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Team Qhubeka Moving Forward in 2022

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• South Africa’s Nicholas Dlamini to ride for Team Qhubeka in 2022
• 14 riders announced for Team Qhubeka UCI Continental team in 2022
• Team Qhubeka remains committed to changing lives with bicycles and providing African talent with opportunity on cycling’s biggest stage

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, February 7, 2022
Nicholas Dlamini – Tokyo Olympian and Tour De France rider – will continue his journey with Team Qhubeka, as one of 14 riders in our squad for 2022.

Dlamini, the 26-year-old from Cape Town, South Africa, takes on a unique role as a mentor and rider for the Team Qhubeka UCI Continental team based in Lucca, Italy. Dlamini graduated from the team’s development outfit before turning professional in 2018.
This extremely exciting young team boasts a wide range of diverse talents from South Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Italy. Team Qhubeka plays a crucial role in cycling’s fabric, with over 50 riders from Africa having had the opportunity to grow through our programme and race at the highest level, which in 2019 saw Samuele Battistella crowned the under-23 World Champion.
As a UCI Continental team in 2022, our vision is to continue to see cycling diversify, to reach new audiences and to move forward. Our mission is clear and we are committed to changing lives through bicycles. Our partnership with the Qhubeka Charity is paramount, as we share this common belief.
We are also most grateful to our incredible partners that have enabled us to continue our journey as Team Qhubeka in 2022, and we look forward to engage in many new partnerships in support of us rising again in the future.

Douglas Ryder (Team Qhubeka: Principal):
Team Qhubeka means to move forward, and we will continue to move forwards, changing people’s lives, providing hope, opportunity, and mobility. Our team is about performance and racing, but it is equally about upliftment and community. We are very excited about our UCI Continental team for this year as well as our incredible partners. I want to thank our fan community for all your support and messages. We have listened to you and in the coming weeks we look forward to engaging with you to become part of Team Qhubeka. #BicyclesChangeLives

A special thanks to our partners: Qhubeka, Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, Pax 8, Acronis, Hunt, Ekoi, Mercedes-Benz, Supersport, Hoap, Bigalli Libero, L.A.B. SRL, Mercedes-Benz Louwman, Amacx Nutrition, APO Group, Flare, Gaerne, Garmin, L’Avenir, Morgan Blue, Rotor, and Tacx.

Kevin Campbell (Team Manager):
Every year we start the season excited to realise the potential of our African riders. They usually come to our attention through word of mouth or because of one standout performance. While not every rider from our team has moved onto a professional team, we are encouraged by the fact that we have also unearthed superbly talented riders that have gone on to perform at a world class level.
Our 2022 squad is a good balance of experienced riders with some exciting young prospects, and all our riders are hungry for success. We are the flag-bearers for the African continent at many events within Italy and around Europe, and we want to continue to showcase the richness of talent that can be found in Africa, talent that is deserving of opportunities to compete against the best cyclists in the world.

Nicholas Dlamini (Rider):
I am really excited to stay with Team Qhubeka as the team means an enormous amount to me and is a part of my DNA. To continue to support the Qhubeka Charity in racing for a purpose is completely unique across not only cycling, but all sport.
The team has given me personal opportunities including being able to fulfil my childhood dream and to ride at the Tour de France. This year I will fill a mentorship role to the under 23 riders in the squad. Having moved through the ranks and now being able to mentor the youngsters in the team and show them the ropes, will be extremely fulfilling for me.
Regarding the Tour de France, there is unfinished business and I would love to go back to the Tour to finish what I started; I still have a lot of years ahead of me to race my bike and to achieve my dreams and goals.

2022 Team Qhubeka squad:
1. Nicholas Dlamini – 26 (South Africa – Mentor and rider)
Dlamini turned professional in 2018 as a graduate of the development team based in Lucca and went on to win the coveted King of the Mountains jersey in his first race as a pro at Australia’s Tour Down Under, a result he replicated at the Tour of Britain in the same year. An arm injury saw the bulk of his 2019 season curtailed but in 2021 he made global headlines when he was selected to participate at the Tour de France while also going on to represent South Africa at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

2. Renus Uhiriwe – 20 (Rwanda)
The 2019 African Continental Junior Champion initially struggled to adapt to the racing conditions in Europe, but he started to find his racing legs towards the end of the season. We are confident that Renus will start to perform at a high level in 2022 and fulfil the potential we see in him.

