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Tour of Oman #4: Louis Meintjes takes over white young rider jersey!
The Queen stage of the Tour of Oman saw a great battle on Green Mountain with Rafael Valls (Lampre – Merida) taking an impressive win ahead of Tejay van Gaarderen (BMC Racing) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar). Jacques Janse van Rensburg and Louis Meintjes both impressed for Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung on the 4th Tour of […]
Ruta del Sol #3: Merhawi Kudus battles with the favourites for 7th
The 3rd stage of the Ruta del Sol saw the heavyweights of Grand Tour riding, Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Chris Froome (Team Sky) battling for the stage win with the Spaniard coming out tops today. With Froome in 2nd, Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) came home 3rd. Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung were well represented at […]
Nic Dougall spends the day in the break at Ruta del Sol
Nic Dougall was part of the a five-man break group which dominated the second stage of the Vuelta a Andalusia Ruta del Sol. Things fell apart in the final kilometres and MTN-Qhubeka was not able to place at the finish. Nic was in the day’s break group, along with Pirmin Lang (IAM), Aleksandr Komin (RusVelo), […]
MTN-Qhubeka focusses in on Green Mountain
Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg sprinted to a 12th place finish in the third stage of the Tour of Oman. The stage saw a long breakaway which was reeled in to allow the expected mass sprint. It was a burning-hot day, and with the Green Mountain stage coming up today, the peloton let three riders get […]
Ruta del Sol #1: Mixed fortunes for Team MTN-Qhubeka on opening day
The opening day of the Ruta del Sol saw riders competing over 2 half stages. The morning road stage was a crash affected affair won by Pim Ligthart (Lotto-Soudal) ahead of Fabio Silvestre (Trek Factory Racing) and Grega Bole (CCC Sprandi Polkowice). The afternoon time trial was dominated by Javier Moreno (MOV) with Wilco Kelderman […]
Tour of Oman #2: Jacques Janse van Rensburg and Louis Meintjes perform solidly
Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) won the 2nd stage of the Tour of Oman ahead of Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Greg van Avermaet (BMC Racing) from a small bunch sprint. Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung had both Jacques Janse van Rensburg and Louis Meintjes finish as part of the select front group. The 2nd stage of […]
SuperSport goes international to support MTN-Qhubeka
Ahead of arguably the most important season in the history of South African cycling, SuperSport has secured the rights to a number of international tours and classics, many of which will feature our very own Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung. The team will be using a number of these events to fine-tune its preparation for its […]
Tour of Oman #1: Johann van Zyl impresses yet again
Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung got the Tour of Oman off to a good start with Johann van Zyl being the main protagonist of the first stage. The win however went to Andrea Gaurdini (Astana) with Tom Boonen (Etixx-Quickstep) and Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling) in 2nd and 3rd respectively. It was inside the first kilometre of […]
Team MTN-Qhubeka preview: Ruta del Sol
While part of Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung will be racing in Oman this week, another part of the team will head to the Spanish Ruta del Sol as well. The Ruta del Sol runs from 18-22 February and incorporates 6 stages over the 5 days, the opening day consists of a morning road stage and […]
Clasica Almeria: Crash wrecks MTN-Qhubeka’s chances
Mark Cavendish (Etixx-Quickstep) became the first British rider to win the Clasica Almeria today as he out sprinted Juan Jose Lobato (Movistar) and teammate, Mark Renshaw to take the win. MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung had an unfortunate day with a late crash ruining our chances of a result. The early break of the day consisted of […]
Preview: MTN-Qhubeka at Tour of Oman
In another first for Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung, our African team will line-up at the Tour of Oman which takes place from 17 – 22 February. The UCI 2.HC event has become a favourite season opener for cycling’s grand tour contenders like 2 time winner Chris Froome, Vincenzo Nibali and Joaquim Rodriguez. Froome will not […]
MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung return to Tour of Flanders
Yesterday organisers of the Tour of Flanders announced the 8 wildcard teams for the 2015 edition of the race. Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung are delighted to have received an invitation for a second year in succession. The 264.2km monument, known as the Ronde van Vlaanderen, is the darling race of the Belgian classics. Team MTN-Qhubeka […]