{"id":2000123261,"date":"2026-08-21T10:49:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000123261"},"modified":"2026-08-21T10:49:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:49:53","slug":"19-rwandan-cyclists-prepare-for-2026-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/19-rwandan-cyclists-prepare-for-2026-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"19 Rwandan cyclists prepare for 2026 World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Montr\u00e9al will host the 99th edition of the World Championships, following the 2025 edition held in Kigali, which was the first time the competition was staged on the African continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National team coach F\u00e9lix Sempoma selected the 19 cyclists who began the training camp this week. Their preparations will run until September 16, 2026, before they travel to Canada for the World Championships scheduled for September 20-27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group includes cyclists competing in the elite men\u2019s and women\u2019s categories, Under-23 and junior categories for riders under the age of 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the women\u2019s junior category, those attending the training camp are Yvonne Masengesho, Donatha Akimana and Zawadi Kanyange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The elite and Under-23 women\u2019s group includes Xaveline Nirere, Claudette Nyirarukundo, Diane Ingabire, Liliane Uwiringiyimana (U23), Mariate Byukusenge (U23) and Jazilla Mwamikazi (U23), who is currently training in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the men\u2019s elite category, Shemu Nsengiyumva is the only rider above the age of 23. The other riders are Shadrack Ufitimana, Aim\u00e9 Ruhumuriza, Kevin Nshutiraguma and Samuel Niyonkuru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The junior men\u2019s riders attending the training camp are Brian Ishimwe, Jackson Nkurikiyinka, Jonathan Rafiki Muhawenimana, Pacifique Byusa and Jules Mugabo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2025, Rwanda was represented by 23 cyclists when the World Championships were held in Kigali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourteen of those cyclists have been selected again for the 2026 preparations. They are Nsengiyumva Shemu, Niyonkuru Samuel, Ufitimana Shadrack, Ruhumuriza Aim\u00e9, Nshutiraguma Kevin, Ishimwe Brian, Byusa Pacifique, Nkurikiyinka Jackson, Ingabire Diane, Nyirarukundo Claudette, Uwiringiyimana Liliane, Mwamikazi Jazilla, Nirere Xaveline and Masengesho Yvonne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 19 cyclists selected for Rwanda\u2019s World Championships preparations are training in Musanze ahead of the competition scheduled for September in Montr\u00e9al.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rwandan cyclists are stepping up preparations for the 2026 World Championships, with 19 riders currently training at the UCI Regional Satellite Centre in Musanze.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nineteen Rwandan cyclists have entered a training camp in Musanze as they prepare for the 2026 UCI Road World Championships in Montr\u00e9al, Canada.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nineteen Rwandan cyclists have begun a training camp at the UCI Regional Satellite Centre in Musanze as they prepare to represent the country at the 2026 UCI Road World Championships in Montr\u00e9al, Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000123263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000123261","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":2000123263,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/18_riders_have_kicked_off_training_camp_at_wccmusanze__they_will_train_through_september_16_t_2__heic-c9c.jpg","alt":"","caption":"Rwandan cyclists are stepping up preparations for the 2026 World Championships, with 19 riders currently training at the UCI Regional Satellite Centre in Musanze.","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":750,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/18_riders_have_kicked_off_training_camp_at_wccmusanze__they_will_train_through_september_16_t_2__heic-c9c.jpg","width":1000,"height":750},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/18_riders_have_kicked_off_training_camp_at_wccmusanze__they_will_train_through_september_16_t_2__heic-c9c.jpg","width":1000,"height":750},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/18_riders_have_kicked_off_training_camp_at_wccmusanze__they_will_train_through_september_16_t_2__heic-c9c.jpg","width":1000,"height":750},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/18_riders_have_kicked_off_training_camp_at_wccmusanze__they_will_train_through_september_16_t_2__heic-c9c.jpg","width":1000,"height":750},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/08\/18_riders_have_kicked_off_training_camp_at_wccmusanze__they_will_train_through_september_16_t_2__heic-c9c.jpg","width":1000,"height":750}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000123261","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=2000123261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000123261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000123266,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000123261\/revisions\/2000123266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000123263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000123261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000123261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000123261"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000123261"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000123261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}