Loading…
Hosted by Africa Rising Cycling · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 34 episodes
Established thought leaders with verified media credentials.
Africa Rising Cycling is a non-profit which has been operating across the continent for 20 years. After the first World Champs on African soil in Sep 2025 and over 140 African men and women racing internationally, 2026 is going to be a big year. We will bring you all the big stories as they happen, talk to the big and rising star names, and share the stories that matter about African cycling!To get more info, visit us at: https://teamafricarising.org/
Africa Rising Cycling hosts Africa Rising Cycling Podcast, a sports show with 34 episodes published.
The Tshenolo Women's Pro Cycling Team is a new African women's team, African-owned, and based in South Africa. The team is considering moving to the UCI Continental level for 2027, however for now is racing across South
We always are looking for stories to tell about Junior or U23 African riders as they represent the future of cycling on the continent. Our latest podcast features 21-year-old Neriah Meunier Sow , the new National Champio
With just four days to go to the start of the 2026 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, we joined the official AG Insurance Soudal press conference, to hear from Mauritius' Kim Le Court Pienaar about her preparations for th
Saturday 18 July was "Qhubeka Day" at the Tour de France. The stage and the whole day is dedicated to the South African charity which manufactures new African-designed bicycles and distributes them to schoolchildren in t
On this week's episode, we spoke with Gerhard Breed, the President of Windhoek Pedal Power, and the Race Organiser of the 2026 Pupkewitz Megabuild Tour de Windhoek - powered by Pupkewitz Motors! This race is Namibia's pr
On 29 March 2026, 17-year-old Jonathan Muhawenimana won the Rwandan Junior MTB XCO National Championships. This was a great win for a rising young Rwandan cycling star. Jonathan is the son of Rafiki Uwimana, who, alongsi
Per UCI rule 1.2.029: "National road championships shall be organised during the last full week of the month of June" and over the last few days, we have seen 12 African nations organise their National road championships
As the first episode of our new season, this discussion could not be further from recent podcasts talking about African professional cycling, however, as we will discuss, they are still linked, all through the bicycle. I
This week, we sat down with Dahmane Abdesslam, the Principal of the Madar Pro Cycling Team . Madar are African-owned and registered in Algeria, and have had a nix of Algerian, African and international riders on their ro
As we enter June, we thought it a good time to do a quick recap on some of the big headlines in African road cycling so far, and some things to watch out for in June: We take a look at the men's and women's UCI league ta
In this episode, we sat down with Matthias Schnapka, the owner of Team BIKE AID, one of the most prolific supporters of young African professional cyclists in history. BIKE AID is a German professional cycling team found
We are most excited to share this podcast today! Merhawi "Mera" Kudus is truly one of the pioneers of African professional cycling. After excelling for the UCI World Cycling Center, he joined the MTN Qhubeka Team in 2014
In our latest podcast, we sat down with Alexandre Mayer, the leading male cyclist from the island of Mauritius. The 28-year-old rider is in his second year at the Pro Continental level with the Burgos Burpellet BH team,
In this episode, Kim and Jeremy on our team sat down with Salami Avocetien of the Benin Cycling Federation. At just 21 years old, he speaks French, English, four local languages, has his UCI Level 2 Coaching Qualificatio
Two week's ago we featured the father-son Uwimana cycling dynasty in Rwanda, and we now move our focus 3000km to Dire Dawa in eastern Ethiopia, home of the famous Rogora cycling family! On this edition of the Africa Risi
This weekend, teams from around Africa, Europe and Asia will arrive in Cotonou, on the Atlantic shore of Benin, in the heart of West Africa, for the UCI 2.2 Tour du Bénin! We sat down with race organiser, President of Bé
On 29 March 2026, 17-year-old Muhawenimana Rafiki Jonathan won the Rwandan Junior MTB XCO National Championships. This was a great win for this rising young Rwandan star. However, this journey began twenty years ago, thr
As a soft spoken, 58kg, diminutive South African, Louis Meintjes has not spent a huge amount of time in the media's eye, preferring his riding and results do the talking. However he is a rider to whom all aspiring World
In this episode, we had an in-depth chat with Jean-Pierre van Zyl, the Director of the UCI's World Cycling Centre programme in Africa. He is based at the excellent WCC facility in Paarl, South Africa. JP often avoids the
The CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto Generation women's professional team has been supporting African female rising talent for several years. In 2026, they have signed two of Africa's most exciting young prospects: Ethiopia's Ts
Hannah Walker
commentator and presenter · WorkHub
1 appearance on this show
Charlotte Ward
Executive Director · Unilever
1 appearance on this show
Ryan Petry
Mt Blue Sky Hill Climb
1 appearance on this show
Natnael Tesfatsion
Movistar
1 appearance on this show
Matthias Schnapka
Team BIKE AID
1 appearance on this show
Salami Avocetien
Benin Cycling Federation
1 appearance on this show
Romuald Hazoumé
Benin Cycling
1 appearance on this show
Jean-Pierre van Zyl
UCI's World Cycling Centre programme
1 appearance on this show
Tsige Kahsay Kiros
Ethiopia
1 appearance on this show
Monalisa Araya
Eritrea
1 appearance on this show
Dan Craven
Onguza Bicycle Company
1 appearance on this show
Kim Le Court Pienaar
AG Insurance - Soudal Team
1 appearance on this show
Detected from recent episode content. Sponsor presence is a real signal of listener purchasing power and show monetisation.
No public pitch examples yet for this show.
Generate your own personalised pitchBased on semantic analysis of episode topics and host coverage, this show is a strong guest fit for executives in:
Industry fit is computed by PitchCentric using vector embeddings of the show's episode catalog.
Shows with the most semantically similar episode content. Pitch one, pitch all; producers cluster.
Africa Rising Cycling Podcast has a verified contact on file. Create a free PitchCentric account to access it and generate a personalised pitch in seconds. Research at least 3 recent episodes first and lead with a specific angle that serves their sports audience.
Africa Rising Cycling Podcast is hosted by Africa Rising Cycling. The show is categorised under sports and has published 34 episodes.
Africa Rising Cycling Podcast has published 34 episodes.
Africa Rising Cycling Podcast regularly covers sports. It sits in the sports category.
Africa Rising Cycling Podcast is accessible for guests with genuine sports expertise. A personalised, episode-aware pitch will still outperform a generic one every time.
Africa Rising Cycling Podcast hasn't explicitly signalled guest openness in recent episodes. That doesn't rule out pitching. your hook just needs to be especially compelling and relevant to their recent content.
Episodes of Africa Rising Cycling Podcast average 25 minutes. a focused format where a clear narrative arc and tight preparation matter most.
Our data rates Africa Rising Cycling Podcast's guest bar at 80/100 (Premium tier). Established thought leaders with verified media credentials. Sign in to PitchCentric to see how your own Pod Score compares against this show.
Methodology. Booking Probability™ blends Listen Score, 30-day Virality, open-to-guests detection, and Apple ratings. Data refreshed every 60 minutes. Listen Score and Booking Probability are calculated by PitchCentric. Last enriched yesterday.