{"id":11538,"date":"2022-02-19T15:24:14","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T15:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/all-is-set-for-tour-du-rwanda-2022"},"modified":"2022-02-19T15:42:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T15:42:46","slug":"all-is-set-for-tour-du-rwanda-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/all-is-set-for-tour-du-rwanda-2022","title":{"rendered":"All is set for Tour du Rwanda 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The national cycling governing body (FERWACY) president, Abdallah Murenzi has said that everything is in order to ensure that the Tour du Rwanda 2022 becomes a successful one.<\/p>\n

Arguably the biggest race of the UCI Africa Tour calendar, the race kicks off in Kigali on Sunday, February 20 and will run until February 27. It will attract 95 cyclists from 19 teams from various countries competing in 8 difficult stages crossing nationwide.<\/p>\n

As the race is just hours before the kickoff, Murenzi said that everything is arranged in its right place as he anticipates a successful tournament which is in its 14th edition.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think everything is ready. Our Rwandan teams are ready and the majority of the teams expected to participate in the race have arrived and we hope that the rest jets in today. We hope to witness an entertaining and successful tournament,\u201d Murenzi told Times Sport in an interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in touch with concerned institutions like the Ministry of Sports, Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC) and the national police, among others, to ensure that the tournament happens in a smooth way,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Fans back on streets<\/b><\/p>\n

The rise in cases of covid-19 forced the government to ban the public from gathering on streets to follow the race from respective itineraries but Murenzi said that people will finally be allowed to support their favorite cyclists during the tournament, now that the pandemic is under control.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year\u2019s tournament happened under stringent conditions that couldn\u2019t allow people to follow it from the streets as they used to due to the pandemic but they will this time be allowed to witness the race as long as they are vaccinated. We encourage people to get the vaccines required not only to follow the race but also for the sake of their health safety,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The tournament is expected to attract at least 2 million spectators.<\/p>\n

There are cases of roads which have been damaged by heavy rains which could pose a challenge to cyclists during the race but Murenzi said they are in contact with Rwanda Transport Development Agency (RTDA) to ensure the roads can be repaired in due course.<\/p>\n

The agency has, for instance, repaired the Kigali- Rulindo-Musanze road which was impassable since Friday due to heavy rains that caused the landslide in the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe riders can carry their bikes in case they get to a place where the road is damaged and continue the race. You can\u2019t cancel the whole race because just a one-kilometre part of the road is damaged. It normally happens in other races and such cases never stop races from happening,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Time to end foreign riders\u2019 dominance?<\/b><\/p>\n

Quality and standard equipment has been among key factors that hinder Rwandan riders from challenging for the yellow jersey during the past few years, especially when the race was upgraded to UCI 2.1.<\/p>\n

Last year, riders raised their concerns that lack of new cycling equipment remains a key issue that affects their chances of winning the Tour du Rwanda.<\/p>\n

Rwandan cyclists have for the past six years been using the bikes that President Paul Kagame donated to the national team in 2015.<\/p>\n

The President at the time offered 18 road bikes and eight-time trial bikes to Team Rwanda in December 2015 following their historic success at the 2014 Tour du Rwanda.<\/p>\n

The bikes were, however, replaced and the national team will ride Ridley bikes version 2021, prior to this year\u2019s Tour du Rwanda.<\/p>\n

With the new equipment, Murenzi said, \u201cWe hope that Rwandan riders can put up impressive performances and even win Tour du Rwanda 2022 now that they\u2019ve got new and standard cycling equipment plus their arrears have been paid,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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