Current team MTN-Qhubeka Height 1.88 m Weight 71 kg | 2012–2013 GreenEDGE Name Daniel Teklehaimanot | |
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Full name Daniel Teklehaimanot Girmazion 2008 Amore & Vita-McDonald's (stagiaire) 2010 Cervelo TestTeam (stagiaire) Role Professional Road Racing Cyclist | ||
Eritrea daniel teklehaimanot giro d italia 2017 stage 1
Daniel Teklehaimanot Girmazion (Tigrinya: ዳንኤል ተክለሃይማኖት ግርማጽዮን?; [tɐklɐhajmanot]) (born 10 November 1988) is a professional road racing cyclist from Eritrea. He rides for Team Dimension Data.
Contents
- Eritrea daniel teklehaimanot giro d italia 2017 stage 1
- Daniel teklehaimanot making history at tour de france
- Career
- References
Daniel teklehaimanot making history at tour de france
Career
Teklehaimanot was a member of the UCI's World Cycling Centre training program before signing for the new Australian cycling team GreenEDGE in 2012. 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. 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.
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. In 2015, at the Critérium du Dauphiné, he won the first World Tour jersey in MTN–Qhubeka's history by taking the mountains competition. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France. 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.
He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.
