Eritrea’s Amanuel Gebreigzabhier was crowned African champion after soloing to victory at the African Continental Road Championships 168km road race in Kigali, Rwanda, today.
Gebreigzabhier completed the 14 laps of 12km circuit in 3:56:29, beating teammate Metkel Eyob and Algerian Azzedine Lagab into second and third respectively.
Rwandan Joseph Areruya won the under-23 category and finished sixth overall.
Riders lined up at the start of the 168km African Continental Road Championships road race in Rwanda today. Photo: Africa Team Rising
South African Eddie van Heerden, who had not held any high expectations before the race, managed to finish in fifth with teammate Gustav Basson in 10th. Basson came fourth in the U23 category.
Their teammate Jan Montshioa was unable to finish the race.
View more results below.
Elite men
1. Amanuel Gebreigzabhier (Eritrea) 3:56:29
2. Metkel Eyob (Eritrea) +1:53
3. Azzedine Lagab (Algeria) ”
4. Mekseb Debesay (Eritrea) +1:55
5. Eddie van Heerden (South African) +1:58
6. Joseph Areruya (Rwanda) +2:06
7. Henok Mulubrhan (Eritrea) ”
8. Youcef Reguigui (Algeria) +2:08
9. Didier Munyaneza (Rwanda) +2:10
10. Gustav Basson (South Africa) “