3. Negasi Abreha – 21 (Ethiopia)
Despite not being able to return to his home since arriving in Italy at the start of 2020 due to the ongoing conflict in his home region in Ethiopia, Negasi has remained committed and is focused on earning a professional contract for himself. The 2019 Ethiopian National champion is determined to turn the experience gained from the last two seasons on our team into podiums and wins.

4. Ghebrehiwet Birhane – 21 (Eritrea)
Ghebrehiwet’s season was derailed by an early season crash that resulted in him picking up a serious injury. He has completed his rehab work and is determined to build on the harsh lessons learnt this past year.

5. Kevin Bonaldo – 21 (Italy)
Kevin worked as a support rider for most of this past season but still managed 6 top-10 finishes. He will be a key leader of our team in 2022 and we are confident that Kevin will continue to perform well at the highest level.

6. Mattia Guasco – 21 (Italy)
Mattia has worked hard for the team as a support rider for the past two seasons, but we are confident he will take the experience he now has earned and turn in some top performances.

7. Luca Coati – 22 (Italy)
Luca joined the Qhubeka team in 2021 as a final year under 23 rider. He earned several excellent results throughout the season and was earmarked as a rider for our World Tour team. In addition to numerous top-10 finishes and podium places in U23 and Elite level races, Luca won two events in Italy. He also performed well when riding as a member of Team Qhubeka Assos in Norway and Slovenia. We believe in his potential as a rider and decided to continue to invest in his talent, as we believe he deserved another opportunity to earn a position in the professional cycling ranks.

8. Travis Stedman – 19 (South Africa – new rider)
Travis is joining the team fresh from his victory in the 947 Ride Joburg. This talented young rider has yet to fully face the challenges of racing in Europe but the experience he gained competing in the 2021 World Cycling Championships in Belgium will stand him in good stead.

9. Nahom Zeray Araya – 19 (Eritrea – new rider)
At just 19 years old Nahom was the revelation of the 2021 Tour Rwanda, finishing as the first African rider – 9th overall – in a quality international field. This talented rider is eager to prove himself against the best U23 riders in the world and we are confident that his talent will see him ride to the top levels in this sport.

10. Efrem Gebrehiwet Araya – 19 (Eritrea – new rider)
Efrem is another in the long line of talented Eritrean riders leaping to prominence by finishing 4th in the 2021 Eritrean national champs competing against some of the current best Eritrean World Tour professionals. He is eager to prove himself against the best u23 riders in the world and add his name to the ever-growing list of Eritrean WT professionals.

11. Jacopo Meneghotto – 21 (Italy – new rider)
Fast finishing Jacopo achieved 7 top-10’s in a superb 2021 season. He is looking to add to his cycling experience by racing in international events around Europe. We are excited by his sprinting talent and are confident he will win races for our team.

12. Nicolo Parisini – 21 (Italy – new rider)
Nicolo is another young rider starting to perform at the highest level, ending the 2021 season with 7 top-10 placings in the latter part of the 2021 season. We look forward to having him on our team and are confident that he will continue to improve as a rider.

13. Raffaele Mosca – 18 (Italy – new rider)
Raffaele finished his junior racing career with three great victories and over 20 top-10 places in 2021. He is an exciting prospect for Italian cycling, and we are confident that he will grow as a cyclist with our team during the season.

14. Alessandro Iacchi – 22 (Italy – new rider)
Alessandro earned some consistent and promising results early on as an U23 rider and these results earned him place on a professional team. Unfortunately, his development stalled while riding in the professional ranks and we decided to afford him another opportunity to continue his cycling development. Alessandro brings some valuable experience to our team, and we know he will assist in the development of our younger riders while lifting the performance level of our team.
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Dlamini fights to „honour“ brutal Tour de France stage despite missing time cut

