Why is cycling so white - and how can the sport increase diversity?

KUURNE, BELGIUM - MARCH 01: Start / Kuurne City / Fans / Public / Peloton / during the 72nd Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne 2020 a 201km race from Kuurne to Kuurne / #KBK20 / @KuurneBxlKuurne / KBK / on March 01, 2020 in Kuurne, Belgium. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

There was much jubilation on the podium at Le Havre and on the streets of Asmara, Eritrea, after stage six of the 2015 Tour de France. Why? Because history was made when Daniel Teklehaimanot, then riding for MTN Qhubeka became the first black African to wear a leader’s jersey –  the King of the Mountains […]

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