Valens Ndayisenga

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Valens Ndayisenga
Personal information
Full nameValens Ndayisenga
Born (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30)
Muhazi-Rwamagana, Rwanda
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2014–2015 World Cycling Centre
2018POC Côte de Lumière
Professional teams
2016 Dimension Data for Qhubeka [1]
2017 Tirol Cycling Team

Valens Ndayisenga (born 1 January 1994) [2] is a Rwandan former professional cyclist, who competed professionally in 2016 and 2017 for the Dimension Data for Qhubeka and Tirol Cycling Team squads.

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Born in Muhazi-Rwamagana, Ndayisenga was the 2014 National Road Race champion of Rwanda. He was 8th on stage 4 of the 2014 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo [3] and represented his country at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in the time trial finishing in 23rd place. In 2016, he won the Tour of Rwanda for a second time. [4]

Major results

2012
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
5th Time trial, African Junior Road Championships
2013
1st Stage 2 Tour of Rwanda
7th Time trial, African Road Championships
2014
National Road Championships
1st Rwandan National Champion Cycling jersey.jpg Road race
1st Rwandan National Champion Cycling jersey.jpg Time trial
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Rwanda
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 2
5th Grand Prix d'Oran
6th Overall Tour de Blida
7th Circuit d'Alger
2015
1st Rwandan National Champion Cycling jersey.jpg Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Prologue Tour d'Egypte
African Road Championships
2nd Silver medal africa.svg Under-23 time trial
4th Team time trial
6th Under-23 road race
7th Time trial
African Games
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team time trial
10th Time trial
2016
1st Overall Tour of Rwanda
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 2 & 6
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
African Road Championships
5th Team time trial
6th Time trial
2017
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
2nd Time trial
African Road Championships
3rd Bronze medal africa.svg Team time trial
5th Time trial
6th Overall Tour of Rwanda
1st Stage 7
10th Overall Tour du Cameroun
1st Young rider classification
2018
2nd Silver medal africa.svg Team time trial, African Road Championships
6th Overall Tour of Rwanda
2019
African Road Championships
2nd Silver medal africa.svg Team time trial
9th Time trial

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References

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  2. Valens Ndayisenga. Glasgow 2014. Retrieved on 2014-09-07.
  3. cycle race http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/la-tropicale-amissa-bongo-2014/stage-4/results
  4. "Ndayisenga goes down fighting in Tour of Rwanda title defence".