Eric Manizabayo Explained

Eric Manizabayo
Birth Place:Jenda, Nyabihu District, Rwanda
Height:1.76 m
Weight:72 kg
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2014–2018
Amateuryears2:2023
Proyears1:2019–2022
Proteam1:[1]

Eric Manizabayo (born 28 August 1997) is a Rwandan cyclist, who last rode for Rwandan club team .[2] He competed in the road race at the 2022 UCI Road World Championships, and won the 2022 Rwandan National Road Race Championships.[3] [4]

Manizabayo was born in the village of Jenda and dropped out of school at the age of 12 to work as a bike taxi operator. He began cycling competitively in 2015.[5]

Major results

2016
  • National Junior Road Championships
  • 2nd Road race
  • 2nd Time trial
    2017
  • National Junior Road Championships
  • 1st Road race
  • 3rd Time trial
    2018
  • 2nd Team time trial, Africa Cup
    2019
  • 8th Overall Tour du Sénégal
    2020
  • 10th Overall Tour du Rwanda
    2022
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 9th Overall Tour du Rwanda
    2023
  • 1st Mountains classification, Tour du Cameroun
    2024
  • 10th Classique de l'Île Maurice

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Benediction Ignite. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 5 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200305002117/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15064/2003325/257. 5 March 2020.
    2. Web site: Benediction Ignite. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 8 February 2021. https://archive.today/20210208224945/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15817/2003325/276. 8 February 2021.
    3. Web site: Final Results / Résultat final: Men Elite Road Race. Tissot Timing. Tissot. 25 September 2022.
    4. Web site: Eric Manizabayo . FirstCycling.com . 27 September 2022.
    5. Web site: Meet Eric Manizabayo, Team Rwanda's budding cycling star . newtimes.co.rw . 12 October 2018 . 27 September 2022 . Sikubwabo, Damas.