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Tignes, 4 July 2021 – Ben O’Connor won stage 9 of the Tour de France, a brutally tough 144km mountain stage in the rain, through the Alps. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) held onto the overall race lead going into tomorrow’s rest day.
Stage 9 of the Tour de France was always going to be an incredibly tough stage as there was almost zero flat kilometers in the 144km stage, which had a summit finish to Tignes.
Minding the fact that the riders have already dealt with 8 consecutive days of tough racing, today was made that much more treacherous as the peloton had to deal with a torrential downpour, from start to finish.
For Team Qhubeka NextHash, and for many other teams, it was purely a day of survival. After the first major climb of the stage there was less than half the 170 rider remaining at the front of the race. A brief slowing by the yellow jersey group allowed most riders to come back and a break to go clear up the road.
Ben O’Connor, Nairo Quintana and Sergio Higuita proved to be the strongest for most of the day, until the two Colombians faded on the final climb and O’Connor soloed to a magnificent victory.
Back down the road, there were small groups of riders all over the Alps. The descents were just about as difficult as the climbs, as the cold rain made it difficult for riders to brake, some even stopping to change into dry clothing.
Unfortunately Nicholas Dlamini was a victim to one of the fast descents and crashed while riding in the grupetto. It was a long a lonely battle for Dlamini from that point, as the race rode away from the 25-year-old South African.
While the rest of the Team Qhubeka NextHash riders would finish within the time limit, Victor Campenaerts by only 7 seconds, Dlamini would not make the time cut.
The young South African crossed the line 1hr 24mins after O’Connor, to huge applause as onlookers admired the courage shown by Dlamini to not give up.
Nicholas Dlamini
It was a hard stage and there were some honest climbs; the nature of the stage and the weather didn’t make it easy. It was just a bad day to have a bad day. I was already unlucky to also crash and lost contact and after that I was on my own, so it was really difficult to just ride a good pace and get to the guys on my own.
I would have loved to finish the race but it is sad to finish this way but for me the most important thing was not to stop and ride until the finish regardless of being out of the time limit. It’s a special race and it’s always been a dream of mine to ride the Tour de France and I think just getting off my bike and into a car wouldn’t be an option.
I’m glad that I finished even though I finished an hour and half from the winning time – it was hard, bad day.
I’d really like to thank everyone for the great support, from when the Tour started up until this point. The support has been amazing and that was the reason that I wanted to really finish today and not get off my bike and into a car.
This is a race that I wanted to honour, and honour my dream. It was my first Tour de France and I knew it would be hard but I’ve honoured that dream; I am disappointed but at this point there’s not much I can do.

Dlamini makes history as Team Qhubeka ASSOS name Tour de France line-up

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Dlamini becomes first black South African to compete at Tour de France
Dlamini, Bennett and Campenaerts all make first Tour de France starts
Aru, Henao, Clarke and Gogl add significant experience
Walscheid looks to flat stages and time trials
The spirit of Ubuntu – I am because we are – on show to the world

Johannesburg, 18 June 2021 – Team Qhubeka ASSOS continues to make history as we are thrilled to announce our eight-rider roster for the 2021 Tour de France which includes a debut for Nicholas Dlamini, who becomes the first black South African ever to compete at the showpiece event.
Team Qhubeka ASSOS, Africa’s UCI WorldTour team, will make its seventh appearance at the Tour de France having first competed in 2015 (MTN-Qhubeka). Over that period the team has won seven stages; and worn the yellow, green and polka dot jerseys respectively.

Dlamini’s selection is a landmark moment for the South African-registered team as he becomes the latest rider to progress from our development team and onto the UCI WorldTour, and subsequently earn his selection to compete at the world’s biggest cycling race.
The 25-year-old, who grew up in an informal settlement in Cape Town, first caught the eye as a runner before moving into cycling where his talents saw him move to the UCI’s World Cycling Centre Africa in Potchefstroom, South Africa. It is from here that he first earned a spot in our UCI Continental outfit – Team Qhubeka – based in Lucca, Italy.
In his second season with the continental team, Dlamini rode as a stagiaire on our WorldTour team and then turned professional in 2018. Since then he raced across the world, including twice competing at the Vuelta a Espana (2019 and 2020) and has worn the king of the mountains jersey at both the Tour Down Under and the Tour of Britain.
2020 saw his season heavily affected by an arm injury, as well as the broader impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the cycling calendar, but 2021 has seen Dlamini selected to represent Team South Africa at the Tokyo Olympic Games, and now being called up to our Tour de France squad.
Dlamini’s style of racing will likely see his talents deployed in the offensive strategy the team will look to pursue during the race, while also playing a key supporting role in the flatter stages.

Bennett (25) makes his Tour debut following on two previous Grand Tour starts at the Giro d’Italia, and having made his first start for our team at Etoile de Besseges in February. The Californian comes into the race having impressed with his aggressive racing and versatility in serving the team’s ambitions during the course of the race; and offers a perfect foil for the team’s strategic objectives.

Giro d’Italia stage-winner Victor Campenaerts also makes his Tour de France debut in 2021 and comes into the event in confident mood. The Belgian world hour record holder, who made a name for himself as a time triallist, has changed his approach in 2021 and scored a momentous victory in Gorizia a month ago.

