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OK… BIG STORY TIME:
Part one: Stood in the middle is a young East African athlete on the podium of a South African race back in 2020. Her name is Trhas Teklehaimanot Tesfay.
Trhas had been Ethiopia Junior ITT champion (2018); African Junior ITT and TTT champion (2019) and had…
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Update from
@LeTour
this morning:
We saw
@GrmayeBiniam
safely in the peloton yesterday and riding well in his first Tour de France. He is currently in the top 10 in the points table (green jersey) and top 20 for the youth (white jersey) 👍🇪🇷
Understandably there is a lot of…
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Speechless. Crying! Cheering! Shaking! Just wow.
On the day that
#Africa
secures hosting the 2025
@UCI_cycling
#WorldChamps
the rapid
@BiniamGrmaye
takes
#U23
silver medal for his country
#Eritrea
🥳🥳🏆🥈🇪🇷
What a HERO for
#African
#cycling
he is!
#AfricaRising
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Erm… Bini almost gets put into fence, the deviation from Philipsen is pretty stark.
Is this enough for an appeal by
@IntermarcheCW
? Thoughts?
#TDF2023
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🇨🇭
@UCI_cycling
Nations Rankings U23
1 🇪🇷Eritrea 38 points
2 🇩🇪Germany 31
3 🇬🇧Team GB 28
4 🇪🇨Ecuador 24
5 🇩🇰Denmark 22
6 🇧🇪Belgium 22
7 🇳🇴Norway 19
8 🇯🇵Japan 16
9 🇨🇭Switzerland 15
10 🇱🇺Luxembourg 13
11 🇪🇹Ethiopia 13
12 🇵🇹Portugal 12
13 🇲🇦Morocco 12
14 🇷🇼Rwanda 11
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The boys are back in town! The mighty
#Eritrea
🇪🇷 team have arrived at
@Imola_Er2020
#WorldChamps
Great to see
@MeraKudus
@Natnaelb2
@henokmulubrhan
@AmanuelGerezgh1
&
@NATNAELTESFATS1
looking fit and ready. Eritrea is
#2
the latest
@UCI_cycling
#AfricaTour
rankings
#AfricaRising
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The
#Eritrean
fans here at
@LeTour
are getting ready to see their hero
@GrmayeBiniam
but also celebrating the stage win of
@henokmulubrhan
in
@TDQL_Official
this morning too!
These guys are cycling mad, love it. What a culture!
#AfricaRising
#TDF2023
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@GcnRacing
@GrmayeBiniam
@CyclingWorlds
We heard the rumours yesterday but didn’t want to share in case just rumours but it seems this is true.
Shame on the UK for denying these professional top level athletes access to the very top stage of our sport. Hope
@CyclingWorlds
can pull something out of the bag…
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This says it all...
@GrmayeBiniam
@IntermarcheCW
with new Nat'l Champ of
#Eritrea
, Awet Aman representing the
@UCI_cycling
@WCC_cycling
@WCCAfrica
at
@letour
for a special event for
#QhubekaDay
. Representation matters | Belief Rises | Heroes who come from where you come from.…
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#AtTheWorlds
The incredible team from Uganda-based Masaka Cycling Club 🇺🇬 are working hard to get their rising star Florence Nakaggwa ready for her first ever
#ITT
at
@CyclingWorlds
this week!
At only 18, 149cm, 51kg and able to already sustain a 20 minute 5.2 w/kg, she is a…
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All
#African
hopes today are on this man! 18yo
#Eritrean
🇪🇷 Nahom Zerai wears the leading
#Africa
rider jersey at this year’s
@tour_du_Rwanda
- He is only 1’23” back against some truly world class riders. Surely a
#WorldTour
team needs to grab him fast!
#Eritrea
#AfricaRising
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YES!! What a rider
@GrmayeBiniam
is showing he is becoming! Five minutes before the time limit, up an insane 19% gradient of the Courcheval altiport runway and he still manages a wave when he saw us madly waving our 🇪🇷 flag at the finish line 😍😍
This guy is the real deal.…
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So, just to recap on the live Eritrean visa story:
As of 08:00 (GMT) this morning, three Eritrean 🇪🇷 top level professional riders - Merhawi Kudus of
@EFprocycling
, Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier of
@LidlTrek
and Natnael Berhane of
@Beykoz_Bld
- do not have UK visas to race the Men’s…
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What a finish! What a ride! What sportmanship from
@NATNAELTESFATS1
😍😍
@MeraKudus
@EFprocycling
is the new
#Eritrea
Men’s Elite National Champion 👏👏🇪🇷🏆
Brilliant ride!
