Team Dimension Data
Est. 2007
South Africa
BIOGRAPHY
Founded in 2007, Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka became the first ever African cycling team to gain a WorldTour license, in 2016. In the team’s palmares you can find a Milan-Sanremo victory, numerous stage wins at the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana stage wins, two Tour of Britain GC victories, and 42 National Championship titles. The team has bases in South Africa, the Netherlands and Italy. It’s also known as Africa’s Team due to its focus on helping African talents to the world stage of cycling. The team believes #BicyclesChangeLives and race to raise funds for the Qhubeka Charity which provides bicycles to people in Africa.
TEAM ROSTER
Lars Bak, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Mark Cavendish, Steve Cummings, Scott Davies, Stefan de Bod, Nicholas Dlamini, Bernhard Eisel, Enrico Gasparotto, Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier, Ryan Gibbons, Jacques Janse van Rensburg, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Ben King, Roman Kreuziger, Louis Meintjes, Gino Mäder, Giacomo Nizzolo, Ben O'Connor, Mark Renshaw, Tom-Jelte Slagter, Jay Thomson, Rasmus Tiller, Michael Valgren, Jaco Venter, Julien Vermote, Danilo Wyss
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
7 Tour de France stage wins
1 Giro d'Italia stage win
1 Vuelta a Espana stage win
Milan-Sanremo victory 2013
16 World Tour Wins
Vuelta Espana King of the Mountains 2016
142 UCI race win