Italian Grand Tour-winner Fabio Aru has steadily seen his form build during the course of 2021 and will bring an incredible amount of experience to our roster. After starting the year racing cyclo-cross, the Sardinian has racked up 33 races days, most recently completing the Criterium du Dauphine.
In 2017 he finished 5th overall as he won stage five and also wore the maillot jaune for a period. 2021 will mark his fourth start at the event.

Michael Gogl was the team’s standout rider at the 2020 Tour de France and his performances during the course of this year, punctuated by his sixth-place finish at Strade Bianche, sees him perform an integral role in our team. His position as a road captain, alongside Simon Clarke, is invaluable. This will be the 27-year-old’s fourth participation at the Tour de France, having first ridden in 2017.

Fellow road captain Simon Clarke starts the Tour de France for a sixth time, with three previous top-10 stage finishes. The 34-year-old rides his first Tour for Team Qhubeka ASSOS and starts his 15th Grand Tour in total. Clarke, whose father hails from Cape Town, will celebrate his birthday on the final stage in Paris, on Mandela Day.

Max Walscheid will ride his second Grand Tour of the year after an excellent performance at the Giro d’Italia. Two top-10 finishes in the two individual time trials in Italy saw the 1.99m German thrilled with the improvements he’s made in this discipline and with a number of opportunities on offer in the flatter stages he will be hopeful of causing an upset.
Our eight-rider line-up is completed with the inclusion of Colombia’s Sergio Henao. The hugely experienced 33-year-old makes his fourth appearance at the Tour with a best performance of 12th overall in 2016, and his ability to play both a supporting role as well as take on the race for himself provides the team with some exciting options.
Throughout 2021 Team Qhubeka ASSOS has sought to do things in differently by asking our fans to announce our line-ups for the races. The response to this initiative has been incredible, and seen our supporters engage with the team in a completely unique way that’s further enriched their relationship with the team.

Our 2021 Tour de France team announcement is a special tribute to all of our fans and partners who together with us celebrate the true spirit of Ubuntu – I am because we are.

2021 Tour de France line-up [squad numbers]:

Simon Clarke – Australia [09]
Michael Gogl – Austria [07]
Victor Campenaerts – Belgium [55]
Max Walscheid – Germany [13]
Sean Bennett – USA [31]
Nic Dlamini – South Africa [17]
Sergio Henao – Colombia [10]
Fabio Aru – Italy [21]

Douglas Ryder – Team Principal

This year is an incredibly special one for us – for so many reasons – and now at the Tour de France we again will have the opportunity to showcase our unique purpose-driven team to the world.
Selection for a Tour de France team is always very difficult, and what we’ve seen again this year is riders across our squad put their hand up for selection. Our final roster is one that I know will do our team, partners and supporters proud in the true spirit of Ubuntu.
Riding your first ever Tour is such a special moment and I couldn’t be more delighted for Nic, Sean and Victor. We have huge amounts of experience in Fabio, Michael, Simon and Sergio while Max – together with Victor – shone at the Giro and will be looking to carry that confidence into this race.
For Nic, what a moment though; his story is simply an incredible one and for him to have earned this opportunity shows that dreams really do come true, and for the team to have provided that opportunity makes me incredibly proud.
He’s always been an individual that has stepped up and taken the opportunities that he’s fought for; and he does so again as he lines up at the start line in Brest on the sport’s biggest stage in front of the world. This will culminate in an incredible moment for him, South Africa and especially for our team.
His selection speaks to everything about what we’ve created and built with this team through providing hope, an opportunity and then ultimately the platform to be on the biggest stage of all, the Tour de France.
I know that the spirit coursing through the squad in the way we’ve performed this year will again be on show for the world to see, and I can’t wait for racing to get underway.

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Nicholas Dlamini
Being selected to ride in my first Tour de France is an absolute dream come true for me. It’s always been an absolute childhood dream for me and now that I’m about to live it makes it feel surreal.
I think it speaks to what the team is about, the Ubuntu spirit, and how we change people’s lives because it is honestly a very special moment: to come from a small township and then to go to the Tour de France.
Considering where I come from it would simply have been impossible for me to have the opportunity to ride at the Tour de France if it wasn’t for Team Qhubeka ASSOS. The platform that they’ve provided me, and other riders from Africa, to compete at the highest level in cycling has been critical.
I really hope that this will serve as a reference of hope and inspiration to many young South Africans, and people around the world, who have been working really hard to reach their dreams, my hope is that they take from this that anything is possible.
I want to race the tour to inspire more kids on Qhubeka bikes to follow in my footsteps and to experience the world like I have, for more kids in communities to put their hands up for bikes to work hard like I did, to dream big. I am living my dream.

