Where Tour de France History Is Written

A race that climbs towards the Col d'Aspin, then turns right over the Hourquette d'Ancizan before descending into Loudenvielle is never just another race. And BIKE AID is there.

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An intensive week of racing lies behind the Saarland-based professional team BIKE AID. For the first time in its history, the team received an invitation to the Tour de Wallonie, a UCI ProSeries race and therefore one of the highest categories in professional cycling below the WorldTour.

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Last week, the Tour of Hellas, the official national tour of Greece, started in Ioannina in northwestern Greece, not far from the Albanian border. For BIKE AID, the five-day UCI 2.1 race once again became a strong international performance.

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We would like to tell you a story. A story of the past week and especially of yesterday. A day that once again shows what drives BIKE AID and what we aim to achieve. It cannot be explained in a single sentence. It is about encouraging reflection, inspiring people and reaching beyond the sport itself.

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BIKE AID and Cinelli invite you to a Group Ride on Friday, March 20, 2026, to kick off the Cyclingworld in Düsseldorf. Look forward to a shared ride with the professionals of Team BIKE AID and Cinelli staff from Milan. The focus is on the collective experience and connecting within the group. Everyone is welcome.

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Cinelli and the BIKE AID ProTeam are embarking on an exciting new partnership. In “Racing Beyond Borders,” Cinelli shares the story behind the collaboration and explains why it goes far beyond racing. Read what Cinelli has to say about the partnership in their own words.

After Julian Lino, who rode for the team from 2021 to 2022, and Léo Bouvier, who represented BIKE AID from 2021 to 2025 and will retire from racing this year to move into his new role as Sports Manager, the German squad now welcomes another promising french rider.

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Two stage wins, a double podium in the overall classification, and victory in the team classification – the professional cycling team BIKE AID from Saarland returns from the Tour of Iran with a resounding sporting success. But as significant as these results are, the true heart of this journey was something far more valuable: connection, openness, and the power of sport to build bridges between worlds.

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The Tour of Türkiye is a major national sporting event, broadcast live on TV around the world. A UCI ProSeries race, just one level below the Tour de France. Team BIKE AID was right in the thick of it, racing alongside the top WorldTour teams. For the fourth year in a row, BIKE AID had the privilege of taking part in this incredible event.

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Laurenz Fritsch from Freiburg joined us at the Tour du Rwanda and created a short film — his first project in this field. Laurenz aims to establish himself as a filmmaker. With limited resources and the unique perspective from the passenger seat of the team car, he managed to capture authentic moments and an incredibly moving atmosphere.

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February 14, 2025 – Stage 6 of the Tour of Algeria. For five consecutive days, Milkias Maekele sprints his heart out, landing on the podium each time. Four times second place. But the win? Still missing.

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With a stunning performance at this year’s Tour of Hellas (UCI 2.1), Anton Schiffer has claimed another major success for Team BIKE AID: 2nd place overall at Greece’s official stage race, which featured a strong international field including several WorldTour teams.

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Get your BIKE AID #rideforafrica jersey and support our mission to empower African cyclists. A jersey like no other in professional cycling, super stylish and with a story that truly matters.

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Cholet – 765 kilometers from Blieskastel, near Nantes in Brittany. This is where the Cholet Agglo Tour took place, a prestigious race in the Coupe de France Cycliste Professionnelle, featuring all French Tour de France teams. Once again, Team BIKE AID made an impressive mark.

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These are the sporting headlines for the perfect start to the season. Exactly what a professional cycling team hopes for. But focusing only on the athletic results wouldn’t do justice to the bigger picture. A Report far beyond sports.

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Dániyal Matthews has made cycling history: He won the South African Elite Road Championships, securing not only the national title but also making a powerful statement. He is the first person of color to win this championship in South Africa – a truly historic moment.

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Cycling has evolved more in training methodology and control in recent years than ever before. A true revolution driven by modern technologies like AI, data analysis, and mobile measurement devices. Blood sugar, muscle oxygen saturation, spirometry, body temperature, heart rate variability, lactate levels – what was once reserved for scientific institutions is now affordable and accessible to ambitious athletes.

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To win bike races, we constantly have to reinvent ourselves. Our athletes adapt their training to the latest sports science findings, and we continuously optimize every detail of our team bikes.

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The second stage of the Deutschland Tour, from Heilbronn to Schwäbisch Gmünd, was a complete success for the Saarland-based team. On a challenging, hilly course, Eritrean Dawit Yemane made it into the decisive breakaway group, collected mountain points, and took the lead in the mountain classification.

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Let‘s welcome Yoel Habteab to our team, a promising young talent from Eritrea. It always fills us with pride to include a young rider from this cycling enthusiast country in our team and accompany him on his journey.

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As the year draws to a close, we look back on one last spectacular race of the season. Against WorldTour competition, BIKE AID took home several jerseys and also caused a stir on TV.

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Sporting success and unique impressions at the first race for BIKE AID in China since the outbreak of the pandemic.

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Filmmaker Lukas Wagner accompanied our team at this year's Tour du Rwanda in Africa and took a deeper look at African cycling. A documentary worth seeing, broadcasted on Swiss television and NZZ Format.

What a race, what an event. The German Championships in Bad Dürrheim were a success in every respect and BIKE AID rider Vinzent Dorn takes the next step in his lightning career.

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Last week, Team BIKE AID had an exciting double programme that could not have been more different.

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Once again Pirmin Eisenbarth crowns a strong team performance with his third place on the final stage of racing in Greece.

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On the final day of Volta ao Alentejo, Pirmin Eisenbarth rides to a strong third place in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Évora.

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The Tour du Rwanda 2023 ends with an unfortunate mechanical that deprives Eric Muhoza of the chance to win the general classification in front of his home crowd on the final day.

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Tomorrow Team BIKE AID will start at the 15th edition of the Tour du Rwanda, presently the most important race in Africa, against a strong and prominent field of riders.

