Metkel Eyob (Dimension Data for Qhubeka) a remporté, ce samedi, la sixième étape du Tour du Rwanda (2.2), disputée sur 86 kilomètres entre Kayonza et Kigali. L'Erythréen a devancé son coéquipier Joseph Areruya et son compatriote Aron Debretsion (Erythrée). Matthieu Jeannès (Team Haute-Savoie-Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) se classe 9e.
Joseph Areruya conserve son maillot jaune de leader avant la dernière étape.

Classement de la 6e étape :
1 EYOB Metkel DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUB ERI les 86 km en 1h58'55'' (moy. 43,392 km/h)
2 ARERUYA Joseph DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUB RWA 03''
3 DEBRETSION Aron ERITREA NATIONAL Team ERI 08''
4 NSENGIMANA Jean Bosco RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE RWA '
5 MAIN Kent DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUB RSA 11''
6 BYUKUSENGE Patrick RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE RWA '
7 KANGANGI Suleiman BIKE AID KEN 19''
8 PIPER Cameron TEAM ILLUMINATE USA 25''
9 JEANNES Matthieu HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE R FRA 27''
10 EBRAHIM Redwan ETHIOPIA NATIONAL Team ETH 28''
11 NDAYISENGA Valens TIROL CYCLING TEAM RWA 35''
12 MUSIE MEHARI Saymon ERITREA NATIONAL Team ERI 40''
13 HAKIRUWIZEYE Samuel LES AMIS SPORTIFS RWA 49''
14 MUNYANEZA Didier RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE RWA '
15 KIPKEMBOI Salim BIKE AID KEN 54''
16 GEBREWAHD Tamrat Meresa ETHIOPIA NATIONAL Team ETH 56''
17 DE BOD Stefan DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUB RSA 01'18''
18 OKUBAMARIAM Tesfom ERITREA NATIONAL Team ERI '
19 MANSOURI Abderrahmane ALGERIE EQUIPE NATIONALE ALG '
20 LAGAB Azzedine ALGERIE EQUIPE NATIONALE ALG 01'25''
21 KARIUKI John KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM KEN 01'31''
22 UWIZEYIMANA Bonaventure CLUB BENEDICTION RWA 01'36''
23 HOLLER Nikodemus BIKE AID GER 01'39''
24 UWIZEYE Jean Claude RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE RWA 01'48''
25 GEBREMARIAM Fiseha ETHIOPIA NATIONAL Team ETH 01'52''
26 MUGISHA Samuel DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUB RWA 02'27''
27 TSEGAY Amanueal ERITREA NATIONAL Team ERI 02'53''
28 KIPKEMBOI KIPLAGAT Cornelius KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM KEN 03'11''
29 MANSOURI Islam ALGERIE EQUIPE NATIONALE ALG 03'18''
30 RUGAMBA Janvier LES AMIS SPORTIFS RWA 03'44''
31 UWINGENEYE Jimmy LES AMIS SPORTIFS RWA '
32 VAN ENGELEN Adne BIKE AID NED '
33 LANGAT Geoffrey BIKE AID KEN 03'47''
34 HATEGEKA Gasore CLUB BENEDICTION RWA 04'01''
35 GOUDIN Valentin HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE R FRA '
36 CLAVEL Sylvain HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE R FRA 04'06''
37 MCPHADEN Cameron LOWESTRATES.CA CAN '
38 LE COURT DE BILLOT Olivier MAURICE EQUIPE NATIONAL MRI 04'12''
39 PELLAUD Simon TEAM ILLUMINATE SUI 04'18''
40 TUYISHIMIRE Ephrem LES AMIS SPORTIFS RWA 04'50''
41 MFITUMUKIZA Jean Claude LES AMIS SPORTIFS RWA '
42 KIMUTAI Andrew KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM KEN 05'27''
43 ROUX Nicolas HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE R FRA 06'18''
44 KNAPP Daniel TIROL CYCLING TEAM AUT 07'04''
45 NIZEYIMANA Alex CLUB BENEDICTION RWA 07'22''
46 VLCÁK Martin DUKLA BANSKA BYSTRICA SVK 07'52''
47 GREENE Edward LOWESTRATES.CA RSA 08'01''
48 CUSSON FRADET Jules LOWESTRATES.CA CAN '
49 AVILA VANEGAS Edwin Alcibiades TEAM ILLUMINATE COL 08'03''
50 MEBRAHTOM Natnael ERITREA NATIONAL Team ERI 08'45''
51 GATHIAMBO Joshphat KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM KEN 09'07''
52 UKINIWABO Jean Paul René RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE RWA '
53 KIPLAGAT Kelvin Kipng'Etich KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM KEN 09'37''
54 RUBERWA Jean Damascene CLUB BENEDICTION RWA 09'40''
55 MAYER Alexandre MAURICE EQUIPE NATIONAL MRI 09'47''
56 FOURNET FAYARD Sébastien HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE R FRA 10'48''
57 HOW SAW KENG Matthew MAURICE EQUIPE NATIONAL MRI 12'16''
58 HAMZA Yacine ALGERIE EQUIPE NATIONALE ALG 13'32''
59 KEEPING Stephen LOWESTRATES.CA CAN 02h12'27'' '

