Kenya set to host back-to back Africa Cycling Championships
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The Eldoret championships attracted some of Africa’s best riders, South Africa's Ashleigh Moolman Pasio and Eritrea's Henok Mulubrhan won the women and men's elite road races
For the second year in a row, Kenya will host the Africa Cycling Championships, this time action heading to Kwale from Wednesday, 19 to Sunday, 22 November.
Last year’s event was staged in Eldoret.
Kenya Cycling Federation (KCF) secretary, Charles Mose, confirmed that the nation had stepped in to host, following the last-minute withdrawal of Congo Brazzaville.
“Without a replacement, the president of the Confederation of African Cycling (CAC), Yao Jean-Marie Allah-Kouamé, requested us to step in on the strength of having come second to Congo in the bidding process last February.
This is due to the success of last year's Africa Cycling Championships in Eldoret, hailed as the best," Mose told Nation Sport.
The KCF board held talks with Sports CS Salim Murya, earlier in the week, to take up the offer as an opportunity to give more Kenyans a chance to compete and seek Los Angeles Olympics qualifying standards and 2026 Commonwealth Games, as Kenya will be given more slots by virtue of being the host.
"The government has tentatively agreed for us to host the championship, and we are following the due process, as CAC will also give us technical and many other forms of support,” Mose confirmed.
“So it is not much of a problem once we sort out the logistics and operational costs as we wait for the government's commitment and communication to CAC.
We have already identified Kwale as the venue, where roads are plentiful and an enthusiastic county government.”
The Eldoret championships attracted some of Africa’s best riders, and the gap between them and Kenyans, who have always struggled to make an impact in cycling, showed.
South Africa's Ashleigh Moolman Pasio won the women's elite road race, while Eritrea's Henok Mulubrhan won the men's elite road race.
Other winners were Uganda's Charles Kagimu (Time Trial) and Eritrea's Nardos Tsegay (Junior Women) and Keven Teklemariam (Junior Men).
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