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BIKE AID newcomer Adrian Zugang caused a surprise for the professional team from Saarland right at the first race of the 2023 season. At Grand Prix Apollon Temple, he sprinted his way to second place.

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The young East African is the latest addition for the upcoming season and now has the opportunity to prove himself against the international elite with BIKE AID.

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A few years ago, Oliver Mattheis proved his talent against the best in the world. Now his ambition has taken hold of him again and he is back in international cycling for a second time with BIKE AID.

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From the BIKE AID Development Team, junior Adrian Zuger is now making the leap into the professional team.

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The iconic mountain biker from Saarland is starting his first professional season on the road with BIKE AID.

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An exotic newcomer for the approaching season, which represents the biggest upheaval in the team's history. With BIKE AID, the young Canadian now wants to make the next step in his career.

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After Pirmin Eisenbarth, Vinzent Dorn is another outstanding MTB rider who is now making the transition to road cycling.

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Pro cycling team BIKE AID heads towards its tenth season. Time for a fresh start.

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A mountain biker who annoys the road cyclists. What could be a better fit for us?

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For weeks, political unrest has been raging in Iran and nevertheless the team from Saarland travelled to the Tour of Iran to make their own impression of the current situation on site.

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Dawit Yemane from Eritrea wins the overall classification of the Tour de Serbie 2022 ahead of his Dutch team mate Adne van Engelen.

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A sensational day for the Eritrean and Team BIKE AID at the queen stage of the Tour of Serbia.

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The 2022 Tour of Romania was an up and down experience. From stage wins to double flat tires and crashes, it had everything to offer for the BIKE AID riders.

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After an emotional up and down throughout the season, the knot burst in today's stage of the Turul Romaniei with a win in the sprint after 205 km for Lucas Carstensen. The team dedicated this win to the Sule Kangangi.

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Sule Kangangi died after a crash in a gravel race in the USA. It hurts so much.

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The BIKE AID riders have just returned from their short summer break and the 27th edition of Kreiz Breizh Elites is already starting off hot!

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One day before the Sibiu Cycling Tour 2022 kicked off, Jesse Ewart crashed badly. A shock for him and the whole team. A test of mental strength now awaited them.

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Whether in Ireland or Eritrea, the riders of the team from Saarland raced spread over the globe on an exciting weekend.

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At the preparatory race for the Tour de France, the Route d'Occitanie, in the French Pyrenees, the mammoth programme of the team from Saarland reached its climax. 

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Over five days the boys of the Saarland team showed a great performance against a world class field of riders! Unfortunately, the race came to a rather unpleasant end.

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Within 11 days, the team went to France twice. The four-day stage races Tour de la Mirabelle and La Ronde de l'Oise were on the agenda. 

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One weekend. Two prestigious one-day races. Strong competition and weather that really offered everything!

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A great race, but one that claimed its victims: Even before the start, plans had to be changed at short notice. A few crashes later, three of five BIKE AID riders finished the tour.

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Three days in the breakaway, making life difficult for Quintana on the climbs and in the end only seconds away from winning the team classification.

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In Thailand, BIKE AID had hoped for more, but is grateful for the fantastic impressions.

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After three very successful months with BIKE AID, Henok Mulubrhan fulfills his dream and joins a UCI Pro team from April 1st 2022 to set his sights on the Giro.

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Last Sunday the seven-day stage race ended in northern France. With summer temperatures, some of the best cycling culture and history was experienced here!

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Henok Mulubrhan becomes African road champion and thereby puts the crown on a historic weekend for the cycling nation of Eritrea.

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How Rwanda’s terribly unpleasant history turned the country into a cycling-loving country.

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The Australian rides a strong first race with BIKE AID on to the podium and the daily, mutual sacrifice leads to the well-deserved victory of the team classification!

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Check out this great movie our partner SIGMA SPORT (supplier of our professional team) made about Salim Kipkemboi last summer.

Four days in and around Antalya come to an end. The result: With only ten seconds down, Henok Mulubrhan takes sixth place in the general classification. But that was by far not all the team experienced!

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Anyone who competes in a German time trial championship on a standard road bike will attract a few pitying looks at most. However, if he rides a race in the jersey of the national team a short time later, it is worth taking a closer look.

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If you don't know what a cycling family is, you should visit the Decker family in Rhineland-Palatinate. After Jasper Pahlke, Enzo Decker is the second young cyclist from the Heinrich-Heine Sports School in Palatinate to move to Saarland.

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He already had the World Tour contract in his pocket. Then the end came for the only African Tour de France team, just as the UCI awarded the Road World Championships to Africa for the first time.

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The internationality of the team continues to grow. An Australian and a Dutchman will strengthen team BIKE AID from 2022.

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The reigning Turkish champion in the U23 category will join BIKE AID from the 2022 season and will thus become the first Turkish cyclist in a European UCI team.

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Upside-down world: Our sprinter Lucas Carstensen flies up the almost 15 kilometer long climb, wins the mountain stage and thus takes the overall victory at the Tour de CMU.

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For the fifth time in a row, a BIKE AID rider is the most successful athlete of a German continental team in the ranking of Radsport News. After three extremely successful years, Justin Wolf changes colors at the peak of his development. Unfortunately, he could not fulfill his dream of the World Tour.

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In an exciting and intense mountain top finish our dutch rider took the win at the last stage of Tour of Thailand 2021 making the sensation complete.

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The European cycling season is over and BIKE AID, the professional team from Saarland, celebrates its win in Thailand.

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With the help of our partners Kaze and F2P sportswear we have the privilege to participate at the Tour of Thailand 2021!

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„… hard singletrails, nasty hills, sandboxes, steep ascents, crazy descents … all hardcore … not for the feint hearted“ the organizer says about the track … for sure Jasper Pahlke is not missing out on that!

