May 4/21 10:19 am - Piccoli 3rd at Stage 3 of Tour de Rwanda
Posted by Editoress on 05/4/21
James Piccoli finished strong after a long, wet and exhausting stage in the Tour du Rwanda and leaves all options open for the GC.
Stage three in the Tour du Rwanda was all about the elevation. In the queen's stage, almost 4,000 meters of climbing elevation had to be covered over 170 kilometers.
An early alarm at 4:55 am, a two-hour transfer to the start, and pouring rain in the first kilometres of racing resulted in a not so exciting start of the Queen stage. Luckily, the weather improved and halfway into the race there were only low-hanging clouds in the Rwandan valleys, ensuring incredible views over the ‘country of a thousand hills.'
However, on the final climb it was pouring down again as it only can in Africa. Small rivers of water, were flowing down the final climb when the riders began the assent. Piccoli, Israel Start-Up Nation's nominee for the general classification in Africa, did not mind.
According to the Canadian, the final climb was not challenging enough to really make a difference, so he waited for the final stretch, and took third in the sprint.
Piccoli named that result a true team effort. "The help of Edo Goldstein and Omer Lahav during the race and towards to final climb was fantastic. Throughout the day, Stormi-Norman (Vahtra) helped us in the wet descents. Guy Sagiv went so fast upon the most challenging hill of the day that I had to tell him to slow down.”
"The team's confidence has grown after today,"Piccoli concluded. "We are looking forward to the next stages.”
Israel Start-Up Nation report
Results from the third stage in Rwanda
| Stage 3: Nyanza to Gicumbi, 171.6 km | |
| 1 Alan Boileau (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | 4:23:57 |
| 2 Carlos Julian Quintero Noreña (Col) Terengganu Cycling Team | |
| 3 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 4 Brayan Stiven Sanchez Vergara (Col) Team Medellin - EPM | |
| 5 Metkel Eyob (Eri) Terengganu Cycling Team | |
| 6 Alex Hoehn (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling | |
| 7 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Total Direct Energie | |
| 8 Oscar Miguel Sevilla Rivera (Esp) Team Medellin - EPM | |
| 9 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Esp) Total Direct Energie | |
| 10 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | |
| 11 Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia (Col) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | all s.t |
| 12 Nahom Zerai (Eri) National Team Eritrea | 0:06 |
| 13 Sela Weldemicael (Eri) National Team Eritrea | 0:09 |
| 14 Gianni Marchand (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex | s.t |
| 15 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Terengganu Cycling Team | 0:20 |
| 16 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | 0:24 |
| 17 Bernardo Albeiro Suaza Arango (Col) Team Medellin - EPM | 0:29 |
| 18 Callum Ormiston (RSA) ProTouch | 0:37 |
| 19 Erik Bergström Frisk (Swe) Bike Aid | 0:55 |
| 20 Kent Main (RSA) ProTouch | 0:58 |
| 21 Weimar Alfonso Roldán Ortiz (Col) Team Medellin - EPM | 0:59 |
| 22 Abner Santiago Umba Lopez (Col) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | 1:54 |
| 23 Mehari Tewelde (Eri) National Team Eritrea | s.t |
| 24 Eric Muhoza (Rwa) National Team Rwanda | 2:02 |
| 25 Adne Van Engelen (Ned) Bike Aid | 2:32 |
| 26 Marlon Gaillard (Fra) Total Direct Energie | s.t |
| 27 Daniel Muñoz Giraldo (Col) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | 3:21 |
| 28 Lennert Teugels (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex | 3:55 |
| 29 Jean Bosco Nsengimana (Rwa) National Team Rwanda | 4:03 |
| 30 Walter Alejandro Vargas Alzate (Col) Team Medellin - EPM | 5:35 |
| 31 Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | 6:14 |
