Kenyan trailblazers turn their talents to cycling

September 19th, 2008 by Ricky Blayney

Despite their dominance of distance running, no black African has ever cycled the Tour de France. If Nicholas Leong gets his way, they will soon

Ever wondered whether the face of cycling would change the minute the Kenyan’s or Ethiopian’s got involved? They dominate long distance running, would they dominate long distance cycling? I have often wondered what might happen if they were in the sport and often put their not being in the sport down to the finances it costs to make it to the top. Well, it seems I am not a lone in these wonders. Take this superb article from the Guardian website yesterday and see what you think. Quite incredible and very interesting… MORE »

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