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Maria David

The road to Rwanda – How cycling arrived at a landmark African World Championships

A collage of images of David Lappartient and Tadej Pogačar, Paul Kagame and Kim Le Court, set against the colours of the Rwandan flag.

It’s Friday afternoon, a month out from the UCI Road World Championships, and Samson Ndayishimiye, head of the Rwandan Cycling Federation (FERWACY), has ducked out of a meeting to speak to me.

“I have had hundreds of thousands of meetings as we are double and triple checking everything ahead of Kigali 2025," he says.

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