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New UCI WCC Regional Development Satellite launched in Rwanda

By Jeremy Ford | 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…

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Confédération Africaine de Cyclisme (CAC) Elections – 16 February 2025

By TAR Editorial Team | February 14, 2025

As delegates from up to 54 African nations head to Egypt for the 2025 Confédération Africaine de Cyclisme (“CAC”) congress this weekend, is it time for a change at the top…. CAC is the over-arching regional federation of all African…

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

By Jeremy Ford | 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…

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The new “Africa’s Team” – Meet CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto Generation (2025)

By TAR Editorial Team | December 8, 2024

In the last week or so, the CANYON//SRAM Racing team have announced their development squad riders, and the team incredibly features five, yes, FIVE African women again! They can now claim to be the true owners of the term “Africa’s…

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Tour du Burundi: Africa Rising Women’s Cycling

By Kimberly Coats | November 20, 2024

What a week last week! This entire issue is dedicated to the amazing women of African cycling. These women are quickly exhibiting their prowess on the bicycle and their fierceness as competitors. This year’s Tour du Burundi hosted women from…

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2024 African Continental Championships: Review

By Jeremy Ford | 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…

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Porto Novo, Benin to the UCI World Championships

By Kimberly Coats | October 3, 2024

In 2017, Team Africa Rising launched its 18-month phase-out plan from Rwanda. It was an intentional decision to continue giving the Rwandan Cycling Federation financial support on a diminishing scale over time. TAR continued to offer access to sponsors, coaches,…

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

By Jeremy Ford | 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…

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Exclusive: Merhawi Kudus signs for Burgos-BH

By Jeremy Ford | 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…

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2024 UCI World Championships – Full African Rider Start-lists

By TAR Editorial Team | September 18, 2024

With only a few days to go, we are happy to share the only list of all African riders taking part in the 2024 UCI Cycling World Championships, being hosted in Zurich (Switzerland). There are 79 African cyclists taking part,…

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