Tour du Rwanda ni kimwe mu marushanwa akomeye y’amagare ku mugabane wa Afurika, rikaba ryaragize uruhare rukomeye mu guteza imbere uyu mukino mu Rwanda no kurigeza ku ruhando mpuzamahanga. Iri rushanwa ryatangiye mu 1988 nk’irushanwa rikinwa gusa n’Abanyarwanda, ariko ryaje gutera imbere kugeza ubwo ryemerewe na Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) mu 2009, ritangira kwitabirwa n’amakipe akomeye yo ku isi.

Mu myaka irenga 30 rimaze, Tour du Rwanda yakomeje gutera imbere, rigaragaza impano nshya z’Abanyarwanda ndetse n’abandi bakinnyi bakomoka hirya no hino ku isi.

AMATEKA YA TOUR DU RWANDA UMWAKA KU WUNDI

1988 – 2008: Tour du Rwanda nk’irushanwa rikinwa n’Abanyarwanda gusa

Tour du Rwanda ryatangiye mu 1988, rikaba ryari irushanwa rihuza Abanyarwanda gusa. Icyo gihe, ryari riri ku rwego rwo hejuru mu gihugu, rituma umukino w’amagare urushaho gukundwa. Muri iyo myaka, abakinnyi b’Abanyarwanda nka Nathan Byukusenge, Abraham Ruhumuriza, na Emmanuel Rudahunga bari mu begukanye iri rushanwa.

2009: Tour du Rwanda iba mpuzamahanga

Mu 2009, Tour du Rwanda yazamuwe mu cyiciro cya UCI 2.2, bivuze ko ryatangiye kwitabirwa n’amakipe yo ku rwego mpuzamahanga. Iri rushanwa ryahise ritangira gukinwa n’abakinnyi baturutse muri Afurika, u Burayi, na Amerika.

Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eritrea) ni we wegukanye Tour du Rwanda bwa mbere nyuma y’uko igizwe mpuzamahanga.

2010 – 2016: Iri rushanwa rikomeza gukura

Muri iyi myaka, Tour du Rwanda ryatangiye kugaragaramo abakinnyi bafite impano zikomeye, ndetse n’Abanyarwanda batangira kwigaragaza.

• 2010: Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwanda) yabaye Umunyarwanda wa mbere wegukanye Tour du Rwanda ubwo yari imaze kuba mpuzamahanga.
• 2011: Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (South Africa)
• 2012: Dawit Yemane (Eritrea)
• 2013: Valens Ndayisenga (Rwanda) – Yegukanye Tour du Rwanda bwa mbere, aba Umunyarwanda wa mbere uciye aka gahigo.
• 2014: Valens Ndayisenga (Rwanda) – Yongera gutsinda, aba umukinnyi wa mbere utsinze Tour du Rwanda kabiri.
• 2015: Jean Bosco Nsengimana (Rwanda)
• 2016: Valens Ndayisenga (Rwanda) yongera kwegukana igikombe.

2017 – 2018: Abakinnyi bo hanze batangira kwigaragaza cyane

Muri iyi myaka, abakinnyi bakomoka hanze y’u Rwanda batangiye kuganza.

• 2017: Joseph Areruya (Rwanda) – Nyuma yo gutwara Tour du Rwanda, na we yatsindiye La Tropicale Amissa Bongo muri Gabon.
• 2018: Merhawi Kudus (Eritrea)

2019: Tour du Rwanda izamurwa mu cyiciro cya UCI 2.1

Mu 2019, Tour du Rwanda yazamuwe mu cyiciro cya UCI 2.1, bituma amakipe yo ku rwego rwa World Tour atangira kuyitabira.

Merhawi Kudus (Eritrea) ni we wegukanye Tour du Rwanda bwa mbere nyuma y’iyi mpinduka.

2020 – 2024: Tour du Rwanda irushaho gukomera

Nyuma yo kuzamurwa mu rwego, Tour du Rwanda yatangiye gutuma abakinnyi bo ku rwego mpuzamahanga bayitabira ari benshi.

• 2020: Natnael Tesfazion (Eritrea)
• 2021: Cristian Rodríguez (Spain) – Yabaye Umunyaburayi wa mbere wegukanye Tour du Rwanda.
• 2022: Natnael Tesfazion (Eritrea) yongera gutsinda.
• 2023: Henok Mulubrhan (Eritrea)

2024: Tour du Rwanda irushaho gukura

Tour du Rwanda yakomeje kuba isiganwa rikomeye, rikurura abakinnyi bo ku rwego mpuzamahanga. Uko imyaka ishira, iri rushanwa rihinduka ihuriro ry’impano nshya mu mukino w’amagare.

AKAMARO KA TOUR DU RWANDA KU RWANDA N’ISI

Kuzamura impano z’Abanyarwanda – Tour du Rwanda yatumye abakinnyi benshi b’Abanyarwanda bazamuka, bamwe bagakina mu makipe yo hanze y’igihugu.

Kwimakaza u Rwanda nk’icyicaro cy’amagare muri Afurika – Tour du Rwanda yatumye u Rwanda ruhabwa isura nshya nk’igihugu gikunda umukino w’amagare, bikagira n’ingaruka nziza ku bukerarugendo.

Gukurura abakinnyi bo ku isi yose – Kubera ko Tour du Rwanda iri ku rwego rwa UCI 2.1, amakipe akomeye yo ku isi atangira kuyitabira.

Guteza imbere ubukerarugendo – Tour du Rwanda inyura mu mijyi itandukanye y’u Rwanda, bigafasha guteza imbere ubukerarugendo no kumenyekanisha ahantu nyaburanga.

ESE TOUR DU RWANDA IZAKOMEZA KUBA IRUSHANWA RIKOMEYE MURI AFRIKA?

Nta gushidikanya ko Tour du Rwanda ari kimwe mu marushanwa akomeye ku mugabane wa Afurika. Nubwo abakinnyi baturuka mu bihugu nka Eritrea, Afurika y’Epfo, na Espagne bagiye barigarurira, abakinnyi b’Abanyarwanda bagaragaje ubushobozi bukomeye, kandi bishoboka ko mu bihe biri imbere bazongera kwigaragaza.

Iri rushanwa rirakomeza kwaguka, kandi birashoboka ko mu myaka iri imbere, rishobora kuzamurwa mu cyiciro cya UCI ProSeries, bikarifasha gukomeza guhesha ishema u Rwanda n’abanyarwanda