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Pro Cycling Team BIKE AID Sign Eritrean Awet Habtom

March 22, 2017March 22, 2017TesfaNews6 Comments

BY BIKE AID Awet Habtom finished 7th at last year’s ITT World Championships (Junior) in Doha and will be racing with BIKE AID from now. He is probably one of the most talented riders in Africa. Awet Habtom convinced with his 7th place in last year’s Junior World Champs in Doha and also with 3rd […]

Amissa Bongo, Déjà vu All Over Again

January 25, 2014January 25, 2014TesfaNews3 Comments

By Alula Abraha, Almost a week after Natnael’s jubilant victory at the Tour of Gabon, dubbed as Africa’s own Tour of France, almost half the world away in Australia, the last stage of the “Tour down under” has reached its penultimate last stage. The tour Down under is the first amongst the only 4 world […]

A Deserved Victory for Natnael Berhane in Gabon

January 20, 2014July 3, 2019TesfaNews9 Comments

BY ALULA ABRAHA Natnael Berhane has won the most decisive battle to earn himself a deserved championship. Just as he has closed his 2013 account with a great triumph when crowned African Sportsperson of the Year last week, the ambitious Natnael Berhane proved his worth, yet by just opening his 2014 account with a historical win […]

Natnael Berhane Winner of 9th La Tropicale Amissa Bongo

January 19, 2014January 19, 2014TesfaNews26 Comments

Frédérique Robert (Wanty) won last stage. Eritrean Natnael Berhane (Europcar) won the final classement – first ever win by an African Rider By CapitalEritrea, Natnael Berhane (Europcar) has won the 9th edition of the Tropical Amissa Bongo 2014, becoming the first-ever victory of an African rider competing in the race. Since its first launch in […]

More New African Cycling Legends at the Tour of Gabon

January 17, 2014January 20, 2014TesfaNews8 Comments

By Alula Abraha, Preliminary result has shown that another African rider from Rwanda has managed a break-through winning Stage-5 today. Bonaventure Uwizeyimana of Rwanda has made history by becoming the fourth African to win the only first catagory race held in the continent (apart from the continental championship that has been completely dominated by Eritrean […]

La Tropicale 2014: Frekalsi Debesay Wins Stage 4

January 16, 2014January 16, 2014TesfaNews7 Comments

By TesfaNews, The fast and furious Eritrean Frekalsi Debesay has made today one of the great feats that make the legend of Tropical Amissa Bongo. Debesay, by winning stage 4 of the 9th La Tropicale Ammissa Bongo, brought his team its first victory of the season. He was racing against 83 riders in the 190km […]