{"id":115333,"date":"2025-11-13T13:09:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T13:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/rwanda-uci-in-talks-to-host-world-tour-race-in-2027"},"modified":"2025-11-13T13:24:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T13:24:51","slug":"rwanda-uci-in-talks-to-host-world-tour-race-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-uci-in-talks-to-host-world-tour-race-in-2027","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda, UCI in talks to host World Tour race in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwanda and the world cycling governing body (UCI) are in talks for creating a new professional race that could bring a World Tour level cycling race to the African continent for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Samson Ndayishimiye, president of the Rwandan Cycling Federation (Frewacy), told Belgian outlet La Dernie\u0300re Heure that both parties are working closely how to build on the momentum of the 2025 World Championships in Kigali.<\/p>\n<p>The federation wants the Championships to leave a lasting influence on the sport in Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want the previous World Championships to leave a legacy,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are examining the best way to approach this. We need to determine the ideal date for a race, but we also need to consider the most suitable format. We want to present a strong field of participants,\u201d Ndayishimiye said.<\/p>\n<p>The details are still open, he said. The choice between a one-day race or a stage race has not yet been made, and the calendar slot remains undecided.<\/p>\n<p>Ndayishimiye noted that the federation aims for a race with a higher status than the annual Tour du Rwanda, which has been a UCI 2.1 event since 2019 and currently stands as the only professional road race on the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Many observers of cycling praised the first elite World Championships on African soil.<\/p>\n<p>From a competitive and organisational standpoint, however, the UCI considered the event a success, and the local enthusiasm has encouraged Rwanda to pursue more.<\/p>\n<p>Ndayishimiye said the ambition is shared by both the federation and the UCI, though he emphasized the need for careful evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe shared desire is there, but we need to analyze everything calmly so we can make the right choices,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>There is no fixed deadline, but a debut race in 2027 is seen as realistic.<\/p>\n<p>If the project advances and achieves World Tour status, Africa would for the first time host an annual top level road race, marking a significant step in the global development of the sport.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Rwanda and the world cycling governing body (UCI) are in talks for creating a new professional race that could bring a World Tour level cycling race to the African continent for the first time. Samson Ndayishimiye, president of the Rwandan Cycling Federation (Frewacy), told Belgian outlet La Dernie\u0300re Heure that both parties [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":115331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18,772],"tags":[3564,758,4129,8701],"class_list":["post-115333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","category-to-homepage","tag-ferwacy","tag-rwanda","tag-samson-ndayishimiye","tag-uci-world-tour"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rwanda, UCI in talks to host World Tour race in 2027 - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rwanda and the world cycling governing body (UCI) are in talks for creating a new professional race that could bring a W ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-uci-in-talks-to-host-world-tour-race-in-2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rwanda, UCI in talks to host World Tour race in 2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rwanda and the world cycling governing body (UCI) are in talks for creating a new professional race that could bring a W ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-uci-in-talks-to-host-world-tour-race-in-2027\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-13T13:09:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-13T13:24:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/sm_1763027656.661576.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"712\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-uci-in-talks-to-host-world-tour-race-in-2027#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-uci-in-talks-to-host-world-tour-race-in-2027\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Rwanda, UCI in talks to host World Tour race in 2027\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-13T13:09:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-13T13:24:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-uci-in-talks-to-host-world-tour-race-in-2027\"},\"wordCount\":347,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-uci-in-talks-to-host-world-tour-race-in-2027#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/sm_1763027656.661576.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Ferwacy\",\"Rwanda\",\"Samson Ndayishimiye\",\"uci world tour\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-uci-in-talks-to-host-world-tour-race-in-2027#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-uci-in-talks-to-host-world-tour-race-in-2027\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/rwanda-uci-in-talks-to-host-world-tour-race-in-2027\",\"name\":\"Rwanda, UCI in talks to host World Tour race in 2027 - 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