Déjà vainqueur lundi, Joseph Areruya (Dimension Data for Qhubeka) a récidivé ce mercredi en remportant au sprint la troisième étape du Tour du Rwanda (2.2), courue sur 97,1 kilomètres entre Rubavu et Musanze. Il a devancé Edwin Avila (Team Illuminate) et Jean-Paul René Ukiniwabo (Rwanda). Valentin Goudin (Team Haute-Savoie-Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) termine 6e de l'étape.
Simon Pellaud (Team Illuminate) conserve le maillot jaune de leader.

Classement de la 3e étape :
1 ARERUYA Joseph DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUB RWA les 97,1 km en 2h23'25'' (moy. 40,623 km/h)
2 AVILA VANEGAS Edwin Alcibiades TEAM ILLUMINATE COL
3 UKINIWABO Jean Paul René RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE RWA
4 PELLAUD Simon TEAM ILLUMINATE SUI
5 EYOB Metkel DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUB ERI
6 GOUDIN Valentin HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE R FRA
7 MEBRAHTOM Natnael ERITREA NATIONAL Team ERI
8 HOLLER Nikodemus BIKE AID GER
9 TUYISHIMIRE Ephrem LES AMIS SPORTIFS RWA
10 DEBRETSION Aron ERITREA NATIONAL Team ERI
11 DE BOD Stefan DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUB RSA
12 JEANNES Matthieu HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE R FRA
13 KIPKEMBOI Salim BIKE AID KEN
14 UWIZEYE Jean Claude RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE RWA
15 GATHIAMBO Joshphat KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM KEN
16 TSEGAY Amanueal ERITREA NATIONAL Team ERI
17 KANGANGI Suleiman BIKE AID KEN
18 MAIN Kent DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUB RSA
19 VAN ENGELEN Adne BIKE AID NED
20 PIPER Cameron TEAM ILLUMINATE USA
21 BYUKUSENGE Patrick RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE RWA
22 NDAYISENGA Valens TIROL CYCLING TEAM RWA
23 MUSIE MEHARI Saymon ERITREA NATIONAL Team ERI
24 HATEGEKA Gasore CLUB BENEDICTION RWA
25 GEBREWAHD Tamrat Meresa ETHIOPIA NATIONAL Team ETH
26 MUNYANEZA Didier RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE RWA
27 NSENGIMANA Jean Bosco RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE RWA
28 MUGISHA Samuel DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUB RWA
29 NDUWAYO Eric CLUB BENEDICTION RWA
30 EBRAHIM Redwan ETHIOPIA NATIONAL Team ETH
31 LAGAB Azzedine ALGERIE EQUIPE NATIONALE ALG
32 MFITUMUKIZA Jean Claude LES AMIS SPORTIFS RWA
33 HAKIRUWIZEYE Samuel LES AMIS SPORTIFS RWA
34 WACHTENDORF Brett LOWESTRATES.CA USA 05'37''
35 LE COURT DE BILLOT Olivier MAURICE EQUIPE NATIONAL MRI '
36 OKUBAMARIAM Tesfom ERITREA NATIONAL Team ERI 0''
37 UWINGENEYE Jimmy LES AMIS SPORTIFS RWA 09'32''
38 KARIUKI John KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM KEN '
39 MANSOURI Abderrahmane ALGERIE EQUIPE NATIONALE ALG '
40 MANSOURI Islam ALGERIE EQUIPE NATIONALE ALG '
41 RUGAMBA Janvier LES AMIS SPORTIFS RWA '
42 GEBREMARIAM Fiseha ETHIOPIA NATIONAL Team ETH '
43 CLAVEL Sylvain HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE R FRA '
44 FOURNET FAYARD Sébastien HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE R FRA '
45 ROUX Nicolas HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE R FRA '
46 LANGAT Geoffrey BIKE AID KEN '
47 UWIZEYIMANA Bonaventure CLUB BENEDICTION RWA '
48 CUSSON FRADET Jules LOWESTRATES.CA CAN '
49 GREENE Edward LOWESTRATES.CA RSA 09'39''
50 REDAE Tedros ETHIOPIA NATIONAL Team ETH 09'48''
51 LINCOLN Yannick MAURICE EQUIPE NATIONAL MRI 12'33''
52 MCPHADEN Cameron LOWESTRATES.CA CAN '
53 KIMUTAI Andrew KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM KEN '
54 KEEPING Stephen LOWESTRATES.CA CAN '
55 HAMZA Yacine ALGERIE EQUIPE NATIONALE ALG '
56 VERMEULEN Moran TIROL CYCLING TEAM AUT '
57 MAYER Alexandre MAURICE EQUIPE NATIONAL MRI 19'18''
58 HOW SAW KENG Matthew MAURICE EQUIPE NATIONAL MRI 19'19''
59 ROUGIER-LAGANE Christopher MAURICE EQUIPE NATIONAL MRI '
60 KIPKEMBOI KIPLAGAT Cornelius KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM KEN 19'54''
61 LOUNIS Mehdi ALGERIE EQUIPE NATIONALE ALG '
62 NIZEYIMANA Alex CLUB BENEDICTION RWA '
63 KIPLAGAT Kelvin Kipng'Etich KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM KEN '
64 KNAPP Daniel TIROL CYCLING TEAM AUT '
65 RUBERWA Jean Damascene CLUB BENEDICTION RWA '
66 OROS Samuel DUKLA BANSKA BYSTRICA SVK 21'19''
67 VLCÁK Martin DUKLA BANSKA BYSTRICA SVK 28'16''
68 GIDAY Kibrom ETHIOPIA NATIONAL Team ETH 0''

