Dimension Data (cycling team)
| Team information | ||
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| UCI code | DDD | |
| Registered | South Africa | |
| Founded | 2007 | |
| Discipline | 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 | |
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Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka (Zulu pronunciation: [ǃʰuˈɓɛːɠa]) (UCI Team Code: DDD) is a World Tour cycling team based in South Africa.
History
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.[2] In November 2012, the team were registered as a Professional Continental team – Africa's first[3] – by the Union Cycliste Internationale, for the 2013 season.[4][5]
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[6] with Brian Smith being appointed interim general manager.[7] In August 2014, the team confirmed the signing of Edvald Boasson Hagen on a 2-year contract.[8][9] In September 2014 the team announced they had signed Tyler Farrar[10] and Matthew Goss[11] for the 2015 season.
On January 14 the Amaury Sports 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.[12] 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.[13]
In July 2015, MTN announced they would end their sponsorship of the team.[14] 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.[15] Days later the team announced Deloitte had agreed to become a major sponsor of the team;[16] the very next day the signing of Cavendish and Renshaw – along with their former teammate Bernhard Eisel – was confirmed.[17] 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 Etixx–Quick-Step.[18] Later that month Roger Hammond announced that he would join the team as a sports director for 2016, combining the role with his current position as manager of the Madison Genesis squad,[19] and it was confirmed that the team had been granted a UCI World Tour licence for the 2016 season, becoming the first African team to enter cycling's top division.[20]
Team roster
- As of 10 January 2016[21]
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Major results
- 2008
- 1st Overall Tour d'Egypte, Jay Robert Thomson
- 1st Stage 1 & 2, Jay Robert Thomson
- 1st Stage 5 Giro del Capo, David George
- 1st
South Africa, Road Race Championships, Ian McLeod - 1st Stage 3, 5 & 8 Tour du Maroc, Malcolm Lange
- 1st Stage 9 Tour du Maroc, Nicholas White
- 1st Amashovashova Classic, Malcolm Lange
- 2010
- 1st South Africa Road Race Championships, Christoff Van Heerden
- 1st South Africa Time Trial Championships, Kevin Evans
- 1st
Rwanda Road Race Championships, Adrien Niyonshuti - 2011
- 1st South Africa Time Trial Championships, Daryl Impey
- 1st Stage 2 Tour du Maroc, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
- 1st Stages 3 & 9 Tour du Maroc, Arran Brown
- 1st Stage 7 Tour du Maroc, Daryl Impey
- 1st
Namibia Road Race Championships, Lotto Petrus - 1st Namibia Time Trial Championships, Lotto Petrus
- 1st Rwanda Road Race Championships, Adrien Niyonshuti
- 1st Stage 2 Herald Sun Tour, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
- 2012
- 1st South Africa Time Trial Championships, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
- 1st Namibia Road Race Championships, Lotto Petrus
- 1st Namibia Time Trial Championships, Lotto Petrus
- 1st Overall Tour du Maroc, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
- 1st Stages 1, 5, 6 & 8, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
- 1st Stages 3, 4, 9 & 10, Arran Brown
- 1st Overall Tour de Bretagne, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg[22]
- 1st Stage 4, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
- 1st Overall Ronde van Overijssel, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
- 1st Prologue, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
- 1st Circuit de Wallonie, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
- 1st Overall Tour of Eritrea, Jacques Janse van Rensburg
- 1st Stages 1 & 4, Jani Tewelde
- 1st Stage 2, Jacques Janse van Rensburg
- 1st Ronde van Zeeland Seaports, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
- 1st Prologue & Stage 10 Volta a Portugal, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
- 2013
- 1st South Africa Road Race Championships, Jay Thomson
- 1st
Lithuania Time Trial Championships, Ignatas Konovalovas - 1st South Africa U23 Road Race Championships, Louis Meintjes
- 1st South Africa U23 Time Trial Championships, Louis Meintjes