| 32 Azzedine Lagab (Alg) National Team Algeria | 6:17 |
| 33 Shem Nsengiyumva (Rwa) SKOL Adrien Cycling Academy | 6:28 |
| 34 Charles Kagimu (Uga) Bike Aid | s.t |
| 35 Andries Nigrini (RSA) ProTouch | 6:52 |
| 36 Eric Manizabayo (Rwa) Benediction Ignite | 6:54 |
| 37 Salim Kipkemboi (Ken) Bike Aid | s.t |
| 38 Barnabe Gahemba (Rwa) National Team Rwanda | 6:57 |
| 39 Jean Baptiste Nsabimana (Rwa) SKOL Adrien Cycling Academy | 7:02 |
| 40 Jason Saltzman (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling | 7:25 |
| 41 Serghei Tvetcov (Rou) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling | s.t |
| 42 Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team | 7:57 |
| 43 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | |
| 44 Valentin Ferron (Fra) Total Direct Energie | |
| 45 Choon Huat Goh (Sin) Terengganu Cycling Team | all s.t |
| 46 Andreas Goeman (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex | 8:26 |
| 47 Fidel Dukuzumuremyi (Rwa) SKOL Adrien Cycling Academy | 12:02 |
| 48 Edo Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 49 Jean Eric Habimana (Rwa) SKOL Adrien Cycling Academy | |
| 50 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 51 Tomas Goytom (Eri) National Team Eritrea | |
| 52 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Total Direct Energie | |
| 53 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | |
| 54 Samuel Mugisha (Rwa) National Team Rwanda | |
| 55 Nikodemus Holler (Ger) Bike Aid | all s.t |
| 56 Seth Hakizimana (Rwa) SKOL Adrien Cycling Academy | 14:07 |
| 57 Paul Uwiduhaye (Rwa) Benediction Ignite | |
| 58 Marti Vigo Del Arco (Esp) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | |
| 59 Omer Lahav (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 60 Alfdan De Decker (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex | |
| 61 Nassim Saidi (Alg) National Team Algeria | |
| 62 Elias Van Breussegem (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex | |
| 63 Calvin Beneke (RSA) ProTouch | all s.t |
| 64 Cormac McGeough (Irl) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling | 19:54 |
| 65 Gustav Basson (RSA) ProTouch | 20:27 |
| 66 Spencer Petrov (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling | 22:27 |
| 67 Norman Vahtra (Est) Israel Start-Up Nation | 24:32 |
| 68 Mohamed Amine Nehari (Alg) National Team Algeria | 27:04 |
| 69 Patrick Byukusenge (Rwa) Benediction Ignite | 29:15 |
| 70 Byiza Renus Uhiriwe (Rwa) National Team Rwanda | 37:46 |
| DNF Sirak Tesfom (Eri) National Team Eritrea | |
| DNF Didier Munyaneza (Rwa) Benediction Ignite | |
| DNF Ayoub Sahiri (Alg) National Team Algeria | |
| DNF Hamza Mansouri (Alg) National Team Algeria | |
| GC | |
| 1 Brayan Stiven Sanchez Vergara (Col) Team Medellin - EPM | 10:05:02 |
| 2 Alex Hoehn (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling | |
| 3 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | |
| 4 Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia (Col) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | |
| 5 James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 6 Oscar Miguel Sevilla Rivera (Esp) Team Medellin - EPM | |
| 7 Carlos Julian Quintero Noreña (Col) Terengganu Cycling Team | |
| 8 Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Esp) Total Direct Energie | |
| 9 Metkel Eyob (Eri) Terengganu Cycling Team | all s.t |
| 10 Nahom Zerai (Eri) National Team Eritrea | 0:06 |
| 11 Gianni Marchand (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex | 0:09 |
| 12 Alan Boileau (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | 0:33 |
| 13 Erik Bergström Frisk (Swe) Bike Aid | 0:55 |
| 14 Bernardo Albeiro Suaza Arango (Col) Team Medellin - EPM | 0:57 |
| 15 Kent Main (RSA) ProTouch | 0:58 |
| 16 Callum Ormiston (RSA) ProTouch | 1:00 |