Classement général :
1 PELLAUD Simon TEAM ILLUMINATE SUI les 401,3 km en 10h13'47'' (moy. 39,351 km/h)
2 ARERUYA Joseph DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUBEKA RWA 01'00''
3 NDAYISENGA Valens TIROL CYCLING TEAM RWA 01'17''
4 KANGANGI Suleiman BIKE AID KEN 01'21''
5 BYUKUSENGE Patrick RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE RWA 01'25''
6 OKUBAMARIAM Tesfom ERITREA NATIONAL Team ERI 01'29''
7 MUNYANEZA Didier RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE RWA '
8 JEANNES Matthieu HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE RHO FRA 01'30''
9 EYOB Metkel DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUBEKA ERI 01'38''
10 NSENGIMANA Jean Bosco RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE RWA 02'15''
11 GIDAY Kibrom ETHIOPIA NATIONAL Team ETH 03'19''
12 HOLLER Nikodemus BIKE AID GER 03'36''
13 MAIN Kent DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUBEKA RSA 04'42''
14 HATEGEKA Gasore CLUB BENEDICTION RWA 04'47''
15 KIPKEMBOI Salim BIKE AID KEN 04'48''
16 UWIZEYE Jean Claude RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE RWA 05'55''
17 TUYISHIMIRE Ephrem LES AMIS SPORTIFS RWA 06'17''
18 VAN ENGELEN Adne BIKE AID NED 06'20''
19 DE BOD Stefan DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUBEKA RSA 10'02''
20 LAGAB Azzedine ALGERIE EQUIPE NATIONALE ALG 10'12''
21 MUGISHA Samuel DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUBEKA RWA 10'18''
22 DEBRETSION Aron ERITREA NATIONAL Team ERI 10'19''
23 MEBRAHTOM Natnael ERITREA NATIONAL Team ERI 10'23''
24 MUSIE MEHARI Saymon ERITREA NATIONAL Team ERI '
25 WACHTENDORF Brett LOWESTRATES.CA USA 10'27''
26 TSEGAY Amanueal ERITREA NATIONAL Team ERI 10'29''
27 GEBREWAHD Tamrat Meresa ETHIOPIA NATIONAL Team ETH 10'34''
28 NDUWAYO Eric CLUB BENEDICTION RWA 10'42''
29 GOUDIN Valentin HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE RHO FRA 10'52''
30 MFITUMUKIZA Jean Claude LES AMIS SPORTIFS RWA 11'08''
31 LE COURT DE BILLOT Olivier MAURICE EQUIPE NATIONALE MRI 11'33''
32 UWIZEYIMANA Bonaventure CLUB BENEDICTION RWA 14'37''
33 PIPER Cameron TEAM ILLUMINATE USA 15'38''
34 UKINIWABO Jean Paul René RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE RWA 18'18''
35 GATHIAMBO Joshphat KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM KEN 18'56''
36 EBRAHIM Redwan ETHIOPIA NATIONAL Team ETH 22'03''
37 CLAVEL Sylvain HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE RHO FRA 25'07''
38 ROUGIER-LAGANE Christopher MAURICE EQUIPE NATIONALE MRI 25'18''
39 KARIUKI John KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM KEN 25'32''
40 GEBREMARIAM Fiseha ETHIOPIA NATIONAL Team ETH 28'11''
41 LANGAT Geoffrey BIKE AID KEN 28'41''
42 GREENE Edward LOWESTRATES.CA RSA 29'00''
43 FOURNET FAYARD Sébastien HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE RHO FRA 29'11''
44 AVILA VANEGAS Edwin Alcibiades TEAM ILLUMINATE COL 29'32''
45 VERMEULEN Moran TIROL CYCLING TEAM AUT 30'08''
46 RUGAMBA Janvier LES AMIS SPORTIFS RWA 30'15''
47 RUBERWA Jean Damascene CLUB BENEDICTION RWA 30'56''
48 MANSOURI Islam ALGERIE EQUIPE NATIONALE ALG 33'11''
49 REDAE Tedros ETHIOPIA NATIONAL Team ETH 33'22''
50 UWINGENEYE Jimmy LES AMIS SPORTIFS RWA 36'20''
51 CUSSON FRADET Jules LOWESTRATES.CA CAN 39'28''
52 LINCOLN Yannick MAURICE EQUIPE NATIONALE MRI 40'04''
53 MAYER Alexandre MAURICE EQUIPE NATIONALE MRI 42'18''
54 KNAPP Daniel TIROL CYCLING TEAM AUT 44'38''
55 MCPHADEN Cameron LOWESTRATES.CA CAN 45'04''
56 KIMUTAI Andrew KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM KEN 45'29''
57 NIZEYIMANA Alex CLUB BENEDICTION RWA 47'29''
58 MANSOURI Abderrahmane ALGERIE EQUIPE NATIONALE ALG 48'42''
59 KEEPING Stephen LOWESTRATES.CA CAN 51'32''
60 HAKIRUWIZEYE Samuel LES AMIS SPORTIFS RWA 55'01''
61 KIPKEMBOI KIPLAGAT Cornelius KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM KEN 58'40''
62 HAMZA Yacine ALGERIE EQUIPE NATIONALE ALG 01h04'33''
63 KIPLAGAT Kelvin Kipng'Etich KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM KEN 01h09'12''
64 ROUX Nicolas HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE RHO FRA 01h09'17''
65 HOW SAW KENG Matthew MAURICE EQUIPE NATIONALE MRI 01h14'00''
66 LOUNIS Mehdi ALGERIE EQUIPE NATIONALE ALG 01h16'38''
67 VLCÁK Martin DUKLA BANSKA BYSTRICA SVK 01h17'44''
68 OROS Samuel DUKLA BANSKA BYSTRICA SVK 01h39'50''

