{"id":120467,"date":"2026-02-24T13:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T13:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/uci-boss-lappartient-condoles-gatsibo-caravan-victims"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:48:19","slug":"uci-boss-lappartient-condoles-gatsibo-caravan-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/uci-boss-lappartient-condoles-gatsibo-caravan-victims","title":{"rendered":"UCI Boss Lappartient Condoles Gatsibo Caravan Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>World cycling governing body president David Lappartient has sent his condolences to the families of victims who lost their lives in a caravan vehicle accident during the opening stage of the Tour du Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>The accident occurred in Ryabega Sector, Gatsibo District, on Sunday, February 22, when a promotional caravan vehicle lost control in Gabiro, under heavy rain, during the 173.6-kilometre stage from Rukomo in Gicumbi District to Rwamagana. The vehicle struck spectators following the race, leaving two people dead and six others injured.<\/p>\n<p>Lappartient joined the global cycling fraternity in mourning the victims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeeply saddened to hear of the tragic accident that occurred during the Tour of Rwanda. The UCI sends its condolences to the friends and family affected and wishes a quick recovery to those injured,\u201d he posted on X on Monday, February 23.<\/p>\n<p>Deeply saddened to hear of the tragic accident that occurred during the Tour of Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>A minute of silence was observed during the awarding ceremony of Stage One in Rwamagana in honour of the victims.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli rider Itamar Einhorn, who rides for NSN Development Team, won the stage in 4 hours and 5 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>The injured spectators are currently receiving medical care, while the Rwanda National Police have launched investigations to establish the cause of the accident.<\/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. World cycling governing body president David Lappartient has sent his condolences to the families of victims who lost their lives in a caravan vehicle accident during the opening stage of the Tour du Rwanda. The accident occurred in Ryabega Sector, Gatsibo District, on Sunday, February 22, when a promotional caravan vehicle lost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":120466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[9452,758,3562],"class_list":["post-120467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-david-lappartient","tag-rwanda","tag-tour-du-rwanda"],"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>UCI Boss Lappartient Condoles Gatsibo Caravan Victims - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"World cycling governing body president David Lappartient has sent his condolences to the families of victims who lost th ...\" \/>\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\/uci-boss-lappartient-condoles-gatsibo-caravan-victims\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UCI Boss Lappartient Condoles Gatsibo Caravan Victims\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"World cycling governing body president David Lappartient has sent his condolences to the families of victims who lost th ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/uci-boss-lappartient-condoles-gatsibo-caravan-victims\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-24T13:51:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-24T14:48:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2026\/02\/sm_1771931810.702616.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"713\" \/>\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\/uci-boss-lappartient-condoles-gatsibo-caravan-victims#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/uci-boss-lappartient-condoles-gatsibo-caravan-victims\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"UCI Boss Lappartient Condoles Gatsibo Caravan Victims\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-24T13:51:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T14:48:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/uci-boss-lappartient-condoles-gatsibo-caravan-victims\"},\"wordCount\":228,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/uci-boss-lappartient-condoles-gatsibo-caravan-victims#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2026\/02\/sm_1771931810.702616.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"David Lappartient\",\"Rwanda\",\"Tour du Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/uci-boss-lappartient-condoles-gatsibo-caravan-victims#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/uci-boss-lappartient-condoles-gatsibo-caravan-victims\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/uci-boss-lappartient-condoles-gatsibo-caravan-victims\",\"name\":\"UCI Boss Lappartient Condoles Gatsibo Caravan Victims - 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