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Wetterhall and Teklehaymanot join Cervélo TestTeam as stagiaires

July 29, 2010 - Filed under: TestTeam
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For the rest of the season, Alexander Wetterhall from Sweden and Daniel Teklehaymanot from Eritrea will join Cervélo TestTeam as stagiaires.

The 24-year-old Wetterhall, from southern Sweden, started his career as a mountain biker before moving to road cycling in 2008. Already in his first year on the road, he became Swedish national champion in the individual time trial. The 2010 season also started promisingly, with overall victory in the Irish tour FDB Insurance Rás and a stage victory in the Ringerike Grand Prix. Wetterhall will join the team next week in the Post Tour of Denmark, which starts on the 4th of August.

In addition to Wetterhall, Cervélo TestTeam will welcome another international rider into its ranks. Teklehaymanot, a 21-year-old rider from Eritrea, is one of the most promising African riders. In 2008 he won his first national title in the road race and also claimed victory in the individual time trial (category U23) at the African Championships. A year later he took two stage victories at the Tour of Eritrea and finished 6th overall in the Tour de l'Avenir. This season he already has a stage win in the Coupe de Nations Ville Saguenay to his credit and took second place in the Berner Rundfahrt. His first appearance in the Cervélo TestTeam colors is planned for the one-day race Chateauroux Classic de l'Indre in France at the end of August.
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21 responses for this Entry

clothes sale says:
November 30, 2010
Great work.Really appreciable!!!!!!!!!!!!!Thanks a lot.
Michael says:
August 26, 2010
"Daniel" the biggest black talent at the moment...Good luck Dani!!!

& Cervélo, remember that there other talent ridders in Eritrea.
yonas berhe says:
August 23, 2010
Dani is the best rider in africa at this moment . I am sure he is riding good.Dani halabayyyyyy

i wish to u all the best until u win tour de france.
aron says:
August 03, 2010
we r prud even africans & there r many eri riders like micheal tkue why dnt see them uci?
aron says:
August 03, 2010
we r prud even africans & there r many eri riders like micheal tkue why dnt see them uci?
aron says:
August 03, 2010
hi hi congra all eritrans
tesfit says:
August 02, 2010
Waw great ( wedi shambel) ,(daniel),sure he will sustain there n he is gonna win the toure de France the coming yr ,and he will be the first Black African to win de toure de France .
yonas says:
August 01, 2010
I am really Proud about Daniel @ Greg : Daniel is Eritrean not Ethiopian two different countries. Daniel Work Hard as before You will reach every Eritreans Dream soon. why not , You can do what ever you need
bini says:
July 31, 2010
He is Eritrean, you know that small country in the horn of Africa, and that's all that matters. whatever they say you are a HERO my ma keep it up, congrats and good luck with your future.
Fray says:
July 31, 2010
hallo i like this news i am so happy weil ich habe viele hoffnung von daniel teklehaymanot weil, er ist junge rider. Fray , Luzern Schweiz. I love Eritrea
Robiel mekonnen says:
July 31, 2010
I want to say congra for the first manager of daniel.Halabay
samuel Habtegergish says:
July 31, 2010
I am very happy to see Eritrean in tour de france
Peter again says:
July 30, 2010
Tom? WTF? Of course I meant Alex, don't really know what happend ;)
Peter says:
July 30, 2010
Go Tom! Hopefully we'll se a Swedish/CTT champion jersey alongside with the norwegian one in a couple of years!
Greg says:
July 30, 2010
No he's not the first. The first black rider in a European continental race was Adrien Niyonshuti from Rwanda riding with the MTN squad , he rode the 2009 Tour of Ireland.
 
But I always wonder if some of those Ethopians or Kenyans ever got on a bike how good they could be? if their ability on a bike compared favourably to their ability to run they could be something special
keren eri says:
July 30, 2010
i do hope to see an Eritrean rider in tour de france.
Andy says:
July 29, 2010
Marshall "Major" Taylor was the first African American World Champion in 1899. It was for Track racing, but I think he may also have done Road racing later on.
Pål says:
July 29, 2010
Well, he hasn't signed a professional contract yet. :)
Kevin says:
July 29, 2010
Rahsan Bahati comes to mind, who was on Rock Racing, and now the Bahati Foundation. Though I'm not sure about UCI ProTour or European Continental.
Eritrean says:
July 29, 2010
Is this the first proffesional black rider ?? If he is im really proud
Eritrean says:
July 29, 2010
Is this the first proffesional black rider ?? If he is im really proud

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