Estonian Cycling Team, Tartu 2024, has become the first team to arrive in Rwanda ahead of the much-anticipated 2023 Tour du Rwanda slated for February 19-26.

The team arrived Friday, February 10, as they hope to adapt to the weather and also have pre-competition exercise in order to be in shape and become familiar with the terrain.

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The team will have a seven-day training camp at the Africa Rising Cycling Centre in Musanze where they will do some mountain climbing workout ahead of the event.

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The Tartu 24 team is made up of of a five-man roster that includes Kiskonen Siim, 26, who is ranked 770 in the world by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), Finish Kinaapi Markus, Krasts Alekss, a 21-year-old Latvian mountain bike rider, budding Estonian rider Kurits Joonas aged 20 and Pajur Markus, who previously featured for for UCI ProTeam Arkéa–Samsic.