webmaster
© Copyright DEHAI-Eritrea OnLine, 1993-2010
All rights reserved
From: Biniam Tekle (biniamt@dehai.org)
Date: Fri Nov 19 2010 - 09:02:12 EST
For pictures click here:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-rwanda-2-2-1/stage-3/photos/149269
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-rwanda-2-2-1/stage-3/results
Tour of Rwanda 2010
November 17-25 2010
November 18, Stage 3: Byumba - Kigali 62.5km
Trouche tops breakaway companions in Byumba
By: Pierre CarreyPublished: November 18, 17:25, Updated: November 19, 05:44GC
leadership passes from Eritrea's Teklehaimanot to Teklit
While an Eritrean rider remains the leader of the Tour of Rwanda after
two stages, ownership of the yellow jersey passed from Daniel
Teklehaimanot to Tesfai Teklit, who now sits atop the general
classification by three minutes.
The unexpected turnaround happened strangely on a descent despite
Rwanda being famous for its brutal climbs. The Thursday afternoon half
stage was neutralised untill the middle of the first descent as
technical incidents and a crash forced the peloton to stop and wait 15
minutes before kilometre zero.
Belgian riders of the Flanders-Avia team positionned themselves in the
front, ready to launch an attack and after some flat-out corners a
12-rider group escaped, with four Belgians - Evert Verbist, Philip Van
Baele, Bram Delie and Joeri Calleeuw - plus Frenchmen Guillaume Soula
and Benjamin Trouche (CA Castelsarrasin), Luthando Kaka (South
Africa), Raoul Hervé Mbah (Cameroon), Ibrahim James Yousef (Egypt),
Faysal Alsharaa (Lybia) and Tesfai Teklit (Eritrea), Teklehaimanot's
teammate who was willing to work in the breakaway.
The peloton lost a swathe of time on the descent due to some unrest in
the bunch and at the bottom of the final six-kilometre ascent, the gap
between the escapees and the bunch was 5:16. The last climb was
irregular, with a maximum gradient of 16 percent. At the top, the
breakaway riders were exhausted and the sprint was very close between
James Yousef and stage winner Trouche.
The 26-year-old French rouleur took advantage of a conservative effort
on the morning stage's final hill. "Because I'm afraid of crashes, I
was at the back of the peloton and I missed the breakaway. So I could
climb at my own speed," he explained.
Trouche, who has enjoyed just two first division wins in his career,
is considered a generous teammate. Since his first Tour of Rwanda last
year he has enjoyed competing in Africa, having ridden the Tour of
Morocco and the Tour du Faso this year. Employed by the French gas
distribution service GRDF, Trouche says cycling is pure leisure for
him.
Meanwhile the new yellow jersey, Tesfai Teklit, who took third in the
stage and ninth in the morning's half-stage, now holds a significant
advantage at the front of the field. Although he's part of an Eritrean
contingent that boasts many potential winners.
"Over the next days the team will ride for him except if he is tired,"
said Eritrean national coach Samson Solomon. In case of emergency the
squad has four riders in the top seven overall. Teklehaimanot is
second at 3:08 - in the third stage he won the bunch kick, edging out
South African Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg, who tried to drop him
several times on the final ascent.
Stage four, from Kigali to Gisenyi, will take riders to the Congolese
border. With 148.9km and five first category climbs it may be the
queen stage. In 2009 it was the opening route of the Tour of Rwanda
and the organisers decided to place it later in the race because of
the deep time gaps at the finish.
General classification after stage 3
1 Tesfai Teklit (Eri) Eritrea 6:30:22
2 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Eritrea 0:03:08
3 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) South Africa 0:03:21
4 Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) Rwanda 0:03:30
5 Estifanos Gebresilassie (Eth) UCI Continental Center
6 Meron Russom (Eri) Eritrea 0:03:35
7 Teweldemedhin Natnael Berhane (Eri) Eritrea 0:03:40
8 Adil Jelloul (Mar) Morocco
9 Bram Delie (Bel) Flanders Avia Team 0:03:48
10 Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Eth) UCI Continental Center 0:03:51
11 Luthando Kaka (RSA) South Africa 0:04:08
12 Dan Craven (Nam) UCI Continental Center 0:04:09
