Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka renews with 4 African riders
South Africans Reinardt Janse van Rensburg and Nic Dougall, as well as Eritreans Natnael Berhane and Merhawi Kudus have inked deals with Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka that will see them representing Africa’s team beyond 2016. After coming back to the team last year, Janse van Rensburg has confirmed his talent by winning the overall […]
Berhane’s breakaway nullified by GC contenders
Roman Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) won the 19th stage of the Tour de France, crossing the line in Saint Gervais-Mont Blanc solo. Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) led home the GC contenders group in 2nd and 3rd place went to Alejandro Valverde (Movistar). Chris Froome (Team Sky) held onto the overall race lead once again. The 19th […]
Berhane attacks but Renshaw abandons
Stage 9 of the Tour de France took riders into Andorra and it was Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) who took the stage spoils from a large breakaway. Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida) finished 2nd and Rafal Majka (Tinkoff) took 3rd on the stage. For Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka, the stage did not get off to a great […]
Cavendish 8th while Natnael Berhane works well at the head for Team Dimension Data
Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quickstep) won the 4th stage of the Tour de France, just edging ahead of the Frenchman, Bryan Coquard (Direct Energy). The race leader, Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) finished 3rd and in doing so, took back the lead in the green points jersey competition from Mark Cavendish. At 237km, stage 4 from Saumur to Limoges […]
Dubai Tour #3: Natnael Berhane tries his luck during finale
The 3rd stage of the Dubai Tour would not go the way of Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka with a late mechanical putting an end to our hopes today. Juan Jose Lobato (Movistar) would triumph, Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo) was 2nd- also pulling on the race leaders jersey, with Silvain Dillier (BMC) 3rd on the stage. […]
Natnael Berhane in the race winning break on Vuelta 19th stage
The 19th stage of the Vuelta a Espana saw the break of the day decide the stage win once again. Today it was Alexis Gougeard (AG2R La Mondiale) who tasted victory. Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung had Natnael Berhane in the 24 rider move that went clear inside the first 10km of the stage. With no […]
Tour of Utah #7: Natnael Berhane 3rd on final stage
The final stage of the Tour of Utah saw Lachlan Norris (Drapac Cycling) out sprint Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing) for the stage win with our Natnael Berhane coming across the line in 3rd place. Joe Dombrowski (Cannondale-Garmin) won the Tour of Utah overall. The final stage saw MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung keep its unique record of […]
Tour of Utah #6: Natnael Berhane 3rd on Queen stage
The 6th stage of the Tour of Utah would be the races Queen stage as riders finished atop the Snowbird Ski Resort. Joe Dombrowski soloed to the win and into the race leader’s jersey while Natnael Berhane came home in 3rd place behind Michael Woods (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit). The stage was not all about […]
Tour of Utah #3: Johann van Zyl takes King of the Mountain Jersey
The 3rd stage of the Tour of Utah was yet again, a good one for Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung. Johann van Zyl pulled on the King of the Mountains jersey and Natnael Berhane sprinted to a fine 6th place at the finish. The day started with 6 riders forming the main break of the day. […]
Natnael Berhane targets Utah General Classification
For the second time this year, Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung will race on American soil as our African team start the UCI 2.HC Tour of Utah on Monday 3 August. The Tour of Utah is a 7 stage event, finishing on the 9th of August but only after the 16 teams have completed the 1100km […]
Tour of Austria #9: Natnael Berhane ends 5th overall in Austria
The final stage of the Tour of Austria ran its course today with Moreno Moser (Cannondale-Garmin) winning the final bunch sprint. David Tanner (IAM Cycling) was 2nd and Clement Venturini (Cofidis) finished in 3rd. The two category 1 climbs on route today created an attacking platform and the riders obliged with constant attacks all stage. […]
Tour of Austria #7: Natnael Berhane finished 5th on Austrian Queen stage
The Queen stage of the Tour of Austria took riders over the Grossglockner before eventually finishing atop the famed Kitzbuheler Horn. Victor De la Parte (Vorarlberg) would be the rider to climb his way to the stage victory and also into the race leader’s jersey. There would be a fair sized group of 8 riders […]