Natnael Berhane
 Berhane at the 2013 Tour de l'Ain | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Natnael Berhane | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 January 1991 Asmara, Eritrea | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Cofidis | ||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Puncheur | ||||||||||||||||
| Amateur team | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Eritrea National Team | ||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Team Europcar[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | MTN–Qhubeka | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Cofidis[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||||
Stage races
One-Day Races and Classics | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Natnael Berhane (Tigrinya: ናትናኤል ብርሃነ; born 5 January 1991 in Asmara) is an Eritrean professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis.[3] He is a two time African cycling champion in 2012 and 2013.
Career[]
In 2013, Berhane joined Team Europcar. Berhane won the queen stage of the 2013 Tour of Turkey by powering away from the small lead group in the last 200 meters of a long, steep climb.[4] With the provisional suspension of Mustafa Sayar for an earlier EPO positive in the Tour of Algeria, the first place on the General Classification was awarded to Berhane.[5] In early 2014 Turkish Cycling Federation stripped off Mustafa and announced Berhane's victory.[6] At the beginning of the season, Berhane won La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, thanks to the bonus seconds awarded during the intermediate sprints on the last stage. He was the first African winner of this race.[7]
After two years with Europcar for his professional debut, Berhane joined African Pro-Continental cycling team MTN–Qhubeka for the 2015 cycling season.[8] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Tour de France[9] and the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.[10]
Major results[]
- 2009
- 7th Overall Tour of Eritrea
- 2010
- 1st
Overall Tour of Eritrea
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd Overall Tour of Rwanda
- 1st Stage 7
- 9th Road race, African Road Championships
- 2011
- African Road Championships
- 1st
Road race - 1st Team time trial
- 1st
- 1st Stage 6 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 3rd Overall Tour d'Algérie
- 1st Stage 1
- 8th Circuit d'Alger
- 2012
- African Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Team time trial
- 7th Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour d'Algérie
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 2013
- 1st Team time trial, African Road Championships
- 1st
Overall Tour of Turkey
- 1st Stage 3
- 2014
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - 1st Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 1st
Sprints classification
- 1st
- 5th Tour du Finistère
- 2015
- African Road Championships
- 1st Team time trial
- 6th Road race
- 1st
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 1st
- 5th Overall Tour of Austria
- 7th Overall Tour of Utah
- 2017
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2018
- 10th Overall Tour of Guangxi
- 2019
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- African Games
- 2nd
Team time trial - 4th Road race
- 4th Time trial
- 2nd
Combativity award Stage 10 Tour de France
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]
| Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | — | 59 | 83 | — | — | DNF |
 Tour de France
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— | — | 125 | — | — | 86 | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
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148 | 79 | — | — | — | — | DNF | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
References[]
- ^ "Team Europcar (EUC) – FRA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ Bacon, Ellis (30 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Cofidis". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Berhane wins queen stage at Tour of Turkey". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ "Doping Tour of Turkey win could pass to Natnael Berhane". . 15 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ "Tour of Turkey Victory Passed to Eritrean Natnael Berhane".
- ^ "Berhane first African winner of Tropicale Amissa Bongo". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ O'Shea, Sadhbh (8 October 2014). "MTN-Qhubeka willing to join WorldTour in 2015". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
Interim team manager Brian Smith has been very busy this winter, adding a number of big names to their roster including Edvald Boasson Hagen, Tyler Farrar, Matt Goss and Natnael Berhane.
- ^ "2016 > 103rd Tour de France > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Natnael Berhane. |
- Natnael Berhane at ProCyclingStats
- Natnael Berhane at Cycling Archives
- Team Europcar Profile
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Eritrean male cyclists
- Sportspeople from Asmara
- Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey stage winners
- Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey winners
- African Games silver medalists for Eritrea
- African Games medalists in cycling
- Competitors at the 2019 African Games