Team roster
- As of 26 February 2021. [2] [3]
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| Team information | |
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| UCI code | SAC |
| Registered | Rwanda |
| Founded | 2020 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status | UCI Continental |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Winifred Kabega |
| Team manager(s) | Adrien Niyonshuti |
| Team name history | |
2020– | Skol Adrien Cycling Academy |
Skol Adrien Cycling Academy is a Rwandan professional road bicycle racing team. The team was established in 2020 with UCI Continental status by former cyclist Adrien Niyonshuti to help develop young Rwandan cyclists. [1]
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Adrien Niyonshuti is a Rwandan former professional bicycle racer, who rode professionally for Team Dimension Data from 2009 to 2017. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Skol Adrien Cycling Academy. Although he survived, six of Niyonshuti's brothers were killed in the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Niyonshuti began riding a bicycle given to him by his uncle as a teenager, when he came to the attention of former professional cyclist Jacques Boyer in 2006 during the first Wooden Bike Classic.
Team Qhubeka NextHash is a UCI WorldTeam cycling team based in South Africa. The team rides to raise awareness and funds for Qhubeka, a South African not-for-profit organisation, and is partnered by cryptocurrency investment organisation NextHash.
Adrien Petit is a French racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team TotalEnergies. In September 2015 Direct Énergie announced that Petit would join them for the 2016 season, after five years with Cofidis.
Aaron Gate is a New Zealand road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Black Spoke Pro Cycling. He represented his country in track cycling at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
Edwin Alcibiades Ávila Vanegas is a Colombian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Burgos BH. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's team pursuit for the national team. He won the Colombian National Road Race Championships in 2016.
Bike Aid is a German UCI Continental team founded in 2012, that participates in UCI Continental Circuits races.
Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia is a Colombian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec.
Jean Bosco Nsengimana is a Rwandan cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Skol Adrien Cycling Academy. He won the Tour du Rwanda in 2015 and rode the UCI Road World Championships.
Metkel Eyob is an Eritrean cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Terengganu Cycling Team.
Adrien Garel is a French road and track cyclist, who currently rides for French amateur team Sojasun Espoir–ACNC. He won the bronze medal at the 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Round 2 in Apeldoorn in the team pursuit.
José Manuel Díaz Gallego is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Delko.
Awet Gebremedhin Andemeskel is an Eritrean-born Swedish cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team Israel Cycling Academy. In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.
Sean Bennett is an American cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Qhubeka NextHash.
Matteo Badilatti is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.
Taj Jones is an Australian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Israel Cycling Academy.
Corbin Strong is a New Zealand road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team SEG Racing Academy. He won the points race and finished second in the team pursuit at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
The 2020 Tour du Rwanda was a road cycling stage race that took place in Rwanda between 23 February and 1 March 2020. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2020 UCI Africa Tour, and was the 23rd edition of the Tour du Rwanda.
Moise Mugisha is a Rwandan cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Skol Adrien Cycling Academy.
Valentin Ferron is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team TotalEnergies. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.
The 2021 Tour du Rwanda was a road cycling stage race that took place in Rwanda between 2 and 9 May 2021. The race was rated as a category 2.1 event on the 2021 UCI Africa Tour calendar, and was the 23rd edition of the Tour du Rwanda.
The 2015 Tour du Rwanda champion Jean Bosco Nsengimana is set to join Skol Adrien Cycling Academy (SACA Team) on a two year-deal.
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