- 1st Stage 2 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Gerald Ciolek
- 1st Milan – San Remo, Gerald Ciolek
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Taiwan, Tsgabu Grmay
- 1st Stage 3 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Gerald Ciolek
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Korea, Kristian Sbaragli
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Korea, Team time trial
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Austria, Gerald Ciolek
- 1st Stage 4 Volta a Portugal, Sergio Pardilla
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Britain, Gerald Ciolek
- 1st Teams classification UCI Africa Tour
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Rwanda, Jay Thomson
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Rwanda, Louis Meintjes
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Rwanda, Johann Van Zyl
- 2014
- 1st South Africa Road Race Championships, Louis Meintjes
- 1st South Africa U23 Road Race Championships, Louis Meintjes
- 1st South Africa U23 Time Trial Championships, Louis Meintjes
- 1st Stage 4 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Ferekalsi Debesay
- 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Andalucía, Gerald Ciolek
- 1st Overall Tour Alsace, Karel Hník
- 1st Overall Mzansi Tour, Jacques Janse van Rensburg
- 1st Stage 1, Jacques Janse van Rensburg
- 1st Stage 2, Louis Meintjes
- 1st Stage 3 Tour d'Azerbaïdjan, Youcef Reguigui
- 1st Stage 4 Tour d'Azerbaïdjan, Linus Gerdemann
- 1st
Ethiopia Time Trial Championships, Tsgabu Grmay - 1st Ethiopia Road Race Championships, Tsgabu Grmay
- 2015
- 1st Trofeo Andratx-Mirador d'Es Colomer, Steve Cummings
- 1st South Africa Road Race Championships, Jacques Janse van Rensburg
- 1st African Continental Championships (TTT), Natnael Berhane, Daniel Teklehaimanot & Merhawi Kudus
- 1st African Continental Championships (Road Race), Louis Meintjes
- 1st
Overall, Tour de Langkawi, Youcef Reguigui
- 1st Stage 7, Youcef Reguigui
- 1st
Overall, Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, Louis Meintjes
- 1st Stage 4, Louis Meintjes
- 1st Stage 5 Tour des Fjords, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- 1st Stage 4 Ster ZLM Toer, Matthew Brammeier
- 1st
Norway Time Trial Championships, Edvald Boasson Hagen - 1st
Eritrea Time Trial Championships, Daniel Teklehaimanot - 1st Eritrea Road Race Championships, Natnael Berhane
- 1st Norway Road Race Championships, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Austria, Johann Van Zyl
- 1st Stage 14 Tour de France, Steve Cummings
- 1st Stage 2 Danmark Rundt, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- 1st Stage 10 Vuelta a España, Kristian Sbaragli
- 1st Overall, Tour of Britain, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Chlef, Youcef Reguigui
- 2016
- 1st Overall Tour of Qatar, Mark Cavendish
- 1st Stage 1, Mark Cavendish
- 1st Stage 3, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- 1st South Africa Road Race Championships, Jaco Venter
- 1st Stages 2 & 5 Tour of Oman, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- 1st Points classification, Edvald Boasson Hagen
- 1st Teams classification Tour of Oman
- 1st Overall Tour de Langkawi, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
- 1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico, Steve Cummings
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of the Basque Country, Steve Cummings
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Croatia, Mark Cavendish
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 Championships (Kilo), Theo Bos- Netherlands Track Championships (Individual sprint), Theo Bos
- 2016
- South Africa Road Race, Jaco Venter
World Track Championships (Madison), Mark Cavendish
References
- ↑ Windsor, Richard (28 November 2014). "MTN-Qhubeka goes all Newcastle United with new 2015 kit". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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 Dimenson Data for 2016". Cyclingnews.com (Immediate Media Company). Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Team Dimension Data". Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ↑ "Les classements à l'issue de l'étape 7 Langonnet — Dinan" [The rankings at the end of stage 7 Langonnet — Dinan] (PDF). Tour de Bretagne (in French). Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
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