Joseph Blackmore climbs to stage 6 win atop Mont Kigali at Tour du Rwanda

Joseph Blackmore (Israel-Premier Tech) wins on summit finish of stage 6 on Mont Kigali and takes GC lead at 2024 Tour du Rwanda
Joseph Blackmore (Israel-Premier Tech) wins on summit finish of stage 6 on Mont Kigali and takes GC lead at 2024 Tour du Rwanda (Image credit: Tour du Rwanda 2024)

Joseph Blackmore (Israel-Premier Tech) pushed past Jhonatan Restrepo (Team Polti Kometa) in the final 100 metres and captured the stage 6 victory on Mont Kigali at the Tour du Rwanda on Friday. 

From among a select group of five on the final climb, Ilkhan Dostiyev (Astana Qazaqstan Development Team) secured third place, five seconds behind the two-up sprint on the summit. Nahom Zerai (Eritrea) finished another three seconds later for fourth and Restrepo’s teammate Germán Gómez took fifth, 18 seconds back.

Jackie Tyson
North American Production editor

Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).

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