Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung are very happy to announce the signing of Natnael Berhane for the 2015 season.
Berhane is a former African and Eritrean road race champion as well as the current national time trial champion of Eritrea. During last year’s Tour of Turkey, Berhane made history by becoming the first black African to win a professional cycling stage race in Europe when he won the races overall classification. Berhane also went on to win Africa’s most prestigious UCI race this year, The Tour of Amissa Bongo in Gabon, after out-sprinting Spain’s Luis Leon Sanchez for the all-important bonus seconds on the final stage.
Having spent the past 2 years with the French Europcar outfit, Berhane has gained some invaluable race experience by competing in a number of world tour events, including the Vuelta a Espana this year. As one of Africa’s finest cyclists, it was only natural for the 23 year old Eritrean to now join Team MTN-Qhubeka. We look forward to Berhane flourishing in the colours of Team MTN-Qhubeka in 2015.
Rider – Natnael Berhane
Team Principal – Douglas Ryder
Learn more about the team at www.teammtnqhubeka.com.
Wohoo, now all of a sudden we have a GC squad.
SICK!!