Team Qhubeka NextHash

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Team Qhubeka NextHash
Team Qhubeka Assos, 2021 Paris-Nice, Stage 3.jpg
Team Qhubeka Assos riders at the 2021 Paris–Nice
Team information
UCI codeTQA
RegisteredSouth Africa
Founded2007 (2007)
Disbanded2021 (2021)
Discipline(s) Road cycling
Status UCI Continental (2007–2012)
UCI Professional Continental (2013–2015)
UCI WorldTeam (2016–2021)
Bicycles Trek (2007–2014)
Cervélo (2015–2018) [1]
BMC (2019–2021) [2]
Website Team home page
Key personnel
General manager Douglas Ryder
Team manager(s) Lars Michaelsen
Team name history
2007 MTN
2008 Team MTN
2009 MTN Cycling
2010 MTN–Energade
2011–2015 MTN–Qhubeka
2016–2019 Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka
2020 NTT Pro Cycling
2021 Team Qhubeka Assos [3]
2021 Team Qhubeka NextHash
Team Qhubeka NextHash jersey 2021 Qhuebeka Assos.jpg
Team Qhubeka NextHash jersey
Jersey

Team Qhubeka ( UCI team code:TQA [4] ) was a UCI WorldTeam based in South Africa. The team rode to raise awareness and funds for Qhubeka, a South African not-for-profit organisation. The team was founded in 2007 and was the first-ever African team to ride the Tour de France (2015).

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History

Foundation

The team was founded in 2007, becoming a Continental Team in 2008. The team remained as a UCI Continental Team until the end of the 2012 season, with the team registering its interest for a Professional Continental licence for 2013 under the name MTN-Qhubeka. [5] In November 2012, the team were registered as a Professional Continental team – Africa's first [6]  – by the Union Cycliste Internationale, for the 2013 season. [7] [8]

The team achieved their first major win in 2013 when Gerald Ciolek won Milan-San Remo, one of the 5 Monuments of cycling. The team received their first Grand Tour wildcard for the 2014 Vuelta a España.

In July 2014, the team announced that for the 2015 season they would be using Cervélo bikes [9] with Brian Smith being appointed interim general manager. [10] In August 2014, the team confirmed the signing of Edvald Boasson Hagen on a 2-year contract. [11] [12] In September 2014 the team announced they had signed Tyler Farrar [13] and Matthew Goss [14] for the 2015 season.

First African Team in Tour de France

On 14 January 2015, the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) announced the 22 teams that would participate in the 2015 Tour de France, with MTN-Qhubeka making history as the first African registered team to take part. [15] Steve Cummings brought the team their first stage win of the Tour, stage 14 on Mandela Day. The team's second Grand Tour stage victory came the following month at the 2015 Vuelta a España, where Kristian Sbaragli won a reduced bunch sprint on stage 10. [16]

Daniel Teklehaimanot made history in the 2015 Tour de France when he spent four days in the race's polka-dot jersey, becoming not only the first Eritrean but the first African to wear that jersey. The success brought him to the attention of the wider cycling world.

Dimension Data as new sponsor

In July 2015, MTN announced they would end their sponsorship of the team. [17] Two months later, Dimension Data was announced as the team's new primary sponsor. The new team name would be "Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka"; the change in name was intended to demonstrate that the team supported the Qhubeka bicycle charity rather than receiving sponsorship for them. The change came at the same time as rumours were circulating that Mark Cavendish and his lead-out man Mark Renshaw were about to sign with the team for the 2016 season. [18] [19] Days later the team announced Deloitte had agreed to become a major sponsor of the team; [20] the very next day the signing of Cavendish and Renshaw – along with their former teammate Bernhard Eisel – was confirmed. [21] In November 2015, the team announced that Rolf Aldag had been appointed as the team's Performance Manager with immediate effect, following Cavendish and Renshaw from Etixx–Quick-Step. [22] Later that month Roger Hammond announced that he would join the team as a sports director for 2016, combining the role with his current position as manager of the Madison Genesis squad, [23] and it was confirmed that the team had been granted a UCI World Tour licence for the 2016 season, becoming the first African team to enter cycling's top division. [24]

