By MTN-Qhubeka, With Metkel Eyob having won the first stage of the TRAC N4 Under 23 Tour and consolidating his lead in Stage 2, an epic battle would ensue between the World Cycling Centre Africa MTN Qhubeka Feeder Team and Team Europcar SA over the yellow jersey during the remainder of the race. Europcar’s Ryan […]
Continue ReadingBy International Cycling Union, The amazing adventure of Daniel Teklehaimanot of Eritrea, an alumnus of the World Cycling Centre, continues. On Thursday (25) he won his first event in the UCI Europe Tour, the Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia-Clásica de Ordizia in Spain, with the Orica-GreenEdge professional cycling team, beating Spanish riders Ángel Madrazo (Movistar Team) […]
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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