The 2022 Tour du Rwanda was a road cycling stage race that took place from 20 and 27 February 2022 in Rwanda. The race was rated as a category 2.1 event on the 2022 UCI Africa Tour calendar, and was the 25th edition of the Tour du Rwanda.^[1][2]

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2022 Tour du Rwanda

2022 UCI Africa Tour
Race details
Dates	20–27 February 2022
Stages	8
Distance	937.1 km (582.3 mi)
Winning time	23h 25' 34"
Results
Winner  Natnael Tesfatsion (ERI) (Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli)   Second  Anatoliy Budyak (UKR) (Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team)   Third  Jesse Ewart (IRL) (Bike Aid) Mountains  Moise Mugisha (RWA) (ProTouch) Youth  Natnael Tesfatsion (ERI) (Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli) Sprints  Sandy Dujardin (FRA) (Team TotalEnergies) Combativity  Omer Goldstein (ISR) (Israel–Premier Tech) Team Bike Aid
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After the 2021 edition was postponed to early May due to the COVID-19 pandemic,^[3][4] the race returned to its usual late-February timeslot.^[2]

One of the 18 UCI WorldTeams, five UCI ProTeams, nine UCI Continental teams, and four national teams make up the 19 teams that participated in the race.^[2][5] Of these teams, 14 entered a full squad of five riders, while the other five teams (B&B Hotels–KTM, Burgos BH, Team Novo Nordisk, Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team, and Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling) entered four riders each.^[6] Team TotalEnergies was also reduced to four riders with one late non-starter. In total, 89 riders started the race, of which 65 finished.^[7]

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The complete route of the 2022 Tour du Rwanda was revealed on 30 November 2021. The mountainous eight-day stage race covered 937.1 kilometres (582.3 mi) and over 15,428 metres (50,617 ft) of elevation, with 31 categorized climbs and four summit finishes. Like in previous editions, the Rwandan capital, Kigali, featured heavily in the race, being a start and/or finish location on all but one of the eight stages. While the Mur de Kigali time trial, which had featured as stage 7 of the past two editions, was not a part of the route, the cobbled hill was still climbed four times during the race. Instead, the race began with a short time trial for the first time since 2017.^[2]

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Stage characteristics and winners^[8]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	20 February	Kigali (Kigali Arena)	4.0 km (2.5 mi)		Individual time trial	Alexandre Geniez (FRA)
2	21 February	Kigali (Amahoro Stadium) to Rwamagana	148.3 km (92.1 mi)		Hilly stage	Sandy Dujardin (FRA)
3	22 February	Kigali (MIC Building) to Rubavu	155.9 km (96.9 mi)		Mountain stage	Jhonatan Restrepo (COL)
4	23 February	Kigali (Kimironko) to Gicumbi	124.3 km (77.2 mi)		Mountain stage	Kent Main (RSA)
5	24 February	Muhanga to Musanze	124.7 km (77.5 mi)		Mountain stage	Alexandre Geniez (FRA)
6	25 February	Musanze to Kigali (Kigali Convention Centre)	152.0 km (94.4 mi)		Mountain stage	Anatoliy Budyak (UKR)
7	26 February	Kigali (Nyamirambo) to Kigali (Mont Kigali)	152.6 km (94.8 mi)		Mountain stage	Alan Boileau (FRA)
8	27 February	Kigali (Canal Olympia) to Kigali (Canal Olympia)	75.3 km (46.8 mi)		Mountain stage	Moise Mugisha (RWA)
Total			937.1 km (582.3 mi)

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Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	General classification	Mountains classification [lower-alpha 2]	Sprints classification [lower-alpha 3]	Young rider classification [lower-alpha 4]	Rwandan rider classification	African rider classification [lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 6]	Team classification [lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 7]	Combativity award [lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 8]
1	Alexandre Geniez	Alexandre Geniez	Not awarded	Not awarded	André Drege	Renus Byiza Uhiriwe	Kent Main	Team TotalEnergies	Axel Laurance
2	Sandy Dujardin		El Houcaine Sabbahi	El Houcaine Sabbahi					Leo Hayter
3	Jhonatan Restrepo	Jhonatan Restrepo	Axel Laurance		Axel Laurance		Natnael Tesfatsion	Drone Hopper–Androni Giocattoli	Axel Laurance
4	Kent Main	Axel Laurance	Samuel Mugisha	Sandy Dujardin		Eric Muhoza			Samuel Niyonkuru
5	Alexandre Geniez	Ángel Madrazo	Jean Bosco Nsengimana	Alexandre Geniez	Natnael Tesfatsion				Pierre Rolland
6	Anatoliy Budyak	Natnael Tesfatsion		Pierre Rolland		Eric Manizabayo			Moise Mugisha
7	Alan Boileau							Bike Aid	Omer Goldstein
8	Moise Mugisha		Moise Mugisha	Sandy Dujardin					Omer Goldstein
Final		Natnael Tesfatsion	Moise Mugisha	Sandy Dujardin	Natnael Tesfatsion	Eric Manizabayo	Natnael Tesfatsion	Bike Aid	Omer Goldstein

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• On stage 2, as per race regulations, Jhonatan Restrepo and Sandy Dujardin, who were the next two best-placed riders in the general classification not already leading a classification after stage 1, wore the orange-and-white and the dark blue jerseys, respectively. However, neither rider was deemed to be officially leading those respective classifications, as no points had been awarded on stage 1 for either classification.^[11]
• On stage 2, Axel Laurance, who finished fifth on stage 1, wore the red-gold-and-white jersey, as the best-placed rider not already leading a classification or wearing another classification jersey.^[11]
• On stage 3, Abram Stockman, who was second in the sprints classification, wore the dark blue jersey, because first-placed El Houcaine Sabbahi wore the orange-and-white jersey as the leader of the mountains jersey.^[14]
• On stages 4 and 5, Natnael Tesfatsion, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the blue-sky-and-yellow jersey, because first-placed Axel Laurance wore the orange-and-white jersey as the leader of the mountains classification.^[17][20]
• On stage 4, Ángel Madrazo, who finished third on stage 3, wore the red-gold-and-white jersey, because stage winner Jhonatan Restrepo wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification, and second-placed finisher Axel Laurance wore the orange-and-white jersey as the leader of the mountains classification.^[17]
• On stage 6, Pierre Rolland, who finished second on stage 5, wore the red-gold-and-white jersey, because stage winner Alexandre Geniez wore the dark blue jersey as the leader of the sprints classification.^[23]
• On stages 7 and 8, Henok Mulubrhan, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the blue-sky-and-yellow jersey, because first-placed Natnael Tesfatsion wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification.^[26][29]