2021 Team Qhubeka NextHash season

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Team Qhubeka NextHash
2021 season
UCI codeTQA
Status UCI WorldTeam
World Tour Rank 20th
ManagerFlag of South Africa.svg  Douglas Ryder  (RSA)
Main sponsor(s)
BasedFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Bicycles BMC
Groupset Shimano
Season victories
One-day races 2
Stage race stages3
Most WinsFlag of Italy.svg  Giacomo Nizzolo  (ITA) (3)
Best ranked riderFlag of Italy.svg  Giacomo Nizzolo  (ITA) (21st)
←  2020

The 2021 season for Team Qhubeka NextHash was its sixth season as a UCI WorldTeam and its 15th overall. After last year's title sponsor, Japanese telecommunications company NTT, decided not to renew their contract with the team, South African bicycle charity organization Qhubeka, a former title sponsor, and Swiss clothing brand Assos stepped up to sponsor the team for two seasons. However, before the new sponsors were announced, the sponsorship crisis led to many riders seeking contracts with teams elsewhere, resulting in the departure of 19 of the 29 riders on the team last season. [1] [2]

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Prior to the Tour de France, cryptocurrency investment company NextHash Group became the team's co-title sponsor as part of a five-year sponsorship deal, and the team rebranded as Team Qhubeka NextHash. [3]

However, despite finding a sponsor mid-season again, the team faced financial problems. In December 2021, the UCI announced that the team would not receive a UCI WorldTour license for 2022. [4] The team then announced they would continue at the UCI Continental level with the development team (Team Qhubeka) and hoped to return to the WorldTour in the future. [5]

Team roster

As of 5 September 2021. [6] [7] [8]
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Sander Armée  (BEL) (1985-12-10)10 December 1985 (aged 35)
Flag of Italy.svg  Fabio Aru [lower-alpha 1]  (ITA) (1990-07-03)3 July 1990 (aged 30)
Flag of Spain.svg  Carlos Barbero  (ESP) (1991-04-29)29 April 1991 (aged 29)
Flag of the United States.svg  Sean Bennett  (USA) (1996-03-31)March 31, 1996 (aged 24)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Connor Brown  (NZL) (1998-08-06)6 August 1998 (aged 22)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Victor Campenaerts  (BEL) (1991-10-28)28 October 1991 (aged 29)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Dimitri Claeys  (BEL) (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 33)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Simon Clarke  (AUS) (1986-07-18)18 July 1986 (aged 34)
Flag of South Africa.svg  Nicholas Dlamini  (RSA) (1995-08-12)12 August 1995 (aged 25)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Kilian Frankiny  (SUI) (1994-01-26)26 January 1994 (aged 26)
Flag of Austria.svg  Michael Gogl  (AUT) (1993-11-04)4 November 1993 (aged 27)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Lasse Norman Hansen  (DEN) (1992-02-11)11 February 1992 (aged 28)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Sergio Henao  (COL) (1987-12-10)10 December 1987 (aged 33)
Flag of South Africa.svg  Reinardt Janse van Rensburg  (RSA) (1989-02-03)3 February 1989 (aged 31)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Bert-Jan Lindeman  (NED) (1989-06-16)16 June 1989 (aged 31)
Flag of Italy.svg  Giacomo Nizzolo  (ITA) (1989-01-30)30 January 1989 (aged 31)
Flag of Italy.svg  Matteo Pelucchi  (ITA) (1989-01-21)21 January 1989 (aged 31)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Robert Power  (AUS) (1995-05-11)11 May 1995 (aged 25)
Flag of Italy.svg  Domenico Pozzovivo  (ITA) (1982-11-30)30 November 1982 (aged 38)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Mauro Schmid  (SUI) (1999-12-04)4 December 1999 (aged 21)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Andreas Stokbro  (DEN) (1997-04-08)8 April 1997 (aged 23)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Dylan Sunderland  (AUS) (1996-02-26)26 February 1996 (aged 24)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Harry Tanfield  (GBR) (1994-11-17)17 November 1994 (aged 26)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Karel Vacek  (CZE) (2000-09-09)9 September 2000 (aged 20)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Emil Vinjebo  (DEN) (1994-03-24)24 March 1994 (aged 26)
Flag of Germany.svg  Max Walscheid  (GER) (1993-06-13)13 June 1993 (aged 27)
Flag of Poland.svg  Łukasz Wiśniowski  (POL) (1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 29)
  1. ↑ Aru retired on 5 September, following the conclusion of the Vuelta a España. [9] [10]

Season victories

DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocationRef.
14 February Clásica de Almería UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries 		Flag of Italy.svg  Giacomo Nizzolo  (ITA)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Roquetas de Mar [40]
19 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 UCI World Tour Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Mauro Schmid  (SUI)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Montalcino [41] [42]
21 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 13 UCI World Tour Flag of Italy.svg  Giacomo Nizzolo  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Verona [43] [44]
23 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 15 UCI World Tour Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Victor Campenaerts  (BEL)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Gorizia [45] [46]
1 August Circuito de Getxo UCI Europe Tour Flag of Italy.svg  Giacomo Nizzolo  (ITA)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Getxo [47]

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