Team Dimension Data revealed their team and race outfit for the 2017 season during a presentation at the Cape Town Waterfront recently.
The team will take on the new season with riders from 12 different nations.
Regarding the race outfit, in recent years the five-finger-salute has become synonymous with the team.
The hand will once again feature on the back of the jersey. However, the jersey also reveals 28 smaller hands.
Team Dimension Data revealed their team and race outfit for the 2017 season during a presentation at the Cape Town Waterfront recently. Photo: Scott Mitchell
Subtly printed on the green livery they symbolize the children who receive help through the results of the 28 riders.
“We had some incredible success this year. We want to do more together as a team, with our partners and fans and raise more than the 5 000 bikes that we raised this year,” said British rider Mark Cavendish.
This year the team managed to win 32 races, while climbing the podium more than 70 times.
Five stage wins, and a yellow and green jersey at the Tour de France were also among the achievements, as was their first ever win in a special category at a Grand Tour – taking home the best climber classification of the Vuelta a Espana.
Team Dimension Data revealed their team and race outfit for the 2017 season during a presentation at the Cape Town Waterfront recently. Photo: Scott Mitchell
The following 28 riders will sport the colours of the African team:
Igor Anton (Spain), Natnael Berhane (Eritrea), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway), Mark Cavendish (Great Britain), Stephen Cummings (Great Britain), Mekseb Debesay (Eritrea), Nicolas Dougall (South Africa), Bernhard Eisel (Austria), Tyler Farrar (USA), Omar Fraile (Spain), Ryan Gibbons (South Africa), Nathan Haas (Australia), Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (South Africa), Jacques Janse van Rensburg (South Africa), Ben King (USA), Merhawi Kudus (Eritrea), Lachlan Morton (Australia), Adrien Niyonsuti (Rwanda), Ben O’Connor (Australia), Serge Pauwels (Belgium), Youcef Reguigui (Algeria), Mark Renshaw (Australia), Kristian Sbaragli (Italy), Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eritrea), Jay Robert Thomson (South Africa), Scott Thwaites (Great Britain), Johann van Zyl (South Africa), Jaco Venter (South Africa).
