Tour of Rwanda

Tour of Rwanda
Race details
Date November
Region Rwanda
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Africa Tour
Type 2.2
Organiser FERWACY
History
First edition 1988 (1988)
Editions 20 (as of 2017)
First winner  Célestin N'Dengeyingoma (RWA)
Most wins  Abraham Ruhumuriza (RWA) (5 wins)
Most recent  Joseph Areruya (RWA)

Tour of Rwanda is a cycling event created in 1988 and based in Rwanda. The event is a Cycling stage race that is organized by the Rwanda Cycling Federation (FERWACY). The event has been part of the UCI Africa Tour (category 2.2) since 2009. In that year, the experienced Adil Jelloul won the inaugural UCI Continental Tour event with a comfortable lead.

Winners

Rider Team
1988 Rwanda Célestin N'Dengeyingoma (RWA)
1989 Rwanda Omar Masumbuko (RWA)
1990 Rwanda Faustin M'Parabanyi (RWA)
1991–
2000
No race
2001 Rwanda Bernard N'Sengiyumva (RWA)
2002 Rwanda Abraham Ruhumuriza (RWA)
2003 Rwanda Abraham Ruhumuriza (RWA)
2004 Rwanda Abraham Ruhumuriza (RWA)
2005 Rwanda Abraham Ruhumuriza (RWA)
2006 Kenya Peter Kamau (KEN)
2007 Rwanda Abraham Ruhumuriza (RWA)
2008 Rwanda Adrien Niyonshuti (RWA)
2009 Morocco Adil Jelloul (MAR) Morocco national team
2010 Eritrea Daniel Teklehaymanot (ERI) Eritrea national team
2011 United States Kiel Reijnen (USA) Team Type 1–Sanofi
2012 South Africa Darren Lill (RSA) South Africa national team
2013 South Africa Dylan Girdlestone (RSA) South Africa national team
2014 Rwanda Valens Ndayisenga (RWA) Rwanda Karisimbi
2015 Rwanda Jean Bosco Nsengimana (RWA) Rwanda Karisimbi
2016 Rwanda Valens Ndayisenga (RWA) Dimension Data for Qhubeka
2017 Rwanda Joseph Areruya (RWA) Dimension Data for Qhubeka
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