The East African state of Rwanda will be the first country in Africa to host the World Cycling Championships
The International Cycling Union (UCI) announced Thursday 23rd September 2021, that Rwanda and its capital Kigali would host the cycling worlds in 2025.
The President of Rwanda’s local cycling governing body (Ferwacy), Abdallah Murenzi, confirmed the development to the Press with an official announcement to be made by the world cycling union (UCI) in Louvain, Belgium.
“It is official, Kigali will host the UCI Road World Cycling Championships 2025,” he said.
During the current World Cup in Belgium, the choice fell on the cycling-crazy country that has been organizing the Tour of Rwanda for years.
The gratin of world cycling should not be bored in the land of a thousand hills.
This World Cycling Championships in Rwanda will be a first for the African continent.
The UCI Road World Championship attracts about 5,000 cyclists and over 20,000 delegates.
The cycling event is followed by more than 200 million people worldwide via over 50 international media agencies that gather for coverage from the host nation.
The International Cycling Union -UCI WorldTour is the premier men’s elite road cycling tour, sitting above the UCI ProSeries and various regional UCI Continental Circuits.
This year, Rwanda was names on the Time Magazine to list of the “World’s Greatest Places 2021”
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