{"id":1075,"date":"2025-12-06T05:11:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T05:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=1075"},"modified":"2025-12-06T05:11:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T05:11:31","slug":"amanilaunchesafricas-firstwomenscycling-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/06\/amanilaunchesafricas-firstwomenscycling-team\/sports\/","title":{"rendered":"AmanilaunchesAfrica\u2019s firstwomen\u2019scycling Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Amani-cycling-team-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Amani-cycling-team-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Amani-cycling-team-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Amani-cycling-team-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Amani-cycling-team.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Amani team. COURTESY PHOTO<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Team Amani launched Africa\u2019s first women\u2019s UCI Continental Cycling Team, registered in Ethiopia with riders from Rwanda, Ethiopia, and East Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by mentor Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, the team aims to compete in major Grand Tours by 2028. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Focusing on African-based high performance infrastructure, coaching, and pathways, Team Amani seeks to dismantle barriers, develop elite talent locally, and position African women cyclists on the global stage. Racing in Europe begins in 2026, backed by long-term partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Amani launched Africa\u2019s first women\u2019s UCI Continental Cycling Team, registered in Ethiopia with riders from Rwanda, Ethiopia, and East Africa. Led by mentor Ashleigh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1075"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1077,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075\/revisions\/1077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}