By TesfaNews, The undaunted African cycling kingpin, Eritrean Daniel Teklehaymanot won yesterday the Individual Time Trial (ITT) title of the 2012 African Continental Cycling Championship in Burkina Faso. The win, that brought him a second gold medal in the competition, came after finishing a circuit distance of 31.8km in 39 minutes and 11 seconds at an […]
Continue ReadingHe finished the Men’s Road Race 73rd well ahead of the 2012 Tour de France winner Badley Wiggins (103rd) all thanks to an accident/crush that stranded Daniel and many other riders for more than 4 minutes. By Besrat Solomon, Five hours, forty-six minutes, and thirty seven seconds 05:46:37 was the total time that took Eritrea’s […]
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 […]
Continue ReadingBy Pierre Carrey, On 30 January, a historic moment in world cycling occurred at the Tropicale Amissa Bongo race in Gabon. During the last stage of the traditionally gentle season opening event, an mature rider from sub-Saharan Africa defeated an experienced professional. It was perhaps even an inaugural entry in road cycling’s annals. Just after […]
Continue ReadingBy UCI Africa Tour, Eritrea has lost its ‘leader of UCI Africa Tour 2010’ rank to Morocco this year to become Africa’s second most powerful cycling nation. Thanks to their overall performance, the Moroccans have surged to the top of the team rankings and are just one point away from the top spot in the […]
Continue ReadingBy Pierre Carrey The exploit of the Eritreans is historic To reinforce their position at the top of the UCI Africa Tour’s individual and team rankings, the “Red Sea Boys” beat the professionals to win two stages of the Tropical Amissa Bongo at the end of January. This victory from the Sub-Saharan Africans is an […]
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