Richard Laizer
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Laningo Laizer |
| Born | 1 July 1989 |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| World Cycling Centre | |
| Major wins | |
| Tanzania Road Race Champion (2019), Tanzanian Time Trial Champion(2019) | |
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Richard Laningo Laizer (born July 1, 1989 in Arusha) is a Tanzanian professional road racing cyclist.[1][2]
Biography
- Early life and career
Richard Laizer was born in Arusha, his first pedal strokes at the age of 7, on a bike borrowed from his older brother. [3] He really started competing in 2005, at the age of 16, in Tanzania.[4] Passionate about cycling, he watched the Tour de France every summer on television, especially supporting British sprinter Mark Cavendish.[5]
In 2011, he won the Vodacom Mwanza Open Cycle Challenge.[6] Soon after, he participated in his first African championships. In Asmara, capital of Eritrea, he placed 7th in the team time trial, with his Tanzanian teammates.[7] then 19th in the individual time trial, almost nine minutes behind winner Daniel Teklehaimanot.[8] A week later, he arrived at the start of the Tour du Rwanda, after three days of bus travel. Despite poor quality equipment, he distinguished himself by finishing tenth in the last stage in Kigali, after twice taking the lead on climbs listed for the mountain grand prix. At the end of the seven stages, he was the Tanzanian rider with the highest overall standings, in 23rd place.[9]
In December 2012, he went to Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, to participate in the African Championships. In the team time trial, the Tanzanian team, composed of only three riders, finished 13th with a loss of more than thirteen minutes on the Eritreans. Two days later, he took 18th place in the individual time trial out of 31 classified competitors, almost five minutes behind Daniel Teklehaimanot.[10] Finally, he placed 28th in the road race, being part of a group that arrived almost ten minutes behind the winner Natnael Berhane.[11]
In 2013, he raced for MTN-Qhubeka WCC, the training team of the MTN-Qhubeka World Tour structure. With it, he took third place in the mountain classification at the Mzansi Tour. In August, he was selected for an internship with the World Cycling Centre, along with several other African riders.[12] After a third participation in the Tour of Rwanda (22nd), he went to Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt to compete in the African Championships. Best cyclist in his country, he successively placed 9th in the team time trial, 19th in the individual time trial and 23rd in the road race.
During 2014, he participated in a few races under the colors of the World Cycling Centre. In July, he was third in the Prix de Cuiseaux. Selected for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, he was forced to retire in the road race, after completing seven laps. On this occasion, he criticised the Tanzanian Olympic Committee, deploring the low number of Tanzanian cyclists engaged in these Games.[13] Also in summer, he competed in his first race in South America at the Tour of Rio which he finished in 45th place.
At the end of 2015, he became the first Tanzanian cyclist to join a European team, Bike Aid.[14] While he was supposed to join the team for a whole year, he did not sign until September due to a visa problem. Provided with food and housing, however, he does not receive a fixed salary. In October, he participated in the Tour de Münster (99th) and Paris-Bourges, where he retired.
At the beginning of 2016, he competed in the Tropicale Amissa Bongo, the flagship event on the African continent. Back in Tanzania, he won the Arusha Node Race in the summer, in which he participated with his hometown club, the Arusha Cycling Club.[15] In September, he finished 24th and best rider of his club in the first edition of the Tour Meles Zenawi.[16]. After a great performance on the Tour of Machakos, Kenyan national event, he found the jersey of his Stradalli-Bike Aid formation for the second and last time of the year, during the Tour of Rwanda.[17]
In 2019, he became double champion of Tanzania, in the road race and time trial.
Honours
- 2010
Karibu Arusha Race: Overall ranking Stage 2 (time trial)
- 2011
Mwanza Open Cycle Challenge
- 2016
Arusha Node Race
- 2018
Arusha Node Race
- 2019
Tanzania Road Race Champion Tanzanian Time Trial Champion
References
- ↑ https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/richard-laizer_prs402426/person.shtml
- ↑ "Tanzania: Richard Laizer Wins Accolade as Arusha Cyclists Fly Ahead". All Africa. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
- ↑ "Baiskeli tu imempa ulaji Richard Laizer". Mwana Spoti. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- ↑ "Richard Laizer, le Tanzanien de la Tropicale Amissa Bongo". rfi.fr. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ↑ "The Tour of Rwanda". inrng. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
- ↑ "Tanzania: Arusha, Shinyanga Dominate Mwanza Open Cycle Challenge". All Africa. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
- ↑ "Tanzania: African Continental Championships 2011: Team time trial Results". Cycling News. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
- ↑ "Tanzania: African Continental Championships 2011: Team time trial Results". Cycling News. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
- ↑ "Tour of Rwanda 2011: Stage 7 Results »". Cycling News. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
- ↑ "African Continental Championships 2012: Time Trial Results". Cycling News. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
- ↑ "African Continental Championships 2012: Road Race Results". Cycling News. Retrieved 2012-11-11.
- ↑ "The African Group of the JCC for the first time in France". Directvelo. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
- ↑ "Laizer pulls out of Glasgow meet". The Citizen. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
- ↑ "Cycling sensation Laizer set for Germany Bike Aid Club". The Citizen. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
- ↑ "ACC hails Laizer for winning Arusha tourney". The Citizen. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
- ↑ "Arusha club lauds riders for Tour performance". The Citizen. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
- ↑ "Arusha rider poised for Tour de Rwanda". The Citizen. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
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