Prologue winner, Timothy Rugg has won Stage Three of the Tour du Rwanda 2016. The American who rides for Canada-based Team LowestRates took the stage in 3 hours, 18 minutes and 16 seconds.
Prologue winner, Timothy Rugg has won Stage Three of the Tour du Rwanda 2016. The American who rides for Canada-based Team LowestRates took the stage in 3 hours, 18 minutes and 16 seconds.Stage three, also known as the ‘Kivu-belt’ race, is a 115.9 km chase between Karongi and Rusizi districts in the Western Province.It’s one of the two new routes that have been added to this year’s Tour du Rwanda.Joseph Areruya of Rwamagana-based Les Amis Sportifs finished in second position while Eritrean Eyob Metkel of Dimension Data was third.
However, despite finishing 7th in this race, Valens Ndayisenga maintains the yellow jersey.18-year-old Samuel Mugisha once again won best climber.On Thursday, the riders head to Huye District for stage four of the competition.Stage 4 –Nov. 17: Rusizi-Huye (140.7km)Stage 5 – Nov. 18:
Muhanga-Musanze (125.8km)Stage 6 – Nov. 19:
Musanze-Kigali Regional Stadium (103.9km)Stage 7 – Nov. 20: Amahoro Stadium-Kigali Amahoro Stadium (108.0km)
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