{"id":38913,"date":"2019-02-26T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/eritrean-merhawi-kudus-wins-stage-three-of-2019\/"},"modified":"2019-02-27T19:53:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T19:53:51","slug":"eritrean-merhawi-kudus-wins-stage-three-of-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/eritrean-merhawi-kudus-wins-stage-three-of-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Eritrean Merhawi Kudus wins stage three of 2019 Tour du Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While preparing for stage three, Kudus admitted that he believes Huye-Rubavu stage will determine the Tour du Rwanda winner 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be harder because all teams are competing with us but I would say that the real Tour du Rwanda will begin on stage three because we are going to race a 200km which will be a bigger task,\u201d says Merhawi.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a greater achievement to this 25year old cyclist who took over other cyclists while climbing Mukamira area thus winning stage three after the win of stage two Tour du Rwanda 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Rwandans in near positions are Joseph Areruya on the 10th position and Valens Ndayisenga on the 12th position.<\/p>\n<p>Top five of stage two, Tour du Rwanda 2019<br \/>\n1. Merhawi Kudus (Astana Pro Team):05H21\u201915\u201d<br \/>\n2. Rein Taaramae (Direct Energie):05h21\u201930\u201d<br \/>\n3. Matteo Badilatti (Israel Cycling Academy):05h21\u201958\u201d<br \/>\n4. Hernan Ricardo (Interpro Cycling Academy) 05h22\u201913\u201d<br \/>\n5. Rodrigo Contreras Pinzon (Astana Pro Team):05 h22\u201917 \u201c<\/p>\n<p>{{Best Riders Awarded<br \/>\n}}<\/p>\n<p>The Skol jersey was given to the stage winner; Merhawi Kudus<br \/>\nThe Yellow jersey was given by Miniscop to Merhawi Kudus<br \/>\nThe Cogebanque jersey is awarded to the best hilly rider, Merhawi Kudus<br \/>\nThe jersey for the rider with the highest sprint offered by SP was given to Rohan Du Plooy<br \/>\nThe jersey for the best competitor offered by Rwanda Tea was given to PrzemysAw Kasperkiewicz<br \/>\nThe jersey for the top African at the front, offered by Rwanda Air was given to Merhawi Kudus<br \/>\nThe jersey for the nearest Rwandan, offered by RBA was awarded to Joseph Areruya <\/p>\n<p>{{Stage Three of 2019 Tour du Rwanda [PICTORIAL]<br \/>\n}}<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28311 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/field_1194_19022609451123198.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure 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