The 2019 Tour du Rwanda was a road cycling stage race that took place between 24 February and 3 March 2019. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2019 UCI Africa Tour, and was the 22nd edition of the Tour du Rwanda.
Teams Seventeen teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of five riders:
UCI WorldTeams
UCI Professional Continental Teams
UCI Continental Teams
NiCe–Ethiopia Cycling Team
National Teams
Algeria Cameroon Eritrea France U23 Kenya Rwanda
Route +Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Stage winner 1 24 February Kigali to Kigali Hilly stage 2 25 February Kigali to Huye Medium mountain stage 3 26 February Huye to Rubavu Mountain stage 4 27 February Rubavu to Karongi Mountain stage 5 28 February Karongi to Musanze Mountain stage 6 1 March Musanze to Nyamata Medium mountain stage 7 2 March Nyamata to Kigali Hilly stage 8 3 March Kigali to Kigali Hilly stage Total
Stages Stage 1 Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Eritrea s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Kenya s.t. 6 France U23 s.t. 7 Eritrea s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Benediction Cycling Team s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Eritrea s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Kenya s.t. 6 France U23 s.t. 7 Eritrea s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Benediction Cycling Team s.t. 10 s.t.
Stage 2 Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 Eritrea s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 France U23 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 s.t. 4 France U23 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 Eritrea s.t. 7 Eritrea s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.
Stage 3 Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 15" 3 + 43" 4 + 58" 5 + 8' 02" 6 Eritrea + 9' 27" 7 s.t. 8 + 9' 34" 9 + 9' 52" 10 s.t.General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 17" 3 + 45" 4 + 1' 00" 5 + 8' 04" 6 + 9' 29" 7 + 9' 36" 8 Eritrea + 9' 41" 9 + 9' 54" 10 Eritrea s.t.
Stage 4 Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 Eritrea + 3" 4 s.t. 5 + 5" 6 s.t. 7 Benediction Cycling Team s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Eritrea s.t. 10 + 9"General classification after Stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 17" 3 + 45" 4 + 1' 00" 5 Eritrea + 4' 14" 6 + 4' 29" 7 + 4' 40" 8 Kenya + 4' 56" 9 Eritrea + 8' 17" 10 Benediction Cycling Team s.t.
Stage 5 Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eritrea 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 Benediction Cycling Team s.t. 5 France U23 s.t. 6 Rwanda s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Kenya s.t. 9 Rwanda + 3" 10 Benediction Cycling Team + 47"General classification after Stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 17" 3 + 45" 4 + 1' 00" 5 Eritrea + 4' 14" 6 + 4' 40" 7 Kenya + 4' 56" 8 Benediction Cycling Team + 5' 00" 9 France U23 + 6' 19" 10 + 6' 37"
Stage 6 Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 3" 3 Algeria + 4" 4 Eritrea s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Rwanda s.t. 9 Eritrea s.t. 10 + 1' 19"General classification after Stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 17" 3 + 45" 4 + 1' 00" 5 Eritrea + 4' 14" 6 + 4' 40" 7 Kenya + 4' 56" 8 Benediction Cycling Team + 5' 00" 9 Rwanda + 5' 35" 10 France U23 + 6' 19"
Stage 7 Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eritrea 2 + 21" 3 s.t. 4 Eritrea s.t. 5 + 24" 6 + 26" 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Rwanda + 38" 10 France U23 + 43"General classification after Stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 7" 3 + 18" 4 + 31" 5 Eritrea + 3' 42" 6 + 4' 13" 7 Eritrea + 5' 50" 8 Kenya + 6' 41" 9 Benediction Cycling Team + 6' 47" 10 + 6' 53"
Stage 8 Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 06" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 + 1' 09" 9 France U23 s.t. 10 Rwanda + 1' 12"
Classification leadership table
Stage Winner General classification Sprints classification Mountains classification Young rider classification Teams classification 1 Alessandro Fedeli Alessandro Fedeli Bonaventure Uwizeyimana Rohan du Plooy Alessandro Fedeli 2 Merhawi Kudus Merhawi Kudus Timothy Rugg Pablo Torres Joseph Areruya 3 Merhawi Kudus Merhawi Kudus Rohan du Plooy Jérémy Bellicaud 4 Edwin Ávila Rohan du Plooy Pablo Torres Yakob Debesay 5 Biniam Girmay Moise Mugisha Didier Munyaneza 6 Przemysław Kasperkiewicz Eritrea 7 Yakob Debesay Yakob Debesay 8Rodrigo ContrerasYakob Debesay FinalMerhawi KudusRohan du PlooyYakob DebesayYakob DebesayEritrea
Classifications Final general classification Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 10" 3 + 18" 4 + 31" 5 Eritrea + 4' 04" 6 + 4' 50" 7 Eritrea + 6' 51" 8 Kenya + 7' 05" 9 + 7' 10" 10 + 7' 11"
Final sprints classification Rank Rider Team Points 1 ProTouch Sports 26 2 16 3 Eritrea 10 4 Rwanda 8 5 Benediction Cycling Team 6 6 5 7 4 8 4 9 4 10 3Final mountains classification Rank Rider Team Points 1 Eritrea 80 2 Rwanda 72 3 51 4 42 5 41 6 38 7 26 8 23 9 16 10 14
Final youth classification Rank Rider Team Time 1 Eritrea 2 + 19" 3 France U23 + 1' 16" 4 Eritrea + 2' 41" 5 + 6' 37" 6 + 7' 44" 7 + 8' 28" 8 Benediction Cycling Team + 11' 35" 9 Benediction Cycling Team + 12' 10" 10 Kenya + 17' 31"Final teams classification Rank Team Time 1 Eritrea 2 + 2' 53" 3 + 6' 33" 4 + 10' 23" 5 + 43' 02" 6 Benediction Cycling Team + 46' 23" 7 Kenya + 51' 16" 8 France U23 + 1h 02' 06" 9 + 1h 09' 21" 10 + 1h 20' 08"
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