Rwanda’s Valens Ndayisenga won gold medal in the Individual Time Trial (ITT) of the Men’s U23 category on Wednesday afternoon at the ongoing Continental Road Championships in Casablanca, Morocco.

The 21-year-old Ndayisenga clocked 53 minutes, 59 seconds and 43 microseconds to claim gold after overcoming stiff challenge from silver medalist Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (54:05:85) from Eritrea and Algeria’s Abderrahmane Bechlaghem (54:06:33), who settle for bronze.

In Elite Men’s ITT, which covered a total of 40.40km, Africa’s leading rider Lahsaini Mouhssine of Morocco won gold, followed by Ethiopia’s Grmay Tsgabu Gebremaryam while the 2010 Tour du Rwanda winner, Daniel Teklemainot (Eritrea) took the bronze medal.

Rwanda had two representatives in the 30-cyclist in the race against the clock competition, Tour du Rwanda 2014 champion, Ndayisenga, finished fourth overall while compatriot Joseph Areruya finished in 9th place and fourth in the U23 category.