Umusore w’Umutaliyani Lorenzo Mark Finn, wari muto mu bagabo bafite munsi y’imyaka 23 mu marushanwa yo gusiganwa ku muhanda, yitwaye neza cyane mu mikino y’Isi y’Imodoka ku muhanda (UCI Road World Championships 2025) yabereye i Kigali.
Mu irushanwa ryitabiriwe n’abasiganwa 79, Finn yerekanye impano idasanzwe, agaragaza uburyo bushya bwo gusiganwa, asumba abandi bose. Umwaka ushize, Finn yari yarabaye UCI Junior Road World Champion i Zürich, aho yatsindaga wenyine, kandi yaje i Kigali afite amayeri y’ubuhanga akoresha mu gucenga abo bahanganye.
Mu gihe yagaragazaga ikimenyetso cy’amahoro n’intoki zigaragaza intsinzi ku barebye irushanwa, Finn yatsindiye zahabu ku gihe cy’isaha 3:57.27, mu gihe yari ataragaragara ku itangiriro ry’irushanwa. “Nari nzi ko ndi mu buryo bwiza kandi ndi umwe mu bakundwa gutsindira, ariko nta n’umwe wari witeze ibi,” yavuze, anongeraho ko azakomeza kuba umutsinzi mu mwaka utaha kubera ko akiri munsi y’imyaka 23.
Finn yatsinze umusuwisi Jan Huber wari ukomeye mu irushanwa, wari warangije nyuma y’amasegonda 31, atsindira umudari wa zahabu, mu gihe Marco Schretti wo mu ikipe y’Abanya-Austraria yaje ku mwanya wa gatatu.
Irushanwa ryakomeje kuba rirerire kandi rikomeye, aho Ababiligi, Abanya-Austraria n’Abanya-Espanye bagiye bahatana mu muvuduko, bakoresha amayeri atandukanye mu kurwanya abandi. Hashize kilometero zisaga 60, umusore w’umunyespanye Hector Alvares Martinez yagerageje kwica Ababiligi amagerageza, ariko Finn hamwe na mugenzi we Huber bakomeje guhagarara neza.
Mu bilometero bya nyuma 4 km, Finn yafashe umwanya wa mbere, akoresha amayeri ye ku misozi ya Nyarutarama, afata amasashi y’amazi menshi ashoboka kugira ngo akomeze imbere. Mu byuma bya nyuma, Finn na Huber bashyize imbaraga zabo zose mu gushaka igikombe, ariko Finn, kubera ubuhanga bwe mu gutera no gusimbuka ku gihe gikwiye, yatsinze amaso ku maso, anegukana igikombe cy’Isi.
Uyu musore w’umutaliyani, n’inkuru ye y’ubuhanga n’ubushake, yigaragaje nk’icyitegererezo ku basore bato bifuza gutsindira ibikombe ku rwego mpuzamahanga, agaragaza ko impano, ubwenge n’imyitozo idahwema bishobora gutuma umuntu agera ku ntsinzi ikomeye.
E. Niyonkuru