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Meintjes hopes to repeat at U23 Worlds

Last year Louis Meintjes (MTN-Qhubeka) took a surprise silver medal in the U23 road race at the World Championships. Having just finished his first Vuelta, the talented climber is back for more in 2014 and is confident in his chances on a course that suits him well. Going into last year’s World Championships, Louis Meintjes had not been tipped as one of the potential winners of the race. However, the young South African did an outstanding ride on the hilly course in Florence, escaping late in the race to take second behind Mate Mohoric. This year Meintjes is back in Ponferrada hoping to capitalize on another year of riding at the professional level. Being part of a strong group of young African climbers, the South African has been doing races like Giro del Trentino, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Tour de Suisse and most recently Vuelta a Espana while riding in the colours of MTN-Qhubeka. Meintjes kicked off his Worlds campaign with today’s time trial where he finished a solid 8th. Not known as a specialist, he was one of the early starters and set an early mark for his rivals to beat. In the end, he was beaten by many of the pre-race ...

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Fraser Cartmell 2nd at Ironman Wales – his race recap

Scotsman Fraser Cartmell raced shoulder to shoulder with winner Matt Trautman for a long time of the race. Read more about his impressions and how the race unfolded. On my 2nd attempt at finishing Ironman Wales I crossed the line in 2nd place. After more than 9 hours of racing on a course best described as ‘brutal’ I think this shot best reminds me of the considerable amount of relief to have just gotten it done! The weather is always a factor when racing in the UK and this weekend the gods couldn’t have been much kinder. Save however for the easterly wind which coupled with an incoming tide created a formidable looking sea on race morning. Below on the left I appear to be figuring out exactly where the first swim buoy is. I really feel for all of the athletes who worry about getting through the swim leg of an Ironman – it’s a long old way in calm waters, but I’m afraid on Sunday morning it was anything but calm or indeed ‘flat’ and I for one didn’t enjoy it very much at all. Indeed I was sure (probably for the first time during my years racing) that after we had completed the first ...

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Alex Zanardi – Touch The Sky

This is a short, but very intimate portrait of Alex Zanardi, the former Formula 1 driver and winner of the American Champ Car Series. Alex was already a star, when he had his almost fatal accident at the Lausitzring in Germany. He lost his legs, but not his attitude. Alex Zanardi came back and did the impossible. He won races in the World Touring Car Championship, two gold medals at the Paralympics in London 2012 and just recently two hand bike world titles. It was a unique experience to spend a day with him at his house in Padova, talking about his life and joining him for a training session with his hand bike. His last words in the video describe him best. But see for yourself… Thanks to: stereoscreen.de

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Theo Bos Joins Team MTN-Qhubeka

Former track Olympic silver medalist and 5 time world champion, Theo Bos, will ride in Castelli and Team MTN-Qhubeka colors next season. Going pro in 2009, Theo has worn the Cervélo TestTeam, Rabobank and Belkin Pro-Cycling Team outfits over the last 5 years, Bos has been able to take his professional win tally up to 35 race victories. Most recently Bos won a stage in the World Tour event, Tour de Pologne, the overall GC victory at the World Ports classic and 4 stage wins in the crazy bunch sprints of Le Tour de Langkawi earlier in the year. Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung is delighted to welcome the Dutchman to Africa’s professional cycling Team.   “I am really excited to be joining Team MTN-Qhubeka. It is an amazing project that I can’t wait to be a part of. “ “The team race for a cause that is more than just winning races and that is Qhubeka, a social initiative where they aim to put children in Africa on bicycles.” says Theo Bos. “I really like this human element to the team. I hope I will be able to bring a fan base with me to the team that will bring new support to the Qhubeka initiative. When ...

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Postcards from la Vuelta

Finally we can see our two teams riding one of the most prestigious race together! Garmin-Sharp and african MTN-Qhubeka team are riding the Vuelta trying to catch the red jersey. Here some photos by Team Garmin-Sharp and MTN-Qhubeka photographer’s in case you have lost some moments of la Vuelta. Dan Martin pushing hard on the hill supported by fans. Team MTN-Qhubeka riding the team time trial… nice speedsuit, ah? Well trained legs Gerard! Jay smiles in front of the camera In two teams we provide with cycling kits in this Vuelta, Kristian is the only italian guy. Go Kristian! Team Garmin-Sharp presentation: what are you looking at David and Andrew? Hesjedal under the spanish sun Vansummeren leading the group

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