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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Frank L'Opez in Masaka

‘Dreams can come true’: Uganda’s first female pro cyclist aims for the Tour de France

Florence Nakaggwa
Florence Nakaggwa cycles between 50 to 100km each day. Photograph: Frank Lopez

It is September and the beginning of the rainy season in Uganda, when roads become flooded with clay waters. Everyone is slowed down by the incessant downpours. In spite of these conditions, 21-year old Florence Nakaggwa is out training in the outskirts of Masaka, a town 80 miles south-west of the Ugandan capital, Kampala.

She cycles between 30-60 miles (50-100km) each day, switching from tarmac to the red soil of village roads.

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