thx alot..im hoping one day to see a few in the tour de france...maybe even myself..lolEden said:Sure, there are. While they are few, they are there.
Erik Saunders, who only recently retired from cycling rode as a domestic pro for many years. He has a web site, though it is a bit hard to decipher... www.eriksaunders.com
There's also Rahsaan Bahati http://www.bahatiracing.com/ who is a current pro and rides for the relatively new team Rock Racing.
I'm sure if you looked around you could find some more guys (and maybe women too) in the pro's and semi-pro's.
Africa itself actually has some pretty exciting and competitive pro racing. OLN carries the Tour de Fasso - it happens very early in the season, before the spring classics and features the best of the African teams and riders. They are very good, very competitive riders. It would not be suprising if we begin to see some of these guys recruited to bigger continental teams someday.
is that the guy from france?...also has there ever been on in the tour de france?Sikhandar said:Gregory Bauge is coloured!!!! He's the current world champion of olympic sprint and one of the best sprinting pistards of the world!!!!! (check google images... or any track section on a site as cyclingnews...)
Black people have exceptional white fibers... perhaps they've the best ones (as athletics shows), but cycling is not very diffused among them...
Before anyone thinks a pistard is something naughty (it sounds like it ought to be in English ) it means that he rides track!Sikhandar said:Nono, he's only a pistard. He does not do road.
dstfort said:i just started road cycling and i wanna go pros...but when i join my local bike club i realised i was the only black guy there..... i was wondering, has there ever been professional black riders....other then major taylor
Who is to say though that white and hispanic people are not naturally better at cycling? And before you think it's racist, I was blown away watching the Olimpics to hear a white runner (Nicolas Macrozonaris) say that he dreamed of being the first white guy to run 100m in under 10s. Geesh - every race is under 10s! So, if blacks are better runners, who is to say that whites and hispanics are not better cyclists?Chavez said:If we're going by lack of "ethnic people" in a sport as a barometer for potential success, I think Tiger Woods shows you'll be winning all the grand tours in about 5 yrs time.
As long as you aren't judging Hispanics by my slow, fat butt....melslur said:Who is to say though that white and hispanic people are not naturally better at cycling? And before you think it's racist, I was blown away watching the Olimpics to hear a white runner (Nicolas Macrozonaris) say that he dreamed of being the first white guy to run 100m in under 10s. Geesh - every race is under 10s! So, if blacks are better runners, who is to say that whites and hispanics are not better cyclists?
I agree; time will tell. I would like to think that whites are good at some sport though.Sikhandar said:...Maybe in the future, if the same diffusion of cycling between white and black (as in the athletics) would be reached, we could say something.
Shuffleboard my pale face friend.melslur said:I agree; time will tell. I would like to think that whites are good at some sport though.
Swimming is the other big Olympic sport I can think of.Induray said:Shuffleboard my pale face friend.
Nah, he's judging by Fast Freddy and Tinker Juarez!Chavez said:As long as you aren't judging Hispanics by my slow, fat butt....
Sikhandar said:Gregory Bauge is coloured!!!! He's the current world champion of olympic sprint and one of the best sprinting pistards of the world!!!!! (check google images... or any track section on a site as cyclingnews...)
Black people have exceptional white fibers... perhaps they've the best ones (as athletics shows), but cycling is not very diffused among them...
We use essential cookies to make this site work, and optional cookies to enhance your experience.