Jeremy Ford

Organisers of the 2024 Tour de France and TdF Femmes confirm continued support of Africa’s Qhubeka Charity!

June 17, 2024

BREAKING NEWS: Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.) – the organisers of the world-famous Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift races, have announced today the extension of their long-term partnership with Qhubeka Charity for both events in 2024.…

Africa Rider UCI Rankings – Quick Review (10 May, 2024)

May 10, 2024

Africa Rider UCI Rankings – Quick Review

Reduce. Re-use. Re-cycle.

February 5, 2024

Today, we want to share a story about recycling. A story that will fill your heart with joy, and will blow your mind at the scale… Firstly, the science bit. The United Nations (UN) and World Health Organisation (WHO) both…

Together We Ride and ReSeed Charity Delivering Bicycles

December 19, 2023

ReSeed Charity teams up with London affinity cycling group Together We Ride. The groups will deliver bicycles to those in need in London and Sierra Leone Today, Sierra Leone’s Reseed Charity and London’s fastest-growing affinity cycling group, Together We Ride,…

Road To The Worlds: Inside the UCI World Cycling Centre Development Programme

August 9, 2023

If you are not familiar with the World Cycling Centre (WCC), it is an elite coaching and training centre in Aigle (Switzerland). It also houses the headquarters of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The WCC opened in 2002 and welcomes…

Malawian Cyclist supported by local Scottish bicycle shop for Glasgow Worlds

August 4, 2023

Malawian cyclist, Macpherson Mbeya, will be the solo Malawian athlete taking part in the UCI 2023 Cycling World Championships, being held across Scotland (UK) from the 3rd to 13th August. Macpherson, who works as a clinical officer in Mzimba, will…

Tour de France Launches #Qhubekaday on 18 July 2023

July 17, 2023

Le Tour de France is excited to announce that during the sixteenth stage of the race on Tuesday, 18 July, we will be promoting our continued partnership with the Qhubeka Charity (“Qhubekaâ€). The #QhubekaDay campaign seeks to encourage fans around…

Brent Copeland Talks African Cycling

July 9, 2023

Brent is the General Manager of Team Jayco AlUla, an Australian World Tour Team Team Africa Rising’s European Correspondent hit the first few stages of this year’s Tour de France and interviewed one of the most tenured General Managers in…

Qhubeka Charity: The Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift extend long-term partnership

July 8, 2023

These two high-profile cycling events have announced the continuation of their partnership with Qhubeka for 2023. Qhubeka is a high-profile and highly effective African social mobility charity. This support has already led to the distribution of over 1,500 Qhubeka bicycles to schoolchildren across South Africa. Qhubeka is also one of…

Supporting African Riders in the World Tour

July 5, 2023

An Interview with Aike Visbeek (Intermarche-Circus-Wanty) Here at the 2023 Tour de France in the SW corner of France, we caught up with Aike Visbeek, the Performance Manager of the Intermarche-Circus-Wanty World Tour team discussing how they are now the…