F. Gassmann: "a world cycling championship will take place in Africa in 2025"

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Rwanda and Morocco are the two candidates for the organization of the World Cycling Championships in 2025. © Tour du Rwanda

By: Christophe Boisbouvier Follow

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Today, Sunday July 18, the Tour de France, the world's biggest bicycle race, comes to an end.

Will there one day be in Rwanda, Gabon, Burkina Faso or Morocco, a cycling race as prestigious as the Tour de France?

“ 

Yes, it is possible, and from 2025!

 », Answers Frédéric Gassmann, who publishes the book

Le cyclisme africaine

.

Frédéric Gassmann was the head of the Sports Department at RFI.

Now retired - a very active retirement, he answers questions from Christophe Boisbouvier.

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► The book

African cycling

is published by

Editions Amalthée

.

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