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| Team information | |
|---|---|
| UCI code | DDD |
| Registered | South Africa |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Discipline(s) | Road cycling |
| Status | UCI Continental (2007–2012) UCI Professional Continental (2013–2015) UCI WorldTeam (2016– ) |
| Bicycles | Trek (2007–2014) Cervélo (2015–)[1] |
| Website | Team home page |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Brian Smith |
| Team manager(s) | Douglas Ryder Rolf Aldag Roger Hammond |
| Team name history | |
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011–2015 2016– | MTN Team MTN MTN Cycling MTN–Energade MTN–Qhubeka Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka |
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka (Zulu pronunciation: [ǃʰuˈɓɛːɠa]) (UCI team code: DDD) is a World Tour cycling team based in South Africa. Until 2016 it was known as MTN–Qhubeka. The team's name reflects that whilst it is sponsored by Dimension Data Holdings, it rides for Qhubeka, a charity programme in South Africa.[2] The team aim to fund 5000 bicycles every year for the charity.
History
Foundation
The team was founded in 2007, becoming a Continental Team in 2008. The team remained as a UCI Continental Team until the end of the 2012 season, with the team registering its interest for a Professional Continental licence for 2013.[3] In November 2012, the team were registered as a Professional Continental team – Africa's first[4] – by the Union Cycliste Internationale, for the 2013 season.[5][6]
The team achieved their first major win in 2013 when Gerald Ciolek won Milan-San Remo, one of the 5 Monuments of cycling. The team received their first Grand Tour wildcard for the 2014 Vuelta a España.
In July 2014, the team announced that for the 2015 season they would be using Cervélo bikes[7] with Brian Smith being appointed interim general manager.[8] In August 2014, the team confirmed the signing of Edvald Boasson Hagen on a 2-year contract.[9][10] In September 2014 the team announced they had signed Tyler Farrar[11] and Matthew Goss[12] for the 2015 season.
First African Team in Tour de France
On 14 January 2015, the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) announced the 22 teams that would participate in the 2015 Tour de France, with MTN-Qhubeka making history as the first African registered team to take part.[13] Steve Cummings brought the team their first stage win of the Tour, stage 14 on Mandela Day. The team's second Grand Tour stage victory came the following month at the 2015 Vuelta a España, where Kristian Sbaragli won a reduced bunch sprint on stage 10.[14]
Daniel Teklehaimanot made history in the 2015 Tour de France when he spent four days in the race’s polka-dot jersey, becoming not only the first Eritrean but the first African to wear that jersey. The success brought him to the attention of the wider cycling world.
Dimension Data as new sponsor
In July 2015, MTN announced they would end their sponsorship of the team.[15] Two months later, Dimension Data was announced as the team's new primary sponsor. The new team name would be "Team Dimension Data for Quebeka"; the change in name was intended to demonstrate that the team supported the Qhubeka charity rather than receiving sponsorship for them. The change came at the same time as rumours were circulating that Mark Cavendish and his lead-out man Mark Renshaw were about to sign with the team for the 2016 season.[16] Days later the team announced Deloitte had agreed to become a major sponsor of the team;[17] the very next day the signing of Cavendish and Renshaw – along with their former teammate Bernhard Eisel – was confirmed.[18] In November 2015 the team announced that Rolf Aldag had been appointed as the team's Performance Manager with immediate effect, following Cavendish and Renshaw from You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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Team roster
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Major wins
National champions
- 2010
South Africa Road Race Christoff Van Heerden- South Africa Time Trial Kevin Evans
Rwanda Road Race Adrien Niyonshuti- 2011
- South Africa Time Trial, Daryl Impey
Namibia Road Race, Lotto Petrus- Namibia Time Trial, Lotto Petrus
- Rwanda Road Race, Adrien Niyonshuti
- 2012
- South Africa Time Trial, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
- Rwanda Road Race Adrien Niyonshuti
- Namibia Road Race, Lotto Petrus
- Namibia Time Trial, Lotto Petrus
- 2013
- South Africa Road Race, Jay Thomson
Lithuania Time Trial, Ignatas Konovalovas- South Africa U23 Road Race, Louis Meintjes
- South Africa U23 Time Trial, Louis Meintjes
- 2014
- South Africa Road Race, Louis Meintjes
- South Africa U23 Road Race, Louis Meintjes
- South Africa U23 Time Trial, Louis Meintjes
Ethiopia Road Race, Tsgabu Grmay- Ethiopia Time Trial, Tsgabu Grmay
- 2015
- South Africa Road Race, Jacques Janse van Rensburg
Norway Time Trial, Edvald Boasson Hagen
Eritrea Time Trial, Daniel Teklehaimanot- Eritrea Road Race, Natnael Berhane
- Norway Road Race, Edvald Boasson Hagen
Netherlands Track (Kilo), Theo Bos- Netherlands Track (Individual sprint), Theo Bos
- 2016
- South Africa Road Race, Jaco Venter
World Track (Madison), Mark Cavendish
Belarus Time Trial, Kanstantsin Siutsou- Norway Time Trial, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- Eritrea Time Trial, Daniel Teklehaimanot
- Rwanda Time Trial, Adrien Niyonshuti
- Eritrea Road Race, Daniel Teklehaimanot
- Belarus Road Race, Kanstantsin Siutsou
- Norway Road Race, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- 2017
- South Africa Road Race, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
- Norway Time Trial, Edvald Boasson Hagen
British Time Trial, Steve Cummings- Eritrea Time Trial, Mekseb Debesay
- Rwanda Time Trial, Adrien Niyonshuti
- British Road Race, Steve Cummings
Algeria Road Race, Youcef Reguigui- 2018
- Norway Time Trial, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- Eritrea Road Race, Merhawi Kudus
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References
- ^ Windsor, Richard (28 November 2014). "MTN-Qhubeka goes all Newcastle United with new 2015 kit". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "About Qhubeka". Qhubeka.org. Qhubeka.org. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ^ "MTN-Qhubeka targets 2015 Tour de France". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ "Team MTN-Qhubeka is Africa's First Pro Continental Team". Bicycling. Rodale Inc. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ "Registration completed for three Professional Continental Teams". UCI.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "UCI confirms three more Pro Continental licences for 2013". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ^ "MTN-Qhubeka to ride Cervélo next season". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ "Brian Smith appointed interim manager of MTN-Qhubeka". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ "MTN-Qhubeka confirms Boasson Hagen signing". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ "Edvald Boasson Hagen signs for Team MTN-Qhubeka". teammtnqhubeka.com. MTN-Qhubeka. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ "Farrar signs for MTN-Qhubeka". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ "Transfers: Goss confirmed with MTN-Qhubeka for 2015". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ "Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung receive wild card to 2015 Tour de France". 14 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Vuelta a Espana: Sbaragli wins stage 10 in Castellon". Cyclingnews.com. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ^ Cycling News. "MTN ends Qhubeka team sponsorship". Cyclingnews.com.
- ^ O'Shea, Sadhbh (25 September 2015). "Dimension Data named as new primary sponsor for MTN-Qhubeka". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ "Deloitte to sponsor MTN-Qhubeka in 2016". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ^ O'Shea, Sadhbh (29 September 2015). "Mark Cavendish joins Team Dimension Data for 2016". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Aldag links up with Cavendish at MTN-Qhubeka as performance manager". cyclingnews.com. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ Windsor, Richard (18 November 2015). "Roger Hammond joins Dimension Data as sports director". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "Dimension Data granted WorldTour licence". cyclingnews.com. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
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