#Africarising
🎥
@EriTVNetwork
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EXCLUSIVE: “It’s an image that all of us will remember for generations to come. It’s a truly incredible day for
@GrmayeBiniam
and a truly inspirational day for African cycling.”
Great and passionate words from
@giroditalia
commentator
@antmccrossan
tonight 💪🏿🇪🇷
#AfricaRising
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BREAKING NEWS: Monalisa Araya is re new
#Eritrea
womens elite national champion! 🇪🇷🇪🇷
She has been riding solo for most of the race. Dominant 👏👏👏👏
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This is what we hope for.
This is what we work for.
This is what we exist for.
We could not be more happy for
@GrmayeBiniam
@IntermarcheWG
right now…🏆🇪🇷🚴🏿♂️💨💨💨💨💨💨
#AfricaRising
#Eritrea
#PrideOfAfrica
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Here you go folks: The awesome
@henokmulubrhan
signs for
@Bardiani_CSF
to rejoin the pro peloton and kindly sends this message to all his fans, as well as wishing all
#Eritrean
people a happy Easter! 🙏
We wish him well for the rest of the 2022 season! 💪🏿🇪🇷🚴🏿💨💨
#AfricaRising
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Very hard day today for
@GrmayeBiniam
in the mountains on stage 14, but he gave us some time to wish fellow 🇪🇷
#Eritrean
@henokmulubrhan
well for the final stage of
@TDQL_Official
tomorrow with Henok just 3 seconds behind in the GC. Go Henok!! 👏👏
#AfricaRising
#Eritrea
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Could this really be happening? We've heard rumors from several sources
@GrmayeBiniam
had his visa to the UK denied. The 2021 WC Silver Medalist, WT rider, Giro stage winner might not be at this year's
@CyclingWorlds
?
Waiting for confirmation....🙏🏾🇪🇷🙏🏾🇪🇷
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Tour de France update:
@GrmayeBiniam
interview and he talks about his effort on stage three:
“For this first stage for sprinters in this Tour, we showed that we were present collectively. It was important. I followed my teammates, I had full confidence in them. At the key…
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And our last
@LeTour
#InThePaddock
post is a post-race interview with Eritrean hero 🇪🇷
@GrmayeBiniam
on the
@IntermarcheCW
team. Here is what he said about his experience:
“I’m very happy to finish my first Grand Tour. The feeling to finally arrive on the Champs-Elysées, after…
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Who would have ever imagined this day?! So happy for
#Eritrea
🇨🇭
@UCI_cycling
Nations Rankings U23
1 🇪🇷Eritrea 38 points
2 🇩🇪Germany 31
3 🇬🇧Team GB 28
4 🇪🇨Ecuador 24
5 🇩🇰Denmark 22
6 🇧🇪Belgium 22
7 🇳🇴Norway 19
8 🇯🇵Japan 16
9 🇨🇭Switzerland 15
10 🇱🇺Luxembourg 13
11 🇪🇹Ethiopia 13
12 🇵🇹Portugal 12
13 🇲🇦Morocco 12
14 🇷🇼Rwanda 11
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Tour de France Update:
As stage three to Bayonne starts in 10 minutes, we spoke earlier to
@GrmayeBiniam
to ask if he has a message for his fans in his native
#Tigrinya
🇪🇷
We are wishing him every success on this stage which could be a perfect opportunity for him!
#TDF2023
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Mighty
@GrmayeBiniam
comes by our location at the top of the Jaizkibel climb! He saw our big 🇪🇷🇪🇷 flag and gave us a smile :)
Safely to the finish and looking strong. Waiting for the sprint opportunities that are coming…. 🙏
#TDF2023
#AfricaRising
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We spoke earlier with a very tired
@henokmulubrhan
and asked if his finger to the sky gesture had a special meaning at
@tour_du_Rwanda
His reply:
“Yes. I have sacrificed a lot up and down in my life. To get this win, I say thanks to god.” 🙏🇪🇷🚴🏾💨💨
#TdRwanda23
#AfricaRising
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#Eritrea
🇪🇷 are taking the
#AfroRoadChamps22
by storm!