13 Ibrahim James Yousef (Egy) Egypt 0:04:34
14 John Njoroge (Ken) Kenya 0:04:40
15 Jasson Bakke (RSA) South Africa 0:04:50
16 Fathi Ahmed Atunsi (Lba) Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
17 Julien Schick (Fra) C.A. Castelsarrasin 0:04:52
18 Nathan Byukusenge (Rwa) Rwanda 0:05:13
19 Paul Agorir (Ken) Kenya 0:05:24
20 Frekalsi Debesai (Eri) Eritrea 0:05:37
21 Amr Mahmoud Ahmed Mohamed (Egy) Egypt 0:05:38
22 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Type 1 0:05:50
23 Tarik Chaoufi (Mar) Morocco 0:05:56
24 Araya Medhin Dawit Haile (Eri) Eritrea 0:05:57
25 Mouhssine Lahsaini (Mar) Morocco 0:06:03
26 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) South Africa 0:06:15
27 Gasore Hategeka (Rwa) Rwanda 0:06:25
28 Sollomon Bittew Shiferaw (Eth) UCI Continental Center 0:06:32
29 Nicodem Habiyambere (Rwa) Rwanda 0:06:40
30 Abdelati Saadoune (Mar) Morocco 0:06:58
31 Eddin Asran Osamahussam (Egy) Egypt 0:07:18
32 Issiaka Fofana (CIv) Ivory Coast 0:07:42
33 Gabriel Combrinck (RSA) South Africa 0:08:07
34 Emmanuel Rudahunga (Rwa) Rwanda 0:08:25
35 Nyandwi Uwase (Rwa) Rwanda 0:08:28
36 Obed Ruvogera (Rwa) Rwanda 0:08:33
37 Adnane Aarbia (Mar) Morocco 0:08:46
38 Issiaka Cisse (CIv) Ivory Coast 0:09:05
39 Philip Van Baele (Bel) Flanders Avia Team 0:10:07
40 Peter Loriko (Ken) Kenya 0:10:27
41 David Matovu (Uga) Mixt Team Grands Lacs 0:11:17
42 Mohamed Saad Abou Hegazy (Egy) Egypt 0:11:28
43 Youssef Belgasem Ahmed (Lba) Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0:11:45
44 Benjamin Trouche (Fra) C.A. Castelsarrasin 0:11:52
45 Songezo Jim (RSA) South Africa 0:11:53
46 Jean De Dieu Uwimana (Rwa) Rwanda 0:12:29
47 Raoul Herve Mbah (Cmr) Cameroon 0:12:35
48 Guillaume Soula (Fra) C.A. Castelsarrasin 0:12:36
49 Dieunedort Simo Sando (Cmr) Cameroon
50 Joeri Calleeuw (Bel) Flanders Avia Team 0:12:39
51 Mohamed Ali Almabruk (Lba) Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0:12:51
52 Med Said El Ammoury (Mar) Morocco 0:13:39
53 Ali Al-Sayed Ali Abdullah (Egy) Egypt 0:13:42
54 Samuel Mwangi (Ken) Kenya 0:13:55
55 Obert Chembe (Zam) UCI Continental Center 0:14:12
56 Faysal Alsharaa (Lba) Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0:14:40
57 John Delong (USA) C.A. Castelsarrasin 0:15:33
58 Javier Megias-Leal (Spa) Team Type 1 0:16:01
59 Francis Louis (Sey) Seychelles 0:16:03
60 Ahmed Mohamed Abdalla (Lba) Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0:16:51
61 Chris Germain (Sey) Seychelles 0:17:58
62 Evert Verbist (Bel) Flanders Avia Team 0:18:26
63 Guy Smet (Bel) Flanders Avia Team 0:18:30
64 Mahmoud Mohamed Alaa Eddin (Egy) Egypt 0:19:19
65 Kipchumba Benjamin Kogo (Ken) Kenya 0:21:45
66 Innocent Uwamungu (Rwa) Rwanda 0:24:54
67 Bolotigui Ouattara (CIv) Ivory Coast 0:29:07
68 Robert Tawedi Modi (Cmr) Cameroon 0:29:16
69 Martinien Tega (Cmr) Cameroon 0:29:25
70 James Bristol (Sey) Seychelles 0:30:12
71 Amin Abdelrazag Alkilani (Lba) Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0:30:52
72 Trust Munangandu (Zam) UCI Continental Center 0:31:43
73 Sah Noel Tanessop (Cmr) Cameroon 0:33:28
74 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Flanders Avia Team 0:34:13
75 Innocent Sibomana (Rwa) Rwanda 0:38:51
76 Simeon Green (GBr) C.A. Castelsarrasin 0:39:42
77 Samuel Ekiru (Ken) Kenya 0:46:47
78 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1 0:51:00
79 Edward Pothin (Sey) Seychelles 0:51:50
80 Issa Ntibitura (Rwa) Rwanda 0:52:44
81 Alex Bowden (USA) Team Type 1 0:55:35
82 Eric Sinamenye (Rwa) Rwanda 0:58:43
83 Juvenal Nduwimana (Bdi) Mixt Team Grands Lacs 1:02:47
84 Charles Joe Eldridge (USA) Team Type 1 1:05:18
85 Stradford James Helms (USA) Team Type 1 1:08:44
86 Andy Rose (Sey) Seychelles 1:10:13
87 Mamadou Coulibaly (CIv) Ivory Coast 1:10:15
********************
Stage 4 Friday, November 19 2010
Location:
Kigali - Gisenyi
Distance:
148.9 km
Stage 5 Saturday, November 20 2010
Location:
Gisenyi - Kigali
Distance:
158.2 km
Stage 6 Monday, November 22 2010
Location:
Kigali - Kibuye
Distance:
124.2 km
Stage 7 Tuesday, November 23 2010
Location:
Kibuye - Butare
Distance:
156.8 km
Stage 8 Wednesday, November 24 2010
Location:
Butare - Kigali
Distance:
129.2 km
Stage 9 Thursday, November 25 2010
Location:
Kigali - Kigali
Distance:
120.9 km
----[This List to be used for Eritrea Related News Only]----