Eritrea’s quest for 2017 Tour du Rwanda edition will be led by Tesfom Okubamariam BY BONNIE MUGABE | KT PRESS Four foreign international teams have confirmed their riders who will battle for honours at the 9th edition of Tour du Rwanda expected to start on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Amahoro Stadium. This year’s edition […]
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By Raod and Mud, At just 23 years old, he comes to European Cycling thanks to Stradalli – Bike Aid German team, eager to stand out and to show that Eritrea is also a land of sprinters. We are talking about the young rider Meron Teshome, who has spent a bit of his time to […]
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By Peter Kamasa, AFRICA’s top cyclist Eritrean Mekseb Debesay has tipped Rwandan riders to be the best on the continent. Debesay rides for German-based team Bike Aid and won the mountain climbing category in the Tour du Rwanda. The 23-year-old says Tour du Rwanda winner Valens Ndayisenga and Jean Bosco Nsengimana who finished in second […]
Continue ReadingBy Tour of Rwanda, IT WAS a calamitous finish after a relatively good and fast start on the 3rd stage of Tour of Rwanda 2014 as more than five riders in the leading pack fell on a slippery road as they approached the finish line. Yellow Jersey Valens Ndayisenga was among those who fell within […]
Continue ReadingBy Capital Eritrea, ERITREA’s Mekseb Debesay won the first stage of the sixth edition of the Tour of Rwanda on the 96.4 km course from Kigali to Ngoma. Rwanda’s Janvier Hadi grabbed the yellow jersey after winning yesterday’s prologue race and will keep it – as he finished a few seconds behind Eritrean Mekseb Debesay […]
Continue ReadingBy TesfaNews, It has been a very joyful week for the Eritrean cycling fans as one of their favorite team, AS.BE.CO, won this year’s edition of the Tour of Rwanda representing Eritrea while the national team gears up to defend its three consecutive championship title in the upcoming Continental Championship.
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lee, “They’re the next Columbians.” Those prophetic words, uttered earlier this year by none other than five time Tour de France winner Bernaud Hinault, were in reference to a promising performance by the Eritrean national team at January’s Tropicale Amissa Bongo in Gabon.
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lee, The rain was falling in sheets, sometimes solidifying to hail, and snow had fallen further up in the hills. The ground had turned to slush because of sleet and the roads were perilously slippery. Daniel Teklehaimanot had been ordered to the front of the peloton by his team director and was working […]
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