Joseph Areruya

Joseph Areruya (born 1 January 1996) is a Rwandan cyclist, who rides for Rwandan amateur team Inovotec.^[6] In 2017 he won the Tour du Rwanda.^[7] He became the first cyclist from Rwanda to ride in the Paris–Roubaix road race, when he took part in the 2019 edition.^[8]

Joseph Areruya

Areruya in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Areruya
Born	(1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 28) Rwamagana, Rwanda[1]
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current team	Inovotec
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur teams
2016	Les Amis Sportifs de Rwamagana
2020	Pédale Pilotine[2]
2022	Pédale Pilotine–Blue Car[3]
2023–	Inovotec
Professional teams
2017–2018	Dimension Data for Qhubeka
2018–2019	Delko–Marseille Provence KTM[4]
2021–2022	Benediction Ignite[5]

Major results

Source: ^[9]

2013

9th Road race, National Road Championships

2014

7th Time trial, National Road Championships

2015

National Road Championships

2nd Road race

3rd Time trial

3rd Under-23 time trial

2nd Overall Tour du Rwanda

5th Overall Tour de Côte d'Ivoire

7th Road race, African Games

2016

1st Circuit de Constantine

2nd Overall Tour de Blida

1st Young rider classification

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

2nd GP de la Ville d'Oran

4th Overall Tour du Rwanda

1st Stage 4

6th Overall Tour International de Sétif

6th Circuit d'Alger

8th Overall Tour de Constantine

9th Time trial, African Road Championships

2017

1st Overall Tour du Rwanda

1st Stages 1 & 3

1st Stage 5a Giro Ciclistico d'Italia

African Road Championships

3rd Team time trial

6th Road race

7th Time trial

2018

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

1st Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo

1st Young rider classification

1st Stage 4

1st Overall Coupe des Nations de l'Espoir Blue Line

1st Points classification

African Road Championships

2nd Team time trial

3rd Time trial

6th Road race

2019

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

African Games

3rd Team time trial

7th Time trial

9th Overall Tour du Rwanda

2021

African Road Championships

2nd Team time trial

7th Road race

2022

1st Stage 1 Tour de Martinique

References

1. Bishumba, Richard (12 March 2018). "Move to French club a dream come true - Joseph Areruya". The New Times. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
2. Kamasa, Peter (9 October 2019). "Areruya, Uwizeye revel in move to Pédale Pilotine". The New Times. TNT Media. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
3. Betis, Daniel (21 June 2022). "Jean Eric Habimana et Joseph Areruya (Pédale Pilotine) s'octroient les 2 premières places du Grand Prix Fitness Park" [Jean Eric Habimana and Joseph Areruya (Pédale Pilotine) take the first 2 places in the Grand Prix Fitness Park]. France Info (in French). France Télévisions. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
4. Ballue, Quentin (10 December 2018). "Route - Delko Marseille avec 19 coureurs la saison prochaine" [Road - Delko Marseille with 19 riders next season]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar Agency. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
5. "Benediction Ignite". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
6. Ukurikiyimfura, Eric Tony (26 January 2023). "Areruya Joseph na Munyaneza Didier mu bakinnyi bagize ikipe nshya ya Inovotec Cycling Team (Amafoto)" [Joseph Areruya and Didier Munyaneza among the members of the new Inovotec Cycling Team (Photos)]. Igihe.com (in Kinyarwanda). Retrieved 7 May 2023.
7. "Joseph Areruya continues home rider streak in Tour of Rwanda". 19 November 2017.
8. "Welcome to hell – teams and riders reconnoitre the cobblestones of Paris-Roubaix". The Telegraph. 2019-04-11. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
9. "Joseph Areruya". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

External links

• Joseph Areruya at UCI
• Joseph Areruya at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Joseph Areruya at ProCyclingStats