This year’s Rwandan titled will be decided on the cobbles and the only notable cobbler in the race is Habimana.
29k to go and the 2nd of the 4 cobbled sections is complete and Habimana already had a 24 second lead. Next are Hadi, S. Mugisha, and Iradukunda. Then 34 seconds to the peloton.
The 3 mentioned plus the other Mugisha and Uhiriwe join Habimana and they lead the peloton by 46 seconds with 23k to go and about half the 3rd cobbled section complete.
M Mugisha and Uhiriwe are dropped on the 3rd sector and only the latter is able to rejoin leaving a 5-rider lead group as they reach the final cobbled sector with 9k to go.
7k to go. Habimana puts the hammer down and drops the other 3, Uhiriwe dropped earlier.
1.5k to go. Habimana has a 52-second lead. Behind Iradukunda and S. Mugisha have dropped Hadi.
Habimana ends Areruya’s two year run in the Rwandan national jersey.
S. Mugisha outlasts Iradukunda for Silver.
Results
1
Jean Eric Habimana
Bralirwa - Cegeka
1h08'29
2
Samuel Mugisha
ELCO - ABEA
+ 1'08
3
Emmanuel Iradukunda
Simba Cement - Tanga Fresh
s.t.
4
Janvier Hadi
Ekoi - Le Creuset
+ 1'57
5
Renus Uhiriwe
Bralirwa - Cegeka
+ 3'00
6
Moise Mugisha
Bralirwa - Cegeka
+ 5'51
7
Joseph Areruya
Xero Racing
+ 6'33
8
Jean Bosco Nsengimana
Gazelle
s.t.
9
Valens Ndayisenga
Bralirwa - Cegeka
+ 8'38
10
Bonaventure Uwizeyimana
Bralirwa - Cegeka
DNF
Time Trial
With 4 pretty evenly matched riders the Rwandan TT national championship has more suspense than most of them. The 4 likely contenders are Uwizeyimana, Hadi, Mugisha, and Nsengimana.
S. Mugisha is the first of the favorites on the course.
Hadi is next , those two are just on the same time at the second check.
At the finish Hadi is 2 seconds better.
Uwizeyimana is next to finish. He matches Hadi’s time but is listed behind on the fractions.
Nsengimana is the last man on the course.
His time comes in and matches the prior two, we will need to wait for the final splits.
Nsengimana wins it, with an official gap of 1 second. He is the only one of the four who hasn’t won the title before.
Rwandan National Championships 
