Merhawi Kudus
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Kudus at the 2013 Tour de l'Ain
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| Born | January 23, 1994 Eritrea |
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| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st)[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Current team | MTN-Qhubeka | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
| Rider type | Climbing specialist | ||||||||||||
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| Jan 2013-Jul 2013 | World Cycling Centre | ||||||||||||
| Aug 2013-Dec 2013 | Bretagne-Séché Environnement (stagiaire) | ||||||||||||
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| 2014- | MTN-Qhubeka | ||||||||||||
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Medal record
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| Infobox last updated on 11 February 2015 |
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Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (born January 23, 1994) is an Eritrean cyclist. He is a member of the team MTN-Qhubeka. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France,[2] becoming one of the first two black Africans to start the Tour alongside team-mate and countryman Daniel Teklehaimanot.[3] At the age of 21 Kudus was the youngest rider in the race.[4]
Palmarès[5][edit]
- 2012
- 1st stage Tour of Rwanda
- 2013
- 2nd African Road Race Championships U23
- 2nd Overall Tour of Eritrea
- 1st stage 4
- 2nd Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León
- 3rd African Road Race Championships
- 2014
- 2nd Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 3rd Overall Mzansi Tour
- 5th Overall Route du Sud
- 1st, Young rider classification
- 2015
- 10th Giro dell'Emilia
- 10th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 |
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| — | — | |
| — | 84 | |
| 92 |
WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Merhawi Kudus". MTN-Qhubeka. Qhubeka. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ Cummings, Basia (10 July 2015). "Daniel Teklehaimanot: 'I'm proud to be an Eritrean riding the Tour de France'". theguardian.com. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "Daniel Teklehaimanot becomes first African to compete in Tour de France". thenational.ae. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ "Merhawi Kudus » MTN - Qhubeka". Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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