Mekseb Debesay has succeeded his compatriot Meron Teshome in the individual time trial (40 kilometers) of the African Continental Road Cycling Championships. The 26-year-old Eritrean made the double after his gold medal won by his national team in the team time trial on Wednesday at the opening of the championships.
" The course suited me perfectly," he said, "I felt very strong today and I knew that the most important thing was to manage well in the second part, which was more difficult."
Mekseb Debesay was already the holder of the Eritrean national individual time trial title since June.Her experience in the South African World Data Dimension team has helped her a lot today, especially at such a distance that continental riders are not used to.
The Eritrean run all year round for the "Dimension Data" team often serving Mark Cavendish and that's what allowed him today to master his efforts throughout the event, while the two Rwandan champions , Jean Bosco Nsengimana and Joseph Areruya that were passed in the first midterm, lost nearly a minute in the second half.
Mekseb Debesay added a sixth gold medal to the Eritrean basket in two days of competition, which dominates the competition in front of organizing Rwanda and Ethiopia (2 gold medals each).
The Championships resume Saturday with the online events of women elite and juniors and juniors
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