Medal haul so far:🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈 🥉🥉
Truly the dominant
#Africa
cycling nation on the continent and several riders showing their pedigree in
#WorldTour
and
#ProContinental
level too!
#Eritrean
#AfricaRising
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Super impressed with the
#Eritrean
🇪🇷 trio of
@Natnaelb2
@NATNAELTESFATS1
&
@AmanuelGerezgh1
racing at the highest level at the
@giroditalia
this week👍 Nat T now
#91
in GC, with Amanuel and Nat B at
#120
&
#121
of 180 world class riders. Fantastic effort!
#Eritrea
#AfricaRising
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Congrats King
@henokmulubrhan
- the new African Men’s Elite Road Race Champion 2023! 🏆🇪🇷👏👏👏👏👏
#Eritrea
#Cycling
#AfricaRising
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BREAKING NEWS from
@TDQL_Official
this morning:
🇪🇷 Henok wins the race in the final stage (and the points jersey too!)
Massive congratulations
@henokmulubrhan
@Bardiani_CSF
for the win 🇪🇷🏆 🥳🥳🥳
💻
@ProCyclingStats
#AfricaRising
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Team Rwanda 🇷🇼 meets their hero
@UranRigoberto
racing tomorrow with him at the
@CoClassicPro
time to race with the best in the world 🌎
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Amazing to hear
@GrmayeBiniam
talk about dreaming for a long time to race the
@LeTour
😍
Earlier in the press conference he talked about watching the race when he was just 11yo in Asmara 🇪🇷 and that’s when his dream of riding it began. Such an inspiration to many!
#TDF2023
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What a year for this young man!
@GrmayeBiniam
becomes U23 mens
#ITT
National Champion of
#Eritrea
🇪🇷 🏆🏆👏👏👏
The future is very bright for this young man indeed. Hopefully inspiring many many more too!
#AfricaRising
#Eritrean
#VeniVidiBini
📸
@4AfricanVision
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Boom!! 👍🇪🇷🚴🏾💨💨💨💨
Great effort from
@NATNAELTESFATS1
on
@LidlTrek
today at
@CadelRoadRace
- just beaten by a few cm by Pithie!
Natnael is in very good form and must be fighting for a
@LeTour
spot for 2024!
Imagining sprint duels between Natnael and
@GrmayeBiniam
in…
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Ok people! Time to celebrate the awesome
#Africa
women racing at
@UCI_cycling
@Imola_Er2020
#WorldChamps
today (ITT) & Saturday (Road Race): Fatima & Siham of Morocco 🇲🇦/
@ashleighcycling
&
@kerry_jonker
of
#SA
🇿🇦 / Eyeru Gebru of
#Ethiopia
🇪🇹 Go go go!
#Imola2020
#AfricaRising
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Update from
@LeTour
Mighty
@GrmayeBiniam
crosses the line with ten minutes to spare ahead of the time limit. Great effort as always Bini!
👏👏🇪🇷
#TDF2023
#AfricaRising
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Update from
@LeTour
#InThePaddock
The mighty
@GrmayeBiniam
on team
@IntermarcheCW
chats with 20yo Awet Aman (the 2023 🇪🇷 Eritrea national champion) after Awet completed the stage on a single speed
@Qhubeka
bicycle to raise profile for the charity!
#AfricaRising
#TDF2023
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We heard the rumours yesterday but didn’t want to share in case just rumours but it seems this is true.
Shame on the UK for denying these professional top level athletes access to the very top stage of our sport.
Still hope
@CyclingWorlds
can pull something out of the bag…
🚨 BREAKING NEWS
GCN understands that
@GrmayeBiniam
, alongside three of his teammates for the
@CyclingWorlds
, have been denied visas to enter the UK. This has left the Eritrean squad in limbo, ahead of
#GlasgowScotland2023
.
Read more below ⤵️
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Your 2022
@tour_du_Rwanda
champion:
@NATNAELTESFATS1
of team
@DHAndroniTeam
and for his nation
#Eritrea
👏👏🏆🇪🇷🚴🏿💨💨
Great race Natnael, consistent riding throughout the race wins the GC!
#TdRwanda22
#AfricaRising
#Eritrean
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Our man
@GrmayeBiniam
safely over the line on day one of his debut
@LeTour
today! Great to see him a little more relaxed too. Big days ahead!
