Furthermore, teams like Canyon-SRAM have played their part by signing up women riders from African nations onto their development squad, Canyon-SRAM Generation. Selam Amha GerefielSelam Amha Gerefiel (WCC Team) (Image credit: World Cycling Centre)Selam Amha has had to contend with civil war in her home region of Tigray and remained away from her family at the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland, as it wasn’t safe to return there. “I hadn’t felt nervous about the Olympic road race because, for the last three years, I was nervous because of the war. Ese Lovina (Canyon-SRAM Generation) is about to buck that trend, and will make history as the first Nigerian, male or female to take part in the Olympic road race. “My first international competition was at the Road Race World Championships in Glasgow last year.
