Tour of Rwanda 2014: Stage 1 Results

Eritrean Mekseb Debesay of the German team Bike Aid-Ride For Help won the first stage of the Tour du Rwanda on Monday in Kibungo. He beat three other Eritreans in a sprint finish including Aron Debretsion from the AS.BE.CO Cycling Team, and Elyas Afewerki and Haile Dawit, both from team Eritrea.

"I didn’t know what tactics to adopt in the final," said Debesay, "I finally chose the option of sprint because I saw that my compatriots were preparing for the arrival. It is a great happiness [to win today]."

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Bike Aid-Ride for Help	2:26:37
2	Aron Debretsion (Eri) AS.BE.CO Cycling Team	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Elyas Afewerki (Eri) Eritrea	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Haile Dawit (Eri) Eritrea	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Temesgen Buru (Eth) Ethiopia	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Bonaventure Uwizeyiamana (Rwa) Rwanda Karisimbi	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Dirk Nel (Rsa) South Africa	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Lahcen Saber (Mar) Maroc	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Bereket Yemane (Eri) Eritrea	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Yohannes Welderfiel (Eri) AS.BE.CO Cycling Team	Row 9 - Cell 2

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General classification after stage 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Janvier Hadi (Rwa) Rwanda Karisimbi	2:30:41
2	Valens Ndayisenga (Rwa) Rwanda Karisimbi	0:00:02
3	Jean-Bosco Nsengimana (Rwa) Rwanda Karisimbi	0:00:03
4	Bonaventure Uwizeyimana (Rwa) Rwanda Karisimbi	0:00:04
5	Joseph Biziyaremye (Rwa) Rwanda Karisimbi	0:00:07
6	Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Bike Aid - Ride For Help	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Temesgen Buru (Eth) Ethiopia	0:00:12
8	Elyas Afewerki (Eri) Eritrea	0:00:13
9	Amanuel Ghebreizgabhier (Eri) AS.BE.CO Cycling Team	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Aron Debretsion (Eri) AS.BE.CO Cycling Team	Row 9 - Cell 2