{"id":2000111609,"date":"2026-05-11T17:01:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000111609"},"modified":"2026-05-11T17:01:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:01:57","slug":"kigali-receives-uci-bike-city-label-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kigali-receives-uci-bike-city-label-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Kigali receives UCI Bike City Label Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The award was presented during the international \u201cUCI Mobility & Bike City\u201d conference held in Athens, Greece, from May 10 to 11, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference brought together city leaders and experts in urban mobility and transportation to exchange ideas on best practices and strengthen international cooperation in cycling and sustainable transport systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda was represented by the State Minister for Sports, Rwego Ngarambe, and the president of FERWACY, Samson Ndayishimiye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cUCI Bike City\u201d label is awarded to cities that demonstrate excellence in hosting major cycling events and promoting cycling-friendly mobility systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Kigali, the recognition reflects Kigali\u2019s growing vision of becoming a more people centred, active, and environmentally conscious city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February, UCI President David Lappartient said that by hosting the championship for the first time in Africa, Kigali had made history in the world of cycling.
Kigali became the 31st city in the world to receive the award and the first in Africa to earn the distinction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda is now the 17th country globally, and the first in Africa, to receive the recognition, highlighting the country\u2019s achievements in organizing international competitions and promoting cycling, urban development, and quality of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kigali became the 31st city in the world to receive the award and the first in Africa to earn the distinction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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David Lappartient, President of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), presents the \u201cUCI Bike City Label Award\u201d to the State Minister for Sports, Rwego Ngarambe, in recognition of the City of Kigali for successfully hosting the 2025 UCI Road World Championships.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has awarded the City of Kigali the \u201cUCI Bike City Label Award\u201d in recognition of its successful hosting of the 2025 UCI Road World Championships, which took place from September 21 to 28 and marked the first time the competition was held on the African continent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000111611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000111609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000111611,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/whatsapp_image_2026-05-11_at_2.42_07_pm-34b4e.jpg","alt":"","caption":"David Lappartient, President of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), presents the \u201cUCI Bike City Label Award\u201d to the State Minister for Sports, Rwego Ngarambe, in recognition of the City of Kigali for successfully hosting the 2025 UCI Road World Championships.","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":667,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/whatsapp_image_2026-05-11_at_2.42_07_pm-34b4e.jpg","width":150,"height":100},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/whatsapp_image_2026-05-11_at_2.42_07_pm-34b4e.jpg","width":300,"height":200},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/whatsapp_image_2026-05-11_at_2.42_07_pm-34b4e.jpg","width":768,"height":512},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/whatsapp_image_2026-05-11_at_2.42_07_pm-34b4e.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/whatsapp_image_2026-05-11_at_2.42_07_pm-34b4e.jpg","width":1000,"height":667}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000111609","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=2000111609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000111609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000111612,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000111609\/revisions\/2000111612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000111611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000111609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000111609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000111609"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000111609"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000111609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}