#AfricaRising
#TDF2023
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The world first saw this amazingly talented young cyclist Desiet Kidane from
#Eritrea
at the
@afroroadchamps
in
#Rwanda
in 2018. She took 🥇in the Road and ITT races as a junior. Her future was so bright spending time at
@WCC_cycling
now tragically cut short
#RIP
#gonetoosoon
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If you want to know what it takes to create Africa’s current
#1
ranked cycling nation (Eritrea!), and to guarantee growth and success over the next decade also: it’s over 500 youth riders racing bikes! Just wow!
So impressive: the passion for cycling in this nation is…
What a great participation – 🇪🇷
A perfect Sunday
340 young men and 180 young women riders participated in todays Zoba Maekel Junior school cycling championship 2024.
@4AfricanVision
#Eritrea
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Fantastic
#6
in the big sprint finish for
@GrmayeBiniam
@IntermarcheCW
today in his debut at
@LeTour
- the biggest bike race in the world!
He has represented Eritrea and Africa so well at this race and we will for sure see him on the Champs-Élysée again 👍
#AfricaRising
…
😁 Big smiles from
@GrmayeBiniam
and
@adrienpetit62
😁 Grands sourires pour
@GrmayeBiniam
et
@adrienpetit62
#TDF2023
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CEO
@KJCRides
writes about cycling's racism over the next few days in response to
@laflammerouge16
's incendiary tweets last week. No easy answer for African cyclists & 280 characters can't explain it but it is most definitely NOT a lack of talent
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The New Elite In Africa Cycling: Four Nations Broke Away in 2022 -- BRAVO
#Eritrea
#SouthAfrica
#Algeria
#Morocco
🇪🇷🇿🇦🇩🇿🇲🇦
#africarising
#futureofcycling
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Ok here we go:
@IntermarcheCW
press conference this morning at
@LeTour
with
@LouisMeintjes
@GrmayeBiniam
- a big turnout of journalists from across the world, drawn to the excitement following these two African riders!
Interview clips to follow…
#TDF2023
#AfricaRising
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We hereby call for the immediate resignation of Patrick Moster - sports director
@wirsindradsport
- for his horrific racist remarks directed towards 🇩🇿
@AzzedineLagab
& 🇪🇷
@AmanuelGerezgh1
at the
#ITT
@Tokyo2020
#SayNoToRacism
#racism
#Tokyo2020
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Historic moment for
#Africa
cycling this weekend with 🇪🇷 Mosana Debesay of
#Eritrea
and 🇪🇹 Selam Amha of
#Ethiopia
both starting the women’s elite
#RoadRace
at
@Tokyo2020
- the first black
#African
women to start this race in history! What a moment!
#AfricaRising
#Tokyo2020
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The race is only 60 minutes in and the
#Eritrean
fans have taken the prime spot here in Glasgow!
One big
#Eritrea
flag right now, expect many more! 🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷
#GlasgowScotland2023
#AfricaRising
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He came, he raced, he medalled!!!! 🥈🏆🏆🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
All of
#African
cycling and the continent is cheering your name Biniam!!!
#Eritrea
#Eritrean
#AfricaRising
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YES!!!!!!!
The first ever black African Grand tour stage winner in history! 😍😍🇪🇷🚴🏾
Crying, laughing, cheering, fainting!
Our friend
@antmccrossan
commentator at
@giroditalia
called it, “Africa is truly rising!”
#AfricaRising
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This is why diversity is so important in the sport. Bini is a hero and inspiration for a whole new generation of cyclists ❤️🇪🇷
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Breaking news*:
The great success of
@GrmayeBiniam
at the
@giroditalia
has led to rumours that the UK’s famous
@tdfbeefeaters
cycling fan group -
@UCI_cycling
‘Cycling Fans of the Year’ award winners - might switch allegiance… 🇪🇷
#Beefexit
#Erifosi
#Eritrea
(*sort of…)
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“Être une curiousité, ne m’intéresse pas.” (“Being a curiosity doesn’t interest me.”)
@GrmayeBiniam
🇪🇷 on the front cover of
@lequipe
is great profile for maybe Africa’s top current cyclist! 2023 promises to be big - will he start
@LeTour
…
#eritrea
#cycling
#africarising
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Tour de France
#InThePaddock
We spoke this morning to
@GrmayeBiniam
about his hopes for stage four, finishing on the motor racing circuit of Nogaro.
