Pierre Latour fastest in uphill race against the clock at Tour du Rwanda

Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) acknowledges his ITT time was the best at Tour du Rwanda for the stage 5 victory (Image credit: Tour du Rwanda/ Team TotalEnergies)

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Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) won the stage 5 uphill time trial at the Tour du Rwanda, finishing the 13km route with the fastest time of 23:31 to beat runner-up William Junior Lecerf (Soudal-QuickStep) by 34 seconds. Joseph Blackmore (Israel Premier Tech Academy) was third, one second off the time of Lecerf.

The fifth stage was a 13km course was uphill from Muzanze to Kinigi Kwita Izina, and riders used road bikes to complete the time trial event.

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