{"id":35996,"date":"2023-02-19T16:25:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-19T16:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/tour-du-rwanda-2023-in-numbers"},"modified":"2023-02-19T16:52:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T16:52:43","slug":"tour-du-rwanda-2023-in-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/tour-du-rwanda-2023-in-numbers","title":{"rendered":"Tour du Rwanda 2023 in numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Tour du Rwanda 2023 is finally here. With eight stages to be played, the race already comprises key statistics worth noting.<\/p>\n

The continental race, which is slated for February 19-26, will for the first time attract 95 riders from 19 teams. Algeria withdrew from the race at the last minute due logistical constraints.<\/p>\n

There are 67 new riders this year, representing 70,5 % of the total number of participants. They occupy the highest representation compared to 55.5% in 2022, 62.7% in 2021 and 52.5% in 2020.<\/p>\n

A total of 700 riders have participated at Tour du Rwanda and have made a total of 1,120 participations since 2009.<\/p>\n

At least 66 nations have been represented in Tour du Rwanda since 2009.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, four countries namely China, Indonesia, Japan and Latvia will be represented for the first time in 2023.<\/p>\n

There are 28 different nationalities in 2023, the first time that Tour du Rwanda is attracting the highest number of nations in one edition.<\/p>\n

Nine new teams will also be making their debut at Tour du Rwanda 2023 (compared to five in 2022). They include Soudal-QuickStep Devo Team (Belgium), Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team (Switzerland), Green Project-Bardiani (Italy, Euskaltel- Euskadi (Spain), China Glory Continental Cycling Team (China), Bolton Equities Black Spoke (New Zealand), EF Education-Nippo Development Team (USA), Tartu2024 (Estonia), May Stars (Rwanda)<\/p>\n

Most represented country: Great Britain with 10 riders<\/b><\/p>\n

The British riders are present in different teams (the National Selection, Israel-Premier Tech, Soudal-QuickStep, Bolton Equities Black Spoke, EF Education-Nippo Development, and Novo Nordisk) followed by the Rwandans with 9 riders in 3 teams (National Selection, Bike Aid and May Stars).<\/p>\n

Most represented countries since 2009<\/b><\/p>\n

Rwanda has 212 riders to have participated (including 2023); France 91, Eritrea 84, South Africa 72, Kenya 57, Ethiopia 53, Algeria 43, Belgium, Morocco, and Cameroon 32.<\/p>\n

12: Record number of participations in the Tour du Rwanda by Jean-Bosco Nsengimana (from 2012 to 2023)<\/p>\n

24: Record number of stage wins by nation, held by Eritrea followed by Rwanda (19), France (10), Morocco (9), South Africa, Colombia, and the United States (8).<\/p>\n

6: Record number of stage wins by Colombian Johnathan Restrepo, followed by Valens Ndayisenga and Eritrean Eyob Metkel (5 wins).<\/p>\n

20 years and 8 months: Samuel Mugisha remains the youngest Tour du Rwanda winner after winning the 2018 edition aged 20 years and 8 months while Eritrean Merhawi Kudus is the youngest stage winner in 2012 at 18 years and 10 months.<\/p>\n

30: the number of riders to have participated in the Tour du Rwanda before joining a World Tour team:<\/p>\n

900: The number of accredited persons in total for the Tour du Rwanda 2023.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Rwanda. Tour du Rwanda 2023 is finally here. With eight stages to be played, the race already comprises key statistics worth noting. The continental race, which is slated for February 19-26, will for the first time attract 95 riders from 19 teams. Algeria withdrew from the race at the last minute due logistical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":35995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[760,763,758],"class_list":["post-35996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\nTour du Rwanda 2023 in numbers - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tour du Rwanda 2023 is finally here. 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