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In the beautiful scenery of Kenya our rider Salim took the win at the Great Rift Valley Challenge 2021.

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With the 23-year-old Léo Bouvier, another rider from our neighboring country France is coming to BIKE AID. Léo will join the team for the remainder of the season. 

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For the third time in a row, Justin Wolf was allowed to participate in the European Championships for the German national team and once again made his contribution to a successful result.

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Reducing prejudice through encounter - values we want to stand for. To do this, we also have to critically question ourselves over and over and realign our actions. That's why we decided to take an unusual step during the Tour of Germany.

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With two national champions from Africa side by side with three German and one French rider BIKE AID starts at this year's Deutschland Tour. We can stand for the values we want to stand for.

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Since July our partner Corendon Airlines now flies to various destinations in Europe from our home in Saarbrücken. BIKE AID was welcoming the first plane.

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The "Gwenn ha Du", the black and white Breton flag, can be met everywhere in Europe at international cycling races. Because the people of Brittany are cycling crazy and proud of their region. One of them belongs to our team from now on.

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What is hardly achievable for male African cyclists is even more difficult for women. Therefore, we would like to help a female athlete a little bit and almost harmed her.

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In a valley in the middle of the mountains, a few kilometres from the Spanish border, in a village of 79 inhabitants among donkeys and horses, there is a small house where the telephone lines are glowing and professional cycling is organised. Salim and Charles were guests of the three Caubin brothers to prepare for the Route d'Occitanie, in our opinion the most beautiful cycling race in France.

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After his success at the Tour of Mevlan in Turkey, Justin Wolf from the Saarland Team BIKE AID has impressively demonstrated his form once again.

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The original in the field of bicycle computers: SIGMA SPORT.
Based in Neustadt an der Weinstraße in the Palatinate, at the foot of the "Pfälzer Wald" and just a bike ride away from Saarland, we are entering the third year of our partnership with SIGMA and have a lot planned.

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Justin Wolf of Team BIKE AID won the opening stage of the Turkish Tour of Mevlan in Konya. He was able to break away with a six-man lead group at the start of the stage and maintain the advantage until the finish.

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German continental team BIKE AID will ride on Kaze bicycles in 2021 season. Kaze will equip BIKE AID with new desigend aero bikes as well as lightweight climbing bikes.

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An innovative high-tech company with a leading position in ophthalmology, which offers bee colonies the space to produce sustainable organic honey on its premises. To the bees' delight, this is the unusual company Ursapharm, and to our delight, our main partner.

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Women in male professional cycling? Yes, there are, but their positions are usually limited to a few fields of activity. Stereotypes take hold here as elsewhere in the world. But there are also women who want to break them down. Thankfully, we met one of them last year.

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We are happy to present another new partner for our team for the upcoming season. And to a first time cooperation with a partner from our neighboring country Poland.

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In some parts of the world, a bicycle is considered a mere means of transportation for the poorest, not a piece of sports equipment and certainly not a fashionable lifestyle accessory. A good 10 years ago, Sule pioneered the sport of cycling in a runner's country. Now comes the next step.

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With the start oft he new 2021 season, the long-term partnership between BIKE AID and the German bike manufacturer Benotti will come to an end - we say thank you!

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They are crazy about mud and you can blame their father's about it. The two newcomers have a lot in common but are both in a very different point in their sporting careers at the moment.

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BIKE AID will merge with the German Cyclocross team „Beacon“ and the U23 development team „WiaWis“. This way a new and unique concept will be established in German cycling: a fully integrated and sustainable youth development program under the umbrella of BIKE AID.

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With the overall win in Tour of Thailand (UCI 2.1) by Nikodemus Holler, BIKE AID finishes off an eventful season. Before that, the guys had to “survive” a special kind of arrest called quarantine
 

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Wearing the national team's jersey is a special honor in itself. But to win a gold medal in this jersey is an absolute highlight of every athletic career. Justin Wolf was able to achieve both at the European Championships in Plouay/France.

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For the second year in a row, the German road championships took place at the Sachsenring. Last year as an emergency solution due to the lack of alternative venues, this year due to Corona. For BIKE AID it was still a successful championship.

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Justin Wolf will take part in the European Championships for the German national team in Plouay, France. Erik Bergström Frisk is also nominated for the Swedish national team.

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Sensational start in Romania for German BIKE AID squad! The first big professional race after the Corona restart and BIKE AID rider Nikodemus Holler storms with a huge surprise into the yellow jersey after vicotry in the very technical prologue of Sibiu Tour (UCI 2.1)

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He comes from flat Holland and is still an absolute mountain climber. Our 51kg light weight had a hard time with virtual races in the beginning, but now it is not only successful, but can present our team as a studio guest of the Dutch Zwift League.

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Team BIKE AID's Lucas Carstensen wins the last round of the virtual Rad Bundesliga and secures overall victory.

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After only finishing 61st in the difficult mountain arrival to Alpe du Zwift, Lucas Carstensen narrowly missed out on the day's victory in second place in the fourth round of the virtual Bundesliga, but extends the lead in the overall standings.

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Should we really take this seriously? That is certainly not what we imagine by cycling. Nevertheless, almost 250 male and 50 female cyclists competed in the first official league race of the German Cycling Federation and the victory went to BIKE AID.

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Usually the sports nutrition partner of a professional team is not a big story, but not in this case. We are also particularly pleased that we can continue to develop our team even in times of the Corona crisis.

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Mekseb Debesay would have become the first BIKE AID rider at the Olympic Games in 2020 and his sister Mossana would have written African sports history.

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In a thrilling sprint finale, Lucas Carstensen missed the first UCI - victory of the season by only a few centimeters beaten by Alan Banaszek from Poland.

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At the end of an eventful week, Lucas Carstensen sprints to third place at last stage of Tour of Antalya and Aaron Grosser is back in the game.
 

