CYCLING
Welcome to Kansanshi Cycling!
About the team
The Kansanshi athletics team started in 2014, and athletics in our schools began in 2023. Athletes are chosen through trials, based on their performance, physical ability, commitment and potential.
The team is working towards better individual and team results, new personal records and medals, and a place at district, provincial and national competitions
Welcome to Team First Quantum Cycling Team! I started coaching in schools in 2023, at Kimasala School, and in 2025 I took on the Kansanshi athletics team.
Our athletes are talented, disciplined and hard-working, and they share a real passion for their sport. Every one of them earned their place through trials, with their performance, commitment and potential.
Together, we are working to improve as individuals and as a team, break personal records, win medals, and represent Kansanshi at district, provincial and national competitions.
Athletics in our schools only started in 2023, so a new group of young athletes is just getting going. If you love to run, come and join us.
– Coach Simon
Our Achievements
2026
July: 2nd overall at the Zambezi Cycle Challenge
July: hosted the National MTB Championships, the first ever held in North-Western Province
2025
February: Collins Cheli, Kansanshi Bike Shop mechanic, earns his Level 1 & 2 Bike Mechanic Certification
March–April: hosted two Zambia MTB School Series races, at Kansanshi Golf Estate and Trident College
May: a clean sweep of the podium, taking all three top places at the 1 Zambia MTB Race
June: Levy Pyele wins the Elephant Epic, 75 km from Lusaka to Kiambi
July: Davies Kawemba and Margaret Ngoma win the men's and women's National Elite Road Race titles
July: Ernest Mazabuka and Gift Kasito finish 2nd overall at the Zambezi Cycle Challenge
August: at Mine2Mine, Bedias Tunkanya wins the 140 km MTB race, Levy Pyele and Luwi Chikomba take King of the Mountain, and Charles Mujayi and Davies Kawemba finish 3rd and 4th in their categories
September: more than 200 riders take part in the Kansanshi Trail Weekend, and Mathews Mazabuka wins overall
2023
Margaret Ngoma becomes National Time Trial Champion
Gift Puteho races at the Commonwealth Youth Games
2022
August: Davies Kawemba represents Zambia at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, UK
Margaret Ngoma finishes 2nd at the National MTB Championships, aged just 14
Gift Puteho stars in the mountain bike film Esperanto, shown across Europe on the European Outdoor Film Tour
2021
Bedias Tunkanya graduates from the elite team with a degree in Chemical Engineering, and becomes Assistant Sports Coordinator
2019
Anita Yama won at the African Continental Mountain Bike Championships (Under-23)
Our season
Our season
Absa Marathon
Kalumbila Challenge
[Engles] Marathon
[Dates to come]
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