Africa Rising Cycling

"Africa Is Not Just Rising, It's Risen!" Meet The Commentators!

Our latest Africa Rising Cycling podcast is out and it’s pretty epic!

We sat with three top cycling commentators Phil Liggett, Hannah Walker and Anthony McCrossan to talk about all things African cycling!

It is available on Spotify and all other major channels 🎙️

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Our next episode of the Africa Rising Cycling podcast is out tomorrow and it’s a pretty awesome. Follow our podcast for alerts on the latest episodes!

A list of all links to our podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Goodpods & more on our website:

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2026 Contracts & Transfers Tracker – African Riders (Men & Women) - Team Africa Rising 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 th...

African Cycling Contracts Update:

Two more African athletes sign with 2026 UCI Conti teams:

🇿🇦 Brendon Davids - Team Brennan
🇲🇺 Daniel Yon Hin - 7Eleven Cliqq Roadbike Philippines

You can see all the info, and each rider’s bio, on @procyclingstats.com here:
teamafricarising.org/2026-contrac...

Race Results Service - Team Africa Rising Want to know the race results of all African professional cyclists? They're all right here thanks to ProCyclingStats

As racing starts to kick off again in earnest, don’t forget to save our live African results service to your browser!

Powered by our exclusive partnership with @procyclingstats.com - you can see live results for all African men and women racing globally

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A New Adventure - Literally! Two South Africans Join The Modern Adventure Pro Cycling Team Podcast Episode · Africa Rising Cycling Podcast · 28/01/2026 · 20m

Our latest podcast is out: it’s the story of a new adventure!

We caught up with Stefan de Bod & Byron Munton as they begin their adventure with the new US Pro Conti Modern Adventure team 🎙️🇿🇦

Check it out on all major podcast channels, Apple Music link below:

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2026 Contracts & Transfers Tracker – African Riders (Men & Women) - Team Africa Rising 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 th...

***BREAKING NEWS***

Madar Pro Cycling - Africa’s #1 pro team in 2025 - announce their squad:

- Africa #4 rider (and National Champ) Yacine Hamza 🇩🇿 renews ✅

- 23yo Bizay Tesfay Redae 🇪🇹 joins from Team Amani ✅

- Anatolii Budiak 🇺🇦 & Ewan Mackie 🇬🇧 join ✅

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Thanks guys! We loved talking to you about this topic. It’s our passion and mission! ❤️🌍

'Cycling can become the second sport of Africa' - Inside the 20-year journey to build a pro pathway

Domestique caught up with 🇬🇧Jeremy Ford who has been a part of the @africacycling.bsky.social non-profit for over a decade

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WHAT A MOMENT!

The first look at 18yo Ethiopian cycling sensation Tsige Kahsay in her new team kit and bike for the CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto Generation team, and is now at her first training camp of 2026 ❤️🇪🇹

She is an inspiration to so many young riders across Africa 🙏🌍

#AfricaRising

Meet Africa's Latest Continental Team: Tshenolo Pro Cycling!

Our next podcast: meet Africa’s latest UCI Continental Team - Tshenolo Pro Cycling 🇿🇦

We talk to Reinardt and Thabiso about their break-through 2025, and plans for the future!

Spotify link below + available on all podcast channels 🎙️🎧🇿🇦

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#AfricaRising #AfricaCycling

And in terms of Nations, the most present in 2026 (so far) are:
🌍 South Africa - 20 riders
🌍 Eritrea - 17 riders
🌍 Algeria - 11 riders
🌍 Morocco - 6 riders
🌍 Rwanda - 5 riders
🌍 Ethiopia - 4 riders
🌍 Mauritius - 3 riders
🌍 Benin & Cameroon - 1 rider

2026 Contracts & Transfers Tracker – African Riders (Men & Women) - Team Africa Rising 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 th...

As African riders begin racing around the world, let’s take stock so far…

🌍 68 riders on World Tour, Pro Continental & Continental teams ✅

🌍 56 men / 12 women ✅

🌍 33 men on new teams, 8 women ✅

🌍 9 2025 Nat Champs, 6 women ✅

All this info on our Live Tracker
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Thanks Ned! This one is a special one! FIVE African women on one pro team, and from across all four corners of Africa - dreamy! ❤️🌍🇩🇿🇧🇯🇪🇹🇲🇺🇷🇼

"She's Gonna Fly!" Reaction To Today's WCC Women's Continental Team Announcement: FIVE African Women on The Roster!

Have a listen to this pod from @africacycling.bsky.social - open.spotify.com/episode/4KrA...

History for African women's cycling with 5 riders named to 2026 WCC roster

The equal largest African contingent ever named to a professional squad, and first featuring riders from across all 4 corners of the continent.

