Cycling in Kenya

Cyclists gather to listen to the organisers just before starting the first race Photograph: Guillaume Bonn/Think Pictures

Nicholas Leong, a commercial photographer from Singapore and the man behind the African cyclist project Photograph: Guillaume Bonn/Think Pictures

Cyclists gather at a meeting point before starting the first race Photograph: Guillaume Bonn/Think Pictures

A cyclist praying before the first race Photograph: Guillaume Bonn/Think Pictures

Cyclists competing in the first race Photograph: Guillaume Bonn/Think Pictures

Sammy Ekiru in second position Photograph: Guillaume Bonn/Think Pictures

Zakayo Nderi in 3rd position Photograph: Guillaume Bonn/Think Pictures

Sammy Ekiru in 2nd position somewhere between 3000ft and 8000ft in the first race Photograph: Guillaume Bonn/Think Pictures

Cyclists at the end of a 25km race that brought them from 3000ft to 8000ft Photograph: Guillaume Bonn/Think Pictures

Cyclists talking to race organisers after the first race Photograph: Guillaume Bonn/Think Pictures