Gasore

Home town:
Sashwara, Rwanda
D.O.B.:
1 January 1991

Gasore was orphaned at the age of 11 when his father died during the 1997 insurgency in Rwanda. Gasore joined Team Rwanda in 2009 when he showed up at the Team Rwanda house on old Eddy Merckx bicycle welded together in several places. He tested strong and was given a bicycle. In his first race he placed 4th at the 2009 Kwita Izina. He has been to the UCI Training Center in South Africa (www.africanccc.com) and in 2011 he will be attending the UCI Training Center in Agile, Switzerland. Gasore is a very strong rider with a incredible potential.

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Gasore’s racing accomplishments include:
Tour of Rwanda 2010
  • 20th Place Finish General Classification
  • Domestique for Adrien Niyonshuti
African Continental Championships / November 2010
  • Participated in Team Time Trial and Road Race
  • Finished 9th in Team Time Trial
  • Finished 20st in Road Race
Commonwealth Games / India / October 2010 First race outside Africa
Tour of Kigali City / October 2010 Finished 2th
Kwita Izina / June 2010 Finished 3rd
Tour of Cameroon / February 2010
  • First Rwandan to ever win a stage at an international race
  • Finished 12th in General Classification
  • Finished 6th in Sprint Competition
  • Finished 10th in Points Competition
Tour of Rwanda / November 2009
  • Finished 34th in General Classification
  • First UCI Race
Tour of Kigali City Finished 5th
Kwita Izina First race, finished 4th