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Just a few days before the start of Tour du Rwanda 2020 the BIKE AID team was up to something special: On February 21^st the BIKE AID School Saarland was opened in Ruyenzi, Rwanda.

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The development of the german professional cycling team BIKE AID continues to gain steam.

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BIKE AID was at the start oft he first ever stage race in the Tigray region of Ethiopia last week. But besides performance and results this should have been a trip with a deeper purpose.
 

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Five days of cycling on the Arabian Peninsula have been a successful start into the season for BIKE AID in the middle of a high-class peloton surrounded by fascinating sceneries.
 

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Not less than 4 stage races at 3 different continents are on the program of the german professional team at the start of the season, three of which belong to the first category.

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When you think of Sweden, you might think more of Nordic skiing. Nevertheless, there are also good cyclists in Scandinavia. And one of them is now switching to BIKE AID.

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Radsport News once again portrayed the best cyclists in the German-speaking region of the past season with its annual ranking. BIKE AID represents the third year in a row the most successful athlete of a German continental team and is the only team with 4 athletes.

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With Frederik Dombrowski, the Dutchman Jesse de Rooij and Clint Hendricks from South Africa, the German team BIKE AID get three strong riders for 2020 season.
 

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With Nikodemus Holler, Lucas Carstensen and Aaron Grosser, three important pillars of the team will also be part of the team in 2020.
 

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Slowly, the cold draws in, the memory of warm summer days moves into the distance. Time to enjoy once again the beautiful pictures from this year's Deutschland Tour and to draw a conclusion.

The Deutschland Tour, a peleton as a Top World Tour race, driven more offensively like most of the Tour de France stages and faced with the expectation of being responsible for the future of German cycling.

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When the final of the Tour of Germany of the pros takes place on the 1st of September in Erfurt, you can be very close with the Jedermann Tour. For BIKE AID members there are 20 of the coveted starting places for free.

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We make no secret of our enthusiasm for this race, it is the Tour de France of Asia, the only two-week tour in the UCI calendar. So the longest race after the three Grand Tour Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta Espagna.

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For the first time medals in the mixed team relay were awarded at the European Championships. In the Dutch Alkmaar Justin Wolf won the silver medal with the german national team.

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Just six weeks ago Justin Wolf was in great shape, had big ambitions and then everything seemed uncertain. A terrible accident on the highway, sternum fracture and hospital. Today he fought back and finished fifth in the German time trial championships, which also means victory in the Bundesliga.

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Triumph and hospital are close to each other for Sprinter. Aaron Grosser was in impressive shape and sprinted for a podium finish just a few hundred meters before the end of stage two of the Route d'Occitanie.  

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At Tour of Taiyuan (UCI 2.2) in China that stars from tomorrow, the first ever rider from Ethiopia will make his debut in the BIKE AID jersey.
 

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With him began the success story of our team before it pulled him for 3 years in the World Tour. Now, Mekseb returns as the reigning African champion to use his experience as a role model for other young riders.
 

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A General Classification victory in itself is always something special, plus Aaron Grosser's first victory in a UCI race. However, such success messages are often misleading about the difficulties a small team struggles to face such a comprehensive racing calendar.

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A cycling race connects Serbia and Bosnia Herzegovina and Aaron Grosser shows what he has on it. Both a grandiose story for themselves.

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Alanya - at today's Grand Prix Alanya (UCI 1.2), Lucas Carstensen finished the great  teamwork  and took the first victory of the season for BIKE AID.
 

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Mallorca - cycling dream for over 140,000 leisure cyclists every spring but also the scene of the first European professional road race of the season 2019. For BIKE AID a prelude with ambivalent feelings.
 

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Peter Koning from the Netherlands comes with experience from Grand Tours and World Tour races to BIKE AID and continues to underline the progress of the team.
 

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Time trial and track specialist Justin Wolf, member of german national team track, will be wearing the BIKE AID jersey next season and will further strengthen the German squad.
 

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The Tour de Singkarak, 1.267km around the lake of the same name in the Indonesian province of West Sumatra. The final challenge in the successful 2018 season. Tropical heat, crossing the equator during the race, a climb over the Maninjau volcano crater lake and incredible impressions from a unique country.

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Clint Hendricks wins stage 6 of Tour of Singkarak (UCI 2.2) and takes his first ever UCI - victory

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Aaron Grosser is one of the most promising sprint talents in German cycling and from the 2019 season he will be wearing the jersey of BIKE AID. 
 

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Adne van Engelen got only beaten by a few centimeters at today's mountain top finish on stage 4 at Tour of Singkarak (UCI 2.2) 2018. 

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Nikodemus Holler finihes 3rd on stage 3 at Tour of Singkarak (UCI 2.2) and takes another podium for BIKE AID.

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At the start of the Tour de Singkarak (UCI 2.2) in Indonesia, sprinter Lucas Carstensen narrowly defeated and took 4th place.
 

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For many millions of Chinese, Hainan is the annual holiday destination but also a highlight for European professional teams at the end of the season. It was first participation for BIKE AID and it was a succesful one.
 

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Felix Homann from Duisburg accompanied our team at Sparkassen Münsterland Giro and published a photo story on his page.

The German professional team BIKE AID enters its sixth season in 2019 and two of the top riders remain on board: Lucas Carstensen and Nikodemus Holler extend their contracts.
 

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While a part of the team is successfully in Iran on the road, was in Germany the big season finale. Lots of wind, lots of action and in the end a BIKE AID rider in the middle of the World Tour pros on the podium.

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Salim Kipkemboi and Adne van Engelen stepping both on the podium on stage 3 at Tour of Iran while Kipkemboi misses victory only by few centimetres. 

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Team BIKE AID is currently starting the Tour of Iran, a category 2.1 race of the UCI Asia Tour. A new journey to an unknown country with a successful start.

