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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.