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Ashleigh Moolman Pasio races the World Championships road race in Montreal tomorrow as her final road outing after 17 years as one of the only African riders in the WorldTour. She's delayed this exit twice before, in 2022 and 2024, and this time she's not walking away empty-handed — she takes over as general manager of Team Amani in 2027.
Moolman Pasio called 2026 "100% confirmed and certain" after two prior retirements fell through. The road stops with Montreal and the Gravel World Championships in Nannup in October, but the project doesn't: she's tasked with building Team Amani into the first African team at the Tour de France Femmes. Seventeen years spent as the exception in the peloton end with her trying to make sure she isn't the last one.
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