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 , Ethiopia, and Lithuania 2014 10 UCI victories including stage of Vuelta a Andalucia and National Championships of South Africa. First : La Vuelta 2015 First-ever African team to compete in the Tour de All 9 riders achieved a 4 times best 5th best team overall top 20 finish team on stage in

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 at Steve Cummings wins the Green at the TDF the Tour de France Mark Cavendish wins the Tour of 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,

Europe HQ Lucca,

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 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

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