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Clint Hendricks from South Africa will join BIKE AID for the remainder of the season. Hendricks won Bronze medal at this year's Commonwealth Games in Australia. 

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Dutch mountain goat Adne van Engelen escapes the bunch and takes the stage win in soitude - BIKE AID also takes team classification of the day.

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BIKE AID winner of team classification on the day and Kangangi takes 3rd place on difficult mountain stage at TOur of Poyang Lake. 

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The fast man from Berlin could proof again his qualities when it comes to a bunch sprint. Thömel took 2nd stage win for BIKE AID.  

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Sprinter Tino Thömel could finish with a good 6th place at today's stage 3 at Tour of Poyang Lake 

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defending champion Nikodemus Holler could win the opening stage of this year's Tour of Poyang Lake in China. Adne van Engelen finishes fourth and takes polka dot jersey. 

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Tomorrow the Tour of Poyang Lake begins. The largest “non-UCI” race on the Asian continent. What the word "team presentation" means there, our riders could experience today - they stood with goose bumps on the stage in front of thousands of spectators.
 

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Nikodemus Holler also wins the final stage of the Tour of Hungary (UCI 2.1) in front of Italian Matteo Moschetti and Poland's Kamil Malecki (CCC Sprandi), finishing fifth in the final GC.

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After the victories of Lucas Carstensen at the Tropicale Amissa Bongo UCI 2.1 and Salim Kibkemboi on the Sharjah Tour UCI 2.1, the third BIKE AID rider manages to win a race of the first category this season on three different continents.

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A few days after the Tour of Qinghai Lake, Team BIKE AID already started again on the next national tour. Our European neighbors are currently on Tour de Hongrie. After three stages there were already some good results for the team.

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For 5 years, team BIKE AID is now at the start of the biggest race in Asia and every year it takes our breath away. Be it because of the height or the unique experiences. It was the most successful participation so far, and thus reflects the overall development of the team.
 

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In Braga, Portugal, from 31 July to 4 August, the cycling World Championships for students took place. The medals were awarded in the disciplines of road, time trial, cross country and downhill.

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The German professional team BIKE AID has announced its squad for the „Tour de France of Asia“. Lucas Carstensen as captain for the sprints and Kenyan Kangangi for the GC.
 

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Alejandro Valverde (Moviestar) wins this year's Route d'Occitanie and shows the boys from BIKE AID the world's best pace in the climbs. 

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BIKE AID writes history at the last preparation race of the Tour de France. In the south of France, side by side with the biggest teams in the world, the small team manages to put on a great show.

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Daniel Bichlmann sets an incrediblle attack in the final kilometer and just get caught 100m to the finishline. At the end he takes 7th place. 

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Sprinter Lucas Carstensen from Team BIKE AID won the 5th stage of the Tour of Ireland (UCI 2.2) today in a bunch sprint and takes another victory for BIKE AID.

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With a sixth place on stage 4 of the Tour of Ireland (UCI 2.2), Nikodemus Holler was able to move up into the top 10 in the GC.

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Lucas Carstensen sprinted to a good second place at yesterday's stage 3 at Tour of Ireland (UCI 2.2) and missed the victory only by centimetres. 

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BIKE AID sprinter Lucas Carstensen sprints to 7th place on stage 2 at Tour of Ireland from Athlone to Tipperary.  

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Right on the first stage of the Tour of Ireland (UCI 2.2), the guys from Team BIKE AID had to invest a lot of work to keep chances for the GC. 

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Thanks to our partner Kenyan Riders, cycling in Kenya is growing. At the moment there are 4 talented riders in the pro team: Suleiman Kangangi, Charles Kagimu, Salim Kipemboi and Geffroy Langat. All of them benefits from the great work of Nicholas Leong, Ciaran Fitzpatrick, Nick Sewe and Simon Blake, who have decided to give all their energy to this project. Read about Kenyan Cyclist prepared for Commonwealth Games at cyclingnews.com

Niko Holler as best ranked rider in 12th place after the 2 climbing stages at Tour of Antalya but the team coud have performed better.

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Eritrean Champion Meron Abraham took 9th place at yesterday’s opening stage in Turkey. It was a rainy and very cold final that ended in a bunch sprint.

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The 19-year-old Kenyan Salim Kipkemboi has not only stunned the strong competition with his victory on the queen stage of this year's Sharjah Tour (UCI 2.1), but also made history.

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With the fourth stage in Gabon, the time of the sprinter was interrupted and it was about the overall standings on a topographically demanding stage from Ndjolé to Mitzic 182km.

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The past season was the most successful so far for Team BIKE AID. After the great joy, the question comes, is it possible to build on it? And then that happens ...

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The clothing manufacturer SANTIC Sports from China is the new clothing partner of BIKE AID since the 2018 season and will provide strategic support to the professional team from Germany. 

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The 22-year-old Eritrean Meron Abraham will join the German team from 2018 season as a promising, perspective sprint talent. Abraham is current national champion of his country Eritrea.

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BIKE AID signs 19-year-old Charles Kagimu from Uganda, who is coming through “Kenyan Riders” program, from 2018 on.

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At the end of this year’s Tour du Rwanda, Kenyan rider Suleiman Kangangi reched a great 3rd place in the general classification. A very special success.

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Eritrean rider Metkel Eyob won today's penultimate stage at Tour du Rwanda in front of enthusiastic crowds at Wall of Kigali. Kangangi defends 3rd overall. 

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The Swiss rider Simon Pellaud won today's stage at Tour du Rwanda and took the overall lead. BIKE AID rider Suleiman Kangangi form Kenya finished in 4th place! 

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Kenyan Suleiman Kangangi finished today's first stage of Tour of Rwanda with a good 6th place. Salim Kipkemboi also Top 10 with 9th place. 

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From tomorrow on, German team BIKE AID is at the start of Tour du Rwanda that starts with a prologue in its capital Kigali and lead over 7 tough stages.

