Daniel Teklehaimanot

Daniel Teklehaimanot

Teklehaimanot at the 2015 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Teklehaimanot Girmazion
Nickname	The Tickler
Born	(1988-11-10) 10 November 1988 Debarwa, Eritrea
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team Dimension Data
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider - Breakaway Specialist
Amateur team(s)
2009–2011	World Cycling Centre
Professional team(s)
2008	Amore & Vita–McDonald's (stagiaire)
2010	Cervélo TestTeam (stagiaire)
2012–2013	GreenEDGE
2014–	MTN–Qhubeka
Major wins
One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2008, 2012, 2016) National Time Trial Championships (2011–2012, 2015–2016)
Medal record Men's road cycling Representing  Eritrea CAC Road African Championships 2010 Kigali Road race 2010 Kigali Individual time trial 2010 Kigali Team time trial 2011 Asmara Individual time trial 2011 Asmara Team time trial 2012 Ouagadougou Individual time trial 2012 Ouagadougou Team time trial 2013 Sharm el-Sheikh Individual time trial 2013 Sharm el-Sheikh Team time trial 2015 Wartburg Team time trial 2015 Wartburg Individual time trial

Daniel Teklehaimanot Girmazion (Tigrinya: ዳንኤል ተክለሃይማኖት ግርማጽዮን^?; Tigrinya pronunciation: [tɐklɐhajmanot]) (born 10 November 1988)^[1] is a professional road racing cyclist from Eritrea.^[2] He rides for Team Dimension Data.^[3]

Career

Teklehaimanot at the 2015 Tour de France

Teklehaimanot was a member of the UCI's World Cycling Centre training program before signing for the new Australian cycling team GreenEDGE in 2012.^[4] Whilst at the World Cycling Centre he was diagnosed with tachycardia, which was corrected by surgery in early 2009. He returned to riding in May of that year and went on to finish sixth overall in that year's Tour de l'Avenir.^[5] In 2010 he rode as a trainee for Cervélo TestTeam. The same year, he won the African Championships in the road race, individual time trial and team time trial, at both senior and under-23 levels. On the 2010–2011 UCI Africa Tour, he won the Tour of Rwanda and the Kwita Izina Cycling Tour.^[6]

He participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics being the first Eritrean competing in a sport other than athletics; he finished the road race in the 73rd position. In 2012, he became the first Eritrean to ride in La Vuelta, one of the 3 grand tours; he finished the race 146th overall. Teklehaimanot joined MTN–Qhubeka for the 2014 season, on a two-year contract.^[3] In 2015, at the Critérium du Dauphiné, he won the first World Tour jersey in MTN–Qhubeka's history by taking the mountains competition.^[7] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.^[8] In July of the year, Teklehaimanot also became the first rider from an African team to wear the polka dot jersey at the Tour de France.^[9]

He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.^[10]

Career achievements

Major results

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	111
Tour de France	—	—	—	49	85	—
Vuelta a España	146	—	47	—	—	—

References

External links

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