As Bini says, never done one of these but he seems confident. He’s got to be ready to go at 500m on this one, was a little error…
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We will meet these two star
#Africa
riders on
@IntermarcheCW
at
@letour_euskadi
on Friday morning:
🇿🇦
@LouisMeintjes
- the most successful TDF African rider in history!
🇪🇷 Rising star
@GrmayeBiniam
on his debut TDF!
Let us know any questions for them!
#TDF2023
#AfricaRising
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#InThePaddock
@LeTour
The mechanics here
@IntermarcheCW
have just taped on the course profile to
@GrmayeBiniam
handlebars.
This could be a perfect stage for him today with a good sprint finish profile.
Could we see the first
#Eritrea
stage win in history….
#BiniBiniBini
…
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Many don't know...Joe Ritchie gave us $25k as seed money to start up Team Rwanda Cycling in 2007 & introduced us to
@PaulKagame
. We talked to him last year when
#Rwanda
was awarded the World Champs. He was so proud of us he just kept saying, YOU did this. No..WE did this Joe
#RIP
JUST IN: Joe Ritchie, an American businessman and friend of
#Rwanda
, has passed on at age 75.
Ritchie is the founding CEO of
@RDBRwanda
, and was a member of President
#Kagame
's Presidential Advisory Council (PAC), which he had co-chaired since 2012.
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BINIAM!!!!!!! 🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷
“Biniam Ghirmay makes history!”
Yes yes yes yes!!! Elelelelelelelelelelele
🏆🏆🇪🇷🚴🏿💨💨💨💨💨💨
#Eritrea
#Eritrean
#AfricaRising
#GentWevelgem
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Some great rides from the 11
#African
riders in the
@Tokyo2020
men’s elite
#RoadRace
with 🇿🇦
@nich_dlamini
and 🇧🇫 Paul Daumont featuring in the breakaways but kudos to the three best finishers: 🇪🇷
@AmanuelGerezgh1
🇿🇦
@StefandBd
& 🇪🇷
@MeraKudus
in top 55
#AfricaRising
#Tokyo2020
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This is
#African
cycling history!
@MeronTh12
@Natnaelb2
and
@AD_Niyonshuti87
all back together again at
@tropicale2023
. Meron and Natnael racing and Adrien as the new DS for
@Febecy
these guys led the way for the
@GrmayeBiniam
@henokmulubrhan
and
@NATNAELTESFATS1
#africarising
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Meet the 1st Rwandan woman & 1st black woman to race at the Worlds
#joanofarc
#womenofcolor
#diversity
#makinghistory
http://t.co/m8kvdCW2hn
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Great day for
#African
cycling! Congrats to
@GrmayeBiniam
from
#Eritrea
@IntermarcheWG
and
@RyanGibbons23
from
#SouthAfrica
@TeamEmiratesUAE
this is the future of cycling!
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Congrats to
@GrmayeBiniam
for his EPIC WIN at the Classic Grand Bescancon Doubs today and to
@NATNAELTESFATS1
for his top 20 finish.
#Eritrea
🇪🇷owned the day! This is
#AfricaRising
this is the talent throughout the continent!
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The Day Belonged to
#Eritrea
a recap of one historical day! Thanks to all the fans around the world and to
@IntermarcheWG
@bikeaid
@TrekSegafredo
for giving
@GrmayeBiniam
@henokmulubrhan
&
@AmanuelAmanyel3
a chance to change the world of cycling
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Update from
@LeTour
finish-line:
After the huge sadness of losing
@LouisMeintjes
early in the stage with a now confirmed broken collarbone, we were on the finish line in Morzine hoping to cheer in
@GrmayeBiniam
under the time limit. We are happy to confirm he did: coming in at…
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Another young
#Eritrea
talent bursts onto the scene! 20yr old Awet Aman of Denden CC takes the
#Eritrean
national road champs 2023! 👏👏🇪🇷🏆
Seen here in
@WCC_cycling
kit from his training stint at the
@UCI_cycling
centre
#AfricaRising
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So great to catch up with Lachlan Morton on
@EFprocycling
as he rides the entire
@LeTour
route + transfers solo in aid of
@PowerOfBicycles
charity. Incredible effort! To donate, to track his progress & to learn more, visit 👏👏👏
#TDF2021
@rapha
@gcntweet
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Veni, Vidi, BINI!!
