Young Frenchman Alan Boileau of the B&B Hotels-KTM team today won the 7th and penultimate stage of the Tour of Rwanda at the top of Mount Kigali where his teammate Pierre Rolland won last year.
This is his 4th stage victory on the roads of Rwanda, after his three successes in 2021. Today, he achieved a magnificent feat on the slopes of one of the most remarkable hills in the capital of Rwanda where will hold the world championships in 2025, for the first time on the African continent.
He waited the last 500 meters to attack the hardest section with an average of 17%, when the Israeli Omer Goldstein (Israel-Premier Tech) thought he had already won after attacking just before the climb. Alan Boileau even gave the impression of losing his footing a kilometer from the line, but he quickly regained control.
“I knew I still had strength to make the last effort on the hardest part in the final, affirmed the young Frenchman, when I saw that I was coming back to Omer Goldstein, I said to myself that he would not I didn’t have to stop there because victory was still possible on my momentum. Rwanda works well for me, the roads here please me because they correspond to my qualities as a puncher. »
The yellow jersey Natnael Tesfazion (Drone Hopper-Androni) had been trapped in the descent of the previous climb but he had managed to restore the situation in his favor on Mount Kigali, he finally finished 5th in the stage and still gained momentum. ahead of its main adversaries in the general classification.
Before the last stage tomorrow, the young Colombian is 26” ahead of Anatolii Budiak, 49” over Jesse Ewart and 58” over Angel Madrazo.
THE WINNER’S CARD
ALAN BOILEAU
France
22 years old
Team: B&B Hotels-KTM (France)
Professional since: 2021
UCI wins: 5
UCI world ranking: 516th
Tour of Rwanda: 2nd participation (3 stages in 2021, 1 in 2022)
