The Tour de France will welcome its first African team, MTN-Qhubeka, in 2015. South Africa's team will race alongside Pro Continental teams Bora-Argon 18, Bretagne-Séché Environnement, Cofidis and Europcar at the 2015 race which starts on July 4.
MTN-Qhubeka, who began racing as a second division team in 2013, participated in its first Grand Tour, the Vuelta a España, last year.
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Giacomo Nizzolo wins European Championships road race in dramatic sprint finishNizzolo beat Arnaud Démare and Pascal Ackermann to become the 2020 European champion
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Victor Campenaerts is sleeping at 4,700m in altitude tent ‘to feel like a rider who took EPO’Time trial star Victor Campenaerts has revealed he is sleeping at 4,700 metres in an altitude tent, so he can “feel like a rider who took EPO.”
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