Phetetso Monese at the Lesotho Sky qualification race 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Maputsoe, Lesotho | September 22, 1984||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Mountain bike | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Cross-country, marathon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Professional team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ACE - THE SUFFERFEST - LESOTHO MTB TEAM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Major wins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lesotho National Championships, Cross Country (2014, 2015) Lesotho National Championships, XC Marathon (2013) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Phetetso Monese (born September 22, 1984 in Maputsoe, Lesotho) is a retired cross-country mountain biker who placed 21st at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. [1] He was a member of the Ace - The Sufferfest - Lesotho MTB Team. [2] [3]
Phetetso Monese was part of the first Basotho team to feature as part of the podium of the UCI Lesotho Sky stage race coming 2nd overall [4] and winning day 4 of the event. [5] Monese qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Olympic cyclist from Lesotho.