Girls weren’t allowed to ride bikes, but Violette (24) followed her dream and now competes at the World Championships in her homeland
On Sunday, September 21, Violette Irakoze Neza (24) will line up at the start of the World Time Trial Championships in her home country Rwanda, followed a week later by the road race. With that, her lifelong dream comes true. Yet, as a little girl, Violette was always told she was not allowed to ride a bike. Secretly, she kept training, faster and faster, until she finally earned her place at the start of the first World Championships ever held on the African continent as a rider of the Ridley Racing Team.
