South Africa’s Rohan du Plooy has retained the sprinter’s jersey in the Tour du Rwanda after the 121.1km sixth stage concluded in Nyamata today.
ProTouch’s Du Plooy has worn the jersey since stage two and it could be his to lose in the final two stages.
Delko Marseille Provence’s Przemysław Kasperkiewicz won stage six in 2:49:57, beating Interpro Cycling Academy’s Pablo Torres by three seconds. Algeria’s Youcef Reguigui rounded out the podium.
ProTouch’s Rohan du Plooy (pictured) retained the blue sprinter’s jersey ahead of stage seven of the Tour du Rwanda tomorrow. Photo: Tour du Rwanda
Astana Pro’s Merhawi Kudus retained the overall lead, 17 seconds clear of Direct Energie’s Rein Taaramae.
View more results below.
Stage six
1. Przemysław Kasperkiewicz (Delko Marseille Provence) 2:49:57
2. Pablo Torres (Interpro Cycling Academy) 0:00:03
3. Youcef Reguigui (Algeria) 0:00:04
4. Henok Mulubrhan (Eritrea)
5. Julien Trarieux (Delko Marseille Provence)
6. Joonas Henttala (Team Novo Nordisk)
7. Samuel Mugisha (Dimension Data for Qhubeka)
8. Valens Ndayisenga (Rwanda)
9. Yacob Debesay (Eritrea)
10. Bruno Araujo (BAI-Sicasal-Petro de Luanda) 0:01:19
*Selected
46. Rohan du Plooy (ProTouch) 0:11:38
50. Mornay van Heerden (ProTouch) 0:16:49
58. Jayde Julius (ProTouch) 0:16:54
60. James Fourie (ProTouch)
62. Calvin Beneke (ProTouch)
General classification
1. Merhawi Kudus (Astana Pro) 20:24:53
2. Rein Taaramae (Direct Energie) 0:00:17
3. Matteo Badilatti (Israel Cycling Academy) 0:00:45
4. Hernán Aguirre (Interpro Cycling Academy) 0:01:00
5. Sirak Tesfom (Eritrea) 0:04:14
6. David Lozano (Team Novo Nordisk) 0:04:40
7. Suleiman Kangangi (Kenya) 0:04:56
8. Didier Munyaneza (Benediction Excel Energy) 0:05:00
9. Valens Ndayisenga (Rwanda) 0:05:35
10. Jeremy Bellicaud (France U23)0:06:19
*Selected
42. Jayde Julius (ProTouch) 0:43:06
45. Calvin Beneke (ProTouch) 0:44:52
51. James Fourie (ProTouch) 0:54:18
58. Mornay van Heerden (ProTouch) 1:11:21
60. Rohan du Plooy (ProTouch) 1:15:42
