Professional Cycling

Virtual Performance Center Programme to Expand to Get Over 1,000 Young Cyclists Across Africa Racing Online

October 14, 2025

Press Release: 14 October 2025 With the Road World Cycling Championships now concluded in Kigali – the first Worlds to take place in Africa – it is vital that the legacy and impact of this event amplifies the continuing growth…

Live Blog: Road To The Cycling World Championships #Africa2025

October 2, 2025

With Africa hosting the UCI Cycling Road World Championships in 2025 for the first time in September in Kigali (22-28th, Rwanda), we are launching this new Africa Rising Live Blog to report on key moments and developments in the build-up…

Madar Pro Cycling – Get To Know Africa’s #1 Road Racing Team

August 9, 2025

On 5 August 2025, the UCI updated their overall rankings following the conclusion of the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. This update happens pretty regularly on their website and we monitor this for interesting trends…

South Africa’s Qhubeka Charity supported by the men’s and women’s Tour de France again in 2025!

June 30, 2025

The Tour de France and the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift announce that they have renewed their support for South Africa’s Qhubeka Charity for 2025, another year for this long-running relationship. Yann Le Moënner, the CEO of Amaury Sport…

Blog: Trhas Teklehaimanot Tesfay

June 16, 2025

Welcome to our blog to chart the progress of the #TeamTrhas project in the United Kingdom, on which we are working with Trhas, the West London Welcome community center and many of our friends and contacts across the cycling industry:…

The Rise of Maekele: Eritrean wins Stage One of Tour of Iran!

May 27, 2025

The 19yo wonder-kid Milkias Maekele from Eritrea wins the opening stage of the Tour of Iran (Azarbaijan) for his team BIKE AID, takes his third victory of 2025, has his ‘Pro’ win (2.1 and above) and first day tomorrow in…

#FromThePaddock – Tour du Bénin 2025

May 4, 2025

We are excited to bring our #FromThePaddock series back to life, this time from the very warm Bénin, in West Africa – ahead of the start on Monday 28 April of the 2025 Tour du Bénin. We will update this…

BBC Africa: Can new wave of African cyclists produce ‘second Girmay’?

April 24, 2025

Milkias Maekele may look young for a professional cyclist, but the 19-year-old already has the confident air of a champion. Following victory in a one-day race in Algeria this year, the Eritrean sprinter is drawing comparisons with a compatriot who…

Milkias Maekele – Another African Goes Pro!

April 8, 2025

The “Next Biniam Girmay” joins BIKE AID and debuts at Tour of Mersin We are most excited to share the news that 19 year old Milkias Maekele has signed for Team BIKE AID as his first professional contract! Everything we…

Paris-Roubaix debut for Biniam Girmay!

April 4, 2025

Biniam Girmay will participate in Paris-Roubaix for the first time in his career on Sunday 13th of April 2025. The green jersey winner at the last Tour de France, who just turned 25, is preparing to discover his third Monument.…