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Project Rwanda Creates First Rwandan National Mountain Bike Team |
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Wednesday, 07 February 2007 |
February 8th Jock Boyer leaves for Rwanda to assemble and coach the 1st Rwandan national mountain bike team. The Rwanda mountain bike project opens the way for Rwandans to realize their talent by competing on the world stage. And it is a chance for the world to see the tremendous spirit of this little nation in the heart of Africa. Jock's professional experience will be a great asset for the team. He was the first American to compete in the Tour de France in 1981, riding in the tour a total of five times. In 2006 Jock won the Race Across America, a 3,000 mile ultra-distance bicycle endurance competition, both in 1985 as the first “rookie to win the RAAM” and for the second time in his career 21 years later in 2006. After testing Rwandan athletes in aerobic capacity, cardiac, and physiological capacities, Jock will pick four riders to begin training for Cape-Epic, in South Africa. This race begins around the last week of March and finishes eight days later just outside of Cape Town. The route changes every year, and leads aspiring amateur and professional mountain bikers from around the world through approximately 900 kilometres of the unspoilt nature of the Western Cape and up approximately 16 000m of climbing over some of the most magnificent passes in South Africa. Check back for updates.
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