Canadian Guillaume Boivin (Cycling Academy) had already ended his season after the UCI Road World Championships and was having a beer when his manager called him to see if he could come race the Tour of Rwanda. Two weeks later, the 27-year-old is one second out of the race lead after winning stage 1 to Ngoma.
"Two weeks ago I was sitting in Montreal with my friends and having a beer, as my season was over, when manager Ran Margaliot called me from Tel Aviv and said: 'Can you race in Africa? I need you,'" Boivin said, according to his team.
Boivin hastily resumed training and endured a prolonged journey to Rwanda that included half a day in Nairobi to fix his Visa, and went into the race with low expectations: "I said, OK, it will be a good way to get ready for the next season".
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That attitude changed when he finished the prologue in fourth, four seconds down on winner Timothy Rugg (Lowestrates.com) even though he was without a time trial bike. Thanks to missing out on the race lead, he was able to get into a breakaway without being marked, and the move worked.
"We kept jumping into moves up until the first KOM of the day. From there I could feel the legs burning a little…that's always the best time to attack," Boivin said.
60 kilometers later, Boivin was still with the move and easily out-sprinted his rivals to take out the stage win.
— Tom Meeusen (@TomMeeusen) November 13, 2016
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