Jacques Janse van Rensburg and Jaco Venter Pair Up For New Challenge As Team First Move
Following formidable international careers racing at the highest level with Team Dimension Data for the past eight seasons, Jacques Janse van Rensburg and Jaco Venter have returned to South Africa but with no intention of taking the pressure off the pedals. Instead, they have their sights set firmly on a new challenge – conquering the […]
Interview with Jaco Venter
Jaco Venter, the 2016 National Road Race champion, is one of the South African riders doing us proud on the World Tour circuit. He rides for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka where his role as a super domestique means he is a vital element in the team’s leadout train and team time trials. After following […]
Venter returning to defend National title at home
South African National Elite Men’s Champion, Jaco Venter is looking forward to defending his title in his own backyard at the 2017 SA National Road Championships in the Western Cape from 7-12 February. The Team Dimension Data rider said: “It would be great to defend my title at nationals this year, but if I can’t, […]
Giro d’Italia #8: Jaco Venter flies the South African flag to 4th
The 8th stage of the Giro d’Italia was an incredible race for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka as our South African Champion, Jaco Venter finished in a fine 4th place, behind stage winner Gianluca Brambilla (Etixx-Quickstep), Matteo Montaguti (AG2R La Mondiale) was 2nd and Moreno Moser (Cannondale) 3rd. The 186km stage from Foligno to Arezzo […]
Tour de Romandie #3: Jaco Venter shows our colours in the break
Nairo Quintana (Movistar) won stage 2 of the Tour de Romandie after the judges relegated Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha) to 2nd even though the Russian crossed the line first, due to irregular sprinting. Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida) led home a select group of chasers to take 3rd on the stage. Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka were part […]
Jaco Venter claims his first SA Road Championship title
Jaco Venter (Dimension Data for Qhubeka) delivered a 10 kilometre solo charge to claim the victory in the Elite Men’s road race at the 2016 South African National Road, Time Trial and Para-cycling Championships in a hot and humid Westville, KwaZulu-Natal, today. Jaco Venter (Dimension Data for Qhubeka) delivered a 10 kilometre solo charge to […]
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka secure Elite and u23 national champion titles
The 2016 South African National Road Championships saw Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka put in a clinical team performance with Jaco Venter being crowned the new National Champion of South Africa. It was a hotly contested race in every sense with riders having to deal with temperatures of around 40 degrees centigrade in Westville, Durban. […]
Jaco Venter goes on the attack on Vuelta stage 20
The 20th stage of the Vuelta a Espana would be won by Ruben Plaza (Lampre-Merida) after a 110km solo breakaway. Jose Goncalves (Caja-Rural) was 2nd and Alessandro De Marchi (BMC Racing) was 3rd. The stage saw a big breakaway of 38 riders go clear on the slopes of the first climb of the day. MTN-Qhubeka […]
Jaco Venter comes close on Vuelta Stage 12
Day one after what possibly has been the toughest stage in Grand Tour history. With Andorra left behind the peloton had to cover 173 kilometres to Lleida. Only one categorised climb and a lumpy profile made for a perfect breakaway scenario. But also the sprinters had an eye on this stage. In the end both […]
Tour of Austria #8: Jaco Venter just misses top 10 finish
The Tour of Austria’s 7th stage would only be a short one at 124km in length but the racing would be fast and furious. In the end it was a big 21 rider break that would decide the day with Lukas Pöstlberger (Tirol) taking the stage win ahead of Eduard Vorganov (Katusha) and Moreno Moser […]
Tour de Luxembourg #4: Jaco Venter makes the breakaway and nets 5th place
The final stage of the Tour de Luxembourg saw MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung in the thick of the action once again as Jaco Venter made the early break of the day which would turn out to also be the decisive move of the stage. The early break was initially made up by 11 riders, Jaco included. […]
Tour de Luxembourg #1: Jaco Venter our highest placed against the clock
The opening prologue of the Tour de Luxembourg saw riders take on a technical 2.6km city course. The victory would go to Adrien Petit (Cofidis) after just 3’58” minutes of effort. Bryan Coquard (Europcar) was 2nd and Arnaud Geraud (Bretagne-Seche) rounded out the podium. There was a brief moment of excitement in the MTN-Qhubeka p/b […]