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2017  was  by far the most successful season since the beginning for team BIKE AID. But not only the results were satisfactory - a short retro with a view of what’s coming next

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In Ganzhou, China, the eleven-day stage race ended with a great success for Team BIKE AID today!

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Eritrean Awet Habtom from BIKE AID convinced at today's World Championships Road Raace U23 in bergen as the most aggressive rider.

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Even without an own result BIKE AID youngster Salim Kipkemboi from Kenya moves up to 4th in GC. Holler still in the lead.

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The Australian Kaden Grove wins 6th stage of the Tour of Poyang Lake whileBIKE AID - Sprinter Tino Thömel comes 2nd.

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Tino Thömel takes 5th place and the GC remains unchanged - Holler still leads, Kangangi 2nd.

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This was an unbelievable day at Tour of Poyang Lake. Niko Holler solos to victory while Kangangi takes 3rd. Team now leads also Team GC!

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After a "finale furioso" BIKE AID climber Nikodemmus Holler takes 2nd place in sprint at Tour of Poyang Lake. 

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Couple of weeks training and a fast sprint: Tino Thömel takes another podium for BIKE AID with his 3rd place on stage 1 at Tour of Poyang Lake

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Altitude, wind, mountains and a lot of suffering. The Tour of Qinghai Lake 2017 was again a successful event for BIKE AID

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The concern for the fate of our club-member Luca Biwer amazing. More than 100.000 people has used our media channels to get information about it. Many friends and other clubs have spontaneously commited their help for Luca.

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On the fifth and final stage of the Tour of Hungary (UCI 2.2), Meron Teshome was able to shine again with second place.

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In front of great spectators, Nikodemus Holler finished the German Nationals with a 13th place.

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On the first stage of the "GP Internacional Beiras e Serra da Estrella" (UCI 2.1) in Portugal, Nikodemus Holler was able to continue  his strong performance from the Flèche du Sud and took 5th place.

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After his 6th place, BIKE AID - Sprinter Tino Thömel won the third stage today of the Tour of Ukraine (UCI 2.2) over 196 kilometers in the sprint.

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On the first stage of the Tour de Ukraine (UCI 2.2) BIKE AID - Sprinter Tino Thömel reached a good 6th place in a hectic final

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The first edition of the "Tour of the Alps" provided many surprises for the boys of BIKE AID. The participation at this tour will surely remain in everybody's memory.

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Meron Teshome won the first stage of Tour of Eritrea (UCI 2.2) in the sprint and took already the 6th victory of the season 2017 for BIKE AID.

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Meron Teshome sprints to the second place at today's Massawa Circuit (UCI 1.2) as part of the Tour of Eritrea and was only beaten by Simon Mussie.

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With today's "Fenkil Nothern Red Sea challenge" (UCI 1.2) the racing in Eritrea starts. Here are the guys, BIKE AID is lining up.

From April 15 to 23, a part of the BIKE AID pro team will be taking part in the Tour of Eritrea (UCI 2.2) and will be able to look forward to experiences and impressions of a very special kind.

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The "Tour of the Alps" (UCI 2.HC) will take place from 17 to 21 April 2017. The race, that leads across the Alps, is the most important test for the favorites of the Giro d'Italia.

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The talented climber Adne van Engelen joins German squad from immediate effect. He will debut at the Tour of the Alps (UCI 2.HC) in April

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We are happy to announce the signing of the Eritrean top-talent Awet Habtom with team BIKE AID.

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What a feeling! After 8 days of hard work it's finally done. Suleiman Kangangi fnishes 3rd on final stage and Niko Holler brings the yellow jersey home - what a day!

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At the penultimate stage of Tour du Cameroun the guys defending the overall lead - Suleiman Kangangi loses polka-dot jersey, Bichlmann 9th

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Meron Tehsome took 7th place on today's stage 6 of Tour du Cameroun. The standings in the classifications remain unchanged - Holler in yellow, Kangangi best climber.

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After the third stage, the Eritrean sprinter Meron Teshome wins also stage number 5 of Tour du Cmaeroun in bunch sprint.

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Nikodemus Holler finished second on today's fourth stage and takes over the yellow yersey of Tour du Cameroun (UCI 2.2)

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After yesterday's stage win by Nikodemus Holler, it was his teammate Meron Teshome who took the stage win today and let Nikodemus Holler just the 2nd place.

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Yes, he can! After a great ride of the whole team on today's 2nd stage of Tour du Cameroun, Nikodemus Holler takes the win in the end of the stage!

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On today's first stage of Tour du Cameroun (UCI 2.2) Kenyan Suleiman Kangangi could take the lead in KOM classification.

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After finishing "La Tropicale Amissa Bongo" (UCI 2.1) last sunday, the boys from BIKE AID will be back in race again from tomorrow. At the Tour du Cameroun (UCI 2.2) they will try to pick up on the performance from Gabon.

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Nikodemus Holler takes third place in the overall ranking after seven stages in this year's "La Tropicale Amissa Bongo" (UCI 2.1) in Gabon and leaves Tour de France stars like Thomas Voeckler behind.

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During the final pre-season meeting held at the Mercure Hotel in Saarbrücken, Germany, BIKE AID presented their brand new team clothes in a totally new design.

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The German high-end carbon manufacturer BENOTTI becomes  premium supplier of BIKE AID Proteam from 2017 on and equips the riders with tits ax-lightness bikes, hand built in Germany.

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What awesome news just coming in from Luxor, Egypt! Our Eritrean rider Meron Teshome just won the Gold medal in Individual Time Trial at this year's African Continental Championships.

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After three successful years of work with African cycling talent, BIKE AID was able to make another decisive step in its development for 2017 and enter into a strategic partnership with the Kenyan Riders.

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During the last year's 2016 season, team BIKE AID was official testteam for the first time to test the new tubeless tyres from its partner Schwalbe. At the the end of the season everybody came to a positive conlusion.

