Tour of Rwanda 2011

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Tour of Rwanda 2011
Host country RwandaRwanda Rwanda
Competition period November 20-26, 2011
Stages Prologue and seven stages
overall length 1000 km
Starting field 60 drivers in 12 teams
(41 of them arrived at the finish)
winner
Overall rating 1. Kiel Reijnen 21:21:44 h 2. Joey Rosskopf + 0:02 min 3. Dylan Girdlestone + 0:40 minUnited StatesUnited States 
United StatesUnited States 
South AfricaSouth Africa 
Team evaluation RwandaRwanda Rwanda Kalisimbi 64:09:57 h
Scoring jerseys
Overall rating Overall rating United StatesUnited States Kiel Reijnen
Mountain scoring Mountain scoring RwandaRwanda Adrien Niyonshuti
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The 13th Tour of Rwanda took place from November 20-26, 2011 in Rwanda . The bike race was held in a prologue and seven stages over a distance of 1000 kilometers. It was part of the UCI Africa Tour 2012 and was classified in category 2.2 .

Overall winner of the stage race was the American Kiel Reijnen ( Team Type 1 ) with just two seconds ahead of his compatriot and team colleague Joey Rosskopf . The podium was completed by the South African Dylan Girdlestone .

Participating teams

In addition to two domestic selections, there were five national teams from Africa, three amateur teams from Europe and the South African Continental Team MTN Qhubeka . In addition, the Type 1 Sanofi Aventis Team , a Professional Continental Team, was invited.

Professional Continental Teams
United StatesUnited States Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis
Continental teams
South AfricaSouth Africa MTN Qhubeka
Club teams
BelgiumBelgium Avia Flandres
FranceFrance Pure Blanche
FranceFrance Rhône-Alpes
RwandaRwanda Rwanda Kalisimbi
RwandaRwanda Rwanda Akagera
National teams
TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania
KenyaKenya Kenya
EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia
GabonGabon Gabon

Stages

stage Day Start finish km Type Stage winner Yellow jersey Overall leader
prolog 20th November Kigali - Kigali 3.8 Individual time trial United StatesUnited States Kiel Reijnen United StatesUnited States Kiel Reijnen
1. 21st November Kigali - Rwamagana 48.2 United StatesUnited States Kiel Reijnen
2. 21st November Rwamagana - Kigali 86.5 United StatesUnited States Kiel Reijnen
3. 22nd of November Kigali - Rubavu 151.3 United StatesUnited States Joey Rosskopf United StatesUnited States Joey Rosskopf
4th November 23 Rubavu - Muhanga 140.8 United StatesUnited States Kiel Reijnen
5. November 24th Muhanga - Huye 76.4 BelgiumBelgium Guy Smet
6th 25. November Huye - Karongi 152.9 South AfricaSouth Africa James Tennent United StatesUnited States Kiel Reijnen
7th November 26th Karongi - Kigali 131.1 RwandaRwanda Joseph Biziyaremye

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