Delphine Nifasha, 19, a student and a member of Burundi women's cycling team leads the last race from Ngozi to Gitega during the first International Women's Cycling Tour in Ngozi, Burundi November 28, 2021. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana
NAIROBI (Reuters) - For 19-year-old Burundian Adelphine Nimfasha, regularly carrying more than twice her own weight in rice on her father's bicycle proved to be excellent - albeit unusual - preparation for becoming a professional cyclist.
On Sunday, Nimfasha came sixth in Africa's first international women's cycling competition after a fall cost her the lead she had held for most of the way.
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