2017 Dimension Data season

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.

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

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

    DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocation
    19 FebruaryTour of Oman, Youth classificationUCI Asia Tour Merhawi Kudus (ERI) Oman
    19 FebruaryTour of Oman, Teams classificationUCI Asia Tour[N 1] Oman
    23 FebruaryAbu Dhabi Tour, Stage 1UCI World Tour Mark Cavendish (GBR) United Arab EmiratesMadinat Zayed
    24 FebruaryTour de Langkawi, Stage 3UCI Asia Tour Mekseb Debesay (ERI) MalaysiaCameron Highlands
    25 FebruaryTour de Langkawi, Stage 4UCI Asia Tour Ryan Gibbons (RSA) MalaysiaKuala Kubu Bharu
    26 FebruaryAbu Dhabi Tour, Points classificationUCI World Tour Mark Cavendish (GBR) United Arab Emirates
    1 MarchTour de Langkawi, OverallUCI Asia Tour Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Malaysia
    1 MarchTour de Langkawi, Points classificationUCI Asia Tour Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Malaysia
    30 AprilTour de Yorkshire, Stage 3UCI Europe Tour Serge Pauwels (BEL) United KingdomSheffield
    30 AprilTour de Yorkshire, OverallUCI Europe Tour Serge Pauwels (BEL) United Kingdom
    30 AprilTour de Yorkshire, Teams classificationUCI Europe Tour[N 2] United Kingdom
    17 MayGiro d'Italia, Stage 11UCI World Tour Omar Fraile (ESP) ItalyBagno di Romagna
    17 MayTour of Norway, Stage 1UCI Europe Tour Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) NorwayAsker
    20 MayTour of California, Youth classificationUCI World Tour Lachlan Morton (AUS) United States
    21 MayTour of Norway, Stage 5UCI Europe Tour Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) NorwayOslo
    21 MayTour of Norway, OverallUCI Europe Tour Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Norway
    21 MayTour of Norway, Points classificationUCI Europe Tour Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Norway
    26 MayTour des Fjords, Stage 3UCI Europe Tour Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) NorwayKopervik
    27 MayTour des Fjords, Stage 4UCI Europe Tour Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) NorwaySandnes
    28 MayTour des Fjords, Stage 5UCI Europe Tour Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) NorwayStavanger
    28 MayTour des Fjords, OverallUCI Europe Tour Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Norway
    28 MayTour des Fjords, Points classificationUCI Europe Tour Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Norway
    7 JulyTour of Austria, Stage 5UCI Europe Tour Ben O'Connor (AUS) AustriaAlpendorf
    8 JulyTour of Austria, Team classificationUCI Europe Tour[N 3] Austria
    21 JulyTour de France, Stage 19UCI World Tour Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) FranceSalon-de-Provence
    13 AugustArctic Race of Norway, Mountains classificationUCI Europe Tour Bernhard Eisel (AUT) Norway

    National, Continental and World champions 2017

    DateDisciplineJerseyRiderCountryLocation
    12 FebruarySouth African National Road Race Champion
     Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) South AfricaWellington
    22 JuneNorwegian National Time Trial Champion
     Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) NorwayTrondheim
    22 JuneBritish National Time Trial Champion
     Steve Cummings (GBR) Isle of ManSt John's
    23 JuneEritrean National Time Trial Champion
     Mekseb Debesay (ERI) Eritrea
    24 JuneRwanda National Time Trial Champion
     Adrien Niyonshuti (RWA) RwandaBugesera
    25 JuneBritish National Road Race Champion
     Steve Cummings (GBR) Isle of ManDouglas

    Footnotes

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    References

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