Rebranding

In 2020 the team was rebranded as "Team NTT", named for the holding company of Dimension Data. [25] On 8 January 2020, the team announced that 1996 Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis, who had previously worked with Tinkoff–Saxo., [26] had acquired a third of the team's ownership and would serve as manager. On 11 November 2020, it was announced that Riis would leave NTT Pro Cycling. [27] The team faced an uncertain future beyond 2020, as their main sponsor NTT confirmed to be leaving the team by the end of the year. [27] [28] On 20 November 2020, Douglas Ryder announced that, from 2021, the team will move forward as "Qhubeka ASSOS". [3] [29] The team was further rebranded ahead of the 2021 Tour de France, after a five-year naming rights agreement was signed with the NextHash Group, becoming Team Qhubeka NextHash. [30]

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. [31] 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. [32]

Team roster

As of 31 December 2021. [4]
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Sander Armée  (BEL) (1985-12-10)10 December 1985 (aged 36)
Flag of Italy.svg  Fabio Aru  (ITA) (1990-07-03)3 July 1990 (aged 31)
Flag of Spain.svg  Carlos Barbero  (ESP) (1991-04-29)29 April 1991 (aged 30)
Flag of the United States.svg  Sean Bennett  (USA) (1996-03-31)31 March 1996 (aged 25)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Connor Brown  (NZL) (1998-08-06)6 August 1998 (aged 23)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Victor Campenaerts  (BEL) (1991-10-28)28 October 1991 (aged 30)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Dimitri Claeys  (BEL) (1987-06-18) 18 June 1987 (age 36)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Simon Clarke  (AUS) (1986-07-18)18 July 1986 (aged 35)
Flag of South Africa.svg  Nicholas Dlamini  (RSA) (1995-08-12)12 August 1995 (aged 26)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Kilian Frankiny  (SUI) (1994-01-26)26 January 1994 (aged 27)
Flag of Austria.svg  Michael Gogl  (AUT) (1993-11-04)4 November 1993 (aged 28)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Sergio Henao  (COL) (1987-12-10)10 December 1987 (aged 34)
Flag of South Africa.svg  Reinardt Janse van Rensburg  (RSA) (1989-02-03)3 February 1989 (aged 32)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Bert-Jan Lindeman  (NED) (1989-06-16)16 June 1989 (aged 32)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Italy.svg  Giacomo Nizzolo  (ITA) (1989-01-30)30 January 1989 (aged 32)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Lasse Norman Hansen  (DEN) (1992-02-11)11 February 1992 (aged 29)
Flag of Italy.svg  Matteo Pelucchi  (ITA) (1989-01-21)21 January 1989 (aged 32)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Robert Power  (AUS) (1995-05-11)11 May 1995 (aged 26)
Flag of Italy.svg  Domenico Pozzovivo  (ITA) (1982-11-30)30 November 1982 (aged 39)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Mauro Schmid  (SUI) (1999-12-04)4 December 1999 (aged 22)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Andreas Stokbro  (DEN) (1997-04-08)8 April 1997 (aged 24)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Dylan Sunderland  (AUS) (1996-02-26)26 February 1996 (aged 25)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Harry Tanfield  (GBR) (1994-11-17)17 November 1994 (aged 27)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Karel Vacek  (CZE) (2000-09-09)9 September 2000 (aged 21)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Emil Vinjebo  (DEN) (1994-03-24)24 March 1994 (aged 27)
Flag of Germany.svg  Max Walscheid  (GER) (1993-06-13)13 June 1993 (aged 28)
Flag of Poland.svg  Łukasz Wiśniowski  (POL) (1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 30)

