{"id":441214,"date":"2011-06-14T16:00:16","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/14\/foreigners-dominate-kwita-izina-tour\/"},"modified":"2011-06-14T16:00:16","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T16:00:16","slug":"foreigners-dominate-kwita-izina-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/14\/foreigners-dominate-kwita-izina-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreigners Dominate Kwita Izina Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"35.7705479452\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/newtimes180.jpg\" alt=\"The New Times (Kigali)\" title=\"Visit The New Times (Kigali)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ostine Arinaitwe<\/p>\n<p>12 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Rubavu \u2014 It was an Eritrean affair yesterday as they dominated the first day of this year&#8217;s edition of Kwita Izina cycling tour.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s Tour of Rwanda winner Daniel Teklehaimanot led the way after using 3 hours and five minutes. He was soon followed by compatriots Debesai Frekalsi and Russom Meron.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda&#8217;s Adrien Niyonshuti finished in a distant 7th place after an accident before Ruhengeri saw him lose several minutes but the 22-year-old South Africa based rider is ready to give his best shot in today&#8217;s stage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was in the lead group for several kilometers but my tyre got a puncture which caught me unaware leading to the accident. But I think I will be ok tomorrow [today] and will give it my best,&#8221; a seemingly disappointed Niyonshuti told Sunday Times in Rubavu.<\/p>\n<p>Of the sixty riders that started yesterday&#8217;s race from Kigali&#8217;s Amahoro stadium, only 45 managed to reach Rubavu.<\/p>\n<p>Riders will depart from Rubavu this morning and race to Kigali in the second and final stage of UCI (International Cycling Union) recognized tour.<\/p>\n<p>Eight countries are taking part in the two day race and they include: Kenya, Eritrea, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Algeria, Morocco and DRC.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda fielded three teams in the annual competition which are: Akagera, Karisimbi and Espoir.<\/p>\n<p>For each stage, the winner will pocket Rwf415, 000 while first and second runners-up will settle for Rwf207, 000 and Rwf103, 000. The overall winner will take home Rwf431, 000.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106141860.html\" title=\"Foreigners Dominate Kwita Izina Tour\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Foreigners Dominate Kwita Izina Tour<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ostine Arinaitwe 12 June 2011 Rubavu \u2014 It was an Eritrean affair yesterday as they dominated the first day of this year&#8217;s edition of Kwita Izina cycling tour. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":401101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-441214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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