{"id":38925,"date":"2019-03-04T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T07:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/eritrean-merhawi-kudus-is-2019-tour-du-rwanda\/"},"modified":"2019-03-05T09:10:56","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T09:10:56","slug":"eritrean-merhawi-kudus-is-2019-tour-du-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/eritrean-merhawi-kudus-is-2019-tour-du-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"Eritrean Merhawi Kudus is 2019 Tour du Rwanda champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kudus who claimed the yellow jersey after his stage two; Kigali-Huye before stretching the lead during stage three; Huye-Rubavu retained until the final day having used 12h12\u201937\u201d while Taaramae came second with 24h12\u201947\u201d while Matteo Badilatti of Israel Cycling Academy took the third place with 24h12\u201955\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a very frustrating penultimate stage performance from the Eritrean 25-year old star in which he crashed and lost 10 seconds on his lead on the general classification, he managed to keep his composure during the gruesome 61.7km which had a total of three laps on the famous cobbled wall of Kigali and managed to finish ahead of his closest contender Taaramae Rein from Direct Energie by 10 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural edition of Tour du Rwanda as a 2.1 UCI category race, and its 11th edition overall, featured the longest stage in the UCI Africa Tour race\u2019s history \u2013 and a record elevation of 19,336 meters, with 78 cyclists from 16 teams.<\/p>\n<p>{{Individual Classification<br \/>\n}}<\/p>\n<p>1. Kudus Merhawi (Astana pro team): 24:12\u201937\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>2. Taaramae Rein (Direct Energie): 24:12\u201947\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>3. Badilatti Matteo (Israel cycling Academy): 24:12\u201955\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>4. Aguirre Caipa Hernan Ricardo (Interpro Cycling Academy): 24:13\u201908\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>5. Tesfom Sirak (\u00c9rythr\u00e9e): 24:16\u201941\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>6. Lozano Riba David (Team novo nordisk): 24:17\u201927\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>7. Debesay Abreham Yakob (\u00c9rythr\u00e9e): 24:19\u201928\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>8. Kangangi Suleiman (Kenya): 24:19\u201942\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>9. Areruya Joseph (Delko Marseille Provence): 24:19\u201947\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>10.Contreras Pinzon Rodrigo (Astana pro team): 24:19\u201948\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>{{Best Riders Awarded<br \/>\n}}<\/p>\n<p>The Skol jersey was given to the stage winner; Rodrigo Contreras Pinz\u00f3n (Astana Pro Team)<br \/>\nThe Yellow jersey was given by Miniscop to Merhawi Kudus (Astana Pro Team)<br \/>\nThe Cogebanque jersey is awarded to the best hilly rider, Debesay Yakob (\u00c9rythr\u00e9e)<br \/>\nThe jersey for the rider with the highest sprint offered by SP was given to Du Plooy Rohan (Pro-Touch)<br \/>\nThe jersey for the best competitor offered by Rwanda Tea was given to Mugisha Moise (Team Rwanda)<br \/>\nThe jersey for the top African at the front, offered by Rwanda Air was given to Merhawi Kudus (Astana Pro Team, \u00c9rythr\u00e9e)<br \/>\nThe jersey for the nearest Rwandan, offered by RBA was awarded to Areruya Joseph (Delko Marseille Provence)<br \/>\nThe Jersey for Best Team was awarded by Inyange Industries to Eritrea<\/p>\n<p>{{Stage 8 of 2019 Tour du Rwanda in Pictures<br \/>\n}}<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28392 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/iyo_bamanuka_umuvuduko_uba_uri_mwinshi_ku_kigero_cy_ibilometero_92_ku_isaha-60b78.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28393 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b4746-5a413.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28396 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b4964-c2c5d.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28395 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/kudus_asatira_umurongo_wo_gusorezaho_i_nyamirambo-0944d.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28397 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/rodrigo_contreras_pinzon_niwe_wegukanye_agace_ka_nyuma_ka_tour_du_rwanda-81a70.jpg\" alt=\"Rodrigo Contreras Pinz\u00f3n was the winner of the last stage of the Tour\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28394 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ibyishimo_bivanze_n_umunaniro_mu_isura_ya_merhawi_kudus-3bd81.jpg\" alt=\"Eritrean Merhawi Kudus is 2019 Tour du Rwanda champion\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28401 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b4928-2-5d22a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28400 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b4917-f6710.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28391 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/46352750625_ecccb402e5_b-6f421.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28390 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/46352750415_2d1189a7d9_b-4623c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28399 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b5326-4-e38b1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28398 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b5188-2-730b0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-28402 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ry6b5372-02392.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{[For more Pictures, click here.<br \/>\n->https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/igihepictures\/sets\/72157679104889198\/page3]}}<\/p>\n<p>{{Pictures: Moses Niyonzima}}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 25-year-old Eritrean, Merhawi Kudus has won the most coveted UCI Africa Tour race &#8212; Tour du Rwanda, using 24:12\u201937\u2019\u2019. The legendary cyclist from Astana Pro team claimed that Rwanda had become his second home, after Eritrea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-38925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","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":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38925","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38925"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=38925"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=38925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}