Major wins

National champions

2010
MaillotSudafrica.PNG South Africa Road Race Christoff Van Heerden
MaillotSudafrica.PNG South Africa Time Trial Kevin Evans
Rwandan National Champion Cycling jersey.jpg Rwanda Road Race Adrien Niyonshuti
2011
MaillotSudafrica.PNG South Africa Time Trial, Daryl Impey
MaillotNamibiaChampion.png Namibia Road Race, Lotto Petrus
MaillotNamibiaChampion.png Namibia Time Trial, Lotto Petrus
Rwandan National Champion Cycling jersey.jpg Rwanda Road Race, Adrien Niyonshuti
2012
MaillotSudafrica.PNG South Africa Time Trial, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
Rwandan National Champion Cycling jersey.jpg Rwanda Road Race Adrien Niyonshuti
MaillotNamibiaChampion.png Namibia Road Race, Lotto Petrus
MaillotNamibiaChampion.png Namibia Time Trial, Lotto Petrus
2013
MaillotSudafrica.PNG South Africa Road Race, Jay Thomson
MaillotLituania.PNG Lithuania Time Trial, Ignatas Konovalovas
MaillotSudafrica.PNG South Africa U23 Road Race, Louis Meintjes
MaillotSudafrica.PNG South Africa U23 Time Trial, Louis Meintjes
2014
MaillotSudafrica.PNG South Africa Road Race, Louis Meintjes
MaillotSudafrica.PNG South Africa U23 Road Race, Louis Meintjes
MaillotSudafrica.PNG South Africa U23 Time Trial, Louis Meintjes
Maillot ethiopia.png Ethiopia Road Race, Tsgabu Grmay
Maillot ethiopia.png Ethiopia Time Trial, Tsgabu Grmay
2015
MaillotSudafrica.PNG South Africa Road Race, Jacques Janse van Rensburg
MaillotNoruega.PNG Norway Time Trial, Edvald Boasson Hagen
MaillotEritrea2.jpg Eritrea Time Trial, Daniel Teklehaimanot
MaillotEritrea2.jpg Eritrea Road Race, Natnael Berhane
MaillotNoruega.PNG Norway Road Race, Edvald Boasson Hagen
MaillotHolanda.PNG Netherlands Track (Kilo), Theo Bos
MaillotHolanda.PNG Netherlands Track (Individual sprint), Theo Bos
2016
MaillotSudafrica.PNG South Africa Road Race, Jaco Venter
Jersey rainbow.svg World Track (Madison), Mark Cavendish
MaillotBielorrusia.PNG Belarus Time Trial, Kanstantsin Siutsou
MaillotNoruega.PNG Norway Time Trial, Edvald Boasson Hagen
MaillotEritrea2.jpg Eritrea Time Trial, Daniel Teklehaimanot
Rwandan National Champion Cycling jersey.jpg Rwanda Time Trial, Adrien Niyonshuti
MaillotEritrea2.jpg Eritrea Road Race, Daniel Teklehaimanot
MaillotBielorrusia.PNG Belarus Road Race, Kanstantsin Siutsou
MaillotNoruega.PNG Norway Road Race, Edvald Boasson Hagen
2017
MaillotSudafrica.PNG South Africa Road Race, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
MaillotNoruega.PNG Norway Time Trial, Edvald Boasson Hagen
MaillotReinoUnido.PNG British Time Trial, Steve Cummings
MaillotEritrea2.jpg Eritrea Time Trial, Mekseb Debesay
Rwandan National Champion Cycling jersey.jpg Rwanda Time Trial, Adrien Niyonshuti
MaillotReinoUnido.PNG British Road Race, Steve Cummings
Algeria's champion maillot.png Algeria Road Race, Youcef Reguigui
2018
MaillotNoruega.PNG Norway Time Trial, Edvald Boasson Hagen
MaillotEritrea2.jpg Eritrea Road Race, Merhawi Kudus
2019
MaillotEritrea2.jpg Eritrea Time Trial, Amanuel Gebrezgabihier
African Continental Champion Jersey.png Africa Continental Time Trial, Ryan Gibbons
2020
MaillotSudafrica.PNG South Africa Road Race, Ryan Gibbons
MaillotItalia.svg Italian Road Race, Giacomo Nizzolo
European champion jersey 2016.svg European Road Race, Giacomo Nizzolo

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