PRESS RELEASE – Immediate Release Johannesburg (11 October 2011) UCI African Continental Cycling Centre and MTN-Qhubeka The UCI African Continental Cycling Centre (ACCC) team has made great strides and added another feather to its cap when Tesfai Abraha Habtemariam won the Bestmed Campus to Campus race on 9 October 2011. The other UCI ACCC athletes who took part ...

PRESS RELEASE – Immediate Release Johannesburg (6 October 2011) UCI African Continental Cycling Centre The Engen Dynamic Cycle Challenge on Sunday 2 October 2011 saw the UCI African Continental Cycling Centre (ACCC) challenging more experienced athletes for some of the top spots. Jani Tewelde finished fourth overall and second in the U23 category, while teammate Aymen Mraihi finished in ...

30.05.2011 The Moroccan rider Adil Jelloul ousts the Eritrean Daniel Teklehaymanot, who is preparing his riposte. Since his impressive ascension in April, Adil Jelloul was almost bound to take over the lead of the UCI Africa Tour Ranking. It was more or less on the cards. He only needed to bridge up a very small gap of ...

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29.04.2011 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 individual rankings. This is really racing by the book. The Moroccans, used to dominating cycling on their continent, found themselves suddenly outmatched by the Eritreans in November, in ...

29.03.2011 While the Eritrean Daniel Teklehaymanot remains in the lead of the UCI Africa Tour, Oumarou Minoungou, at just 23 years, is cycling’s new discovery on the continent. His performance in the Tour of Cameroon, where he wore the leader’s jersey from beginning to end, pushes him from the 60th to the eighth position in the ...

18.03.2011 NWU Institutional Office – There is no doubt about it – the NWU is going to construct the first indoor cycling track with a wooden surface (Velodrome) in Africa. In fact, the first sod will be turned before winter on the Fanie du Toit Sports Grounds of the Potchefstroom Campus. “The project received new impetus recently ...

03.03.2011 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 event that hasn’t ...

16.11.2010 The African Continental Championships, which took place in Rwanda from November 9th to 14th, demonstrated the new power of cycling on the continent. Five years after the inaugural African Championships in Egypt, the 2010 edition held in the Rwandan capital of Kigali welcomed twenty African Nations and saw new countries emerging as leaders. While Morocco and ...

photo: Abdoul Aziz Nikiema wining the last stage of  Tour du Faso 03.11.2010 The new season started with two exciting events in central and western Africa. The Grand Prix Chantal Biya took place from 6th to 9th October, with teams from Gabon, Sao Tomé, Slovakia, France, Japan and Cameroon taking part. Cameroonian Martinien Tega won the ...