Fabio Aru

I am incredibly excited to get my Tour de France campaign underway with Team Qhubeka ASSOS. Throughout the season, I’ve been working towards the race with my focus on being in the best possible condition for the start.
It’s a race that I love, and in 2021 will be one that I will approach with my teammates in the true spirit of Ubuntu. We’ve seen the way that the team has raced this year, and particularly at the Giro d’Italia, and we look forward to continuing in the same way.
We’ll look to race aggressively throughout and target stage victories, which I look forward to playing my part in by racing in a way that continues to shine a spotlight on our purpose as we changes lives with bicycles and the Qhubeka Charity.

Simon Clarke

It’s a great honour to be selected once again for the event which is the pinnacle of our sport, this time with a new team with amazing drive and pride.
The team raced with a special dynamic at the Giro which really made everyone sit up and take notice, and we intend to continue this at the Tour de France. Can’t wait to get cracking.

Michael Gogl

Of course I am extremely happy and motivated to go to the Tour de France. It will be my fourth Tour and with a strong motivated squad, with riders for every terrain, we will continue what worked out really well in the last period; that is to race aggressively and try to hunt stages as one team.
On top of that, riding for Team Qhubeka ASSOS in the biggest yearly sporting event fills me with pride and will most certainly push me even more to put the Qhubeka Charity firmly into the spotlight.

Max Walscheid

I am so incredibly proud to line up again for my second Tour de France with Team Qhubeka ASSOS.
I think I’ve had a great year so far but chances to go for myself were rare but still I’m happy have attained some good results but more so to have been part of great team results and achievements.
Now I am extremely thrilled to represent our team in the sprints and go for results on the biggest stage possible. We have a very versatile team and I’d like to be a key part in achieving results in the flat stages.

Victor Campenaerts

This year’s Tour de France will be my first and after the Giro I’m really eager to do my second Grand Tour of the year as we had a blast.
We achieved some big successes but also just had a really good time because we really are one team and we race in the spirit of Ubuntu – I am because we are. This makes it really nice to race, and especially to race a Grand Tour with this family.

Sean Bennett

This is an absolute dream come true and I can’t wait to get the race started. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the way that the team has raced in 2021 as it suits my approach on the bike perfectly. I think that together with the spirit in the group, and racing in that way, that we can continue to be successful.

Sergio Henao

It’s always exciting to be selected for the Tour de France, the most important race in the world. This is very special for me as a return to the Tour in new colours, new jersey and with a new team. We go into the race with high expectations after the good experiences the team has had during the course of the season – and most recently the Giro.
We have to fight for stages and of course maintain a good image of the team. Personally I’ve done some excellent, very hard, preparation at high altitude but have lacked a bit of racing rhythm situation but with confidence I’m sure that we’ll do everything for the team. I’m really looking forward to this month of summer coming up and I’m going to enjoy it a lot, working always as a collective, as a team.

Lars Michaelsen – Head Sports Director

With this team we go into the Tour de France without a specified GC contender and without any top-top-top sprinter but importantly with a group of riders who have a clear goal to take opportunities and play their part in the race.
How will that exactly unfold? Well it’s hard to tell, but if we divide the stages we have six sprint stages, 5-10 possibilities of breakaways, two individual time trials and four hilltop finishes where we’ll probably see the big GC riders going for it.
You can divide it in many ways but I choose to be optimistic in that we have these of somewhere between 5-10 stages where we will try to be represented in breakaways. In the sprints we will support Max Walscheid as well as we can, and look to take any and all opportunities on offer.

Our Ubuntu spririt – I am because we are – will be what carries us into this race and we can’t wait to get going.

NIC DLAMINI (Dimension Data) SUFFERS BROKEN ARM AT HANDS OF SANPARKS OFFICIAL

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NTT Pro Cycling can confirm that rider Nicolas Dlamini sustained a broken arm after being stopped by SANParks officials in the Silvermine section of Table Mountain National Park on Friday.

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Following the incident, which was caught on film by a fellow cyclist, Nicholas was taken to False Bay Hospital where x-rays were carried out and was confirmed that he suffered a fracture of his left humerus. He has since been transferred to another local hospital where further specialist consultation, together with our team’s medical department, will decide on the next course of action to treat the injury.
NTT Pro Cycling also notes the release of a statement of the incident by SANParks. The video taken by the eyewitness clearly outlines the course of events which saw Nicholas sustain this injury.

