The Bretagne Classic will be a tough 247km test on the rolling roads around Brittany. Usually a race that a classics rider like Michael Valgren or Edvald Boasson Hagen would target, this year with the change in calendar and Tour de France starting on Saturday, we could see a very different and open race at Bretagne.
NTT Pro Cycling (NTTProCycling.com) will be counting on its young talents to shine, with Samuele Battistella, Matteo Sobrero, Stefan de Bod, Nicholas Dlamini, Rasmus Tiller and Michael Carbel all starting.
Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, the 31-year-old South African, will be the experienced head among his younger teammates and will look to lead the team at a race that should also suit his capabilities.
Alex Sans Vega - NTT Pro Cycling Sport Director
“What we are seeing with the calendar being all mixed up this year, is that some of the usual names you would see at particular races are not at those races this year. In that, there is now an opportunity for riders to step up and show themselves at very prestigious races. This is quite exciting, particularly for our team that we have here at Bretagne. Apart from Reinardt, all our guys are 25 or younger. 248km is going to be a tough challenge, but we hope to rise to the occasion.”
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Founded in 2007, NTT Pro Cycling (formerly Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka) became the first-ever African cycling team to gain a WorldTour license, in 2016. With the support of our headline sponsor and technology innovation partner, NTT, we are the most purpose-driven, performance-led, and technology-enabled team in pro cycling today.
Our ambition is to continue to race at the highest levels in world cycling, to develop riders to realise their full potential and to inspire and motivate people across the African continent to ride bicycles.
We have bases in South Africa, Denmark, the Netherlands and Italy.
We also ride to raise awareness for Qhubeka, a global charity operating in South Africa, through our #BicyclesChangeLives campaign.
The hands on the back of the team race jersey are a reminder that every Qhubeka bicycle is a helping hand up to a beneficiary, which are provided through Qhubeka's learn-to-earn and work-to-earn programmes
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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