Team MTN Qhubeka preview: South African National Championships
This week will see the South African National Road Championships being held in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The Championships kick off with the 40km time trial on Thursday, with the road race being held over 180km on Sunday. Team MTN Qhubeka p/b Samsung will once again see Jay Thomson and Jaco Venter lead the team over the […]
Gerdemann Returns To Racing With Top Five Result
Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung completed it’s first race of the season on Sunday in La Tropicale Amissa Bongo. The team leaves the race with a stage win thanks to Ferekalsi Debesay’s strong stage four ride. Linus Gerdemann marks his return to racing by finishing fifth overall and Songezo Jim leaves as the most combative rider. […]
MTN-Qhubeka on the start line for La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung gets its 2014 season underway in Africa next week in La Tropicale Amissa Bongo. The race takes place from 13 – 19 January in Gabon and has successfully attracted some of the biggest teams in the sport. Image credit: La Tropicale Amissa Bongo Being Africa’s first registered UCI Professional Continental team, […]
John-Lee Augustyn Excited Ahead Of Season Debut
Cycling fans will be watching the return of John-Lee Augustyn to the professional peloton with bated breath. The South African makes his comeback to the sport after well-documented injury woes disrupted what looked like a promising career. More motivated than ever, Augustyn is back in the saddle and ready to pin on the first race […]
Meintjes Picks Up Best African Cyclist Award
Louis Meintjes was named Best African Rider of the Year this week after coming out top in a poll of African cyclists. Image credit: Mjrka Boensch Bees The annual award is conducted by Gabonese organisators of La Tropicale Amissa Bongo. This year, Chris Froome winner of the Tour de France was a member of the […]
Van Zyl takes maiden victory in Tour of Rwanda
Johann van Zyl added to an already successful Tour of Rwanda on Thursday by taking his first individual win as a professional during stage 4 of the African race. The result earned Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung its sixteenth victory of the season, the second most by any Professional Continental team this year. Image credit: MTN-Qhubeka […]
Louis Meintjes moves into race lead in Rwanda
Louis Meintjes turned what started out as a gloomy day for Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung into a joyous one after he won stage 3 of the Tour of Rwanda. Africa’s first Professional Continental team started the day in the yellow jersey with Jay Thomson. Image credit: MTN-Qhubeka Unfortunately the South African national champion fell ill […]
Team MTN-Qhubeka places four riders in top ten in Rwanda
The opening stage of the Tour of Rwanda got underway with a 3.5 kilometre prologue. The race started and finished at the Kigali sports stadium and was supported by thousands of people on the roadside. The crowds got what they came for when local rider Janvier Hadi (Rwanda Karisimbi) blitzed through the course with the […]
Louis Meintjes Extends With Team MTN-Qhubeka
Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung is proud to announce Louis Meintjes has extended his contract with the team. The silver medalist from the world championships will remain with the team through 2015. The announcement was made at a function at MTN South Africa headquarters in Johannesburg, Friday. Image credit: MTN-Qhubeka Brian Gouldie, MTN SA Chief Marketing […]
New talented athletes tested in Africa by WCC
Before winning the GP of Zurich last August, the Namibian Raul Costa had been discovered by the World Cycling Centre (WCC) during a training camp at its South African base. This sort of camp, open to numerous African countries, had already led to other discoveries, such as Tanzania’s Richard Laizer, now a member of the […]
Four African Riders To Make WorldTour Debut In Lombardia
This Sunday presents another opportunity for Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung to display its project to the world when it lines up for another of cycling’s monuments, Il Lombardia. As the team hopes to make its GrandTour debut in 2014, the race allows another opportunity to race in front of the Giro d’Italia organisation. The WorldTour […]
Team MTN-Qhubeka announces TTT squad for World Championships
The team time trial for the UCI World Championship takes place on Sunday, 22 September and Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung is proud to have qualified for the event through winning the UCI Africa Tour. The team has been training in Lucca, Italy, and has selected the final six riders to start the event. Forming part […]