{"id":2000103591,"date":"2026-02-27T17:24:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T15:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000103591"},"modified":"2026-02-28T11:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T09:18:07","slug":"tour-du-rwanda-2026-itamar-einhorn-wins-stage-6-as-kretschy-retains-yellow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/tour-du-rwanda-2026-itamar-einhorn-wins-stage-6-as-kretschy-retains-yellow\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour du Rwanda 2026: Itamar Einhorn wins stage 6 as Kretschy retains yellow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Germany\u2019s Moritz Kretschy continues to hold the yellow jersey, leading the general classification after another consistent performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stage awards highlighted outstanding performances across different categories. The best team award was presented to the NSN Development Team by Inyange Industries. Mike Uwiduhaye of Benediction Banafrica Team received the most combative rider award, presented by Ingufu Gin Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best Rwandan rider, recognised by BPR Bank, went to Samuel Niyonkuru (Team Amani). Eritrea\u2019s Amaniel Desta of Team Amani earned both the best African rider award (presented by RwandAir) and the best young African rider award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best climber award went to Germany\u2019s Miguel Heidemann (Rembe | rad-net), while the sprint classification was led by Belgium\u2019s Mauro Cuylits (Lotto\u2013Groupe Wanty).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best young rider award, presented by Prime Insurance, was claimed by Desta Teweldemedhn Amaniel (Team Amani). The stage winner\u2019s prize was presented by Amstel, and the yellow jersey holder continues to be awarded by Visit Rwanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The race will continue on Saturday, 28 February, with Stage 7, as riders depart Musanze at 11:00 a.m. heading for Kigali Pele Stadium via Gicumbi, covering 147.2 kilometres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

General classification after Stage 6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 Kretschy Moritz (NSN Development Team): 17:48:00
2. Adamietz Johannes (Rembe | Rad-Net): +2:02
3. Desta Teweldemedhn Amaniel (Team Amani): + 2:18
4. Marivoet Scholiers Duarte (Lotto – Groupe Wanty): +2:32
5. Zomermaand Jurgen (Development Team Picnic Postnl): +4:07
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9. Kudus Merhawi (Eritrea): +4:32
15. Mulueberhan Henok (Eritrea): +4:41
16. Niyonkuru Samuel (Team Amani): +4:59
23. Mugisha Moise (Benediction Banafrica Team): +5:57
25. Muhoza Eric (Team Amani): +8:06
26. Masengesho Vainqueur (Benediction Banafrica Team): +9:07<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Israeli rider Itamar Einhorn sprinted to victory in Stage 6 of the 2026 Tour du Rwanda, covering 84.1 kilometres from Rubavu to Musanze. The victory marks his second stage win of this year\u2019s edition for the NSN Development Team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000103592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[160],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000103591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-theophile-niyitegeka"],"bylines":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"contributors":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"featured_image":{"id":2000103592,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/a5b4133c-f6b8-4fe7-8758-7-2.jpg","alt":"","caption":"Itamar Einhorn has claimed stage 6 of Tour du Rwanda 2026. ","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1207,"height":805,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/a5b4133c-f6b8-4fe7-8758-7-2.jpg","width":150,"height":100},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/a5b4133c-f6b8-4fe7-8758-7-2.jpg","width":300,"height":200},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/a5b4133c-f6b8-4fe7-8758-7-2.jpg","width":768,"height":512},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/a5b4133c-f6b8-4fe7-8758-7-2.jpg","width":1024,"height":683},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/a5b4133c-f6b8-4fe7-8758-7-2.jpg","width":1207,"height":805}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000103591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000103591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000103591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000103601,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000103591\/revisions\/2000103601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000103592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000103591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000103591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000103591"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000103591"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000103591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}