The next stop on our racing calendar is the Tour of Croatia which gets underway tomorrow. It will be the first time our Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka squad take on this UCI 2.1 category event.
The Tour of Croatia provides something for all types of riders as the 6 stages are made up by a flat stage, 3 hilly stages, a mountain summit finish and a 40km team time trial. The GC will certainly be decided on stages 4 and 5 where riders will face the 20km HC category climb to Ucka before the 40km team time trial to Umag the following day.
For our African Team, it will be the sprint and punchy stages where we really hope to thrive as we have a strong team to contend for the stage victory on these days. Mark Cavendish will lead the squad with Mark Renshaw, Bernhard Eisel, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Jay Thomson, Nic Dougall and Nathan Haas completing our line-up.
Adrien Niyonshuti was scheduled to start the Tour of Croatia as well but unfortunately he was not able to get his visa for the event in time.
Jay Thomson – Rider
Alex Sans Vega – Sport Director
