Adrien Niyonshuti

Adrien Niyonshuti
Niyonshuti at the 2014 Four Days of Dunkirk
Personal information
Full nameAdrien Niyonshuti
NicknameManconsho[1]
Born (1987-01-02) 2 January 1987 (age 37)[2]
Rwamagana, Eastern Province, Rwanda
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)[1]
Team information
Current teamNational Cycling Team of Benin
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Mountain biking
Role
Amateur team
2018Sampada
Professional teams
2007–2008Team Rwanda[2]
2009–2017MTN Cycling[2][3]
Managerial team
2020–Skol Adrien Cycling Academy[4]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2010, 2011, 2012)
National Time Trial Championships (2016, 2017)
Niyonshuti at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Adrien Niyonshuti (born 2 January 1987) is a Rwandan former professional bicycle racer, who rode professionally for Team Dimension Data from 2009 to 2017.[5] In 2021, he worked as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Skol Adrien Cycling Academy.[6] In 2023, he will be leading the Benin National Cycling team to prepare for the UCI Championships to be held on the continent in 2025.

Although he survived, six of Niyonshuti's brothers were killed in the Rwandan genocide of 1994.[1] Nilyonshuti began riding a bicycle given to him by his uncle as a teenager when he came to the attention of former professional cyclist Jacques Boyer in 2006 during the first Wooden Bike Classic.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d Team Rwanda (2009). "Adrien Niyonshuti" Archived 27 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
  2. ^ a b c Ryder Cycling (2009). "Adrien Niyonshuti"[permanent dead link]. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
  3. ^ "MTN Qhubeka (MTN) – RSA". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Skol Adrien Cycling Academy". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Adrien Niyonshuti". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Skol Adrien Cycling Academy". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Lunchtime With Clive Owen and Adrien Niyonshuti". Best of Theatre. Retrieved 18 January 2021.