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MTN-QHUBEKA ready for Grand Tour debut

On Saturday Africa’s team start their first ever grand tour, La Vuelta a Espana. Boundaries are being broken with an unprecedented six grand tour debutantes starting the La Vuelta. And in Merhawi Kudus, Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung will field the youngest rider in the race. For each and every Team MTN-Qhubeka rider starting La Vuelta a Espana, it is a case of a dream being realised. The motivation and morale among the entire team is sky high as they prepare to get the ball rolling with Saturday’s Team Time Trial. Gerald CiolekIt is a great moment for our team to be at the start of La Vuelta, it is such a big step forward for us. We can do well in this race, it suits us nicely and our climbers will be at home in this race.Sergio PardillaI am so happy to here at my home race with our African team. Our team has a lot of young riders, for them it is the first time they are doing such a big race but I’m very confident in our young African guys. They can definitely give me all the support I need to get a top 10 result on GC.Louis ...

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Meet us at Eurobike – Let’s Go Retro

Whether you’re interested in chatting about cycling history, cobblestone sections or what gear to wear on your next ride, join us for a couple of drinks and more at the Castelli vintage “Moustache“ Party  — just bring your favorite moustache and you’re set! When: Wednesday, August 27, 2014, 5:30pm. Where: Eurobike show, Hall B5, Stand 513, Friedrichshafen, Germany While you’re here, snap a “moustache” selfie and enter in our #4everRetro photo contest, and chat with professional road cycling athletes of Team Garmin-Sharp.    DISCOVER THE NEXT LEAP IN INNOVATION Castelli has been at the forefront of essentially every breakthrough in cycling clothing since making the wool shorts obsolete. In 2007, Castelli introduced the first Free Bibshort that revolutionized cycling shorts with the incredible feeling of freedom it provided. For 2015, we’ve re-engineered every detail making the World-Tour Free short more comfortable and more aerodynamic.

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Meet us at Eurobike – Let’s Go Retro

Whether you’re interested in chatting about cycling history, cobblestone sections or what gear to wear on your next ride, join us for a couple of drinks and more at the Castelli vintage “Moustache“ Party  — just bring your favorite moustache and you’re set! When: Wednesday, August 27, 2014, 5:30pm. Where: Eurobike show, Hall B5, Stand 513, Friedrichshafen, Germany While you’re here, snap a “moustache” selfie and enter in our #4everRetro photo contest, and chat with professional road cycling athletes of Team Garmin-Sharp.    DISCOVER THE NEXT LEAP IN INNOVATION Castelli has been at the forefront of essentially every breakthrough in cycling clothing since making the wool shorts obsolete. In 2007, Castelli introduced the first Free Bibshort that revolutionized cycling shorts with the incredible feeling of freedom it provided. For 2015, we’ve re-engineered every detail making the World-Tour Free short more comfortable and more aerodynamic.

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MTN-Qhubeka La Vuelta Roster

As Africa’s first ever professional cycling team to race a grand tour, we are extremely excited and very proud to announce the 6 African and 3 European riders that will make history and represent Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung at the 2014 La Vuelta a Espana. Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung La Vuelta a Espana Lineup Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT Gerald CIOLEK Jaco VENTER Jay THOMSON Kristian SBARAGLI Linus GERDEMANN Louis MEINTJES Merhawi KUDUS Sergio PARDILLA Ignatas KONOVALOVAS Jacques Janse VAN RENSBURG Gerald Ciolek It’s a great thing that we’ll be at the start of La Vuelta, it is a big step forward for our team. I am personally looking forward to it too because I believe our team can perform really well at this race. It is a race that suits our team and especially our climbers can be successful. Louis Meintjes I am super happy to have been selected to race La Vuelta, I still can’t really believe it. I think after La Vuelta I will only realise what it actually means. My main goal will firstly be to just reach the finish and after that I will definitely look to target 1 or 2 stages for a result. Of course I ...

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Andreas Raelert celebrates victory in Gdynia

Andreas Raelert has won Herbalife Triathon in Gdynia, Poland, in a sovereign way. In 3:54:44 the Rostockian claimed the victory in the middle-distance event ahead of German Sean Donnelly (4:00:13) and Italian Massimo Cigana (4:01:08). Under hot conditions Andreas Raelert improved the course record at the Baltic Sea coast of last year’s winner Victor Zyemtsev (Ukraine) by more than six minutes. “I feel satisfied with my race,” said Andreas Raelert after the finish, “in general, the performance was very balanced. That gives me a lot of confidence for the upcoming tasks in this season.” After 23:49 minutes, Andreas Raelert came out of the water in second place. After he had mainly determined the pace on the 1.9 km long swim course in the Bay of Gdynia, he eventually exited the Sea closely behind his colleague Sean Donnelly (23:46). “On the bike we both kept the speed high,” said Andreas Raelert, “only on the last 15 kilometers, Sean was able to break away a little bit.” Andreas Raelert rode the 90 kilometer bike course in 2:10:21 and entered T2 just 1:15 minutes behind the leader. However, he was able to reduce the gap early in the run and quickly caught up ...

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