Kigali, Nzeri 28, 2025 — Mu gihe cy’iminsi irindwi u Rwanda rwari ruri mu isura nshya, rutambukirijwe n’ibendera ry’amagare, ubwo rwakiraga bwa mbere mu mateka y’Afurika Shampiyona y’Isi mu gusiganwa ku magare (UCI Road World Championships). Kuva ku itariki ya 21 kugeza ku ya 28 Nzeri, imihanda y’i Kigali n’uturere tuyegereye yahindutse ibirindiro by’amateka, ikurura ibihumbi by’abafana ndetse n’amaso y’Isi yose.
Iyi shampiyona yari yitezweho byinshi, kuko ari bwo bwa mbere ibaye ku mugabane w’Afurika. U Rwanda rwasanzwe ruzwi ku ruhare rwarwo mu guteza imbere umukino w’amagare, binyuze muri Tour du Rwanda, rwongeye kwiyubaka nk’icyicaro cy’uyu mukino w’imisozi.
Imihanda ya Kigali, izwiho kuba igoye kandi izamuka cyane, niyo yakoreshejwe mu byiciro bitandukanye. Ku munsi ku munsi, abakinnyi baturutse impande zose z’Isi bahataniraga guhabwa imyanya mu byiciro bya: Time Trial (ITT), Team Relay, na Road Race.
Ku ikubitiro, abakinnyi batandukanye barimo Remco Evenepoel, Wout van Aert, Ben Healy, ndetse n’abakinnyi bo muri Afurika nka Biniam Girmay wa Eritrea, bagaragaje ubushake bwo kwandika amateka.
Imisozi ya Nyamirambo, Mont Kigali, Mur de Kigali n’ahandi, yari yuzuye abafana baturutse imihanda yose, bamwe bitwaje amabendera y’ibihugu byabo, abandi bafatanya n’Abanyarwanda mu kuririmba no gushyigikira abakinnyi. Abasesenguzi bemeje ko urukundo rwagaragajwe n’abaturage rwatumye isura y’irushanwa iba idasanzwe, bikaba ari byo bizibukwa mu mateka ya UCI.
Ku cyumweru, tariki ya 28 Nzeri, habaye isiganwa ry’ingenzi kurusha ibindi: Elite Men’s Road Race, intera ya kilometero 267.5. Umuhanda wari wubatswe ku buryo ugoranye, harimo gutambika imisozi n’uduce duto tw’ibibaya by’i Kigali, ku buryo byasabaga imbaraga n’ubushishozi.
Isiganwa ryatangiye bitonze, ariko hagati mu nzira, itsinda rinini ryagerageje gutandukana. Remco Evenepoel n’abandi batari bacye bagize ibyago byo gusigara inyuma, ubwo Tadej Pogačar yateraga igitero gikomeye ku gasongero ka Mont Kigali. Uyu munya-Slovenia yahise yigira imbere wenyine, agendera ku muvuduko utangaje, ataha mu kiganza cy’abafana bari bamuterera hejuru,Yageze ku murongo w’intsinzi ari wenyine, asizeho amasegonda 89 imbere ya Evenepoel, naho Ben Healy akurikiraho ku mwanya wa gatatu.
Mu byishimo byinshi, Pogačar yagize ati: ‘Kuba natsindiye igikombe cy’Isi muri Afurika, by’umwihariko mu Rwanda, ni ishema rikomeye. Imisozi ya Kigali irakomeye, ariko abafana bayihinduyemo umwanya w’amashimwe. Ntabwo nzasiga kwibuka uyu munsi.’
Uretse intsinzi ya Pogačar, irushanwa ry’uyu mwaka ryahishuye byinshi: U Rwanda rwahesheje isura nshya Afurika, rwerekana ko rufite ubushobozi bwo kwakira ibirori bikomeye ku rwego mpuzamahanga; Abafana bagaragaje ko umukino w’amagare ufite umusingi ukomeye mu Rwanda; Imihanda y’i Kigali yabaye igicumbi cy’imisozi igoye cyane kurusha indi, bituma irushanwa ry’uyu mwaka riboneka nk’irikomeye mu mateka ya UCI.
Kuva ku itariki ya 21 kugeza ku ya 28 Nzeri 2025, Kigali yabaye umutima w’amagare ku Isi. U Rwanda rwasize rwanditse amateka, Pogačar nawe yongera kwiyandikisha mu rugero rw’abakinnyi bake cyane bazi gutsinda ibikombe bitandukanye bikomeye birimo Tour de France, Giro d’Italia ndetse na Champion du Monde.
