Rwandan cyclists under Karisimbi club emerged the winner of today’s Tour of Rwanda 2011 cycling competition which started from Amahoro National Stadium to Rubavu District in Northern Province.
The annual cycling competition in its third day, American cyclist Joseph Rosskopf took the first position as he pass the finishing line.
Despite Rosskopf’s overall winner, Karisimbi cyclists took a lion’s share recognized as the winning club due to its cyclists taking the lead in several races ever since the competition begun.
However judges have not yet announced Rosskopf as the overall winner as they still have another race tomorrow.
Official results have indicated that 3 Rwandan cyclists Gasore Hategeka, Abraham Ruhumuriza and Adrien Niyonshuti took the third position.
According to Nicodem Habiyambere a cyclists who participated in the Kigali-Rwamagana race short and flat distances are harder since they cycle more compared to hilly areas like Rubavu because there are easy due to sloping parts on the way.
Tomorrow (Wednesday) the race starts from Rubavu to Muhanga District.
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