Abandons :
NDUWAYO Eric CLUB BENEDICTION
LOUNIS Mehdi ALGERIE EQUIPE NATIONALE
WACHTENDORF Brett LOWESTRATES.CA

Classement général :
1 ARERUYA Joseph DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUBEKA RWA les 701 km en 17h23'09'' (moy. 40,436 km/h)
2 EYOB Metkel DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUBEKA ERI 35''
3 KANGANGI Suleiman BIKE AID KEN 01'32''
4 NSENGIMANA Jean Bosco RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE RWA 02'05''
5 BYUKUSENGE Patrick RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE RWA 02'52''
6 NDAYISENGA Valens TIROL CYCLING TEAM RWA 03'26''
7 JEANNES Matthieu HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE RHO FRA 03'27''
8 MUNYANEZA Didier RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE RWA 03'52''
9 OKUBAMARIAM Tesfom ERITREA NATIONAL Team ERI 04'17''
10 PELLAUD Simon TEAM ILLUMINATE SUI 05'48''
11 MAIN Kent DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUBEKA RSA 06'05''
12 HOLLER Nikodemus BIKE AID GER 06'57''
13 KIPKEMBOI Salim BIKE AID KEN 07'12''
14 UWIZEYE Jean Claude RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE RWA 09'13''
15 VAN ENGELEN Adne BIKE AID NED 11'34''
16 DEBRETSION Aron ERITREA NATIONAL Team ERI 11'57''
17 MUSIE MEHARI Saymon ERITREA NATIONAL Team ERI 12'37''
18 TUYISHIMIRE Ephrem LES AMIS SPORTIFS RWA 12'41''
19 DE BOD Stefan DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUBEKA RSA 12'54''
20 GEBREWAHD Tamrat Meresa ETHIOPIA NATIONAL Team ETH 13'00''
21 LAGAB Azzedine ALGERIE EQUIPE NATIONALE ALG 13'28''
22 MUGISHA Samuel DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUBEKA RWA 14'42''
23 TSEGAY Amanueal ERITREA NATIONAL Team ERI 15'04''
24 GOUDIN Valentin HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE RHO FRA 16'27''
25 LE COURT DE BILLOT Olivier MAURICE EQUIPE NATIONALE MRI 17'19''
26 MFITUMUKIZA Jean Claude LES AMIS SPORTIFS RWA 17'32''
27 PIPER Cameron TEAM ILLUMINATE USA 17'54''
28 MEBRAHTOM Natnael ERITREA NATIONAL Team ERI 20'38''
29 HATEGEKA Gasore CLUB BENEDICTION RWA 22'16''
30 EBRAHIM Redwan ETHIOPIA NATIONAL Team ETH 24'01''
31 KARIUKI John KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM KEN 28'37''
32 UWIZEYIMANA Bonaventure CLUB BENEDICTION RWA 29'35''
33 GATHIAMBO Joshphat KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM KEN 29'37''
34 GEBREMARIAM Fiseha ETHIOPIA NATIONAL Team ETH 33'38''
35 LANGAT Geoffrey BIKE AID KEN 34'02''
36 CLAVEL Sylvain HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE RHO FRA 37'42''
37 MANSOURI Islam ALGERIE EQUIPE NATIONALE ALG 38'22''
38 GREENE Edward LOWESTRATES.CA RSA 18h02'09'' 39'00''
39 UKINIWABO Jean Paul René RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE RWA 40'49''
40 AVILA VANEGAS Edwin Alcibiades TEAM ILLUMINATE COL 45'52''
41 RUGAMBA Janvier LES AMIS SPORTIFS RWA 47'27''
42 FOURNET FAYARD Sébastien HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE RHO FRA 53'44''
43 RUBERWA Jean Damascene CLUB BENEDICTION RWA 54'16''
44 UWINGENEYE Jimmy LES AMIS SPORTIFS RWA 55'10''
45 HAKIRUWIZEYE Samuel LES AMIS SPORTIFS RWA 57'20''
46 CUSSON FRADET Jules LOWESTRATES.CA CAN 01h01'54''
47 MCPHADEN Cameron LOWESTRATES.CA CAN 01h02'34''
48 KIPKEMBOI KIPLAGAT Cornelius KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM KEN 01h03'25''
49 MANSOURI Abderrahmane ALGERIE EQUIPE NATIONALE ALG 01h03'34''
50 KNAPP Daniel TIROL CYCLING TEAM AUT 01h05'06''
51 MAYER Alexandre MAURICE EQUIPE NATIONALE MRI 01h05'33''
52 KIMUTAI Andrew KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM KEN 01h08'41''
53 NIZEYIMANA Alex CLUB BENEDICTION RWA 01h12'27''
54 KEEPING Stephen LOWESTRATES.CA CAN 01h18'28''
55 ROUX Nicolas HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE RHO FRA 01h28'59''
56 KIPLAGAT Kelvin Kipng'Etich KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM KEN 01h36'25''
57 HAMZA Yacine ALGERIE EQUIPE NATIONALE ALG 01h39'34''
58 VLCÁK Martin DUKLA BANSKA BYSTRICA SVK 01h52'02''
59 HOW SAW KENG Matthew MAURICE EQUIPE NATIONALE MRI 01h59'35''

