| 2021 Tour du Rwanda | |
| Series: | 2021 UCI Africa Tour |
| Date: | 2–9 May 2021 |
| Stages: | 8 |
| Distance: | 913.3 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 22h 49' 51" |
| First: | Cristián Rodríguez |
| First Nat: | ESP |
| First Color: | yellow |
| Second: | James Piccoli |
| Second Nat: | CAN |
| Third: | Alex Hoehn |
| Third Nat: | USA |
| Mountains: | Lennert Teugels |
| Mountains Nat: | BEL |
| Mountains Color: | orange |
| Youth: | Alan Boileau |
| Youth Nat: | FRA |
| Youth Color: | light blue |
| Sprints: | Lennert Teugels |
| Sprints Nat: | BEL |
| Sprints Color: | blue |
| Team Color: | cyan |
| Previous: | 2020 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The 2021 Tour du Rwanda was a road cycling stage race that took place in Rwanda between 2 and 9 May 2021. The race was rated as a category 2.1 event on the 2021 UCI Africa Tour calendar, and was the 24th edition of the Tour du Rwanda.[1] [2]
The race was originally scheduled to be held from 21 to 28 February, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it had to be postponed and rescheduled to early May.[3]
One UCI WorldTeam, three UCI ProTeams, eight UCI Continental teams, and four national teams made up the 16 teams that participated in the race.[4] Each team competed with five riders, for a total of 75 riders, of which 61 finished.[5]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
National Teams
The complete route of the 2021 Tour du Rwanda was revealed on 29 November 2020. The eight-day stage race covered and over of elevation, with 29 categorized climbs and many stages ending with a summit finish. Like in previous editions, the Rwandan capital, Kigali, featured heavily in the race, being a start and/or finish location on all but one of the eight stages. The Mur de Kigali time trial on stage 7, which often draws out large crowds along its infamous cobbled sector, continued to make its appearance in the race.
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Stage winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 May | Kigali (Kigali Arena) to Rwamagana | 115.6km (71.8miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 2 | 3 May | Kigali (MIC Building) to Huye | 120.5km (74.9miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 3 | 4 May | Nyanza to Gicumbi | 171.6km (106.6miles) | Mountain stage | |||
| 4 | 5 May | Kigali (Kimironko) to Musanze | 123.9km (77miles) | Mountain stage | |||
| 5 | 6 May | Nyagatare to Kigali (Kimironko) | 149.3km (92.8miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 6 | 7 May | Kigali (Rond Point KBC) to Kigali (Mont Kigali) | 152.6km (94.8miles) | Mountain stage | |||
| 7 | 8 May | Kigali (Nyamirambo) to Kigali (Mur de Kigali) | 4.5km (02.8miles) | Individual time trial | |||
| 8 | 9 May | Kigali (Canal Olympia) to Kigali (Canal Olympia) | 75.3km (46.8miles) | Mountain stage | |||
| Total | 913.3km (567.5miles) | ||||||
| Winner | General classification | Mountains classification | African rider classification | Rwandan rider classification | Young rider classification | Sprints classification | Team classification | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brayan Sánchez | Brayan Sánchez | Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff | Gustav Basson | Seth Hakizimana | Santiago Umba | Bernardo Suaza | ||
| 2 | Alan Boileau | Santiago Umba | Eric Manizabayo | Salim Kipkemboi | Renus Byiza Uhiriwe | Lennert Teugels | |||
| 3 | Alan Boileau | Brayan Sánchez | Lennert Teugels | Metkel Eyob | Eric Muhoza | Nahom Zerai | |||
| 4 | Valentin Ferron | ||||||||
| 5 | Alan Boileau | Metkel Eyob | |||||||
| 6 | Pierre Rolland | Cristián Rodríguez | Nahom Zerai | Alan Boileau | |||||
| 7 | Jhonatan Restrepo | ||||||||
| 8 | Cristián Rodríguez | ||||||||
| Final | Cristián Rodríguez | Lennert Teugels | Alan Boileau | ||||||