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Roxanne Hargreaves is Head of Development for Sierra Leonean Cycling. She shared her impressions from a recent training camp in Benin, to which two Sierra Leonean talents were invited. The sun beats down on the road outside Porto Novo. Five…
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I have been working in African cycling since 2009. I started in Rwanda, forming the National Cycling Team of Rwanda with my partner. Jock Boyer had been on the ground since 2007. I clearly remember asking him early on why…
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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…
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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…
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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 (“Qhubeka”). The #QhubekaDay campaign seeks to encourage fans around…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.), organisers of the Tour de France (TDF) and the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (TDFFaZ), have today launched the “School Solidarity – A Bike For Every Child” Campaign. This campaign aims to put 100,000…
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Results and Reflections on the Race and the National Team The Tour du Benin, May 2 – 7th, the second year as UCI 2.2, highlighted some of the best talent on the African continent and the power of ownership. The…
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