Classement du meilleur grimpeur :
1 MEBRAHTOM Natnael ERI 40 pts
2 NSENGIMANA Jean Bosco RWA 34
3 GREENE Edward LOW 32
4 EYOB Metkel DDC 18
5 ARERUYA Joseph DDC 16
6 HAKIRUWIZEYE Samuel AMI 13
7 MUSIE MEHARI Saymon ERI 13
8 RUBERWA Jean Damascene BEN 12
9 MAIN Kent DDC 12
10 VAN ENGELEN Adne BAI 10
11 EBRAHIM Redwan ETH 9
12 UWINGENEYE Jimmy AMI 7
13 BYUKUSENGE Patrick RWA 6
14 PELLAUD Simon ILU 6
15 FOURNET FAYARD Sébastien ARA 5
16 MUNYANEZA Didier RWA 4
17 KANGANGI Suleiman BAI 3
18 DEBRETSION Aron ERI 3
19 TUYISHIMIRE Ephrem AMI 3
20 LAGAB Azzedine ALG 3
21 MUGISHA Samuel DDC 3
22 NDAYISENGA Valens TIR 2
23 OKUBAMARIAM Tesfom ERI 1
24 HOLLER Nikodemus BAI 1
25 GEBREMARIAM Fiseha ETH 1
26 UKINIWABO Jean Paul René RWA 1
27 RUGAMBA Janvier AMI 1

Classement par équipes :
1 DIMENSION DATA FOR QHUBEKA en 52h15'43''
2 RWANDA EQUIPE NATIONALE 02'07''
3 BIKE AID 09'13''
4 ERITREA NATIONAL Team 22'31''
5 ETHIOPIA NATIONAL Team 35'31''
6 LES AMIS SPORTIFS 43'21''
7 HAUTE SAVOIE AUVERGNE RHONE ALPES 50'50''
8 TEAM ILLUMINATE 01h03'18''
9 CLUB BENEDICTION 01h17'02''
10 KENYAN RIDERS SAFARICOM 01h38'07''
11 LOWESTRATES.CA 01h42'47''
12 ALGERIE EQUIPE NATIONALE 01h48'33''
13 MAURICE EQUIPE NATIONALE 02h04'24''

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