Dar es Salaam. The national cycling team was expected to arrive
in Kigali yesterday for this year’s Tour du Rwanda cycling race, which
starts today.
A total of 15 teams will battle it out for the top
prize in the eight-day championship. Tanzania will field five riders in
the event.
Laizer Richard, Tanzania’s sole professional
rider, is among the cyclists making up the team for the championship,
which has attracted the crème of riders from eight countries.
The other cyclists in the team include national
champion Hamisi Mkoma and Gerald Konda, who returned home earlier this
week from South Africa where they had camped.
This is the second time for local riders to
compete in Tour du Rwanda, and team manager Nicola Morganti said
yesterday that he was optimistic they will make a mark in the event.
The other countries expected to field cyclists in
the event include Eritrea, South Africa, Ethiopia, Egypt, Kenya,
Algeria, Gabon and the hosts Rwanda. (The Citizen Reporter)
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