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Team Qhubeka ASSOS set for Critérium du Dauphiné

Tomorrow the Criterium du Dauphine will get underway, in Issoire, France, with a strong UCI World Tour peloton set to do battle during what is considered the dress rehearsal to the Tour de France

We will definitely go to hunt stages and try to keep the momentum of our impressive Giro d'Italia team, which gives motivation to everyone in the team

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 29, 2021/APO Group/ --

For Team Qhubeka ASSOS (TeamQhubeka.com), the Criterium du Dauphine will also serve as the ideal preparation ahead of the 2021 Tour de France. However, the eight-stage race, in it's own right, promises to have some exciting racing where we will look to feature regularly by primarily targeting top stage results.

Our roster will be headlined by Fabio Aru and Michael Gogl, who have both been training well in recent weeks. They will be supported by Sander Armée, Carlos Barbero, Sean Bennett, and Robert Power, riders who can create opportunities on stages suited to them. Dylan Sunderland from Australia completes our lineup.

Team Qhubeka ASSOS looks forward to a challenging, but exciting week, in the build up to the Tour de France.

A big thank you to Bakusele (@kusta_original) for announcing our line-up with his fan video (https://bit.ly/34uxQVC) submission.

Michael Gogl - Rider
I am definitely looking forward to get back to racing now. After preparing with some of the team in an altitude camp in Andorra on 2400m, I think we can consider ourselves as ready. There are many different profiles of stages this week which should suit every one of our team on different days. We will definitely go to hunt stages and try to keep the momentum of our impressive Giro d'Italia team, which gives motivation to everyone in the team.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Team Qhubeka ASSOS.

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About Team Qhubeka ASSOS:
Team Qhubeka ASSOS is a purpose-led, high-performance team, fighting to win on the world's biggest stage, to inspire hope and create opportunity. Founded in 2007, Team Qhubeka ASSOS (formerly NTT Pro Cycling) became the first-ever African cycling team to gain a UCI WorldTour license, in 2016.

We achieved our first major win in 2013 when Gerald Ciolek won Milan-San Remo, one of the five Monuments of cycling. We have competed in six Tour de France’s and notched up 7 stage wins, with Mark Cavendish wearing the coveted Yellow Jersey at the 2016 Tour de France.

We are a multicultural, diverse team with bases in South Africa, the Netherlands and Italy. There are 19 nationalities represented across our World Tour and continental feeder team rosters. Our focus on developing African cycling has resulted in more than 55 riders from the African continent be given the opportunity to race on the world stage, since the team's inception.

We race to help people to move forward with bicycles through our relationship with Qhubeka Charity. Through our work with Qhubeka, we have contributed to the distribution of over 30 000 bicycles in communities in South Africa.

About Qhubeka:
Qhubeka is a charity that moves people forward with bicycles. People earn bicycles through our programmes, improving their access to schools, clinics and jobs.

A bicycle is a tool that helps people to travel faster and further, and to carry more. In the face of extreme and persistent poverty, bicycles can change lives by helping to address socioeconomic challenges at the most basic level – helping people to get where they need to go. 

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