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How Technology enables Dr Carol Austin competitiveness in Pro Cycling @drcarolaustin1 For a little team from Africa with humble beginnings… we’ve come a long way. 10 year’s of Africa’s Team 2007 Founded 2012 Africa’s first-ever UCI-registered Professional Continental cycling team 2013 19 UCI victories including Milan-San Remo and National Championships of South Africa, Ethiopia, and Lithuania 2014 10 UCI victories including stage of Vuelta a Andalucia and National Championships of South Africa. First Grand Tour: La Vuelta 2015 First-ever African team to compete in the Tour de France All 9 riders achieved a 4 times best 5th best team overall top 20 finish team on stage in Tour de France First African to wear a Tour de First African team to win a France leader’s jersey (4 days stage at the Tour de France in King of the Mountains jersey) 2016 More stage wins (5) than any other team at the Tour de France KOM overall title won byOmar Fraile Steve Cummings wins stage 7 of the at the Vuelta a Espana Tour de France 4 stage wins for 1 day in Yellow, 6 days in Mark Cavendish at Steve Cummings wins the Tour of Britain Green at the TDF the Tour de France Mark Cavendish wins the Tour of Qatar 2017 25 race wins, 7 national championships, stage wins at Giro d’Italia and Tour de France Riding for a purpose ‘The bicycle will change this continent.’ Doug Ryder, Team Principal A business like any other 27 riders 9 mechanics 5 sports directors 2 drivers 7 administration and logistics 2 performance managers 4 coaches 8 doctors 4 marketing and PR 8 soigneurs and paramedical assistants Service Course Leusden, Netherlands Europe HQ Lucca, Italy Athlete Operational Race Performance Preparation efficiency Analytics Nicholas Dlamini 22yrs Dimension Data 20-21 yrs World Tour 13-18yrs Dimension Data 19 yrs Italy BEN Cycling Academy Continental Team WCC Africa JAG Foundation Italy 12yrs Velokaya MTN-Qhubeka Learns to Hot Chillee Potchefstroom Ride Cape Town 55th GC 21 stages >5W/kg 3,240km 39,840m 25:35:29 83:44:20 1st Young Rider st 1 Young Rider 5th GC nd 2 GC 4 stages 537km 4 stages 505km 9,129m ascent 3,927m ascent >5W/kg >5W/kg 5:04:32 2:47:48 Louis Meintjes 2015 Phila App Asset tracking app ‘Helping us make more informed, better decisions, quicker.’ Doug Ryder, Team Principal TDF2018 Edvald Boasson Hagen 2nd Stage 7 3rd Stage 11 3rd Stage 14 2nd Stage 16 3rd Stage 21 2020 vision Dream 1 Take an African registered team to the Tour de France Dream 2 Take an African rider to the podium of the Tour de France 2018 2019 2020 #35 Mark Cavendish goal at Louis Meintjes rides the Louis Meintjes rides Tour de France Tour de France Tour de France with one sole aim: to win the yellow jersey in Louis Meintjes rides Mark Cavendish aims to Paris Giro d’Italia & Vuelta a Espana complete 35 stage wins and for maximum Grand Tour surpass record exposure 80,000 bicycles 100,000 bicycles.

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Case – Tdf Diagnostic Hypotheses 2013
____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ Froome's performances since the Vuelta 11 are so good that he should be considered a Grand Tour champion. Grand Tour champions who didn't benefit from game-changing drugs (GTC) usually display a high potential as junior athletes. Supporting evidence: Coppi first won the Giro at 20 Anquetil first won the Grand Prix des Nations at 19 Merckx won the world's road at 19 Hinault won the Giro and Tour at 24 LeMond showed amazing talent at just 15 Fignon led the Giro and won the Critèrium national at 22 No display of early talent H: Froome rode the 2013 TdF 'clean' ~H: Froome didn't ride the 2013 TdF 'clean' Reason: Because p(D|H) = Objection: But that's because he grew up in Evaluation Froome didn't display a high Froome's first major wins a country with no cycling activity per say and p(D|~H) = potential as a junior athlete. were at age 26, which is he took up road racing late. quite late in cycling. Cognitive dissonance (additional condition): Being clean, Froome performs at a Grand Tour champion level despite not having shown great potential as a junior athlete. Requirement: it is possible to be a clean Grand Tour champion without showing high potential as a junior athlete. Armstrong's performance in the TdF: DNF, DNF, 36, DNF, DNS [cancer], DNS [cancer], 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 23 Sudden metamorphoses from 'middle of the pack' to 'champion' are Team Sky's director Brailsford: "We also look at the history of the guy, his usually seen in dopers.
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