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Been watching last years TDF and it struck me that I couldnt see any black/asian etc riders
So are there any ethnic minority pro level riders?
Yes
Plenty, look up the pro team rosters.
My mate Clarkey (Dave Clarke) raced for the Endura Team last year
Couple of Iranians this season
[url= http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2082253,00.html ]Pretty thin on the ground at the very top though[/url]
Plenty, look up the pro team rosters
Hardly plenty!
Beppu and Arishima from Japan spring to mind
Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team - Continental level, do the occasional race with WorldTour teams. Win lots of races too.
Azad University Cross Team - Continental level.
used to be a fair few columbians on the european circuit.
There are lots of pro level non-european riders. But you won't see many of them in the TDF. The wildcard entries tend to go to French teams (not surprisingly) who have mostly French riders.
As others have said there a a few columbians. Uran for Sky being one.
There are some all Columbian teams as well. Colombia-Coldeportes was in the Milan-Sanremo and Tirreno-Adriatico.
Daniel Teklehaimanot from Eritrea.
http://road.cc/content/news/40565-daniel-teklehaimanot-world-cycling-centre-greenedge-pastures