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Amanuel Mengis is the second rider from Eritrea in the roster of team BIKE AID, next to Meron Teshome. After his first season in Europe, the young and talented rider from the horn of Africa is extremely motivated to show his talent.

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German sprinter Tino Thömel from Berlin joins the German squad BIKE AID from next season and wants to tie up on former success.

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The German based Pro Cycling team  can look back on its most successful season in 2016 and also make further important steps towards achieving its long-term goals.

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He is not the average cyclist, he is rather a very special and unique character. The 31 year old Califronian Timothy Rugg convinced with his two stage wins at Tour of Rwanda but also with his personality. BIKE AID talked to the US - boy and here is what he said.

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It was his first season in Europe, after Meron Teshome spent two years for MTN – Qhubeka feeder team. In 2017 he wants to continue his success from this season.

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At the start the dream was to win the GC with Jean-Bosco Nsengimana but at the end it turned into a huge disappoinitment for all involved team-members at Tour of Rwanda 2016 as Nsengimana has been dogged by badluck.

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We already told a lot the last days about the incredible and enthusiastic atmosphere during this edition of Tour du Rwanda. But what happened today at "the wall of Kigali" was again much more we could ever expect.

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While Meron Amanuel took with his 7th place today another Top Ten result for Stradalli - BIKE AID, the Rwandan Jean-Bosco Nsengimana stays in reach for the GC with just 1:27 down on leader Valens Ndayisenga.

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On today's first stage of Tour du Rwanda, Meron Amanuel from Stradalli - BIKE AID took the lead in climbers classification while Jean-Bosco Nsengimana now ranks on 3rd in GC with 1 second behind.

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German based UCI Continental team Stradalli – BIKE AID will start at this year's Tour of Rwanda with tomorrow's prologue in Kigali. Jean-Bosco Nsengimana will lead the team.

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At this year's UCI World Championship in Doha, Qatar, Team Stradalli – BIKE AID finished on 17^th place.

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This year's UCI Road World Championships will be held in Doha, Qatar. And Stradalli – BIKE AID will be in the middle as the team receives official start allowance from UCI for Team Time Trial.

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Nikodemus Holler raced with a constant performance to a great 7^th place in the GC of Tour of China while Meron Teshome finished two times Top 10 in the sprint

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Three in a row! With his third place yesterday at GP Dierbach, Dominik Merseburg takes three podiums within one week.

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Patrick Lechner wins regional championships in hill climbing and Dominik Merseburg takes 2nd place in Lingenfeld Crit race!

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Patrick Lechner sprints to the next podium for Stradalli- BIKE AID. At yesterday's night criterium in Rülzheim he could only be beaten by Marcel Fischer and Simon Nuber while Niko Holler ranks 6th.

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Just back from China, it is time to prepare the bags again. Stradalli – BIKE AID Procycling team receives invitation to this year's Tour of China in September.

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At this year's GP Mehlingen, Joschka Beck just got beaten by Kai Hliza from Team Möbel Ehrmann in the final sprint of a four man break away. With his second place, Joschka took another podium for team Stradalli - BIKE AID.

On today's 11^th stage of Tour of Qinghai Lake in China, that is ranked in HC category in UCI calendar, Meron Teshome could sprint to a great 2^nd place after 126 fast kilometers

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Nikodemus Holler could play again a great role and finished two times in the top ten. Only a crash avoided a good position in GC.

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Patrick Lechner with 15^th place at André Greipel’s win in Erfurt with another good performance in a bunch sprint while Meron Teshome was taking silver medal behind Daniel Teklehaimanot.

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Today was an exciting raceday with 2 German classics at the same time. In Bolanden (Rhineland – Palatinum) and Landshut (Bavaria) the guys from Stradalli – BIKE AID proofed again their great shape.

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At the 100^th edition of one of the most traditional races in Germany, many World Tour teams were at the start line. Together with Giant – Alpecin, Lotto – Soudal or BMC the guys from Stradalli – BIKE AID had a hard day.

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Stage 8 of An Post Rás (UCI 2.2) in Ireland was the last stage of a wonderful and successful race during the last week. With his 13^th place today, Nikodemus Holler seals the win of KOM – jersey.

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With his awesome ride today in the break of then day, Nikodemus Holler took again many points for the KOM classification and just need one more point on tomorrow’s last stage of An Post Rás (UCI 2.2)

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With his 14^th place and another points in the KOM classification on today’s 6^th stage of An Post Rás (UCI 2.2) in Ireland, Nikodemus Holler could successfully defend his mountains jersey and still ranks promising in GC.

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Nikodemus Holler gets back the lead in the KOM classification at An Post Rás (UCI 2.2) in Ireland. After lot of points today, Holler now leads with 11 points ahead of second place.

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On today’s stage 4 at the tour of Ireland Patrick Lechner missed the podium by only a few millimeters, but proofed again how fast he is in the sprint.

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Nikodemus Holler could impressively proof his climbing abilities on today’s third stage at An Post Ras by taking the overall lead in the KOM’s classification and finishing 3^rd at the stage.

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In a massive sprint final and the perfect help of his team mates, Patrick Lechner proofed his good shape and sprinted to 6^th place on today’s stage at tour of Ireland.

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This weekend is very British for team Stradalli – BIKE AID. All vehicles made their way up to the north to Ireland and Wales. From tomorrow on, one part of the team will start at the An Post Ras (2.2) in Ireland while the other part is doing the Velothon Wales Prorace (1.1) in Cardiff.

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After great performance in Frankfurt alongside with the worldclass of cycling and also in Belgium last week, Nikodemus Holler shows that he is ready for upcoming challenges.

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The race is also called “the tour de France of Asia” and she takes place at some of the most astonishing places on earth. The Tour of Qinghai Lake leads through the highlands of the Chinese region “Qinghai” near Tibet and along one of the biggest salt lakes on earth.

