Eric Manizabayo

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Eric Manizabayo
Personal information
Born (1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 25)
Jenda, Nyabihu District, Rwanda
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current team Benediction Ignite
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2014–2018 Benediction Cycling Team
Professional team
2019– Benediction–Excel Energy [1]

Eric Manizabayo (born 28 August 1997) is a Rwandan cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Benediction Ignite. [2] He competed in the road race at the 2022 UCI Road World Championships, and won the 2022 Rwandan National Road Race Championships. [3] [4]

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Manizabayo was born in the village of Jenda, and dropped out of school at the age of 12 to work as a bike taxi operator. He began cycling competitively in 2015. [5]

Major results

2016
National Junior Road Championships
2nd Road race
2nd Time trial
2017
National Junior Road Championships
1st MaillotRwanda.png Road race
3rd Time trial
2018
2nd Team time trial, Africa Cup
2019
8th Overall Tour du Sénégal
2020
10th Overall Tour du Rwanda
2022
1st MaillotRwanda.png Road race, National Road Championships
9th Overall Tour du Rwanda

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References

  1. "Benediction Ignite". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  2. "Benediction Ignite". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  3. "Final Results / Résultat final: Men Elite Road Race". Tissot Timing. Tissot. 25 September 2022.
  4. "Eric Manizabayo". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  5. Sikubwabo, Damas (12 October 2018). "Meet Eric Manizabayo, Team Rwanda's budding cycling star". newtimes.co.rw. Retrieved 27 September 2022.