THE TEAMS
TEAM DIMENSION DATA
SOUTH AFRICA
MANAGER Douglas Ryder TEAM FOUNDED 2007 (MTN-Microsoft ) UNDER CURRENT NAME SINCE 2016
B E R N A R D T H É V E N E T G I V E S H I S A N A LY S I S
They must be opportunistic
Louis Meintjes, a rising stage race star two years ago, is struggling to confi rm
that status. As a consequence, his team will have to contend in diff erent areas.
For the sprints they have Mark Cavendish, the man with 30 Tour stage wins,
but he has experienced a lot of setbacks since his abandon in Vittel in 2017.
They can also count on Edvald Boasson Hagen, even though the Norwegian
isn’t as competitive this season as he has been before. Finally, there is
breakaway specialist Steve Cummings, who is well able to fi nish off long-
range escapes. Essentially, this team must adopt an opportunistic approach.
GEAR
Louis Meintjes
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THE RIDERS TEAM DIMENSION DATA 2019
Name Category
CAVENDISH Mark
BAK Lars
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
CUMMINGS Stephen
DE BOD Stefan
DLAMINI Nicholas
EISEL Bernhard
GASPAROTTO Enrico
GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel
GIBBONS Ryan
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
KREUZIGER Roman
MEINTJES Louis
NIZZOLO Giacomo
O’CONNOR Ben
RENSHAW Mark
SLAGTER Tom-Jelte
THOMSON Jay Robert
TILLER Rasmus
VALGREN Michael
VENTER Jacobus
VERMOTE Julien
WYSS Danilo Leader
Rouleur
Sprinter
All-rounder
Rouleur
All-rounder
Rouleur
Puncheur
Puncheur
Sprinter
Climber
Sprinter
All-rounder
Climber
Sprinter
All-rounder
Sprinter
Puncheur
All-rounder
Puncheur
Puncheur
All-rounder
Rouleur
Rouleur
Date
of birth
21/05/85
16/01/80
17/05/87
19/03/81
17/11/96
12/08/95
17/02/81
22/03/82
17/08/94
13/08/94
06/09/87
03/02/89
06/05/86
21/02/92
30/01/89
25/11/95
22/10/82
01/07/89
12/04/86
28/07/96
07/02/92
13/02/87
26/07/89
26/08/85
Nationality Height Weight
GBR
DEN
NOR
GBR
GBR
RSA
AUT
ITA
ETH
RSA
RSA
RSA
CZE
RSA
ITA
AUS
AUS
NED
RSA
NOR
DEN
RSA
BEL
SUI 1,75 m
1,90 m
1,81 m
1,90 m
1,85 m
1,76 m
1,83 m
1,74 m
1,85 m
1,81 m
1,75 m
1,81 m
1,83 m
1,73m
1,84 m
1,88 m
1,79 m
1,69 m
1,85 m
1,74 m
1,79 m
1,89 m
1,79 m
1,76 m 70 kg
76 kg
74 kg
75 kg
71 kg
65 kg
78 kg
65 kg
74 kg
70 kg
63 kg
72 kg
65 kg
61kg
72 kg
66 kg
72 kg
58 kg
75 kg
71 kg
71 kg
70 kg
71 kg
75 kg
Pro
since
2005
2002
2006
2005
2016
2018
2001
2005
2016
2016
2008
2010
2006
2012
2011
2015
2004
2011
2007
2017
2011
2006
2011
2007
Tour stage
wins
30
-
3
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2018 Tour
result
h.d. 11th
-
84th
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
110th
-
-
-
-
h.d. 11th
59th
143rd
-
44th
-
75th
-
Number
of Tours
12
7
8
5
-
-
12
1
-
-
1
4
8
3
-
-
10
3
1
-
4
1
4
2
Best Tour
result
130th
37th
53rd
86th
-
-
108th
95th
-
-
51st
96th
5th
8th
-
-
142nd
56th
143rd
-
44th
62nd
75th
63rd
2018 team
Dimension Data
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Joker Icopal
Astana
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