@GrmayeBiniam
of
@IntermarcheCW
takes the stage, youth, points and GC at today's
@VueltaCV
it could be an AMAZING week! Get your full results over at
@ProCyclingStats
#Eritrea
#africarising
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EXCLUSIVE: Live reporting from the exciting
@giroditalia
this morning:
We caught up race commentator, voice of pro cycling & all round awesome guy
@antmccrossan
to get his views of stage one & the effort of
@BiniamGrmaye
on
@IntermarcheWG
As he says, “Africa is truly rising!”
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Love this footage of the weekend racing in Eritrean capital Asmara! 😍🇪🇷🚴🏾💨
This absolute passion and high quality racing is what makes
#Eritrea
the
#1
ranked nation in the
@UCI_cycling
Africa Tour rankings 👏👏
#AfricaRising
#EritreanCycling
@GrmayeBiniam
@henokmulubrhan
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Wow! A total
#eritrea
contingent for Africa at the
@giroditalia
2022!
🇪🇷
@GrmayeBiniam
on
@IntermarcheWG
🇪🇷
@NATNAELTESFATS1
on
@DHAndroniTeam
🇪🇷
@MeraKudus
on
@EFprocycling
What do you reckon folks, stage win for any of these guys?
#AfricaRising
#Giro2022
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This is so cool 😍😍😍😍😍
Congratulations to
#Eritrea
for your dominance at the Africa Cycling Champs 2022! 🏆
Other Africa cycling nations need to take note, honestly assess their results / quality of federation management / investment if they are to perform at this level 👍
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Despite the controversy over the sprint, massive congrats to
@GrmayeBiniam
on
@IntermarcheCW
as now being the most successful 🇪🇷
#Eritrean
rider at
@LeTour
as the first to ever get on a stage podium!
Thanks
@letourdata
for the intel
#TDF2023
#AfricaRising
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Our second in a series of articles discussing why there are not more black Africans represented in the world of professional cycling
#barrierstoentry
@UCI_cycling
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🥳🥳🥳🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷
Could not be happier!! Mighty
@GrmayeBiniam
gets his first win of 2024 at
#SurfCoastClassic
🏆
BINI BINI BINI!
#Eritrea
#EritreaCycling
#AfricaRising
🥇 Biniam Girmay: "Thanks to my team, I secured our first victory of 2024 and win for the third season in a row in January. It's important for the confidence."
#SurfCoastClassic
🏆
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BOOM!
Mighty
@henokmulubrhan
gets his year off to a great start with a podium for his team
@AstanaQazTeam
at the 2024
@thealulatour
today!
Congrats Henok! 👍🇪🇷
#AfricaRising
#AlUlaTour
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Go go Bini 💪🇪🇷🚴🏾
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@hawelti
So close! He is looking strong. We were there at the finish line (see our 🇪🇷 flag kindly provided by a member of the diaspora in London!)
Onwards to stage four :)
#TDF2023
#AfricaRising
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BREAKING: Rumours out of Egypt that
@henokmulubrhan
has won men’s elite road race at the African Conti Champs….
Watch this space for confirmation…
🇪🇷🏆🚴🏿
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Glad to do our part to help the team from
#Eritrea
at
@tourdelavenir
we sent them much-needed race food and connected them with
@StevenLaget
from
@RoulerRwanda
to secure a car. We believe in
#teamisteam
to ensure the success of
#africancycling
Good luck 🇪🇷
@hawelti
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Paddock Update
@LeTour
Here we go!
@GrmayeBiniam
makes his debut in the 2023 Tour de France!
Could not be happier for him, go go Bini!
🇪🇷🚴🏿💨💨💨💨💨
#TdF2023
#AfricaRising
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Congrats to
@Natnaelb2
for a BIG win today at the
@TourdeMaurice15
one of the great trailblazers in
#African
cycling. Also great to see Christoper Rougier-Lagane move into 2nd GC and
@EricMuhoza4
w/ solid grip on Best Young Rider jersey!
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Back to our
@LeTour
#InThePaddock
updates:
We went to see the
@IntermarcheCW
team bus and asked to see the bike
@GrmayeBiniam
will ride today in the hope of winning the sprint into Bordeaux! What a beauty. Let’s hope 🇪🇷
#111
is first over that white line later!!
