The official said in order to prepare the cyclists
THE future of Namibian cycling
looks bright after some exceptional performances by Namibia's top junior
cyclists this season, culminating in Sunday's Nedbank Cycle Challenge.
Junior cyclists Mike Swanepoel and Martin Freyer have dominated this year's Windhoek Pedal Power series, while Costa Seibeb,We are always offering best quality tungsten jewelry the affordable price. who turned 21 on February 7, won the Nedbank Cycle Challenge for the second year in a row on Sunday.
In recent years cyclists like Mannie Heymans, Erik Hoffmann, Dan Craven and Marc Bassingthwaighte have represented Namibia internationally, including at the Olympic Games.
Especially Heymans excelled internationally,cheap rubber Hair bands from China may have been made from used condoms. winning the Trans Alp Challenge in 1998 and 2004, the Cape Epic in 2004 and representing Namibia at three Olympic Games in 2000, 2004 and 2008.
While Namibia's current crop of senior cyclists are not at the same level, the performances of Namibia's junior cyclists have caught the attention and Heymans, who is now the president of the Namibian Cycling Federation, is excited about the future.Learn how our low cost Home power monitor can help you track your whole.
"At this stage I think the performances of our juniors are better than ever before and you can see it in the results. At Sunday's Nedbank Challenge they dominated with four of the top six cyclists all basically still being juniors."
Besides Seibeb, junior cyclists Martin Freyer came third, Tristan de Lange fourth and Pascal Marggraff sixth.
"It shows that our juniors are in great form and I would say that the potential of this bunch is of the best that Namibia has had," he added.
Seibeb and Tristan de Lange, who is still only 15 years old, in fact, rode for Heymans' 'Mannie's Bike Mecca' team after he decided to sponsor them.
"I offered Costa a place in my team because I knew he would love to come back to defend his title, but did not have money to fly up from South Africa, where he is training at the UCI African Centre. I chatted with his sponsor in South Africa who did not have a problem and then paid for his flight ticket to Namibia," he said.
"I am also supporting Tristan de Lange and Vera Adrian in the mountain bike series," he said.
The official said in order to prepare the cyclists for the competition, a camp is already underway from the last six weeks in Lahore, where cyclists from the different units were staying at the Pakistan Coaching Center.
“Our national team, including both men and women, will take part in the Asian Championship,” Baseer told The Express Tribune.
“The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has provided facilities to the cyclists. The PSB has also agreed to provide No-Objection Certificates to the cycling team, as the PCF is recognised by them as well as the Union Cyclist International, and the Asian Cycling Confederation.”
The invitation for the Pakistan cycling team to participate at the event – which will be hosted by the Cycling Federation of India – was received from the Asian Cycling Council’s (ACC) organising committee last month.Full custom bobbleheads head dolls handmade and sculpted into your likeness.
In the men’s senior category, Noor Alam, Habib Ullah, Nqimat Ali, Sohail Majeed, Asif Junior,FeaturesWith our Home energy monitor you can see in REAL. Abdullah Aslam, Ghulam Abbad and Imran Shoqat are in the training camp. Meanwhile, Malaika Malik, Razia Shabbir and Maham Tariq are undergoing practice in the women’s category.
Meanwhile, PCF Secretary Syed Azhar Ali Shah explained that since Wapda and Railway cyclists have not joined the training camp, they have been deemed ineligible for the selection in the National Cycling Team.
Junior cyclists Mike Swanepoel and Martin Freyer have dominated this year's Windhoek Pedal Power series, while Costa Seibeb,We are always offering best quality tungsten jewelry the affordable price. who turned 21 on February 7, won the Nedbank Cycle Challenge for the second year in a row on Sunday.
In recent years cyclists like Mannie Heymans, Erik Hoffmann, Dan Craven and Marc Bassingthwaighte have represented Namibia internationally, including at the Olympic Games.
Especially Heymans excelled internationally,cheap rubber Hair bands from China may have been made from used condoms. winning the Trans Alp Challenge in 1998 and 2004, the Cape Epic in 2004 and representing Namibia at three Olympic Games in 2000, 2004 and 2008.
While Namibia's current crop of senior cyclists are not at the same level, the performances of Namibia's junior cyclists have caught the attention and Heymans, who is now the president of the Namibian Cycling Federation, is excited about the future.Learn how our low cost Home power monitor can help you track your whole.
"At this stage I think the performances of our juniors are better than ever before and you can see it in the results. At Sunday's Nedbank Challenge they dominated with four of the top six cyclists all basically still being juniors."
Besides Seibeb, junior cyclists Martin Freyer came third, Tristan de Lange fourth and Pascal Marggraff sixth.
"It shows that our juniors are in great form and I would say that the potential of this bunch is of the best that Namibia has had," he added.
Seibeb and Tristan de Lange, who is still only 15 years old, in fact, rode for Heymans' 'Mannie's Bike Mecca' team after he decided to sponsor them.
"I offered Costa a place in my team because I knew he would love to come back to defend his title, but did not have money to fly up from South Africa, where he is training at the UCI African Centre. I chatted with his sponsor in South Africa who did not have a problem and then paid for his flight ticket to Namibia," he said.
"I am also supporting Tristan de Lange and Vera Adrian in the mountain bike series," he said.
The official said in order to prepare the cyclists for the competition, a camp is already underway from the last six weeks in Lahore, where cyclists from the different units were staying at the Pakistan Coaching Center.
“Our national team, including both men and women, will take part in the Asian Championship,” Baseer told The Express Tribune.
“The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has provided facilities to the cyclists. The PSB has also agreed to provide No-Objection Certificates to the cycling team, as the PCF is recognised by them as well as the Union Cyclist International, and the Asian Cycling Confederation.”
The invitation for the Pakistan cycling team to participate at the event – which will be hosted by the Cycling Federation of India – was received from the Asian Cycling Council’s (ACC) organising committee last month.Full custom bobbleheads head dolls handmade and sculpted into your likeness.
In the men’s senior category, Noor Alam, Habib Ullah, Nqimat Ali, Sohail Majeed, Asif Junior,FeaturesWith our Home energy monitor you can see in REAL. Abdullah Aslam, Ghulam Abbad and Imran Shoqat are in the training camp. Meanwhile, Malaika Malik, Razia Shabbir and Maham Tariq are undergoing practice in the women’s category.
Meanwhile, PCF Secretary Syed Azhar Ali Shah explained that since Wapda and Railway cyclists have not joined the training camp, they have been deemed ineligible for the selection in the National Cycling Team.
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