| 2020 Tour du Rwanda | |
| Series: | 2020 UCI Africa Tour |
| Date: | 23 February – 1 March 2020 |
| Stages: | 8 |
| Distance: | 889.0 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 23h 13' 01" |
| First: | Natnael Tesfatsion |
| First Nat: | ERI |
| First Team: | Eritrea |
| First Color: | yellow |
| Second: | Moise Mugisha |
| Second Nat: | RWA |
| Third: | |
| Third Nat: | RSA |
| Mountains: | Rein Taaramäe |
| Mountains Nat: | EST |
| Mountains Color: | orange |
| Youth: | Natnael Tesfatsion |
| Youth Nat: | ERI |
| Youth Team: | Eritrea |
| Youth Color: | light blue |
| Sprints: | Dawit Yemane |
| Sprints Nat: | ERI |
| Sprints Team: | Eritrea |
| Sprints Color: | blue |
| Team Color: | white |
| Previous: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2021 |
The 2020 Tour du Rwanda was a road cycling stage race that took place in Rwanda between 23 February and 1 March 2020. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2020 UCI Africa Tour, and was the 23rd edition of the Tour du Rwanda.[1] [2]
Natnael Tesfatsion, riding for the Eritrean national team, won the race by almost a minute ahead of Rwandan rider Moise Mugisha of the . Swiss rider Patrick Schelling of originally finished third, but it was revealed in September 2020 that he had tested positive for use of terbutaline, an unauthorized asthma drug, on stage 2 on 24 February. As a result of the 'non-intentional anti-doping rule violation,' Schelling was stripped of his results from this race and was handed a four-month suspension that retroactively began on 18 May 2020. Due to Schelling's suspension, South African rider Kent Main of was elevated to third place.[3]
Sixteen teams were invited to the race, of which one was a UCI WorldTeam, four were UCI ProTeams, eight were UCI Continental teams, and three were national teams. Each team entered five riders into the race for a total of 80 riders, of which 58 finished the race.[4] [5]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
National Teams
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Stage winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 23 | Kigali (Kigali Arena) to Kigali (Kimironko) | 114.4km (71.1miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 2 | February 24 | Kigali (MIC Building) to Huye | 120.5km (74.9miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 3 | February 25 | Huye to Rusizi | 142km (88miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 4 | February 26 | Rusizi to Rubavu | 206.3km (128.2miles) | Mountain stage | |||
| 5 | February 27 | Rubavu to Musanze | 84.7km (52.6miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 6 | February 28 | Musanze to Muhanga | 127.3km (79.1miles) | Mountain stage | |||
| 7 | February 29 | Kigali (Nyamirambo) to Kigali (Mur de Kigali) | 4.5km (02.8miles) | Individual time trial | |||
| 8 | March 1 | Kigali (PSF Expo Ground) to Kigali (Rebero) | 89.3km (55.5miles) | Mountain stage | |||
| Total | 889km (552miles) | ||||||
| Winner | General classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Sprints classification | Best African rider classification | Team classification | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Henok Mulubrhan | ||
| 2 | Mulu Hailemichael | |||||||
| 3 | Jhonatan Restrepo | Biniam Girmay | Dawit Yemane | Biniam Girmay | Dawit Yemane | Biniam Girmay | Eritrea | |
| 4 | Natnael Tesfatsion | Natnael Tesfatsion | Carlos Oyarzún | Natnael Tesfatsion | Natnael Tesfatsion | |||
| 5 | Jhonatan Restrepo | |||||||
| 6 | Jhonatan Restrepo | |||||||
| 7 | Jhonatan Restrepo | |||||||
| 8 | José Manuel Díaz | Rein Taaramäe | ||||||
| Final | Natnael Tesfatsion | Rein Taaramäe | Natnael Tesfatsion | Dawit Yemane | Natnael Tesfatsion | |||