| 17 Abner Santiago Umba Lopez (Col) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | 1:52 |
| 18 Adne Van Engelen (Ned) Bike Aid | 2:32 |
| 19 Marlon Gaillard (Fra) Total Direct Energie | s.t |
| 20 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) Total Direct Energie | 3:14 |
| 21 Sela Weldemicael (Eri) National Team Eritrea | 3:25 |
| 22 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Terengganu Cycling Team | 3:36 |
| 23 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | 3:38 |
| 24 Lennert Teugels (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex | 3:55 |
| 25 Weimar Alfonso Roldán Ortiz (Col) Team Medellin - EPM | 4:15 |
| 26 Mehari Tewelde (Eri) National Team Eritrea | 5:10 |
| 27 Eric Muhoza (Rwa) National Team Rwanda | 5:16 |
| 28 Azzedine Lagab (Alg) National Team Algeria | 6:17 |
| 29 Daniel Muñoz Giraldo (Col) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | 6:35 |
| 30 Salim Kipkemboi (Ken) Bike Aid | 6:54 |
| 31 Jean Bosco Nsengimana (Rwa) National Team Rwanda | 7:19 |
| 32 Andries Nigrini (RSA) ProTouch | 7:30 |
| 33 Valentin Ferron (Fra) Total Direct Energie | 7:57 |
| 34 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | s.t |
| 35 Walter Alejandro Vargas Alzate (Col) Team Medellin - EPM | 8:51 |
| 36 Andreas Goeman (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex | 8:54 |
| 37 Charles Kagimu (Uga) Bike Aid | 9:40 |
| 38 Eric Manizabayo (Rwa) Benediction Ignite | 10:08 |
| 39 Barnabe Gahemba (Rwa) National Team Rwanda | 10:11 |
| 40 Shem Nsengiyumva (Rwa) SKOL Adrien Cycling Academy | 10:14 |
| 41 Jason Saltzman (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling | 10:41 |
| 42 Serghei Tvetcov (Rou) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling | s.t |
| 43 Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | 10:58 |
| 44 Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Terengganu Cycling Team | 11:13 |
| 45 Choon Huat Goh (Sin) Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t |
| 46 Cyril Gautier (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM | 12:30 |
| 47 Samuel Mugisha (Rwa) National Team Rwanda | s.t |
| 48 Jean Baptiste Nsabimana (Rwa) SKOL Adrien Cycling Academy | 12:58 |
| 49 Edo Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation | 13:21 |
| 50 Nikodemus Holler (Ger) Bike Aid | 15:18 |
| 51 Tomas Goytom (Eri) National Team Eritrea | |
| 52 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Total Direct Energie | |
| 53 Fidel Dukuzumuremyi (Rwa) SKOL Adrien Cycling Academy | |
| 54 Jean Eric Habimana (Rwa) SKOL Adrien Cycling Academy | all s.t |
| 55 Guy Sagiv (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation | 16:49 |
| 56 Seth Hakizimana (Rwa) SKOL Adrien Cycling Academy | 17:23 |
| 57 Nassim Saidi (Alg) National Team Algeria | |
| 58 Omer Lahav (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 59 Calvin Beneke (RSA) ProTouch | |
| 60 Elias Van Breussegem (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex | all s.t |
| 61 Marti Vigo Del Arco (Esp) Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec | 17:59 |
| 62 Alfdan De Decker (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex | 18:17 |
| 63 Cormac McGeough (Irl) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling | 23:10 |
| 64 Spencer Petrov (USA) Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling | 23:15 |
| 65 Gustav Basson (RSA) ProTouch | 23:43 |
| 66 Norman Vahtra (Est) Israel Start-Up Nation | 24:32 |
| 67 Mohamed Amine Nehari (Alg) National Team Algeria | 30:20 |
| 68 Paul Uwiduhaye (Rwa) Benediction Ignite | 31:19 |
| 69 Patrick Byukusenge (Rwa) Benediction Ignite | 32:31 |
| 70 Byiza Renus Uhiriwe (Rwa) National Team Rwanda | 37:46 |
Piccoli 7th after 2 Stages of Tour du Rwanda
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