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What modifications did the new team make for Paris-Roubaix?

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Matt Brammeier tweets a photo of some new equipment during a training ride in Belgium

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The squad is the first African-registered team to earn a spot in the UCI WorldTour, and will be one of 18 at the top tier next season.

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The German, who has worked with Cavendish on other squads, will serve as the team's performance director.

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The South African-registered team says it will bring one more rider onboard before closing out its 2016 roster.

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Professional services firm Deloitte stepped in and co-sponsored the squad, which helped bring Cavendish to the African-based outfit.

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Dimension Data team is hoping to secure the final remaining slot in the WorldTour, which would make it the first-ever African team to do so.

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The South African-registered team inks deals with the British sprinter and Deloitte Consulting for next season.

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With the Pro Continental team announcing Dimension Data as its new sponsor, reports say Cavendish will also sign with the team.

The growing consensus is that sprint star Mark Cavendish will join Pro Continental team MTN-Qhubeka in 2016, leaving Etixx-Quick-Step.

The Pro Continental teams will ride into 2016 thanks to new title sponsors.

MTN-Qhubeka and Cavendish have been talking, but a deal would be contingent on the British sprinter bringing a major co-sponsor on board.

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The South African-registered team made history on the roads of France, which the squad hopes to continue moving forward.

Chris Froome was the big winner after taking the yellow and polka-dot jerseys, while several riders came up short of goals

AFP takes a look back at the French grand tour and highlights five key takeaways

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The wildcard African team came to the Tour with a plan — wear a jersey and win a stage — and accomplished both goals

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Andrew Hood takes a look at what's worth remembering, and forgetting, at the Tour through the opening nine stages

Global Cycling Network talks to MTN-Qhubeka mechanics about the what wheels the pros use in the Tour de France.

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Daniel Teklehaimenot (MTN-Qhubeka) took Africa's first ever polka dot jersey on Thursday with a breakaway ride across northern France

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MTN-Qhubeka promises to attack and hunt stages in its historic Tour appearance as Africa's first squad to appear in the race

Eritrea's President gives Teklehaimanot and Kudus his blessing, despite a spate of recent defections by athletes from the troubled nation

The veteran sprinter is included on MTN-Qhubeka's nine-man squad that will line up July 4

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The South African-registered team will be the first squad from the African continent to race the Tour

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The South African Pro Continental team will ride into the season's first monument with two former winners on its roster

Eritrean Natnael Berhane one of five MTN-Qhubeka riders within 36 seconds of overall Tour de Langkawi lead ahead of hilly penultimate stage

The squad will be the first African-registered team to compete in the sport's banner event this July

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MTN-Qhubeka slowly climbs the ranks, and it races with a mission to inspire and empower Africans by supporting the Qhubeka charity

MTN-Qhubeka’s Tyler Farrar is looking for one thing in particular this season: a classics victory. His chase starts Saturday

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The South African-Registered squad is one of five to receive an invite from Tour organizer ASO

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The squad wants to be the first African-registered team to race in the Tour de France

The squad wants to make history as the first African-registered team to race in the Tour de France

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Tyler Farrar will focus on the spring classics and develop into a lead-out man, without entirely forgetting sprinting, in his two-year deal with MTN-Qhubeka

The Australian joins three other high-profile riders to join the South African-based team