Team Rwanda in the News

The Year of the Rwandan Olympian

April 02, 2013

2012 Annual Report

A few words from our President…..

2012 has been another eventful year for Team Rwanda, with further significant progress on a number of fronts.

The small, dedicated staff under coach Jonathan (Jock) Boyer ran 28 camps during the year averaging 15 riders per camp, with newcomers being tested at each camp. Three of these new cyclists participated in the 2012 Tour of Rwanda.

The Team raced in Morocco, Gabon, Eritrea, Brazil (the Tour do Rio) as well as the two UCI races in Rwanda, Kwita Izina and the Tour of Rwanda.

The Tour of Rwanda attracted teams from throughout Africa, Europe, the US and, for the first time, Canada. Over three million spectators watched the Tour which continues to play an important role, as the country’s largest sporting event, in unifying the nation.

Human to Hero: Adrien Niyonshuti

July 21, 2012

CNN

Team Rwanda cyclist, Adrien Niyonshuti talks to CNN about the inspirational figures that helped him achieve his dream

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Rwandan mountain biker's rocky ride to London

July 21, 2012

Reuters – Thu, Jul 12, 2012 | By Jenny Clover

KIGALI (Reuters) - Adrien Niyonshuti's memories of Rwanda's genocide are hazy, but when he needs to shut off his mind and forget the slaughter that killed six of his brothers he jumps on his bike.

The small-framed 25-year-old is readying to become the east African country's first Olympic mountain biker, honoured with carrying the national flag at the opening ceremony of the London Games.

"When I ride my bike, there's no one who can stop me or ask me anything so things are really good," Niyonshuti told Reuters in the Rwandan capital, Kigali. "Riding gives me an opportunity to help forget the things that happened in 1994."

Deze Zomer Niet Bij Studio Sport

July 21, 2012

OneWorld

De Armeense Wesley en Rwandese Lance, ze bestaan. Althans, in hun dromen. In de realiteit staat hen heel wat meer in de weg dan lekke banden of kapotte voetbalschoenen.

Acid Check Rebate Program

May 22, 2012

Acid Check

A special thanks to our new sponsor AcidCheck.com.

Enter discount code TR (simply add TR in the coupon space at check out on http://www.acidcheck.com) to receive $10 off your purchase and Team Rwanda will get 20% back on that purchase as well. The more purchases the more Team Rwanda receives.

Charity Auction: Own a RARE piece of cycling history AND support the team!

March 05, 2012

ebay auction

Limited Edition Tom Ritchey 40th Anniversary Fillet Brazed Road frame!

Tom Ritchey, legendary framebuilder, racer and mountain bike pioneer, started building his first frames in 1972, making 2012 his 40th year of custom framebuilding. To celebrate this landmark Tom Ritchey is offering a small batch of his finely crafted, fillet brazed steel frames to the public for the first time in many years.

Only 40 of these Limited Edition 40th Anniversary frame/forks will be made available. This is the first in the series, to be numbered #1/40 and hand signed by Tom Ritchey. It is new, never built, and first shown in public at the 2012 NAHBS in Sacramento.

Team Rwanda Gear JUST IN – just in time for the Holidays!

November 11, 2011

Team Gear makes a great gift for any cyclist plus proceeds help support Team Rwanda. Get them while they last.

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Colombiano vence 3ª Etapa do Tour do Rio de Ciclismo e equipe de Ruanda ganha destaque

August 08, 2011

SporTV

Interview with Jock at the Tour do Rio http://sportv.globo.com/videos/sportv-news/v/sportv/1581204/

Rocky and Rwanda

July 21, 2011

Philip Gourevitch | The New Yorker

Did you see that crash in the Tour de France the other day? A car, carrying a French television team, sideswiped Juan Antonio Flecha, an Argentine-born Spanish rider, knocking him into the Dutch star Johnny Hoogerland, who was catapulted through the air and became ensnared in a barbed wire fence. It’s a wonder Flecha and Hoogerland survived, much less climbed right back onto their pedals and finished the stage. Hoogerland’s left leg was striped with deep, bloody lacerations. He bandaged it as he rode, trying to make up lost time, and only after he’d crossed the finish line checked to see if he needed stitches. He did: thirty-three of them.

Climbers

July 06, 2011

Philip Gourevitch | The New Yorker

A team of young cyclists tries to outrun the past.

Gasore Hategeka bought his first bicycle in 2008. It cost thirty-five thousand Rwandan francs, roughly sixty dollars. Gasore, who was about twenty years old, had worked for nearly half his life before he could afford it. Rural Rwandans tend to spend their lives within a day’s walking distance of their homes, and the bicycle is the prevalent form of mechanized transport. Gasore had grown up in the midst of inescapable violence; at least eight hundred thousand people were exterminated during the Rwandan genocide of 1994, and millions were displaced or fled into exile. When he lived on the street as a child, he had caught glimpses of the Tour of Rwanda, a grueling, multi-stage bicycle race that winds through the country for a week every year.

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