Froome sustains multiple serious injuries
Team INEOS can confirm that Chris Froome sustained multiple serious injuries during a recon of stage four of the Criterium du Dauphine today (Wednesday). The 34 year old crashed towards the end of his route recon in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, sustaining injuries including a fractured right femur, a fractured elbow and fractured ribs. Froome has subsequently been […]
Impey moves into Criterium du Dauphine overall lead after stage 2
Yesterday’s stage winner Daryl Impey moves into the overall race lead in Criterium du Dauphine after sprinting to third place on today’s second stage. After starting the day in second place overall, two seconds behind the race leader, Impey knew he had the opportunity to take the leader’s jersey and went on to do so […]
Team Dimension Data climbs the podium 3 times on the final Critèrium du Dauphiné stage
Stage 7 of the 2016 Critèrium du Dauphiné was another tough one. With six categorized climbs on the menu, Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka wanted to be part of the action to help Daniel Teklehaimanot claim back the Polka Dots jersey as the best climber of the race. In the end our African Team was […]
Teklehaimanot attacks into the Polka Dot jersey
The first real uphill finish of this year’s Criterium du Dauphine saw Chris Froome (Team Sky) take the victory ahead of GC rivals, Richie Porte (BMC) and Adam Yates (Orica-Greenedge). Thanks to his commanding performance and stage win, Froome also pulled on the overall leader’s yellow jersey. With 7 categorised climbs included in today’s 140km […]
Criterium du Dauphine #2: Serge Pauwels powers to 3rd place
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka were at the forefront of the 2nd stage of the Criterium du Dauphine as Daniel Teklehaimanot made the break of the day and Serge Pauwels finished in 3rd place on the stage. As the riders left Creches-sur-Saone Teklehaimanot made his intentions clear straight away as he attacked after just 9km […]
Team Dimension Data look for stage wins at Criterium du Dauphine
The Criterium du Dauphine gets underway on Sunday, June 5th, and Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka will start this 8 stage UCI World Tour event with a strong and motivated team. The Criterium du Dauphine, as one may know already, is used as the final dress rehearsal for the Tour de France. As the Dauphine […]
Daniel Teklehaimanot wins first ever World Tour jersey
The completion of the final Criterium du Dauphine stage brought with it a tremendous amount of joy for Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung as Daniel Teklehaimanot would win the King of the Mountians polka dot jersey, our African team’s first ever World Tour leaders jersey. Starting the day with an unsurpassable lead, Daniel only needed to […]
Criterium du Dauphine #7: Louis Meintjes 3rd on Queen stage
The 7th and queen stage of the Criterium du Dauphine would be a spectacular day for MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung. Louis Meintjes put in a phenomenal ride to claim 3rd place on the stage, only beaten by stage victor Chris Froome (Team Sky) and Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing). All this excitement only came after Daniel […]
Criterium du Dauphine #6: Tough day of World Tour racing for MTN-Qhubeka
The 6th stage of the Criterium du Dauphine would be an action packed day of racing. Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida) would ride away with all the spoils on the day, edging out Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) in the end. With the rain pouring down, the flag dropped to set the riders off. There […]
Criterium du Dauphine: Louis Meintjes 6th on mountain stage
The first mountain stage of the Criterium du Dauphine would be another successful race for MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung with Louis Meintjes and Daniel Teklehaimanot both making the headlines. Louis would climb his way to 6th place at the summit finish while Daniel broke away to extend his lead in the KOM competition. With the race […]
Criterium du Dauphine #4: Edvald Boasson Hagen 4th in tough sprint finish
The 4th stage of the Criterium du Dauphine would provide a thrilling finish that saw a reduced peloton arrive at the finish for a bunch sprint. Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) would triumph over Jonas van Genechten (IAM Cycling) and Luka Mezgec (Giant-Alpecin). The team that had the most prominent presence over the closing kilometers would be […]
Criterium du Dauphine #3: MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung realise TTT potential
The 3rd stage of the Criterium du Dauphine would be a tough 24.5km team trial trial test to Montagny. The current world champions in TTT discipline, BMC Racing, would ride away with the victory while Astana finished in 2nd and Movistar in 3rd place. Team BMC Racing was the 3rd team off today and everybody […]