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Full name | Douglas Ryder | ||||||||||||||
Born | Cape Town, South Africa | 26 November 1971||||||||||||||
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1995–1996 | Plymouth–Chrysler | ||||||||||||||
2001 | Team IBM–Lotus Development | ||||||||||||||
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2007–2021 | MTN | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||
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Douglas Ryder (born 26 November 1971) is a South African former cyclist, who works as the general manager UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. He previously worked for UCI WorldTeam Team Qhubeka NextHash before the team disbanded in 2021. [1] He competed in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics. [2]
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