Classement du meilleur grimpeur :
1 GREENE Edward LOW 28 pts
2 NSENGIMANA Jean Bosco RWA 15
3 HAKIRUWIZEYE Samuel AMI 13
4 MEBRAHTOM Natnael ERI 10
5 ARERUYA Joseph DDC 9
6 EBRAHIM Redwan ETH 9
7 MUSIE MEHARI Saymon ERI 7
8 UWINGENEYE Jimmy AMI 7
9 PELLAUD Simon ILU 6
10 MUNYANEZA Didier RWA 4
11 MAIN Kent DDC 4
12 KANGANGI Suleiman BAI 3
13 GIDAY Kibrom ETH 3
14 TUYISHIMIRE Ephrem AMI 3
15 NDAYISENGA Valens TIR 2
16 OKUBAMARIAM Tesfom ERI 1
17 UKINIWABO Jean Paul René RWA 1
18 FOURNET FAYARD Sébastien ARA 1
19 RUGAMBA Janvier AMI 1
20 RUBERWA Jean Damascene BEN 1

Classement par équipes :
1 RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE en 30h46'24''
2 DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUBEKA 01'53''
3 BIKE AID 04'42''
4 ERITREA NATIONAL Team 17'08''
5 CLUB BENEDICTION 25'02''
6 ETHIOPIA NATIONAL Team 26'53''
7 LES AMIS SPORTIFS 31'39''
8 HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES 32'00''
9 TEAM ILLUMINATE 40'07''
10 MAURICE EQUIPE NATIONALE 01h06'56''
11 LOWESTRATES.CA 01h07'22''
12 TIROL CYCLING TEAM 01h11'00''
13 KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM 01h24'29''
14 ALGERIE EQUIPE NATIONALE 01h26'50''

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