Welcome to our Live Blog / News Service on all things African women’s cycling! We will try and capture all breaking news, key developments, race results, and anything else we think you will enjoy reading… May 2026 7 May: Huge…
The Momentum is Real: Tour du Benin 2026 The 2026 Tour du Benin wrapped up this week and I honestly left feeling incredibly hopeful about the future of cycling in West Africa. Over the years, we have talked often about…
Alongside our grass-roots development work, it is vital we at Africa Rising Cycling always talk about and promote the many African riders riding in the professional peloton. These men and women are the inspirations for the next generation of talent from Africa,…
Although it is just the end of March and we have only had one of the eight Africa Tour UCI races, African men and women have been racing for a good 4-6 weeks so we thought we would take a…
Please find below the 2026 ‘Africa Tour‘, the UCI classified multi-stage and one day races across the continent, alongside all individual National Championships – a key source of UCI points. As you can see, there are six UCI classified men’s…
In our last newsletter, we introduced you to the new Africa Rising Cycling Podcast, launched with a vision to celebrate the remarkable spirit and resilience of Africa’s cycling community Since January 14th, our Head of Communications and new Pod-Guy, Jeremy,…
Alongside our grass-roots development work, it is vital we at Africa Rising Cycling always talk about and promote the many African riders riding in the professional peloton. These men and women are the inspirations for the next generation of talent…
The CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto Generation Women’s Continental Cycling Team, the development team for its World Tour namesake made a truly historic announcement for African cycling – the hire of rising star Tsige Kahsay Kiros from Ethiopia on a three year contract.…
You can find all your African Continental Cycling Championships information here for the week’s events. 24 November: It is Monday night here in Kenya and the party has been going on all day at the Eritrean team hotel. The guys…
As we head into November, it is over a month since the World Championships circus packed up and shipped out of Kigali (Rwanda). There was no real surprise in the Men Elite race with the unbeatable Tadej Pogacar taking the…