This is a major setback for the Capetonian who had been out on a training ride ahead of a hugely promising 2020 season. The 24-year-old had just completed a very promising 2019 which included his first Grand Tour, the Vuelta a Espana, and he was looking at following that up with further participation in some of the sport’s biggest races in 2020.
He also recently was part of a delegation that travelled to Tokyo and spent some time on the Olympic Road Race course in the hopes of realising a dream and being selected for Team South Africa at the Games.
NTT Pro Cycling would like to be clear that we fully condemn violence in any form and are all highly distressed to see our teammate treated in this manner.
As such, and following the release of the video, NTT Pro Cycling calls upon SANParks to urgently account for the following:
The level and scale of physicality employed by the officials in subduing Nicholas, which saw him fracture his arm. Despite being visibly distressed after being pulled off his bicycle at high speed, which saw him crash, there can be no justification for the level of violence meted out to him.
The subsequent release of this video on social media has gathered huge momentum, around the world. As one of South Africa’s premier tourist attractions what type of message does this send to both local and foreign visitors who want to visit it?

Nicholas has an extensive race programme for 2020 already in place. This unnecessary injury will now have a serious effect on that, as well as his chances of racing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

We also call on SANParks to:
Implement immediate disciplinary procedures against the officials involved.
A full public apology to both Nicholas, as well as the eyewitness, who was clearly intimidated by the officials while filming this incident.
Following the enormous response to this incident, it’s clear that SANParks need to engage with the greater cycling community in Cape Town to forge a positive relationship for the future. We look forward to seeing them take the lead in this respect.

Douglas Ryder – Team Principal
I was both devastated and appalled to see the video of Nicholas on social media. To watch a young man who I know so well in such unnecessary distress made me feel sick, to be honest. The way in which he was treated is simply not acceptable.

For further enquiries:
Jean Smyth
Email: jean@ryder.co.za
Mobile: +27 63 4701 1710 or +31 625 739 033
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South African Championships: Reinardt Janse van Rensburg and Stefan de Bod win Gold

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Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka execute team plan perfectly to win South African nationals Gold
The South African National Road Race Championships which took place in Wellington today, turned out to be the perfect race for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka as Reinardt Janse van Rensburg was crowned the national elite champion and Stefan de Bod defended his u23 title. The duo crossed the line side by side after a well-executed team plan.

Our African Team started the 180km championship race as the marked favourites but we were confident that our depth in strength and a solid race tactic would be enough to come out on top. The race got off to just the start we had hoped, with a small group of 6 riders going clear from the peloton. We had Jacques Janse van Rensburg in the move, and the plan was to then have more of our troops ride across to the breakaway after the halfway point in the race. South African Championships: Reinardt Janse van Rensburg and Stefan de Bod win Gold weiterlesen →

2017 Team Dimension Daten für Qhubeka Continental

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6 Neue afrikanische Reiter Join Dimension Data für Qhubeka Feeder Team
Team Dimension Daten für Qhubeka Continental ist alles für die zweite Saison mit 11 aufregenden jungen Perspektiven aus dem Kader für 2017 gesetzt. Als das Feeder-Team zu unserem World Tour-Outfit, wird das Kontinentale Team sehen 6 neue afrikanische Fahrer in dem Kader haben, ein vorwiegend europäischer Kalender wieder einmal.

Im vergangenen Jahr stellte unser kontinentales Feeder-Team in Europa für seine erste volle Saison vorgestellt zahlreiche Herausforderungen für Fahrer und Mitarbeiter. Das Team konnte 8 Rennsiege auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent, darunter 3 u23 nationale Titel, aber es war die starke Leistungen in den europäischen u23 Veranstaltungen, wo unsere Fahrer am besten entwickelt. Der bedeutendste Moment des Jahres kam an der Coppa della Pace, wo Keagan Girdlestone an einem lebensbedrohlichen Crash beteiligt war. Der Höhepunkt unserer Saison war, den Fortschritt zu sehen, den Girdlestone mit seiner Genesung fortsetzte, und mit seinem guten Freund Ryan Gibbons absolvierte das Continental Team in die World Tour Kader für die Saison 2017.

Der äthiopische Meister Hafetab Weldu, Getachow Astbha, Joseph Areruya, Samuel Mugisha, El Mehdi Chokri und Louis Visser sind die neuen jungen Gesichter, die unserem Feeder-Team für die Saison 2017 beitreten. Jeder dieser Fahrer wurde sorgfältig ausgewählt von unserem Management-Team.

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