Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka looking to race from the front in Yorkshire
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka will take part in the Tour de Yorkshire which gets underway on Friday 29 April and concludes after 3 stages, on Sunday 1 May. This year, it will be the 2nd edition of the Tour de Yorkshire and our African Team are happy to be returning to Yorkshire after being […]
Tour de Romandie #2: Kristian Sbaragli secures a top 10 in the sprint
Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quickstep) won a shortened stage 1 of the Tour de Romandie, beating Niccolo Bonifazio (Trek-Segafredo) and Michael Albasini (Orica-Greenedge) in the sprint finish. Originally today’s opening stage was scheduled to be 169km from La Chaux-de-Fonds but due to some early morning snowfall the orgnisers were forced to cut out the opening 60km of […]
Tour de Romandie #1: Wet and Icy start to Swiss Tour
Ion Izaguirre (Movistar) took the first leader’s jersey at the Tour de Romandie after winning the opening prologue ahead of Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) and Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky). The Tour de Romandie got off to a cold and wet start but thankfully it was only a short 3.9km prologue that riders had to deal with […]
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka and Brian Smith part company
Brian Smith will step down from his position as General Manager of Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka effective 1 May. Smith was announced as Interim General Manager during 2014 with the task of recruting marquee riders and restructuring the team’s operational procedures. This was in order to take our African Team to the highest level […]
Team Dimension Data focused on key stages at Tour de Romandie
The Tour de Romandie gets underway tomorrow in Le Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. The 6 day UCI World Tour stage race will conclude on Sunday 1 May and a star studded field is expected. The event is comprised of a short 4km opening prologue, another individual time trial on stage 3 and then 4 road stages. Stage […]
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka in the mix despite rain, snow and cold at Liege-Bastogne-Liege
Wout Poels (Team Sky) won the 102nd edition of the Liege-Bastogne-Liege as the Dutchman out-sprinted Michael Albasini (Orica-Greenedge) and Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida) to the finish line in Ans, Belgium. This year’s Liege-Bastogne-Liege would be the ultimate test of mental and physical strength as apart from the challenging 253km course, riders also had to deal with […]
Tour of Croatia #6: Late puncture derails stage hopes for Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
Sondre Holst Enger (IAM Cycling) won the final stage of the Tour of Croatia ahead of Edward Theuns (Trek Segafredo) and Timothy Dupont (Verandas Willems). Matija Kvasina (Synergy Baku) won the race overall. Our Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka riders were focused on winning today’s final stage with Reinardt Janse van Rensburg being our protected […]
Tough Queen stage in Croatia for Dimension Data
The 4th stage of the Tour of Croatia finished with a 22km climb. Riccardo Zoidl (Trek-Segafredo) showed he was the strongest climber at the race, taking the win ahead of Matja Kvasina (Synergy Baku) with Victor de la Parte (CCC Sprandi) in 3rd. With today’s stage only 124km long and the last 20km all being […]
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka all set for Liege-Bastogne-Liege
The early season classics are fast coming to an end with the 102nd edition of Liege-Bastogne-Liege all set to take place on Sunday 24 April in Belgium. As one of the 5 monuments of world cycling, Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka are looking to impress come Sunday. Liege-Bastogne-Liege is the oldest of all the classics […]
Steve Cummings goes on the attack at Fleche Wallone
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) successfully defended his La Fleche Wallone title of last year by taking the win ahead of Julien Alaphilippe (Etixx-Quickstep). Dan Martin (Etixx-Qucikstep) made it a fair day for the Belgian squad by finishing in 3rd place. The mid-week Ardennes Classic had an incredibly fast and hard start with countless attacks being fired […]
Tour of Croatia #2: Mark Cavendish sprints to stage win glory in Croatia
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka put in a clinical performance at the 2nd stage of the Tour of Croatia as Mark Cavendish sprinted to the victory, Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo) was 2nd and Mark Renshaw rounded out the podium for our African Team in 3rd. After yesterday’s 235km stage there was no respite for the riders […]
Tour of Croatia #1: Mark Cavendish sprints into 2nd place at Croatia opener
The opening stage of the Tour of Croatia came down to a bunch sprint with Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo) taking the win ahead of our Mark Cavendish. Timothy Dupont (Verandas Willems) was the rider who finished in 3rd place. The days 235km stage was characterised by a 4 rider break that got away just as the […]