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Nikodemus Holler and Janvier Hadi convinced despite horrible weather conditions with place 2 and 3 at the team’s home-race in Überherrn.

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Meron Teshome could proof again his abilities as a good sprinter when he took with the 5^th place again a top result at a UCI race.

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Eritrean rider Meron Amanuel of team Stradalli – BIKE AID takes green jersey and 8^th in General Classification after finishing 7^th on brutal climbing stage at Tour of Eritrea.

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On stage 4 of Tour of Eritrea, Meron Amanuel and Meron Teshome convinced again with 2^nd and 4^th place. Another good day for Team Stradalli – BIKE AID.

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Nowadays there are many discussions about integration and uniting people but to make all this happen in reality seems not to be that easy sometimes.

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At yesterday’s opening stage to Tour of Eritrea, the German team Stradalli – BIKE AID could well present their colours again and take another podium placing in a UCI ranked race with Meron Amanuel’s 3^rd place.

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In Massawa City, the riders of Team Stradalli – BIKE AID had to expect a unique atmosphere in a city that they surely will never foget. At the end, the result well rounded up this awesome and spectacular day.

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Races in Africa are always something special for our team. We already have been reporting a lot about that and pointed out that due to the special mission of the team – to develop African cycling and athletes – races on this continent are from a special interest.

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The UCI 2.2 Tour of Eritrea begins April 19th and Stradalli – Bike Aid will be bringing a full team to compete at a race in a country that sits close to the heart of the team’s mission.

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On today’s 7th stage, Patrick Lechner could make it on the podium with his 3rd place out of a break-away.

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Amanuel Mengis finished the sixed stage of the Tour du Cameroun on 3rd place and also climbed to 3rd in the overall and overall leader in youth classifications.

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On today’s fifth stage of Tour du Cameroun, Jean Bosco Nsengimana took the first victory for Team Stradalli – BIKE AID in 2016. Daniel Bichlmann, Amanuel Mengis and Patrick Lechner rounded the up with places 6, 8 and 9.

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It’s coming closer and closer. Stage 4 and the 4^th top-ten result for Amanuel Mengis in a row. But today it was 2^nd place and the first ever podium on a UCI race for him so far!

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Amanuel Mengis takes 9th place on stage 3 of tour du cameroun. It was his third Top-ten placing in a row that still keeps him in good position for the GC.

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While the temperature here in middle Europe is still very cold, the situation in western Africa is pretty different. The guys have to suffer a lot in the tropical heat near the Equator.

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Flashback: two years ago, it was the first race that the new formed Procycling team could win. It was Dan Craven from Namibia who brought the yellow jersey home to the Saarland, when he won the general Classification of Tour de Cameroun.

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Individual Time Trial. Fight against the clock – or against yourself, just the way you want to take it. Nobody is around you, just you and your thoughts. It is all about getting the course behind as soon as possible.

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New day, new luck. Or: Hope is the last to die. What in some German TV-shows leads to the obligation to pay some money in a piggy bank, stands for optimism at Team Stradalli – BIKE AID these days.

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Andalucia could be really nice! A beautiful landscape with small villages, that are shining bright with its white houses like snowcovered pieces of earth

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If you check the startlist of Vuelta Andalucia, it could quickly arise the question what a small team from the Saarland has to do in a race with lots of teams out of the 1^st league of the world of cycling

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At yesterday’s performance diagnostics, couple of our riders had to experience how painful 15 seconds could really be. At the STAPS – institute in Cologne, especially our riders form Africa were excited and curious what will happen to them. 

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They come from a country wit a population of 4 Million people that is locted at the so-called “horn of Africa”. The countries in the neighbourhood are Ethiopia, Dschibuti and Sudan

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Fotoshooting. For most of the riders it sounds like something really bad, as in the vast majority of cases it means standing around for hours, being pushed by the photographer, short: more torture and pain than joy.

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Lot of people name Mallorca as a part of Germany, due to so many German tourists coming to this mediterranean island every year.

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Jean Bosco Nsengimana, winner of the Tour du Rwanda 2015 and Janvier Hadi - already nominated for the 2016 Olympic Games and winner of All African Games - completing the six African riders in STRADALLI – BIKE AID professional cycling team.

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What didn’t we all read about Mekseb in the past 12 months: Overall winner of stage races, winner oft he UCI Africa Tour 2014, Africa’s Cyclist oft he year 2014 and yes, also man oft he race at the Bayern – Rundfahrt 2015, he was voted for. 

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What didn't we all see yet on all our travels. Sandpists in Africa, races in the desert Sahara, Belgian cobblestones and wide Chinese roads. But nobody will forget anymore what we experienced yesterday. And we did not even had to travel that far!

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ዙር ኪንሃይለክ አብ ችይና ዝካየድ ኮይኑ ምስ ዙር ፈረንሳይ አብ ሃደ ግዜ ዝካየድ ውድድር ብስክለታ ኮይኑ አብ ኤሳ ፉሉት ዝኮነ ውድድር ብስክለታ እዩ ምስ ከም አበይቲ ውድድር ዝስራእ እዩ. 

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Its name is also "Tour de France of Aisa". The Tour of Qinghai Lake is the most important and most famous cycling race in whole Asia and comparisons with the "big loop" through France are absolutely allowed.

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While one part of the team finished the final stage in Gabon, just one small ocean further the next race with BIKE AID participation was already starting. Yannick Mayer sprints in the Caribbean to the first victory of the season.

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What a beautiful name for a race! BIKE AID was very successful at the only UCI 2.1 race in Africa, however some riders had their difficulties

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25 people and one goal: move cycling from regional to global level. With Nikodemus Holler the team is complete and we are ready for the upcoming season.

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The riders had to tackle 1.000 kilometers spread over 8 stages.

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