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Kwita Izina Cycling Tour
The Kwita Izina Cycling Tour was a multi-day road cycling race in Rwanda that was held annually from 2009 until 2012. It was part of UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, th ... as a 2.2 event for the final two editions. Three of the four editions of the race were won by Abraham Ruhumuriza, while the 2011 edition was won by Daniel Teklehaymanot of Eritrea. Winners References Cycle races in Rwanda 2009 establishments in Rwanda Recurring sporting events established in 2009 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2012 UCI Africa Tour races Defunct cycling races in Rwanda {{cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is highly elevated, giving it the soubriquet "land of a thousand hills", with its geography dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the southeast, with numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate is temperate to subtropical, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year. Rwanda has a population of over 12.6 million living on of land, and is the most densely populated mainland African country; among countries larger than 10,000 km2, it is the fifth most densely populated country in the world. One million people live in the Capital city, capital and largest city Kigali. Hunter-gatherers settled the territory in the St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI Africa Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania) are ranked below the UCI World Tour and, as of 2020, the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road cycling tour. It was inaugurated in 2020. The series is placed below the UCI World Tour, but above the various regional UCI Continental Circuits. Development In December 2018, the UCI ann .... UCI Africa Tour Winners There is a rolling ranking for individuals and countries (the total of the top 8 ranked riders of the nation), for which points can be won in all UCI road events, regardless of where the races take place. Prior to 2019 there was also a team ranking, and in all three categories points were earned in continental races of category HC or below (1.1 and 2.1 or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stage Race (cycling)
A race stage, leg, or heat is a unit of a racing, race that has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-day race, multi-day event. Usually, such a race consists of "ordinary" stages, but sometimes stages are held as an individual time trial or a team time trial. Long races such as the Tour de France, Cape Epic, Absa Cape Epic or the Giro d'Italia are known for their stages of one day each, whereas the boat sailing Velux 5 Oceans Race is broken down in usually four stages of several weeks duration each, where the competitors are racing continuously day and night. In bicycling and running events, a race with stages is known as a stage race. Bicycle race stage In an ordinary stage of road bicycle racing, all riders start simultaneously and share the road. Riders are permitted to touch and to shelter behind each other. Riding in each other's slipstreams is crucial to race tactics: a lone rider has little chance of outrac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Ruhumuriza
Abraham Ruhumuriza (born 28 August 1979) is a Rwandan former cyclist. His main success was in the Tour du Rwanda, which he won five times between 2002 and 2007. Major results ;2002 : 1st Overall Tour du Rwanda ;2003 : 1st Overall Tour du Rwanda ;2004 : 1st Overall Tour du Rwanda ;2005 : 1st Overall Tour du Rwanda ;2007 : 1st Overall Tour du Rwanda : 7th Road race, African Road Championships ;2008 : 1st Stage 5 Tour du Rwanda ;2009 : 1st Overall Kwita Izina Cycling Tour : 5th Overall Tour du Rwanda ;2010 : 1st Overall Kwita Izina Cycling Tour : 7th Overall Tour du Cameroun ::1st Stages 4 & 7 ;2011 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 5th Overall Tour du Rwanda ;2012 : 1st Overall Kwita Izina Cycling Tour ::1st Stage 2 ;2015 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 6th Overall Tour du Cameroun ;2016 : 10th Overall Tour de Côte d'Ivoire The Tour de Côte d'Ivoire-Tour de la Réconciliation is a cycling stage race held in the Ivory Coast. It was on the UCI Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Bicycle Racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional sport, professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common competition formats are mass start events, where riders start simultaneously (though sometimes with a Handicapping, handicap) and race to a set finish point; and time trials, where individual time trial, individual riders or team time trial, teams race a course alone against the clock. Stage races or "tours" take multiple days, and consist of several mass-start or time-trial stages ridden consecutively. Professional racing originated in Western Europe, centred in France, Spain, Italy and the Low Countries. Since the mid-1980s, the sport has diversified, with races held at the professional, semi-professional and amateur levels, worldwide. The sport is governed by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). As w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Teklehaymanot
