Tour du Rwanda 2019: Teamwork is our main weapon, says Areruya as his French side grabs early lead
Areruya said that he was happy with his team’s performance and vowed to put ‘teamwork first’ in order to retain the yellow jersey.
Moise Mugisha, who is making his second appearance in Tour du Rwanda after his 2018 debut, was the best young rider of the day. All photos by Plaisir Muzogeye
Team Rwanda riders, led by two-time Tour du Rwanda winner Valens Ndayisenga, are seen in a peloton during Stage 2 yesterday.
It was a very close Stage 1 on Sunday.
Alessandro Fedeli is the first Italian to win a stage in Tour du Rwanda. The 22-year heads into Monday's Stage 2 from Kigali to Huye in the race leader's Yellow Jersey.
There was no Algerian rider in Stage One's top 10 on Sunday.
Thousands of spectators lined the streets to witness the country's biggest sports event.
Alessandro Fedeli, 22, outsprinted Eritrea's Debesay Yakob to the line to take Stage 1 in Kicukiro District on Sunday afternoon. Courtesy
Stage 1 was not the Tour du Rwanda start Astana Pro Team had hoped for as their best rider Nikita Stalnov finished in ninth place.
