Africa invited by the UCI to host the 2025 World Road Championships

The International Cycling Union (UCI) invited the African countries to 2025 World Road Championships

An invitation letter and a document to help the bidders were sent to the 50 National Federations of the African Cycling Confederation , which confirms the hope of the UCI to see Africa welcome the event. "Consolidate the growth" of cycling on the continent.

The president of the I & # 39; UCI, David Lappartient, announced the holding of an African world championship during his presidential campaign in 2017 and adopted in June 2018. [19659003] In a press release issued Friday, July 27, Lappartient said: "The staging of the flagship event The UCI in Africa in 2025 will represent an important step forward in growing the popularity of our sport. It's an opportunity to see the world's best riders, hundreds of journalists and hundreds of thousands of spectators gather for the very first time in Africa, over an entire eight-day period. "

The deadline for tenders is September 2019 – following which the UCI Management Committee will select a city and will make it annually at its Annual Congress.

" J & # 39; strongly urges the National Federations of the continent, in partnership with potential host cities, to submit bids for this historic event. 19659008] "The Management Committee and I are delighted to see Africa host the UCI Road World Championships and for the continent to have the opportunity to show its pbadion and commitment to cycling. looking forward to joining the fans watching the events, "said LaPartient.

Africa has already hosted the UCI Mountain Bike and Para-cycling Road World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, in 2013 and 2017 respectively. It also hosts races in the UCI Africa Tour calendar – such as the Tour of Rwanda, the Tropicale Amissa Bongo and the Tour du Maroc.

The UCI has a satellite center in Capetown, South Africa – and has worked with a selection of riders who have reached the WorldTour level – with approximately 1,000 trainees who have pbaded through the center in the last 15 years. The eminent graduates include Daniel Teklehaimanot (Cofidis), Natnael Berhane (Dimension Data) and Tsgabu Grmay (Trek Segafredo), and Merhawi Kudus (Dimension Data) of Ethiopia

Daryl Impey (Mitchelton Scott) and Ashleigh Moolman- Pasio (Cervelo- Bigla) are other examples of African athletes who have succeeded on the world stage. Team Dimension Data, meanwhile, is based in South Africa and has been a WorldTour team registered since 2016.

Until 1977, the UCI Road World Championships were held in Europe – but they were ventured away in recent years – with the 2016 event in Doha, the 2015 races in Richmond and the 2010 Melbourne events.