Yet Another Cycling Forum
Off Topic => The Pub => Topic started by: Plug1n on 19 June, 2018, 09:53:58 am
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What exactly is an "Eritrean Cycle Festival"?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/injured-appalling-violence-manchester-eritrea-a8404221.html (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/injured-appalling-violence-manchester-eritrea-a8404221.html)
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Apparently the Italians brought over their cycling culture to Eritrea in the 1930s when it was a colony, and the country produces small numbers of international cyclists; Daniel Teklehaimanot is currently the most prominent. Wonder what the relationship of the festival was to the Eritrean government, which is one of the most repressive regimes in the world.
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Wonder what the relationship of the festival was to the Eritrean government, which is one of the most repressive regimes in the world.
I have read anecdote that the gov't of Eritrea is keen on using cycling to promote a positive image of the country. I might be being unnecessarily cynical and this certainly doesn't excuse what looks like an unjustifiable use of violence as protest, but very much echo this question.
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I remember coming across the African Continental Road Cycling Championship on satellite TV several years ago from Addis Ababa. The crowd for the mens race was just huge.
I think one of the RSA riders won it.