2017 Dimension Data season

Dimension Data
2017 season
UCI codeDDD
StatusUCI WorldTeam
ManagerBrian Smith
Main sponsor(s)Dimension Data
BasedSouth Africa
BicyclesCervélo
Season victories
One-day races0
Stage race overall4
Stage race stages12
National Championships6

The 2017 season for the Team Dimension Data cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team roster

As of 1 January 2017[1]
Rider Date of birth
 Igor Anton (ESP) (1983-03-02)2 March 1983 (aged 33)
 Natnael Berhane (ERI) (1991-01-05)5 January 1991 (aged 25)
 Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) (1987-05-17)17 May 1987 (aged 29)
 Mark Cavendish (GBR) (1985-05-21)21 May 1985 (aged 31)
 Steve Cummings (GBR) (1981-03-19)19 March 1981 (aged 35)
 Mekseb Debesay (ERI) (1991-06-16)16 June 1991 (aged 25)
 Nicolas Dougall (RSA) (1992-11-21)21 November 1992 (aged 24)
 Bernhard Eisel (AUT) (1981-02-17)17 February 1981 (aged 35)
 Tyler Farrar (USA) (1984-06-02)2 June 1984 (aged 32)
 Omar Fraile (ESP) (1990-07-17)17 July 1990 (aged 26)
 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) (1994-08-13)13 August 1994 (aged 22)
 Nathan Haas (AUS) (1989-03-12)12 March 1989 (aged 27)
 Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) (1987-09-06)6 September 1987 (aged 29)
 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) (1989-02-03)3 February 1989 (aged 27)
Rider Date of birth
 Ben King (USA) (1989-03-22)22 March 1989 (aged 27)
 Merhawi Kudus (ERI) (1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 22)
 Lachlan Morton (AUS) (1992-01-02)2 January 1992 (aged 24)
 Adrien Niyonshuti (RWA) (1987-02-02)2 February 1987 (aged 29)
 Ben O'Connor (AUS) (1995-11-25)25 November 1995 (aged 21)
 Serge Pauwels (BEL) (1983-11-21)21 November 1983 (aged 33)
 Youcef Reguigui (ALG) (1990-01-09)9 January 1990 (aged 26)
 Mark Renshaw (AUS) (1982-10-22)22 October 1982 (aged 34)
 Kristian Sbaragli (ITA) (1990-05-08)8 May 1990 (aged 26)
 Daniel Teklehaymanot (ERI) (1988-11-10)10 November 1988 (aged 28)
 Jay Thomson (RSA) (1986-04-12)12 April 1986 (aged 30)
 Scott Thwaites (GBR) (1990-02-12)12 February 1990 (aged 26)
 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) (1991-02-02)2 February 1991 (aged 25)
 Jaco Venter (RSA) (1987-02-13)13 February 1987 (aged 29)

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
19 February Tour of Oman, Youth classification UCI Asia Tour  Merhawi Kudus (ERI)  Oman
19 February Tour of Oman, Teams classification UCI Asia Tour [N 1]  Oman
23 February Abu Dhabi Tour, Stage 1 UCI World Tour  Mark Cavendish (GBR)  United Arab Emirates Madinat Zayed
24 February Tour de Langkawi, Stage 3 UCI Asia Tour  Mekseb Debesay (ERI)  Malaysia Cameron Highlands
25 February Tour de Langkawi, Stage 4 UCI Asia Tour  Ryan Gibbons (RSA)  Malaysia Kuala Kubu Bharu
26 February Abu Dhabi Tour, Points classification UCI World Tour  Mark Cavendish (GBR)  United Arab Emirates
1 March Tour de Langkawi, Overall UCI Asia Tour  Ryan Gibbons (RSA)  Malaysia
1 March Tour de Langkawi, Points classification UCI Asia Tour  Ryan Gibbons (RSA)  Malaysia
30 April Tour de Yorkshire, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Serge Pauwels (BEL)  United Kingdom Sheffield
30 April Tour de Yorkshire, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Serge Pauwels (BEL)  United Kingdom
30 April Tour de Yorkshire, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 2]  United Kingdom
17 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 UCI World Tour  Omar Fraile (ESP)  Italy Bagno di Romagna
17 May Tour of Norway, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)  Norway Asker
20 May Tour of California, Youth classification UCI World Tour  Lachlan Morton (AUS)  United States
21 May Tour of Norway, Stage 5 UCI Europe Tour  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)  Norway Oslo
21 May Tour of Norway, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)  Norway
21 May Tour of Norway, Points classification UCI Europe Tour  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)  Norway
26 May Tour des Fjords, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)  Norway Kopervik
27 May Tour des Fjords, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)  Norway Sandnes
28 May Tour des Fjords, Stage 5 UCI Europe Tour  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)  Norway Stavanger
28 May Tour des Fjords, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)  Norway
28 May Tour des Fjords, Points classification UCI Europe Tour  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)  Norway
7 July Tour of Austria, Stage 5 UCI Europe Tour  Ben O'Connor (AUS)  Austria Alpendorf
8 July Tour of Austria, Team classification UCI Europe Tour [N 3]  Austria
21 July Tour de France, Stage 19 UCI World Tour  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)  France Salon-de-Provence
13 August Arctic Race of Norway, Mountains classification UCI Europe Tour  Bernhard Eisel (AUT)  Norway

National, Continental and World champions 2017

Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location
12 February South African National Road Race Champion
 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA)  South Africa Wellington
22 June Norwegian National Time Trial Champion
 Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)  Norway Trondheim
22 June British National Time Trial Champion
 Steve Cummings (GBR)  Isle of Man St John's
23 June Eritrean National Time Trial Champion
 Mekseb Debesay (ERI)  Eritrea
24 June Rwanda National Time Trial Champion
 Adrien Niyonshuti (RWA)  Rwanda Bugesera
25 June British National Road Race Champion
 Steve Cummings (GBR)  Isle of Man Douglas

Footnotes

  1. ^ The riders on the squad were Merhawi Kudus, Mekseb Debesay, Tyler Farrar, Nathan Haas, Lachlan Morton, Youcef Reguigui, Kristian Sbaragli and Jay Thomson
  2. ^ The riders on the squad were Serge Pauwels, Bernhard Eisel, Omar Fraile, Jacques Janse van Rensburg, Ben O'Connor, Kristian Sbaragli, Scott Thwaites and Johann van Zyl
  3. ^ The riders on the squad were Igor Antón, Mekseb Debesay, Ryan Gibbons, Ben O'Connor, Youcef Reguigui, Daniel Teklehaimanot, Jay Thomson and Johann van Zyl

References

  1. ^ "Team Dimension Data". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Dimension Data sign young riders O'Connor and Gibbons". cyclingnews.com. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "King, Thwaites and Morton join Dimension Data for 2017". cyclingnews.com. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Lars Petter Nordhaug and Matt Brammeier join new Irish Pro Continental team for 2017". Cycling Weekly. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Stybar to compete in pair of 'cross races - News Shorts". cyclingnews.com. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Cameron Meyer leaves Dimension Data citing personal reasons". cyclingnews.com. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Bahrain Merida sign Siutsou and Bozic to back Nibali in 2017". cyclingnews.com. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
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