The national Cycling Team ‘Team Rwanda’ has joined the training camp in Nyamata as they step up preparations for the forthcoming 2022 African Continental Road Championships.
The event is scheduled for March 22 to 27 in Cairo, Egypt.
21 riders were summoned to report to camp on Thursday, March 10, for a ten day intensive training session. The team will then fly to Cairo on Wednesday, March 20.
Team Rwanda will compete at four levels: Men Elite, Women Juniors Juniors, Women Seniors and Women Elite.
The roster comprises familiar names of cyclists who represented the country at last year’s edition, including the likes of ProTouch trio of Jean Claude Nzafashwanayo, Moise Mugisha, Samuel Mugisha and Team Qhubeka rider Renus Byiza Uhiriwe.
The initial plan was for the continental races to take place in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), but the Confederation of African Cycling moved them to Egypt due to their incontinence about the possibility of a west African country being present.
Full provisional list:
Elite& U23 Men: Jean Clause Nzafashwanayo, Samuel Mugisha and Moise Mugisha (ProTouch), Jean Bosco Nsengimana (Benediction), Etienne Tuyizere (Benediction), Renus Byiza Uhiriwe (Team Qhubeka) as well as Eric Muhoza and Samuel Niyonkuru (Les Amis Sportifs).
Junior Men: Bonheur Ndayisenga (ANCA), Fabien Uwihanganye (Muhai Cycling Generation), Regis Mucyowera (CINE Elmay) and Hashim Tuyizere (Les Amis Sportifs).
Women Elite/U23: Diane Ingabire, Valentine Nzayisenga, Violette Neza Irakoze, Jacqueline Tuyishime and Josiane Mukashema (all playing for Benediction Club).
Women Junior: Claudine Tiyishimire (all Bugesera Cycling Team), Alice Uwera (All Bugesera Sportifs), and Jazila Umwamikazi.
Source: rnewtimes
