It is very rare we turn the spotlight on ourselves: our mantra is always “athletes first”. No-one lives this more than our awesome CEO: @KJCRides 👍👍 But today is her 60th birthday, which she is not celebrating much, as is mainly focused on several urgent projects for African male and female cyclists! ❤️🌍 She has been on the ground developing African cycling since 2009, and worked with hundreds of riders across the continent with passion, honesty and skill. So Happy Birthday boss! She is known as “Mucecuru” by all the Rwandans she worked with for years too! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 #AfricaRising #AfricaCycling

Our 20th podcast episode and it’s a really special one: We sat down with the 21yo enigma @SalamiAvocetie1 of the Bénin Cycling Federation 🎙️🇧🇯 Salami is one of the smartest guys in African cycling: just became a DS in a UCI race; speaks 6 languages; coaches and trains elite riders; is a @GoZwift guru; finishes a Masters degree in a few weeks, will intern with the @UCI_cycling @WCC_cycling this summer 👍👍 Take a listen and hear all about the man that Ned @neverstraysfar @itvcycling @CyclingAlmanack Boulting described as “a truly extraordinary young man!” Check it out on all major podcast channels - Spotify link below: open.spotify.com/episode/1aY…

Some nervous moments at the end as no info to peloton that Zak Marriage of 7Eleven was our front but luckily he was 2mins down on GC! 😅 Congrats to @ReinvanRensburg and Tshenolo Pro Racing Team, their first stage race together and took the win 🇿🇦 #FromThePaddock #TourduBénin

The Men’s GP de Cotonou starts here in Bénin! 🏁🇧🇯 This race is now elevated to @UCI_cycling 1.2 level! We spoke to many of the riders and the points on offer mean this is going to be a serious fight to the finish 👍 Full start-list on @ProCyclingStats procyclingstats.com/race/gra…

We have the podium for the First GP Cotonou Femmes #benin 🥇 Awa Bamogo 🇧🇫 🥈 Zoungrana Lamoussa 🇧🇫 🥉 Charlotte Metoevi 🇧🇯 Congrats to all the teams and to these remarkable women see you next year @UCI_cycling #africarising #thesewomenrace #futureisfemale #amazones2025

#FromThePaddock at #TourduBénin Here we go! Stage 5, 107.5km from Ouinhi to Porto-Novo @febecy A fairly flat stage with two Intermediate Sprints at 32km & 63km. @ReinvanRensburg on Tshenolo starts in yellow with just +8s on Ibrahim Essabahy of Agadir Vélo Propulsion

#FromThePaddock at #TourduBenin Tom Wijfje of Universe Cycling Team takes the stage win, ahead of @ReinvanRensburg 👏👏 @Febecy @ProCyclingStats

#FromThePaddock at #TourduBénin The awesome young guys of Team Bénin warm up on their @wahoofitness KICKR turbos before the Team Time Trial today at Stage Three! This is the FIRST TTT these guys have ever done and @AD_Niyonshuti87 has been training them hard 🇧🇯🚴🏿🚴🏿🚴🏿🚴🏿

Team Bénin coach @AD_Niyonshuti87 prepares his riders for their first ever competitive Team Time Trial 🇧🇯🚴🏿🚴🏿🚴🏿🚴🏿🚴🏿🚴🏿💨 Huge thanks to @wahoofitness for supplying all these KICKR trainers, we have worked with them for several years now, true friends of African cycling 👏👏

Team Baobab World Cola get ready for the Team Time Trial here at #TourduBénin 2025! For several, this is their first ever TTT in @UCI_cycling road race and they are all super excited! Thanks to our donors for supporting our work in Bénin these last three years. #africarising

A wonderful piece by @SadhbhOS @velonews about the incredible work being done in #Benin by @AD_Niyonshuti87 with the support of @Febecy and Team Africa Rising. Benin just came off a successful #TourduBenin2023 with more to come this year! #africarising bit.ly/44WxPYo

Meet Honore one of the tallest cyclists we've worked with in #Benin maybe not a climber 🤔but don't mess with him on a sprint! Thanks to @Febecy for your commitment to growing the sport in #Benin @AD_Niyonshuti87 #teamisteam