Jeremy Ford

Benin Cycling’s Head Coach Adrien Niyonshuti Heads to UCI For Continued Coaching Education

March 26, 2025

From 4-14 March, Rwandan Adrien Niyonshuti was in Aigle (Switzerland) – home of the UCI’s World Cycling Centre – to attend the UCI’s Level Two Coaching Course for two weeks. For background, Adrien is Rwanda’s most successful professional cyclist in…

2025 Is A Go For The African Female Riders on the CANYON SRAM Generation Team!

March 21, 2025

After watching their senior colleagues on the World Tour team from the sidelines, it’s finally time for the CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto Generation Team to embark on their 2025 racing season!

Africa Rising CEO Kimberly Coats Recognised in Two Major International Women’s Day 2025 Publications

March 10, 2025

It has been quite a week for Team Africa Rising’s CEO Kimberly Coats around International Women’s Day 2025. She has been named as one of the key women in world cycling in TWO major media reports by Cycling News and…

Tour du Rwanda #FromThePaddock Live Blog

March 3, 2025

Welcome to our live #FromThePaddock blog here at the 2025 Tour du Rwanda, in central Africa! We will be sharing content in real time across our social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X/Twitter, BlueSky, LinkedIn) so please do give these…

New UCI WCC Regional Development Satellite launched in Rwanda

February 25, 2025

The UCI World Cycling Centre (WCC) officially inaugurated its UCI WCC Regional Development Satellite in Rwanda this week. The ceremony took place at the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali, shortly before the start of the Tour du Rwanda prologue in the…

The Evergreen Merhawi Kudus – Season 13 As A Pro Cyclist!

January 29, 2025

[UPDATE: On 2 February, Merhawi was involved in a serious accident during a descent in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Marseille in France. He is in a serious condition and we wish him a speedy recovery.] Merhawi Kudus, 31 years…

2024 African Continental Championships: Review

October 13, 2024

As Henok Mulubrhan was crowned Elite Men’s Africa Champion for the third year in a row today – unprecedented we think – we thought it good to write up an overview of all the results in one place. Big congratulations…

2024 UCI Cycling World Championships (Zurich) – Wrap-up

September 30, 2024

So, all 64 events at the combined 2024 UCI Road and Para-cycling Road World Championships, hosted here in Zurich, are at an end, and we wanted to share our highlights, and some thoughts, about the African contingent’s performance: Women Elite…

Exclusive: Merhawi Kudus signs for Burgos-BH

September 20, 2024

As reported by the Burgos-BH team on 17 September, they have signed the highly experienced Eritrean professional cyclist Merhawi Kudus on a two year deal, running to the end of 2026. This is a fantastic moment for the 30 year…

Tour de France 2024: Live Blog

June 28, 2024

Hello everyone, we are at the Tour de France again this year, to bring you breaking news and live content* on the progress of the three African riders, and exclusive content with many other figures in pro cycling around African…