{"id":55756,"date":"2025-09-26T12:49:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T12:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/moise-mugisha-withdraws-from-the-uci-road-world-championships\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T12:49:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T12:49:02","slug":"moise-mugisha-withdraws-from-the-uci-road-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/moise-mugisha-withdraws-from-the-uci-road-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Mo\u00efse Mugisha withdraws from the UCI Road World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, September 25, 2025, it was officially confirmed that Mugisha would be replaced by Patrick Byukusenge on Rwanda\u2019s national team for the road race scheduled on Sunday, September 28, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>During the Tour du Rwanda 2025 held in February, Mugisha was involved in a crash that left a shock on two front teeth, though he continued racing afterward.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the pain, he resumed training with the goal of competing at the ongoing UCI World Championships in Kigali. He even took part in the opening day of the event, finishing 31st in the Men\u2019s Elite Individual Time Trial.<\/p>\n<p>However, after that race, his pain intensified significantly, making it impossible to continue training. On Thursday, September 25, he was admitted to King Faisal Hospital in Kigali to receive treatment for the infection in his teeth.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to IGIHE, Mugisha expressed disappointment but said he is shifting his focus to upcoming continental competitions: \u201cIt happens, but I\u2019m really sad. I have a serious problem. My target now is the African Championships,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>For Sunday\u2019s main road race \u2014 the highlight event of the UCI Road World Championships taking place in Kigali \u2014 Rwanda will be represented by Eric Manizabayo, Vainqueur Masengesho, Patrick Byukusenge, Eric Muhoza, Eric Nkundabera, and Nsengiyumva Shemu.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-95137\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/moi-2.jpg\" alt=\"Mugisha Mo\u00efse was unable to train due to a dental problem.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-95158\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/mk-3.jpg\" alt=\"Mugisha Mo\u00efse was among Rwandan riders expected to compete in Sunday\u2019s race.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-95159\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/byu.jpg\" alt=\"Byukusenge Patrick replaced Mugisha for Sunday\u2019s race.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwandan cyclist Mo\u00efse Mugisha, who was set to compete in the men\u2019s road race at the UCI Road World Championships, has withdrawn to receive treatment for a dental infection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000095160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-homenews","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":2000095160,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mk-3.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mk-3.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mk-3.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mk-3.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mk-3.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mk-3.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55756","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\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000095160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55756"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55756"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}