Eritrea’s Meseb Debesay wins second stage of Tour of Rwanda

Mekseb Debesay

Eritrea’s Meseb Debesay wins second stage of Tour of Rwanda

By CapitalEritrea,

Eritrea’s Mekseb Debesay won the second stage of the sixth edition of the Tour of Rwanda on the 96.4 km course from Kigali to Ngoma.  Rwanda’s Janvier Hadi grabbed the yellow jersey after winning yesterday’s prologue race and will keep it – as he finished a few seconds behind Eritrean Mekseb Debesay in today’s race.

This year’s Tour of Rwanda includes fourteen teams and more than 60 cyclists competing over a period of eight days in the heart of Africa.

Eritrean cyclists have been among the favorites from the beginning – quoting the Rwandan press it read, "Rwandan Cyclists will face stiff challenge from Africa’s top cyclists like Mouhssine Lahsaini from Morocco and Eritrea’s Mekseb Debesay and Eyob Metkel among others."

The Tour of Rwanda, which is organized by Rwanda Cycling Federation, was first held in 1988 before it became part of the UCI Africa Tour category 2.2 five years ago.

Last year’s edition was won by South Africa after Dylan Girdlestone while Rwanda’s Valens Ndayisenga won the most promising rider accolade following his 11th place finish.



1. DEBESAY Mekseb BIKE AID – RIDE FOR HELP ERI les 96,4 km en 2h26’37” (moy. 39,45 km/h)
2. DEBRETSION Aron AS.BE.CO CYCLING TEAM ERI  
3. AFEWERKI Elyas ERITREA ERI    
4. DAWIT Haile ERITREA ERI    
5. BURU Temesgen ETHIOPIA ETH    
6. UWIZEYIMANA Bonaventure RWANDA KARISIMBI RWA    
7. NEL Dirk SOUTH AFRICA RSA    
8. SABER Lahcen MAROC MAR    
9. YEMANE Bereket ERITREA ERI    
10. WELDERFIEL Yohannes AS.BE.CO CYCLING TEAM ERI  
11. AMANUEL Million ERITREA ERI    
12. MELAKE Berhane AS.BE.CO CYCLING TEAM ERI    
13. BINTUNIMANA Emile RWANDAAKAGERA RWA    
14. BICHLMANN Daniel BIKE AID – RIDE FOR HELP GER  
15. ER-RAFAI Mohamed Amine MAROC MAR    
16. BIZIYAREMYE Joseph RWANDA KARISIMBI RWA    
17. GHEBREIZGABHIER Amanuel AS.BE.CO CYCLING TEAM ERI  
18 JEFFERRIES Peter-Lee SOUTH AFRICA RSA    
19. TESFATSION Mehari AS.BE.CO CYCLING TEAM ERI  
20. TERRETTAZ Thomas TEAM MEUBLES DECARTE SUI  
21. RUHUMURIZA Abraham RWANDAAKAGERA RWA    
22. HABTE Solomon ERITREA ERI    
23. ABAY Hadgu ETHIOPIA ETH    
24 BOURGEOIS Guillaume TEAM MEUBLES DECARTE SUI    
25. GEBREMARIAM Fiseha ETHIOPIA ETH    
26. NSENGIMANA Jean-Bosco RWANDA KARISIMBI RWA  
27. HADI Janvier RWANDA KARISIMBI RWA    
28. BOURLOT Pierre TEAM HAUTE-SAVOIE FRA    
29. ATSBHA Getachew ETHIOPIA ETH    
30. MBA Hervé Raoul SNH VELO CLUB CMR 14”  
31. BYUKUSENGE Patrick RWANDAAKAGERA RWA ‘    
32. UKWIGOMBA Didace BURUNDI BDI ‘  
33. UWIZEYIMANA Jean-Claude RWANDA MUHABURA RWA ‘  
34. MUHL Sandro TEAM MEUBLES DECARTE SUI ‘  
35. HAKUZIMANA Camera RWANDAAKAGERA RWA ‘  
36. NDAYISENGA Valens RWANDA KARISIMBI RWA    
37. KAREGEYA JEREMIE RWANDA MUHABURA RWA 16”  
38.VEYRAT CHARVILLON Emmanuel TEAM HAUTE-SAVOIE FRA 22”  
39. KARASIRA Theoneste RWANDA MUHABURA RWA 23”  
40. MXENGE Thulasizwe SOUTH AFRICA RSA 25”  
41.GIDAY Kibrom ETHIOPIA ETH    
42. MRAOUNI Salaeddine MAROC MAR    
43. TEKOU Damien SNH VELO CLUB CMR 25”  
44. DUMONT Cédric TEAM HAUTE-SAVOIE FRA 52”  
45. HANTZSCH Elmar BIKE AID – RIDE FOR HELP GER 01’21”  
46. MUPENZI Aime RWANDA MUHABURA RWA 02’09”  
47. NIYOYITUNGIRA Ezechiel BURUNDI BDI ‘  
48. LAHSAÏNI Mouhssine MAROC MAR ‘    
49. HATEGEKA Gasore RWANDAAKAGERA RWA    
50. NKURIRAGENDA Ismail BURUNDI BDI 02’27”    

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