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Africa Rising CEO Kimberly Coats Recognised in Two Major International Women’s Day 2025 Publications

By Jeremy Ford | March 10, 2025

It has been quite a week for Team Africa Rising’s CEO Kimberly Coats around International Women’s Day 2025. She has been named as one of the key women in world cycling in TWO major media reports by Cycling News and…

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Tour du Rwanda #FromThePaddock Live Blog

By Jeremy Ford | March 3, 2025

Welcome to our live #FromThePaddock blog here at the 2025 Tour du Rwanda, in central Africa! We will be sharing content in real time across our social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X/Twitter, BlueSky, LinkedIn) so please do give these…

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Team is Team: Gasore & Adrien

By Kimberly Coats | March 1, 2025

Gasore Hategeka was one of the first members of the post original five members of Team Rwanda Cycling. Gasore was the beginning of Team Rwanda 2.0. I remember the day he showed up to the Team House in Musanze, long…

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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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