Joe Blackmore wins Tour du Rwanda

Joe Blackmore wins stage 8 at Tour du Rwanda
Joe Blackmore wins stage 8 at Tour du Rwanda (Image credit: Tour du Rwanda / Israel Premier Tech)

Joseph Blackmore (Israel Premier Tech Academy) secured the final stage 8 at the Tour du Rwanda, netting himself the overall victory in Kigali.

Blackmore launched an attack in the final kilometres and then soloed to the stage win by 30 seconds ahead of the time trial stage winner Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) and Ilkhan Dostiyev (Astana Qazaqstan Development Team). 

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