Tour de France stage 10: Boasson Hagen makes Top10

In a hectic final, Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka’s Edvald Boasson Hagen managed to take home another Top10 result on stage 10 of Tour de France.

Following the script from the previous days, the early break got away right from the beginning of the stage. Only two riders dared to take on the peloton and even though they got a gap of over five minutes, the expected bunch sprint was never really in jeopardy.

The pack had everything under control the whole day and with six kilometers left to go, the two front riders were reeled back in again. From here on, the fight for positions near the front of the peloton got very intense. All the teams of the sprinters wanted to be at the front and unfortunately, in the middle of the chaos, the Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka riders lost each other. The team was eager to set up Boasson Hagen after the strong Norwegian narrowly missed out on the win on stage 7. However, this time, Boasson Hagen had to settle for 10th place as Marcel Kittel (Quick Step Floors) took his fourth stage win. Chris Froome (Team Sky) still leads overall, while Serge Pauwels is the team’s best-placed rider as number 31 in the general classification.

Tomorrow, the race continues with another stage for the sprinters.

Reinardt Janse van Rensburg: 
“This was actually a very easy day with just two guys at the front. However, the final was very hectic and the wind didn’t make it any easier. All the teams were fighting to take the front. Unfortunately, we lost each other a little bit with two kilometers to go. After that, we tried to move back to the front but it just wasn’t possible anymore”.
 

Team Dimension Data For Qhubeka

Founded in 2007, Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka became the first ever African cycling team to gain a WorldTour license, in 2016. In the team’s palmares you can find a Milan-Sanremo victory, numerous stage wins at the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana, two Tour of Britain GC victories, and 36 National Championships. The team has bases in South Africa, the Netherlands and Italy. It’s also known as Africa’s Team due to its focus on helping African talents to the world stage of cycling. The team races to raise funds for the Qhubeka Charity to change lives with bicycles in Africa. #DoYourPart and gift a bicycle or part of a bicycle, by clicking here.

Qhubeka is an Nguni word that means “to progress”, “to move forward”. Qhubeka (qhubeka.org) partners with communities, public sector, private sector, and non-profit organisations to provide people with bicycles in return for working to improve their community, environment or school attendance. 

Dimension Data (dimensiondata.com) uses the power of technology to help organisations achieve great things in the digital era. As a member of the NTT Group, we accelerate our clients’ ambitions through digital infrastructure, hybrid cloud, workspaces for tomorrow, and cybersecurity. With a turnover of USD 7.5 billion, offices in 58 countries, and 31,000 employees, we deliver wherever our clients are, at every stage of their technology journey. We’re proud to be the Official Technology Partner of Amaury Sport Organisation, organiser of the Tour de France, and the title partner of the cycling team, Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka.

Learn more about the team at www.africasteam.com. 

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