Double stage winner claims overall for South African national team
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Stage winner Darren Lill (South Africa National Team) at the end of stage 7(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
Darren Lill (South Africa National Team) kept his yellow jersey(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
The winner of Tour of Rwanda, Darren Lill (National Team South Africa)(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
Jock Boyer (Team Rwanda) takes a picture of Adrien's Niyonshuti podium(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
After the award ceremony, riders and podium girls themselves(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
The South African National Team controlled the main group(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
Four riders in the front group(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
The landscape from stage 8 at Tour of Rwanda(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
The landscape from stage 8 at Tour of Rwanda(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
Bruno Langlois (Team Quebecor-Garneau) passes a paved section with 10km to go(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
Bruni Langlois (Team Quebecor-Garneau) is the stage winner(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
The podium of the general classification(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
Bruno Langlois (Team Quebecor-Garneau) celebrates his second stage win at Tour of Rwanda(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
The main group at Tour of Rwanda stage 8(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
Adrien Niyonshuti (Team Rwanda Karisimbi) at the start line(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
The landscape from Stage 7 at Tour of Rwanda(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
The landscape from Stage 7 at Tour of Rwanda(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
The landscape from Stage 7 at Tour of Rwanda(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
Darren Lill (South Africa) leads the front group(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
Darren Lill (South Africa) at the Tour of Rwanda(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
The yellow jersey goes to Darren Lill (South Africa National Team)(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
Atsbha Getachew (National Team Ethiopia) was the best young rider(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
The race leader, Marhawi Kudus (UCI Continental Center) at the start(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
Young fans pose for the camera alongisde Team Type 1_Sanofi riders(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
The South Africa National Team won the team classification(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
Adrien Niyonshuti (Team Rwanda Karisimbi) was the best Rwandian rider, standing with Jock Boyer(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
Darren Lill took one of the biggest victories in his career when he won the overall title at this year's Tour of Rwanda. The 30-year-old who has spent the past two seasons riding for Team Bonitas took the week away from his trade team to ride for the South African national team. He used his two victories, on stages three and seven to help set-up the general classification win.
Lill finished 1:47 over countryman and teammate Dylan Girdlestone with third-place Kenyan John Daniel Njoroge at 1:59.
"This is a great victory for me because I had to fight to get the win. I keep a great souvenir," Lill said to Radio France Internationale.
Lill also praised the organisers of the Tour and voiced his thoughts via Twitter. "What a great @TourofRwanda! The best UCI race on the continent of Africa. Well done for the Super organization," he tweeted.
Bruno Langlois (Team Quebecor-Garneau) won the final stage in fine sole style however, it had no effect on the general classification. Lill came across the line in eighth place with Girdlestone and Njoroge just a few seconds ahead of the yellow jersey wearer.
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