The inside story of Rwanda’s lost cycling generation 

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In 2006, Jonathan “Jock” Boyer landed in Rwanda. He came at the behest of Tom Ritchey and a donated plane ticket to help Tom run a bicycle race in a small Rwandan village. There was no big plan, a plan after the bike race, just do the race and go home and back to his life. Jock spent the next decade in Rwanda developing the Rwandan National Cycling Team.
The first Wooden Bike Classic was won by a young man wearing a much too old helmet with the strap fastened around his chin just below his lower lip. That young man was Adrien Niyonshuti, an incredible cycling talent. Together Jock and Adrien changed the world of cycling in Rwanda and beyond over the next decade.
In spring of 2007, Jock returned to Rwanda and began testing riders and by March had selected the initial five members of Team Rwanda Cycling. Two of those riders, Adrien and another cyclist, Rafiki Uwimana, headed to South Africa to race the Cape Epic. Adrien and Jock were partners, and by the end of the 8-day grueling mountain bike stage race, they were 23rd in their category and 33rd overall amongst 468 teams who finished. The cycling world took notice.
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