#AfricaRising
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#AtTheWorlds
We spoke with the
#Eritrean
camp this morning and, despite the setbacks around the Men’s Elite Road Race, their squad for the
#U23
Men’s Road Race this Saturday is packed with top tier talent! The young men racing will be:
🇪🇷 19yo Aklilu Arefayne who races for…
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And we start the
@UCI_cycling
@wollongong2022
Men's U23 ITT with
#Eritrean
Simon Tesfagaber. Warming up with Nat'l Coach Samsom Solomon and out on the course (note the helmet from
@henokmulubrhan
@TeamQhubeka_
)
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Fantastic stage 7 of
@giroditalia
for our
#Eritrean
heroes!
@AmanuelGerezgh1
&
@NATNAELTESFATS1
both finished in top 100 less than 1min back, mighty
@Natnaelb2
only 12s behind. All firmly in top 2/3 of the
#GC
now at the very highest level. Go go guys! 🇪🇷🚴🏾♂️🚴🏾♂️🚴🏾♂️💨💨
#AfricaRising
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BIG NEWS out of
#Rwanda
🇷🇼
@BenedictionCyc1
has registered FIRST Rwandan UCI Conti Team 🙌🏾
Felix Sempoma/Benoit Munyakindi
🇷🇼 Patrick Byukusenge
🇷🇼 Bonaventure Uwizeyimana
🇷🇼 Bosco Nsengimana
🇷🇼 Gasore Hategeka
🇷🇼 Eric Manizabayo
🇷🇼 Yves Nkurunziza
🇷🇼 Jean Claude Nzafashwanayo
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Interview with mighty 🇪🇷
#Eritrean
@henokmulubrhan
on
@Bardiani_CSF
for his amazing
#3
place today at the 1.1
@giroappennino
🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
#AfricaRising
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Anyone else spot this at 42.2km??
The woman in the white top and gold sunglasses looks like she deliberately waits for MVDP to go by and then tries to throw a cap into his rear wheel??
@AlpecinDCK
@parisroubaix
@eurosport
@gcntweet
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Good to see
@GrmayeBiniam
take the group intermediate sprint today. Good warm up for the finish in Bordeaux later….
#TDF2023
#AfricaRising
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It’s Saturday morning, it’s northern Spain, folk are out buying their bread, getting a coffee, walking their dogs…
In five hours time, Christian Prudhomme starts the 110th
@LeTour
here in
@letour_euskadi
🥳
Africa’s most successful TDF rider
@LouisMeintjes
🇿🇦 and top rising…
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🇪🇷
@GrmayeBiniam
provisional race schedule
🇮🇹 Tirreno-Adriatico
🇮🇹 Milano-Sanremo
🇧🇪 E3 Harelbeke
🇧🇪 Ghent-Wevelgem
🇧🇪 Tour of Flanders
🇫🇷 Paris-Roubaix
🇳🇱 Amstel Gold Race
🇫🇷 Tour de France
#cycling
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Could we see
@GrmayeBiniam
launch out of this saddle today for Eritrea’s first
@LeTour
stage win?!
Many folk saying the gradient finish will be to his liking, let’s hope we see him first over that white line….
#BiniBiniBini
#TDF2023
#AfricaRising
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Great seeing
@Natnaelb2
at the top of today’s climb alongside the
#Eritrea
🇪🇷 so proud of this man who will finish
@LeTour
tomorrow in Paris
#africarising
#teamisteam
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Honored to have the
@RwandaMoD
(Rwanda Defence Force) recognizing strength and power using
@ARERUYA96
as a symbol of strength we are so happy to see
#Rwanda
🇷🇼 rallying behind their team with such an amazing show of support
#teamisteam
@cyclingrwanda
@TeamRwandaUK
@Bayaim68
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Yes
@GrmayeBiniam
back in the “house” hopefully well rested and ready to conquer his next race! 🔥💥🇪🇷
Good morning from Frankfurt, Germany 🌞
Look who is here 😃
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We are hoping this situation can be fixed. It’s a terrible thing to happen to any athlete, but particularly a problem for African athletes…
We hope and pray
@CyclingWorlds
and the UK Government can find a fix in time.
Our CEO
@KJCRides
talked about this issue as part of a…
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