Eritrea’s Yacob Debesay won the 84.1km penultimate stage of the Tour du Rwanda in Kigali today.
Debesay soloed to victory in 2:12:35, beating Delko Marseille Provence’s Alessandro Fedeli by 21 seconds. Interpro Cycling Academy’s Adrien Guillonnet completed the podium.
Eritrea’s Yacob Debesay soloing ahead and up a climb during stage seven of the Tour du Rwanda. Photo: Tour du Rwanda
Astana Pro’s Merhawi Kudus crashed on the descent before the final climb, but quickly got up and managed to retain the yellow jersey, although having lost time against his GC rivals.
South African Rohan du Plooy, of ProTouch, consolidated the sprinter’s jersey after taking the first intermediate sprint. His teammate Calvin Beneke however abandoned the race and James Fourie did not start.
View more results below.
Stage seven
1. Yacob Debesay (Eritrea) 2:12:35
2. Alessandro Fedeli (Delko Marseille Provence) 0:00:21
3. Adrien Guillonnet (Interpro Cycling Academy)
4. Sirak Tesfom (Eritrea) 0:00:22
5. Hernán Aguirre (Interpro Cycling Academy) 0:00:24
6. Mulu Hailemichael (Dimension Data for Qhubeka) 0:00:26
7. Matteo Badilatti (Israel Cycling Academy)
8. David Lozano (Team Novo Nordisk)
9. Moise Mugisha (Rwanda) 0:00:38
10. Aurélien Doleatto (France U23) 0:00:43
*Selected
18. Rohan du Plooy (ProTouch) 0:02:32
52. Jayde Julius (ProTouch) 0:12:55
58. Mornay van Heerden (ProTouch) 0:16:58
DNF. Calvin Beneke (ProTouch)
DNS. James Fourie (ProTouch)
General classification
1. Merhawi Kudus (Astana Pro) 22:38:21
2. Rein Taaramae (Direct Energie) 0:00:07
3. Matteo Badilatti (Israel Cycling Academy) 0:00:18
4. Hernán Aguirre (Interpro Cycling Academy) 0:00:31
5. Sirak Tesfom (Eritrea) 0:03:42
6. David Lozano (Team Novo Nordisk) 0:04:13
7. Yacob Debesay (Eritrea) 0:05:50
8. Suleiman Kangangi (Kenya) 0:06:41
9. Didier Munyaneza (Benediction Excel Energy) 0:06:47
10. Joseph Areruya (Delko Marseille Provence) 0:06:53
*Selected
47. Jayde Julius (ProTouch) 0:55:08
54. Rohan du Plooy (ProTouch) 1:17:21
57. Mornay van Heerden (ProTouch) 1:27:26
