By Final Kilometre, It was former UCI President Pat McQuaid who pushed for the global expansion of the sport, around 2009, when Cycling was quite stagnant. The same races were competed by riders from the same nations, with a few exceptions but not many. Tour of Oman, Tour of Dubai and the Montreal and Quebec […]
Continue ReadingThose who had dominated the continent’s cycling had to take the back seat giving way for the new rulers, the Eritrean riders, that have still dominated the continent’s cycling in all categories ever since 2010 By Alula Abraha, Mekseb Debesay is the name. The third of the famous Debesay brothers. The other two Debesays (Freqalsi […]
Continue ReadingBy France24.com, Elected best African athlete of the year in 2013, Eritrean cyclist Natnael Berhane continued his winning streak by winning Tour of Gabon in January. Recruited by the French team Europcar, this young talent lives and trains in Vendée. The Vendée is located 5,000 km from Asmara, the capital of his country, but […]
Continue ReadingGhana stunned by Libya in the 2014 CHAN finals while the curse of the host nation continues By Alula Abraha, Libya had triumphed over Ghana in the final that saw the two fatigued nations slogging it out their guts to a goal-less draw late last night to decide the 3rd CHAN African championship. It’s the […]
Continue ReadingAfrican champion Natnael Berhane (EUC) proved Eritrean cycling had come of age when he gave his country its most significant victory to date By Cycling News, Natnael Berhane (Team Europcar) won the stage two mountain finish to Elmali with a powerful surge to the line after leading the attack that decided the queen stage of […]
Continue ReadingBy TesfaNews, In the wake of putting the final touches to the 2012 Sharjah Cycling Tour that will be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from November 21-24, the African Cycling Confederation (CAC) nominates Mussie Asehel of Eritrea to coach the team that represent the African continent. Organised under the auspices of the UAE […]
Continue ReadingBy UCI, The 2012 African Continental Cycling Championships drew to a close on Sunday with the victory of Natnael Berhane in the men’s road race through Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. At the end of the 170 kilometres, the Eritrean rider out-sprinted his breakaway partner, South Africa’s Jay Thompson, while his compatriot Frekalsi Debesay took third place. […]
Continue ReadingTadese is a current half-marathon world-record holder and the second man on the planet to win three World Championship medals, over three different surfaces, in one year. By Dexter Padayachee, Long-distance and road runner Zersenay Tadese, 30, is Eritrea’s biggest medal hopeful during this year’s Summer Olympics, after winning the country’s first Olympic medal in 2004 at the Athens […]
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