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Africa Rising Cycling
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We are the voice of the rise of African cycling; alongside delivering key projects on the ground to bring male & female African athletes to the pro peloton.
2025 was a great chapter in the 20+ year history of African pro cycling: the entire #AfricaTour men’s elite top 20 all raced for teams in the top three UCI categories in 2025 - the first time this has ever happened!

You can see all 2026 pro contract data here:

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November 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
***BREAKING NEWS*** v2

We recently confirmed the 2025 Africa Continental Cycling Championships would take place on 19-23 November, and can now confirm location:

🇰🇪 Kwale County, near Mombasa in Kenya. It’s a sea level event.

#AfricaRising #AfricaCycling
October 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy to share our new(ish!) TikTok account just hit 5000 followers!

Give us a follow on there for lots of video action around African cycling! 🌍🌍

#AfricaRising

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September 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
There are over 140 African male and female riders racing at WT, Pro Conti & Conti level all over the world! 🌍

Great to see three South African 🇿🇦 riders finish the Tour of Shanghai, with all three just 24s back from winner 👏

Full results on @procyclingstats.com

#AfricaRising #AfricaCycling
September 7, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Our African Women’s newsfeed updated, and it’s packed!

🇧🇯 Bénin Women’s National Team race the Maryland Classic on Saturday! So much going on - our CEO Kimberly Coats on point 👍

🇪🇹Tsige Kahsay stars at the Tour de l’Avenir Femmes

🇿🇦 Ashleigh M-P back on form!

teamafricarising.org/african-wome...
September 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
ANNOUNCING TSIGE KAHSAY! 🇪🇹🎺

The 18yo is 2x winner of Tour of Tigray, started the Tour de l’Avenir Femmes this week as youngest rider, won a ‘Most Combative’, 6x top 30 finisher, ending #21 in the GC!

Read the story of her race on our Africa Women’s Newsfeed 🥰

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August 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
So good to see Milkias Maekele and Yoel Habteab on Team BIKE AID spending time with the Eritrean fans at Deutschland Tour! ❤️🇪🇷🇪🇷

Cycling is a sport played in public and it is vital the riders (and teams!) remember this, and keep engaging with the loyal fans by the roadside, the paddock etc ❤️
August 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
TRANSFER NEWS

Two Eritrean riders go pro, with Wuzishan SCOM MVMT Cycling 🇨🇳

🇪🇷 22yo Awet Aman
🇪🇷 21yo Hebron Berhane

This makes it 21 Eritrea riders with contracts in the top three cycling levels!

140 African men & women now pro, all on our tracker:

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August 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
EXCLUSIVE:

UCI President David Lappartient shares his thoughts on:

🇲🇺 The brilliant efforts of Kim Le Court at the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec @gozwift.bsky.social 👍

🌍 The introduction of the first ever Women’s U23 Road Race at the World Champs in Rwanda 🇷🇼

#TDFF2025  #AfricaRising
August 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Excellent racing by Natnael Tesfatsin on @movistarteam.com at Ethias-Tour de Wallonie - 6th in the final GC, and several top ten or thereabouts stage finishes 🇪🇷

Is it enough for a Vuelta squad call up for the 26yo #Eritrea star…. 🇪🇷🌍

#AfricaRising #AfricaCycling
July 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Our African Women’s Cycling live news feed updated with some simply awesome moments this week:

🌍 Kim Le Court making history 💛🇲🇺

🌍 Six young ladies on the world stage from ETH, BEN, EGY RWA & UGA

🌍 Our piece on Kim for BBC Sport / BBC Africa is online

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July 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
HISTORY MADE. 💛🇲🇺

Kim Le Court (Mauritius) is the first ever African woman to wear the #maillotjaune and only the second African ever to do so* 💛

Kudos Kim and her AG Insurance - Soudal team for some awesome work already this week!

#TDFF2025 #AfricaRising

*+ Daryl Impey: 4&5 July 2013 💛🇿🇦
July 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
We reflect on the brilliant 🇪🇷 support we have seen at the TdF for their hero Biniam on Intermarché 👍

The passion of the #Eritrean fans for cycling, Biniam here at TdF + Henok, Amanuel, Natnael(s - T and B!), Merhawi, Milkias, Nahom, Kisanet, Dawit, Milkias, Yoel, Even & others is simply brilliant 🇪🇷
July 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Although not a discipline in which Eritreans traditionally excel, we are still out here on the road supporting the man Biniam Girmay with our data partners @procyclingstats.com 💻

Check out Bini’s 🇪🇷 PCS profile here:

www.procyclingstats.com/rider/biniam...

#BiniBiniBini #Eritrea
July 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
“Like every sprint stage at the Tour de France, the peloton was incredibly tense, especially with the slower pace at the start making it even more nervous.

Our team showed great cohesion today; we proved we are in contention, and that's what matters.“

Biniam Girmay 🇪🇷 #eritrea
July 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
BREAKING NEWS:

Biniam Girmay 🇪🇷 is ok, no knee issue and ready to race. Interview incoming….

#TDF2025  #AfricaRising
July 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Africa Rising Exclusive:

We just spoke with Aike Visbeek - boss of the Intermarche team - about how Biniam got injured, and the incident between Bini 🇪🇷 and J.Milan at the intermediate sprint….

#TDF2025  #AfricaRising
July 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Stage 2 - Breaking news…

Here at the @IntermarcheW bus, Bini is hurt from a fall on his left knee. Not walking very easily…

Let’s hope he is ok 🙏🇪🇷

#TDF2025  #AfricaRising
July 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
THE BIG ONE is on…

Eritrea - Africa’s #1 Cycling Nation - Elite Men’s Road Race 🥰🇪🇷

Breakaway action at the moment:
Biniam Girmay
Mewael Girmay
Milkias Maekele

Lots of World Tour riders chasing, and the next gen too!
June 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Breaking news out of Mauritius:

23yo local rider Torea Celestin pips Alex Mayer in the Men’s Elite Road Race to become National Champion 👏🇲🇺

Check out @procyclingstats.com bio here:

www.procyclingstats.com/rider/torea-...
June 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Africa National Champs update:

Bénin has two 2025 Road Race champs:

Men Elite: Ricardo Sodjede
Women Elite: Hermionne Ahouissou

Both retain their titles from 2024 👍🇧🇯

#africarising #africacycling
June 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Results from the various African National Champs this weekend starting to arrive:

Over in Mauritius, the nations two pro riders Kim Le Court &!Alexandre Mayer took the ITT wins 🇲🇺🏆🏆

💻 @procyclingstats.com

#africacycling #africarising
June 22, 2025 at 7:33 AM
**BREAKING TRANSFER NEWS**

Another African rider now at Pro Conti level!

Alexandre Mayer is joining Burgos Burpellet BH!

He is Mauritius’ #1 male, and #4 male in the 2025 UCI #AfricaTour rankings - only non-Eritrean in the top 5! 👍🇲🇺

He will be teaming up with Merhawi Kudus also!

#AfricaRising
June 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
BOOM!!!

What a break - a big win for Mauritius’ Kim Le Court and that’s the yellow jersey for tomorrow’s Stage Two start!

#ToBW #AfricaRising
June 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
For #WorldBicycleDay2025 we're highlighting the great women of #African Cycling. Check out our new blog updated as stories develop bringing you everything you need to know about the rise of #African women's cycling. Big news coming this week!

#BicycleDay

teamafricarising.org/african-womens…
June 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM