2017 Dimension Data season

Dimension Data
2017 season
UCI code	DDD
Status	UCI WorldTeam
Manager	Brian Smith
Main sponsor(s)	Dimension Data
Based	South Africa
Bicycles	Cervélo
Season victories
One-day races	0
Stage race overall	4
Stage race stages	12
National Championships	6

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.

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)

Riders who joined the team for the 2017 season

Rider	2016 team
Ryan Gibbons^[2]	Dimension Data for Qhubeka
Ben King^[3]	Cannondale–Drapac
Lachlan Morton^[3]	Jelly Belly–Maxxis
Ben O'Connor^[2]	Avanti IsoWhey Sports
Scott Thwaites^[3]	Bora–Argon 18

Riders who left the team during or after the 2016 season

Rider	2017 team
Theo Bos
Matt Brammeier^[4]	Aqua Blue Sport
Songezo Jim^[5]	Kuwait–Cartucho.es
Cameron Meyer^[6]
Kanstantsin Sivtsov^[7]	Bahrain–Merida

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
000000002017-02-19-000019 February	Tour of Oman, Youth classification	UCI Asia Tour	Kudus, MerhawiMerhawi Kudus (ERI)	Oman
000000002017-02-19-000019 February	Tour of Oman, Teams classification	UCI Asia Tour	^{[N 1]}	Oman
000000002017-02-23-000023 February	Abu Dhabi Tour, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	United Arab Emirates	Madinat Zayed
000000002017-02-24-000024 February	Tour de Langkawi, Stage 3	UCI Asia Tour	Debesay, MeksebMekseb Debesay (ERI)	Malaysia	Cameron Highlands
000000002017-02-25-000025 February	Tour de Langkawi, Stage 4	UCI Asia Tour	Gibbons, RyanRyan Gibbons (RSA)	Malaysia	Kuala Kubu Bharu
000000002017-02-26-000026 February	Abu Dhabi Tour, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR)	United Arab Emirates
000000002017-03-01-00001 March	Tour de Langkawi, Overall	UCI Asia Tour	Gibbons, RyanRyan Gibbons (RSA)	Malaysia
000000002017-03-01-00001 March	Tour de Langkawi, Points classification	UCI Asia Tour	Gibbons, RyanRyan Gibbons (RSA)	Malaysia
000000002017-04-30-000030 April	Tour de Yorkshire, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Pauwels, SergeSerge Pauwels (BEL)	United Kingdom	Sheffield
000000002017-04-30-000030 April	Tour de Yorkshire, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Pauwels, SergeSerge Pauwels (BEL)	United Kingdom
000000002017-04-30-000030 April	Tour de Yorkshire, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 2]}	United Kingdom
000000002017-05-17-000017 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 11	UCI World Tour	Fraile, OmarOmar Fraile (ESP)	Italy	Bagno di Romagna
000000002017-05-17-000017 May	Tour of Norway, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Boasson Hagen, EdvaldEdvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Norway	Asker
000000002017-05-20-000020 May	Tour of California, Youth classification	UCI World Tour	Morton, LachlanLachlan Morton (AUS)	United States
000000002017-05-21-000021 May	Tour of Norway, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Boasson Hagen, EdvaldEdvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Norway	Oslo
000000002017-05-21-000021 May	Tour of Norway, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Boasson Hagen, EdvaldEdvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Norway
000000002017-05-21-000021 May	Tour of Norway, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Boasson Hagen, EdvaldEdvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Norway
000000002017-05-26-000026 May	Tour des Fjords, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Boasson Hagen, EdvaldEdvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Norway	Kopervik
000000002017-05-27-000027 May	Tour des Fjords, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Boasson Hagen, EdvaldEdvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Norway	Sandnes
000000002017-05-28-000028 May	Tour des Fjords, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Boasson Hagen, EdvaldEdvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Norway	Stavanger
000000002017-05-28-000028 May	Tour des Fjords, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Boasson Hagen, EdvaldEdvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Norway
000000002017-05-28-000028 May	Tour des Fjords, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Boasson Hagen, EdvaldEdvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Norway
000000002017-07-07-00007 July	Tour of Austria, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	O'Connor, BenBen O'Connor (AUS)	Austria	Alpendorf
000000002017-07-08-00008 July	Tour of Austria, Team classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 3]}	Austria
000000002017-07-21-000021 July	Tour de France, Stage 19	UCI World Tour	Boasson Hagen, EdvaldEdvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	France	Salon-de-Provence

National, Continental and World champions 2017

Date	Discipline	Rider	Country	Location
000000002017-02-12-000012 February	South African National Road Race Champion	Janse van Rensburg, ReinardtReinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA)	South Africa	Wellington
000000002017-06-22-000022 June	Norwegian National Time Trial Champion	Boasson Hagen, EdvaldEdvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Norway	Trondheim
000000002017-06-22-000022 June	British National Time Trial Champion	Cummings, SteveSteve Cummings (GBR)	Isle of Man	St John's
000000002017-06-23-000023 June	Eritrean National Time Trial Champion	Debesay, MeksebMekseb Debesay (ERI)	Eritrea
000000002017-06-24-000024 June	Rwanda National Time Trial Champion	Niyonshuti, AdrienAdrien Niyonshuti (RWA)	Rwanda	Bugesera
000000002017-06-25-000025 June	British National Road Race Champion	Cummings, SteveSteve Cummings (GBR)	Isle of Man	Douglas

Footnotes

↑ The riders on the squad were Merhawi Kudus, Mekseb Debesay, Tyler Farrar, Nathan Haas, Lachlan Morton, Youcef Reguigui, Kristian Sbaragli and Jay Thomson
↑ The riders on the squad were Serge Pauwels, Bernhard Eisel, Omar Fraile, Jacques Janse van Rensburg, Ben O'Connor, Kristian Sbaragli, Scott Thwaites and Johann van Zyl
↑ The riders on the squad were Igor Antón, Mekseb Debesay, Ryan Gibbons, Ben O'Connor, Youcef Reguigui, Daniel Teklehaimanot, Jay Thomson and Johann van Zyl

References

↑ "Team Dimension Data". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
1 2 "Dimension Data sign young riders O'Connor and Gibbons". cyclingnews.com. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
1 2 3 "King, Thwaites and Morton join Dimension Data for 2017". cyclingnews.com. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
↑ "Lars Petter Nordhaug and Matt Brammeier join new Irish Pro Continental team for 2017". Cycling Weekly. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
↑ "Stybar to compete in pair of 'cross races - News Shorts". cyclingnews.com. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
↑ "Cameron Meyer leaves Dimension Data citing personal reasons". cyclingnews.com. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
↑ "Bahrain Merida sign Siutsou and Bozic to back Nibali in 2017". cyclingnews.com. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.

External links

2017 Dimension Data season profile at ProCyclingStats

Team Dimension Data seasons
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List of 2017 UCI WorldTeams and riders
AG2R La Mondiale Astana Bahrain–Merida BMC Racing Team Bora–Hansgrohe Cannondale–Drapac Dimension Data FDJ Katusha–Alpecin LottoNL–Jumbo Lotto–Soudal Movistar Team Orica–Scott Quick-Step Floors Team Sky Team Sunweb Trek–Segafredo UAE Team Emirates

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