2016 Dimension Data season

The 2016 season for the Team Dimension Data cycling team began in January at the Tour Down Under. It was the team's first season with this name, having previously competed as MTN–Qhubeka. It was also the team's first season as a UCI WorldTeam.

Dimension Data
2016 season
UCI code	DDD
Status	UCI WorldTeam
Manager	Douglas Ryder Brian Smith (July–)
Main sponsor(s)	Dimension Data
Based	South Africa
Bicycles	Cervélo
Season victories
One-day races	1
Stage race overall	3
Stage race stages	21
National Championships	8
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Team roster

As of 10 January 2016^[1]

Rider Date of birth  Igor Anton (ESP) (1983-03-02)2 March 1983 (aged 32)  Natnael Berhane (ERI) (1991-01-05)5 January 1991 (aged 25)  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) (1987-05-17)17 May 1987 (aged 28)  Theo Bos (NED) (1983-08-22)22 August 1983 (aged 32)  Matt Brammeier (IRL) (1985-06-07)7 June 1985 (aged 30)  Mark Cavendish (GBR) (1985-05-21)21 May 1985 (aged 30)  Steve Cummings (GBR) (1981-03-19)19 March 1981 (aged 34)  Mekseb Debesay (ERI) (1991-06-16)16 June 1991 (aged 24)  Nicolas Dougall (RSA) (1992-11-21)21 November 1992 (aged 23)  Bernhard Eisel (AUT) (1981-02-17)17 February 1981 (aged 34)  Metkel Eyob[N 1] (ERI) (1993-09-04)4 September 1993 (aged 22)  Tyler Farrar (USA) (1984-06-02)2 June 1984 (aged 31)  Omar Fraile (ESP) (1990-07-17)17 July 1990 (aged 25)  Amanuel Gebrezgabihier[N 2] (ERI) (1994-08-17)17 August 1994 (aged 21)  Ryan Gibbons[N 3] (RSA) (1994-08-13)13 August 1994 (aged 21)  Nathan Haas (AUS) (1989-03-12)12 March 1989 (aged 26)

Rider Date of birth  Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) (1987-09-06)6 September 1987 (aged 28)  Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) (1989-02-03)3 February 1989 (aged 26)  Songezo Jim (RSA) (1990-09-19)19 September 1990 (aged 25)  Merhawi Kudus (ERI) (1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 21)  Cameron Meyer[N 4] (AUS) (1988-06-11)11 June 1988 (aged 27)  Adrien Niyonshuti (RWA) (1987-02-02)2 February 1987 (aged 28)  Serge Pauwels (BEL) (1983-11-21)21 November 1983 (aged 32)  Youcef Reguigui (ALG) (1990-01-09)9 January 1990 (aged 26)  Mark Renshaw (AUS) (1982-10-22)22 October 1982 (aged 33)  Kristian Sbaragli (ITA) (1990-05-08)8 May 1990 (aged 25)  Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR) (1982-08-09)9 August 1982 (aged 33)  Daniel Teklehaymanot (ERI) (1988-11-10)10 November 1988 (aged 27)  Jay Thomson (RSA) (1986-04-12)12 April 1986 (aged 29)  Johann Van Zyl (RSA) (1991-02-02)2 February 1991 (aged 24)  Jaco Venter (RSA) (1987-02-13)13 February 1987 (aged 28)

1. Eyob joined the team on 29 July as a stagiaire, from Dimension Data for Qhubeka.
2. Gebrezgabihier joined the team on 29 July as a stagiaire, from Dimension Data for Qhubeka.
3. Gibbons joined the team on 29 July as a stagiaire, from Dimension Data for Qhubeka.
4. Meyer left the team on June 15.

