{"id":98596,"date":"2025-03-31T18:32:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T18:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/byukusenge-revels-in-move-to-french-club-pedale-pilotine"},"modified":"2025-04-30T17:56:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:56:23","slug":"byukusenge-revels-in-move-to-french-club-pedale-pilotine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/byukusenge-revels-in-move-to-french-club-pedale-pilotine","title":{"rendered":"Byukusenge revels in move to French club P\u00e9dale Pilotine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwandan cyclist Patrick Byukusenge believes new club Pe\u0301dale Pilotine is a perfect fit for his preparations for the upcoming UCI Road World Championship which will take place in Kigali in September.<\/p>\n<p>Byukusenge, along with his Java InovoTec teammates Eric Manizabayo, and E\u0301tienne Tuyisenge, left for France on Thursday, March 27, where they joined club in on a five-month deal. Their first competition under the Pe\u0301dale Pilotine colours is scheduled for next month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the chance for us and we are ready for the challenge ahead of us. It is for us to give 100% because we have this chance and we need to grab it well,\u201d Byukusenge said.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement by Java InovoTec, the riders will stay in France competing in various races in Europe in the buildup of the 2025 UCI World Cycling Championships which will take place in Kigali in September.<\/p>\n<p>The continental club agreed to release the riders after talks with the French team&#8217;s management after the 2025 Tour du Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>Manizabayo, who had been with Java-InovoTec since last year, finished the 2025 Tour du Rwanda in 12th place. Byukusenge came in 19th place while Tuyizeye was 53rd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are happy to join Pe\u0301dale Pilotine, it\u2019s an exciting step in my career. We want to work hard and contribute to the club\u2019s success during this year before thinking next step\u201d Manizabayo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Rwanda, we don\u2019t have competitions now, so we have chance to prepare ourselves for the races we have ahead like World Championship and to be at this level will help us to raise our level\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Based in Martinique, a Caribbean Island, Pe\u0301dale Pilotine is the past home to other Rwandan riders like Didier Munyaneza, Moi\u0308se Mugisha and Jean Claude Uwizeye.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the famous names \u2013 in African cycling \u2013 who previously featured for the Martinique outfit include Daniel Teklehaimanot and two-time African champion Tesfom Okubamariam, both from Eritrea.<\/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. Rwandan cyclist Patrick Byukusenge believes new club Pe\u0301dale Pilotine is a perfect fit for his preparations for the upcoming UCI Road World Championship which will take place in Kigali in September. Byukusenge, along with his Java InovoTec teammates Eric Manizabayo, and E\u0301tienne Tuyisenge, left for France on Thursday, March 27, where they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":98595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[5056,7302,758],"class_list":["post-98596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-java-inovotec","tag-pedale-pilotine","tag-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>Byukusenge revels in move to French club P\u00e9dale Pilotine - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rwandan cyclist Patrick Byukusenge believes new club Pe\u0301dale Pilotine is a perfect fit for his preparations for the upco ...\" \/>\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\/byukusenge-revels-in-move-to-french-club-pedale-pilotine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Byukusenge revels in move to French club P\u00e9dale Pilotine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rwandan cyclist Patrick Byukusenge believes new club Pe\u0301dale Pilotine is a perfect fit for his preparations for the upco ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/byukusenge-revels-in-move-to-french-club-pedale-pilotine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-31T18:32:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-30T17:56:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/03\/sm_1743434205.324094.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\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\/byukusenge-revels-in-move-to-french-club-pedale-pilotine#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/byukusenge-revels-in-move-to-french-club-pedale-pilotine\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Byukusenge revels in move to French club P\u00e9dale Pilotine\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-31T18:32:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-30T17:56:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/byukusenge-revels-in-move-to-french-club-pedale-pilotine\"},\"wordCount\":345,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/byukusenge-revels-in-move-to-french-club-pedale-pilotine#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/03\/sm_1743434205.324094.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Java Inovotec\",\"P\u00e9dale Pilotine\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/byukusenge-revels-in-move-to-french-club-pedale-pilotine#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/byukusenge-revels-in-move-to-french-club-pedale-pilotine\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/byukusenge-revels-in-move-to-french-club-pedale-pilotine\",\"name\":\"Byukusenge revels in move to French club P\u00e9dale Pilotine - 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