 Team Qhubeka Assos riders at the 2021 Paris–Nice | |||||||||||||||||||
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| UCI code | TQA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Registered | South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Disbanded | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline(s) | Road cycling | ||||||||||||||||||
| Status | UCI Continental (2007–2012) UCI Professional Continental (2013–2015) UCI WorldTeam (2016–2021) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycles | Trek (2007–2014) Cervélo (2015–2018)[1] BMC (2019–2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Team home page | ||||||||||||||||||
| Key personnel | |||||||||||||||||||
| General manager | Douglas Ryder | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team manager(s) | Lars Michaelsen | ||||||||||||||||||
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Team Qhubeka (UCI team code: TQA[4]) was a UCI WorldTeam based in South Africa. The team rode to raise awareness and funds for Qhubeka, a South African not-for-profit organisation. The team was founded in 2007 and was the first-ever African team to ride the Tour de France (2015).
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- ^ "Dimension Data to ride BMC bikes from 2019". www.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Team Qhubeka ASSOS – "A dream come true" - Team Qhubeka ASSOS". Team Qhubeka Assos. Ryder Cycling. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ "Team Qhubeka Assos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.