Riders who joined the team for the 2016 season Rider 2015 team Igor Antón Movistar Team Mark Cavendish[2] Etixx–Quick-Step Mekseb Debesay neo-pro (Bike Aid) Bernhard Eisel[3] Team Sky Omar Fraile[4] Caja Rural–Seguros RGA Nathan Haas Cannondale–Garmin Cameron Meyer[5] Orica–GreenEDGE Mark Renshaw Etixx–Quick-Step Kanstantsin Sivtsov[6] Team Sky

Riders who left the team during or after the 2015 season Rider 2016 team Gerald Ciolek Stölting Service Group Matthew Goss[7] ONE Pro Cycling Louis Meintjes[8] Lampre–Merida Andreas Stauff

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
8 February	Tour of Qatar, Stage 1	UCI Asia Tour	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	Qatar	Al Khor Corniche
10 February	Tour of Qatar, Stage 3	UCI Asia Tour	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Qatar	Lusail
12 February	Tour of Qatar, Overall	UCI Asia Tour	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	Qatar
17 February	Tour of Oman, Stage 2	UCI Asia Tour	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Oman	Qurayyat
20 February	Tour of Oman, Stage 4	UCI Asia Tour	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Oman	Ministry of Tourism
21 February	Tour of Oman, Points classification	UCI Asia Tour	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Oman
21 February	Tour of Oman, Teams classifications	UCI Asia Tour	[N 1]	Oman
2 March	Tour de Langkawi, Overall	UCI Asia Tour	Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA)	Malaysia
12 March	Tirreno–Adriatico, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Steve Cummings (GBR)	Italy	Foligno
6 April	Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Steve Cummings (GBR)	Spain	Lesaka
20 April	Tour of Croatia, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	Croatia	Split
1 May	Tour de Yorkshire, Mountains Classification	UCI Europe Tour	Nathan Haas (AUS)	United Kingdom
21 May	Tour of Norway, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Norway	Eggemoen
22 May	Tour of Norway, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Norway	Sarpsborg
22 May	Tour of California, Stage 8	UCI America Tour	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	United States	Sacramento
9 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	France	Belley
12 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 8	UCI World Tour	Steve Cummings (GBR)	France	SuperDévoluy
12 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Points classification	UCI World Tour	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	France
12 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	Daniel Teklehaimanot (ERI)	France
2 July	Tour de France, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	France	Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Manche
4 July	Tour de France, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	France	Angers
7 July	Tour de France, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	France	Montauban
8 July	Tour de France, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Steve Cummings (GBR)	France	Lac de Payolle
16 July	Tour de France, Stage 14	UCI World Tour	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	France	Villars-les-Dombes
5 August	Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 4	UCI Europe Tour	Nathan Haas (AUS)	Spain	Lerma
6 August	Vuelta a Burgos, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Omar Fraile (ESP)	Spain
11 September	Tour of Britain, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Steve Cummings (GBR)	United Kingdom
11 September	Vuelta a España, Mountains classification	UCI World Tour	Omar Fraile (ESP)	Spain
25 September	Eneco Tour, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Belgium	Geraardsbergen
21 October	Abu Dhabi Tour, Stage 2	UCI Asia Tour	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi
23 October	Abu Dhabi Tour, Stage 4	UCI Asia Tour	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	United Arab Emirates	Yas Marina Circuit
23 October	Abu Dhabi Tour, Points classification	UCI Asia Tour	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	United Arab Emirates

National, Continental and World champions 2016

Date	Discipline	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location
14 February	South African National Road Race Champion		Jaco Venter (RSA)	South Africa	Westville
23 June	Belarusian National Time Trial Champion		Kanstantsin Sivtsov (BLR)	Belarus	Pruzhany
23 June	Eritrean National Time Trial Champion		Daniel Teklehaimanot (ERI)	Eritrea	Asmara
23 June	Norwegian National Time Trial Champion		Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Norway	Saltstraumen
23 June	Rwanda National Time Trial Champion		Adrien Niyonshuti (RWA)	Rwanda	Nyamata
26 June	Belarusian National Road Race Champion		Kanstantsin Sivtsov (BLR)	Belarus	Navahrudak
26 June	Eritrean National National Road Race Champion		Daniel Teklehaimanot (ERI)	Eritrea	Asmara
26 June	Norwegian National Road Race Champion		Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Norway	Bodø

Footnotes

1. The riders on the squad were Edvald Boasson Hagen, Tyler Farrar, Nathan Haas, Jacques Janse van Rensburg, Merhawi Kudus, Serge Pauwels, Youcef Reguigui and Daniel Teklehaymanot