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We thought it useful to create a definitive database of all 2026 UCI certified races in Africa.

The graphic shows just the multi-stage races confirmed, Live Calendar has more information.

All results will be via our great data partner @procyclingstats.com

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Re-Cycle Charity's Charlotte Ward Announced In Top 100 Women in Cycling - Team Africa Rising We are pleased to share that our good friend Charlotte Ward, the Executive Director of the Re-Cycle Bikes to Africa Charity has been named as one of Cycling UK's "100 Women in Cycling 2025"!

We recently visited the incredible Re-Cycle Charity to meet Cycling UK “100 Women in Cycling 2025” winner Charlotte Ward.

Charlotte and her team work closely with brilliant partners to recycle thousands of secondhand bicycles in the UK and send them to Africa 🌍

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The second Biniam Girmay? Eritrean teen Milkias Maekele tipped for big future Milkias Maekele is among the growing number of African cyclists with a professional deal, and the Eritrean teenager has been tipped to follow in the footsteps of Biniam Girmay.

Just resharing a piece we wrote for BBC Sport in April about the rising star that is Milkias Maekele 🇪🇷

We are so happy for him! Signing for @INEOSGrenadiers development team is a big moment for the young Eritrean 🙏

#AfricaRising #AfricaCycling

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/cly1jg92vweo

The results of the annual Best African Cyclist Awards are out this weekend. We are proud to be on the judging panel 🙏🏆

The big award winners are:

🏆 Men Elite: Biniam Girmay 🇪🇷

🏆 Women Elite: Kim Le Court 🇲🇺

🏆 Best Nation: Eritrea 🇪🇷

🏆 Best Amateur: Paul Daumont 🇧🇫

#AfricaRising #AfricaCycling

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Africa's newest star Tsige Kahsay Kiros signs for Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto's development team 'She will be one of the strongest climbers in our team, but we must continue to slowly develop her as a rider' says sports director Gosia Jasinska

Africa's newest star Tsige Kahsay Kiros signs for Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto's development team https://www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/womens-cycling/africas-newest-star-tsige-kahsay-kiros-signs-for-canyon-sram-zondacryptos-development-team/

2026 African Continental Cycling Championships - Live Newsfeed Launch - Team Africa Rising 17 November: In two days the 2026 African Continental Cycling Championships (ACCC) will take place in Kwale County, Kenya. This is the second year in a row the event has taken place in Kenya, but this...

With the African Continental Cycling Championships kicking off in two days, we have launched our live Newsfeed to share breaking news, race results etc

Some exciting transfer news to share, with Africa’s best young female talent signing for top world teams ❤️🌍

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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:

teamafricarising.org/2026-contrac...

2026 Contracts & Transfers Tracker – African Riders (Men & Women) - Team Africa Rising 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 th...

More excellent African rider transfer news coming out:

Morné van Niekerk 🇿🇦 has re-signed with his St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 team for a second season!

You can see all latest African transfers and confirmed contracts on our 2026 Live Tracker here:

teamafricarising.org/2026-contrac...

2026: What Should CAC and The 54 African Cycling Federations Deliver? - Team Africa Rising On the Africa side, there were no medals. This was what we expected with the course design as it was. So what's next for African Cycling?

As we enter the last two months of the year, we have been reflecting on a few key topics and it’s time to talk about some hard truths and areas for development.

We would love to hear your thoughts on the points raised…

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2026 Contracts & Transfers Tracker – African Riders (Men & Women) - Team Africa Rising 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 th...

***BREAKING NEWS***

Eritrea’s Henok Mulubrhan has signed a two year contract extension with his XDS Astana Team 👏🇪🇷

Keep up with all 2026 African rider contract announcements on our exclusive live tracker here:

teamafricarising.org/2026-contrac...

#AfricaRising #AfricaCycling #Eritrea

Virtual Performance Center Programme to Expand to Get Over 1,000 Young Cyclists Across Africa Racing Online - Team Africa Rising 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 ampli...

We are proud to announce the largest expansion of virtual training and racing in the history of African cycling, with @gozwift.bsky.social

The “Virtual Performance Centers” (VPC) programme will group and grow online training and racing across the continent 🌍

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Live Blog: African Women's Cycling - Team Africa Rising Welcome to our Live Blog / News Service on all things African women's cycling! We will capture breaking news, race results, and stories.

We have updated our exclusive Newswire on all things African women’s cycling;

🇧🇮 Women’s Tour of Burundi kicke off: see stages 1 and 2 results 👍

🇲🇺 Kim Le Court on fire in Italy!

🇪🇹🇧🇯🇷🇼 2026 transfer rumours…

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(Thanks @procyclingstats.com for top data)

***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