News bot Posted January 1, 2016 Posted January 1, 2016 As we enter the new year, we are delighted to introduce our African Team for 2016. Racing as the first ever UCI World Tour team from the African continent, our official team name is Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka.Click here to view the article Bonus 1
Mntboy Posted January 1, 2016 Posted January 1, 2016 Tyler Farrar ? Again ?Hopefully starting to ease into retirement. Otherwise I think this is a good squad. Some really good riders/racers in it. In particular Haas is a great addition and us keeping the African contingent mostly intact is great. Excited to see what 2016 has in store for Team Di Data for Qhubeka!
Ryno. Posted January 1, 2016 Posted January 1, 2016 Oky I am glad they chose Cav from a exposure standpoint, but I feel Reinie needs to have a chance to go for the sprints instead of being a leadout man. The rest of the team looks fine, going to miss Main-cheeze though.
Eldron Posted January 1, 2016 Posted January 1, 2016 Tyler Farrar ? Again ?Thankfully with Cav and train on board we won't have to waste races on Farrar trying to win sprints. Farrar can be be the opener followed by Reinie and Renshaw. That should be a decent train!
rock Posted January 1, 2016 Posted January 1, 2016 (edited) going to miss Main-cheeze though. I see Samsung followed him to the Italians.... Edited January 1, 2016 by rock
Ryno. Posted January 1, 2016 Posted January 1, 2016 I see Samsung followed him to the Italians.... I would too!!
xcd Posted January 1, 2016 Posted January 1, 2016 I heard this was the training kit and the white was the racing kit. I must say this is better than the white kit,
FondyMig Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 (edited) The SAMSUNG sponsorship with Lampre is European based, not SA. They were already sponsoring Lampre last season. Edited January 6, 2016 by FondyMig xcd 1
Wez-O Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 All very exciting, except for the fact that there are even less South Africans than last season
Jaco-fiets Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 All very exciting, except for the fact that there are even less South Africans than last season Is it a priority for them to be known as an "African" team? Just wondering. I mean they can still be involved with a good cause even if they are not an "African" team..... At the end of the day the best riders will have to get the contracts, African or not. I reckon they just play the "African team" card as long as they can because it carries some advertising weight (free extra tv coverage because shame, this is after all an African team). Next year there will be even less African riders and probably almost no SA riders. Would be great though if we can push through a good number of African (or SA) riders that make up a large nr of the team because they are the best available. I am not saying it is not the case now
xcd Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 All very exciting, except for the fact that there are even less South Africans than last season Don't forget they now have a feeder team with a Continental License it is chosen from the 8 best under 23 talent in Africa with 4 SA riders. They will have the opportunity to prove themselves in Europe. Jaco-fiets, Danger Dassie, Patchelicious and 1 other 4
Danger Dassie Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 Is it a priority for them to be known as an "African" team? Just wondering. I mean they can still be involved with a good cause even if they are not an "African" team..... At the end of the day the best riders will have to get the contracts, African or not. I reckon they just play the "African team" card as long as they can because it carries some advertising weight (free extra tv coverage because shame, this is after all an African team). Next year there will be even less African riders and probably almost no SA riders. Would be great though if we can push through a good number of African (or SA) riders that make up a large nr of the team because they are the best available. I am not saying it is not the case now Their commitment is and always has been to identify and develop African talent, almost half the team riders are African. 12 out of 28, that's a pretty large portion and they're within a mentoring environment. Plus they have their feeder team and all the support staff which is also a mix of nationalities. It's a real priority for the team, not just good PR. xcd and Jaco-fiets 2
Patchelicious Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 Don't forget they now have a feeder team with a Continental License it is chosen from the 8 best under 23 talent in Africa with 4 SA riders. They will have the opportunity to prove themselves in Europe.This is a very good point. Maybe better for some youngsters to sit here and learn, straight jump to WT might be a bit much. Anybody have a line up for the feeder team? xcd 1
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