The Soudal Quickstep team won the first leg of the Tour du Rwanda 2024 played from the BK Arena to the Kigali Convention Centre, this Sunday February 18, 2024. The team clocked 20 minutes and 32 seconds.
various events have been accompanied by performances by artists in order to warm up the people who participated, as well as to give joy to the people who were in the place where the runners were competing, This race is attended by athletes from different countries of the world, where it lasts a week and goes around all parts of Rwanda.
This “Team Time Trial” area was included for the first time in the Tour du Rwanda and was also won by Soudal Quickstep, in preparation for hosting the World Cycling Championship in 2025. BK Arena Road to the Kigali Convention Center you are supported, it will also be supported in the World Championship.
Janathan Vervenne of the ‘Soudal QuickStep’ team won (wearing) the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification, after he was the first to bring the tires to the finish line, This race was attended by 19 teams consisting of 94 players. It is at a time when the DSM-Firmenich PostNL Development Team has already withdrawn from the Tour du Rwanda 2024 because its players are sick and missing participants.
In 2019, the Tour du Rwanda went from level 2.2 to level 2.1 of the competition organized by the International Cycling Union UCI,
HOW THE RACE WENT ON TODAY.
12:54 p.m Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team is the 19th team that has won the first place.
12:51: The Eritrean National Team was the leader of the 10 teams that had competed, Eritrea: 21’39”- Polti Kometa 22’02- South Africa: 22’43”- Java-InovoTec 22’47”, Bike Aid: 22’50” CMC Africa 23’07” – Mauritius: 23’10”, Algeria: 24’00”, Ethiopia: 24’02”, May Stars: 25’31”
At 12:51 : Total Energies is the team that rose to the 17th position, this team is based in France, which usually has the most difficult players in the Tour du Rwanda. This team includes 2 players who played in Tour du Rwanda.
At 12:48 : Lotto Dstny Development is the team that took off for the 16th time. This team was founded in 2007 and was born in Belgium,
At 12:45 : The Rwandan team rose to the 15th place. This is when the Rwandans opened their eyes and most applauded, It includes the player Manizabayo Eric who has played Tour du Rwanda 7, and Muhoza Eric last year who reached the last day and was 11 seconds ahead of the first, but had an accident.
12:39 p.m.: UAE Team Emirates Gen-z, the team that rose to the 14th position. This team was founded in January 2024, it is born in Arabia. The Tour du Rwanda is the second race to be played after the Tour de Sharjah which was also won. The player named Gal who won this race is the one to watch out for in this Tour du Rwanda.
May Stars took off for the first time at the BK Arena, reaching the finish line at the Kigali Convention Center (KCC) in 25’31” at a distance of 18.3 km.