Daniel Teklehaimanot Girmazion ( ti, ዳንኤል ተክለሃይማኖት ግርማጽዮን, ; born 10 November 1988) is a professional Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist from Eritrea, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental team . Career Teklehaimanot was a member of the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI's World Cycling Centre training program before signing for the new Australian cycling team in 2012. Whilst at the World Cycling Centre he was diagnosed with tachycardia, which was corrected by surgery in early 2009. He returned to riding in May of that year and went on to finish sixth overall in that year's Tour de l'Avenir. In 2010 he rode as a trainee for . The same year, he won the African Championships in the road race, individual time trial and team time trial, at both senior and under-23 levels. On the 2010–11 UCI Africa Tour, he won the Tour du Rwanda and the Kwita Izina Cycling Tour. He participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics being the first Eritrea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the south, Sudan in the west, and Djibouti in the southeast. The northeastern and eastern parts of Eritrea have an extensive coastline along the Red Sea. The nation has a total area of approximately , and includes the Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands. Human remains found in Eritrea have been dated to 1 million years old and anthropological research indicates that the area may contain significant records related to the evolution of humans. Contemporary Eritrea is a multi-ethnic country with nine recognised ethnic groups. Nine different languages are spoken by the nine recognised ethnic groups, the most widely spoken language being Tigrinya, the others being Tigre, Saho, Kunama, Nara, Afar, Beja, Bilen and Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fregalsi Debesay
Ferekalsi Debesay Abrha (born 10 June 1986 in Tsazega) is an Eritrean former professional road cyclist. He is the brother of fellow racing cyclists Mossana Debesai, Mekseb Debesay, Yakob Debesay and . Major results ;2007 : 2nd Road race, All-Africa Games : 8th Road race, African Road Championships ;2009 : 1st Prologue & Stage 4 Tour d'Egypt : 9th Overall Tour Eritrea ;2010 : 1st Team time trial, African Road Championships : 4th Overall Tour Eritrea : 4th Grand Prix of Al Fatah : 10th Overall Tour of Rwanda ::1st Stages 5 & 9 ;2011 : 1st Team time trial, African Road Championships : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::2nd Time trial : 2nd Overall Kwita Izina Cycling Tour : 9th Overall Tour d'Algérie ;2012 : African Road Championships ::1st Team time trial ::3rd Road race : 2nd Overall Tour of Eritrea : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 6th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo ;2014 : 1st Stage 4 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo La Tropicale Amissa Bongo i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adil Jelloul
Adil Jelloul (born 14 July 1982 in Ifrane) is a Moroccan road bicycle racer. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's road race. Major results ;2002 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships ;2004 : 1st Stage 7 Tour du Maroc ;2006 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 5th Overall Tour du Faso : 9th Overall Tour du Maroc ;2007 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Overall Tour du Sénégal : 1st Overall Tour du Faso ::1st Stage 8 : 2nd Road race, Pan Arab Games : 4th Road race, African Road Championships : 10th Overall Tour du Maroc ;2008 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd H. H. Vice-President's Cup ;2009 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Overall Tour of Rwanda ::1st Stage 1 : 4th Grand Prix of Sharm el-Sheikh : 9th Overall Tour du Faso : 10th Overall Tour du Maroc ::1st Stage 4 ;2010 : 2nd Overall Tour du Mali ::1st Stage 1 : Les Challenges de la Marche Verte ::2nd GP Sakia El Hamra ::2nd GP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azzedine Lagab
Azzedine Lagab (born 18 September 1986) is an Algerian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . During his career he won medals in Algerian national championships, in African and Arab cycling championships as well as at the All Africa Games and the Pan-Arab Games. Career 2006–2009 As a youngster, Lagab took part in the Tour de l'Espoir, a stage race within his own country for young and talented riders. He finished in second place in the first stage of this race with the finish line in Bordj Bou Arreridj. It was the start of the career of a cyclist who would become one of the best cyclists in his country. The proof of that already came in the following year when he became second in the individual time trial of the Algerian national road cycling championships. Then in 2008 he went on to win two races in Tunisia, the Grand Prix de la ville de Tunis and the Grand Prix de la Banque de l'Habitat. Later on he improved his national time trial second place by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Biziyaremye
Joseph Biziyaremye (born 1 January 1988) is a Rwandan former cyclist. Major results ;2011 : 1st Stage 8 Tour du Rwanda ;2012 : 3rd Overall Kwita Izina Cycling Tour ::1st Stage 3 ;2013 : 1st Stage 6 Tour of the Democratic Republic of Congo ;2014 : 4th Overall Tour du Rwanda ::1st Stage 5 ;2015 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 7th Overall Tour du Rwanda : 10th Overall Tour de Côte d'Ivoire : 10th Overall Tour de Constantine The Tour de Constantine was a stage race held in Algeria between 2014 and 2016, that was rated 2.2 and was held as part of the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in ... ;2016 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships References External links * * 1988 births Living people Rwandan male cyclists {{Rwanda-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycle Races In Rwanda
Cycle, cycles, or cyclic may refer to: Anthropology and social sciences * Cyclic history, a theory of history * Cyclical theory, a theory of American political history associated with Arthur Schlesinger, Sr. * Social cycle, various cycles in social sciences ** Business cycle, the downward and upward movement of gross domestic product (GDP) around its ostensible, long-term growth trend Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Cycle'' (2008 film), a Malayalam film * ''Cycle'' (2017 film), a Marathi film Literature * ''Cycle'' (magazine), an American motorcycling enthusiast magazine * Literary cycle, a group of stories focused on common figures Music Musical terminology * Cycle (music), a set of musical pieces that belong together **Cyclic form, a technique of construction involving multiple sections or movements **Interval cycle, a collection of pitch classes generated from a sequence of the same interval class **Song cycle, individually complete songs designed to be performe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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