African cycling history was made today.

The roster for the first professional women’s cycling team with FIVE riders from across all four corners of Africa was announced today on ProCyclingStats!

The five women on the UCI Continental level World Cycling Centre Team are from Algeria, Benin*, Ethiopia, Mauritius and Rwanda (* Georgette is Benin’s first ever pro cyclist!)

To react to the news and discuss this, we have two guesttonight who know all these women very well. Firstly, Shannon Porthault, the Co-founder of the Rwanda Bookmobilecharity and very active supporter of the Ndabaga Women’s Cycling Team in Rwanda. You can find out more about the Ndabaga women's team HERE

She is joined by Kimberly Coats, the CEO of Africa Rising Cycling, and a regular commentator on African women's cycling. Africa Rising Cycling has a dedicated news-wire for all things African women's cycling, which you can see HERE

You can see more details on the whole WCC Team squad on the ProCyclingStats website: LINK

In this episode, we talk to Ross Burrage, the co-founder of the Masaka Cycling Club Foundation (MCC) in Uganda.

MCC focuses on helping young Ugandan men and women become highly skilled young cyclists, with the dream of them getting their shot at going professional. Already one graduate of MCC has had a pro contract with an international team, with more to come!Ross co-founded MCC with Miiro Michael, who is based in Uganda and oversees all operations there domestically. MCC runs a blend of Zwift-based and IRL training and coaching, as Ross explains, with a dedicated team of volunteers. They are very active on social media so do give them a follow!

MCC is 100% funded by donations from cycling fans around the world. They are hoping to get 500 fans to regularly donate to fund their efforts, so please do hit this link and join the several hundred of like-minded individuals supporting Masaka! Link below:
Donate to the Masaka Cycling Club — Masaka Cycling Club