwanda
African Games bronze medalists in cycling
Commonwealth Games competitors for Rwanda
Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Cyclists at the 2015 African Games
Cyclists at the 2019 African Games
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