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Zawya
19 hours ago
- Sport
- Zawya
Eritrea Cycling Championship 2025 Commences
The Eritrea Road Cycling Championship 2025 commenced today, 27 June, in the Mai-Diminet area with an individual time trial. The time trial race covered 36 km, with participation from both Elite and U-23 categories. Professional Cyclist Amanuel Gebrezgiabhier, member of the 'Lidl-Trek' Club, won the race, finishing in 43 minutes, 14 seconds, and 2 microseconds, becoming the fastest Eritrean rider for the second time. Henok Mulubrhan, member of the Astana Club, secured second place, while Mewael Girmay, member of the Belgian Intermarché Cycling Club, finished in third. In the U-23 category, Mewael Girmay won the race, followed by Hebron Berhane from Sembel Club and Yafet Mulugeta, member of UCI, who finished in second and third place, respectively. In the female Elite and U-23 categories, which covered 18 km, Monaliza Araya won the race, followed by Berikti Fesehaye and Suzana Fesehaye, who finished second and third, respectively. In the U-23 category, Monaliza Araya also claimed first place, with Suzana Fesehaye and Rahel Zerisenay securing second and third place, respectively. In the men's junior category, Yohannes Aklilu, Natan Tesfa'alem, and Nahom Efrem took first, second, and third place, respectively. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Information, Eritrea.
BBC News
2 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Backstedt wins national time trial to claim first elite title
Zoe Backstedt claimed her first elite title at the British National Road Championships by winning the women's time trial on ThursdayRiding on home turf in Wales , the 20-year-old rider beat defending champion Anna Henderson by 20 seconds to finish in 38min Georgi crossed the line 1:27 behind in championships are being held in Ceredigion, with the time trial starting in Ffos-y-ffin and finishing in will return to action on Sunday in the road race, which Georgi will be looking to win for a third consecutive year. They will be joined in the field by Backstedt's older sister Elynor, along with the Barker sisters Elinor and Doull will fly the Welsh flag in the men's race, with Josh Tarling and Geraint Thomas unlikely to participate after crashing out of the Giro d'Italia and Tour de Suisse respectively.
BBC News
6 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Portuguese rider Almeida wins Tour de Suisse
Team UAE rider Joao Almeida edged past overnight leader Kevin Vauquelin to win the Tour de Suisse after a superb closing time trial. Portugal's Almeida beat Austrian Felix Gall by 25 seconds and Frenchman Vauquelin, who finished the final stage fourth, by one minute and 40 seconds. "I think I started too fast," said Almeida after the closing 10.1km uphill time trial."I overpaced in the beginning. In the end, I hoped to have enough gas to push in the last kilometre, but in the end it was not necessary."It's a lesson: you should never give up. Sometimes things go wrong and nothing is perfect, but you need to keep trying. "We kept trying and we did it."Almeida backed up his stage victory on Saturday when he reduced Vauquelin's lead to 33 dominant display on Sunday handed Almeida a winning margin of one minute and seven seconds over Vauquelin in the overall 26-year-old, who lost last year's race by 22 seconds, will now set his sights on supporting team-mate Tadej Pogacar in the defence of his Tour de France title."I'll have time to enjoy this win and I'll be ready for the Tour de France," Almeida said."I'll support Tadej Pogacar there and hope we can get more great wins."Britain's Oscar Onley finished the final stage and the overall race in third. Stage eight results Joao Almeida (Por/Team UAE) 27mins 33secsFelix Gall (Aut/Decathlon–AG2R) +25secsOscar Onley (GB/Picnic PostNL) +1min 12secsKevin Vauquelin (Fra/Arkea–B&B Hotels) +1min 40secsHarry Sweeny (Aus/EF Education-EasyPost) +1min 54secs General classification Joao Almeida (Por/Team UAE) 29hrs 29mins 1secsKevin Vauquelin (Fra/Arkea–B&B Hotels) +1min 07secsOscar Onley (GB/Picnic PostNL) +1min 58secsFelix Gall (Aut/Decathlon–AG2R) +2mins 20secsJulian Alaphilippe (Fra/Tudor Pro Cycling) +3mins 57secs
South China Morning Post
6 days ago
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong cycling star Ceci Lee claims double wins after mental transformation
Herve Dagorne said star rider Ceci Lee Sze-wing's twin National Road Championships triumph this weekend highlighted the 24-year-old's psychological transformation over the past 12 months. The irrepressible Lee made good on her pre-race promise to go all guns blazing for her first Hong Kong time trial title. She delivered a personal best performance of 22 minutes and 10.258 seconds on Saturday to upstage two-time defending champion Chloe Leung Wing-yee, who was condemned to second place despite covering the 15-kilometre time trial course in her own personal best time. Meanwhile, in the men's time trial, Chu Tsun-wai took the top spot with a time of 19:57.507, ahead of Vincent Lau Wan-yau, who finished second. On Sunday, Lee broke away from runner-up Kwan Tsz-kwan near the finish of the 70km road race to secure her third straight national road race crown. Ng Pak-hang, the 2023 champion, won the 120km men's road race. 'Ceci really wanted to win the time trial,' head coach Dagorne said. 'In the past, she would ask if I thought she could win. I'd always say she was physically capable, but she had to really want it. Ng Pak-hang (left) celebrates after winning the 120km men's road race. Photo: Sam Tsang 'She is physically strong, but there has been a psychological change. She is racing for herself, most of the time. The conditions on Saturday were wet and difficult, and she showed a good mentality.'
South China Morning Post
20-06-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Why Hong Kong's star cyclist Ceci Lee wants a different title this year
Hong Kong cyclist Ceci Lee Sze-wing has promised to go flat-out on Saturday in pursuit of a first time-trial success at the city's National Road Championships. Lee has won the road race at the past two editions, but finished runner-up behind Chloe Leung Wing-yee in last year's race against the clock. An Olympian last year on road and track, Lee has outgrown the local scene, and acknowledged Hong Kong titles were only 'a little target'. However, honing her time-trialling is a priority as she targets major future success in the velodrome, and specifically the omnium. 'If I master it, it's going to give me more weapons in the omnium, so it's very important for me,' Lee said. 'Most of the time, I've not done well in time-trialling, and I need to improve to become an all-rounder.' Ceci Lee said improving her time-trialling could help her in the omnium. Photo: Jonathan Wong Leung will start as favourite to claim her third straight time-trial title over the 15km (9.3-mile) course in Tai Po, where the men's and youth races will also be staged.
