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

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.
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.
Web site: Final Results / Résultat final: Men Elite Road Race. Tissot Timing. Tissot. 25 September 2022.
Web site: Eric Manizabayo . FirstCycling.com . 27 September 2022.
Web site: Meet Eric Manizabayo, Team Rwanda's budding cycling star . newtimes.co.rw . 12 October 2018 . 27 September 2022 . Sikubwabo, Damas.