Daniel Teklehaimanot Explained
Daniel Teklehaimanot Girmazion (Tigrinya: ዳንኤል ተክለሃይማኖት ግርማጽዮን, in Tigrinya pronounced as /tɐklɐhaymanot/; born 10 November 1988)[3] is a professional road racing cyclist from Eritrea,[4] who last rode for UCI Professional Continental team .[5]
Career
Daniel was a member of the UCI's World Cycling Centre training program before signing for the new Australian cycling team in 2012.[6] Whilst at the World Cycling Centre he was diagnosed with tachycardia, which was corrected by surgery in early 2009. He returned to riding in May of that year and went on to finish sixth overall in that year's Tour de l'Avenir.[7] In 2010 he rode as a trainee for . The same year, he won the African Championships in the road race, individual time trial and team time trial, at both senior and under-23 levels. On the 2010–11 UCI Africa Tour, he won the Tour du Rwanda and the Kwita Izina Cycling Tour.[8]
He participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics being the first Eritrean competing in a sport other than athletics; he finished the road race in the 73rd position. In 2012, he became the first Eritrean to ride in the Vuelta a España, one of the 3 grand tours; he finished the race 146th overall.
MTN–Qhubeka (2014–17)
Daniel joined for the 2014 season, on a two-year contract.[1] In 2015, at the Critérium du Dauphiné, he won the first World Tour jersey in 's history by taking the mountains competition.[9] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.[10] In July of the year, Daniel also became the first rider from an African team to wear the polka dot jersey at the Tour de France.[11] In 2016, he again won the mountains classification at the Critérium du Dauphiné.[12]
He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia where he briefly held the Mountains Classification jersey.[13] His final race with Dimension Data was the 2017 Tour of Guangxi.[14]
Major results
- 2007
8th Road race, All-Africa Games
9th Road race, African Road Championships
- 2008 (1 pro win)
1st Road race, National Road Championships
African Road Championships
5th Time trial
8th Road race
5th Overall Tour Ivoirien de la Paix
- 2009
2nd Overall Tour of Eritrea
1st Stages 1 & 3
6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 2010 (2)
African Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Team time trial
1st Overall Tour du Rwanda
1st Stage 2
1st Stage 2 Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
- 2011 (3)
African Road Championships
1st Time trial
1st Team time trial
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
1st Overall Kwita Izina Cycling Tour
1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
1st Stage 5 Tour d'Algérie
5th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
1st Stage 4
- 2012 (3)
African Road Championships
1st Time trial
1st Team time trial
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
- 2013 (2)
African Road Championships
1st Time trial
1st Team time trial
1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 2014
4th Overall Mzansi Tour
- 2015 (1)
African Road Championships
1st Team time trial
2nd Time trial
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Mountains classification, Critérium du Dauphiné
Tour de France
Held after Stages 6–9
- 2016 (2)
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Mountains classification, Critérium du Dauphiné
3rd Time trial, African Road Championships
- 2017
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
7th Overall Tour of Austria
Giro d'Italia
Held after Stages 2–3
- 2018 (1)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2019
9th Overall La Tropicale Amissa BongoGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Notes and References
- News: Teklehaimanot moves to MTN-Qhubeka. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 10 October 2013. 14 December 2013.
- News: Teklehaimanot signs late deal with Cofidis. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 2 February 2018. 3 February 2018.
- http://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/daniel-teklehaimanot "Daniel Teklehaimanot"
- http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider_palm.asp?riderid=9313&year=2011&all=0¤t=0 CQ Ranking
- News: Cofidis sign Berhane and release Teklehaimanot. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 7 November 2018. 11 January 2019.
- News: Teklehaymanot [sic] signs for GreenEdge]. Carrey. Pierre. 4 August 2011. cyclingnews.com. 5 August 2011.
- Web site: Teklehaimanot is a stage racer in the making . Lee . Sean. 17 August 2012 . theroar.com. 8 June 2015.
- News: Rwanda: Teklehaimanot Wins Kwita Izina. Arinaitwe. Ostine. 13 June 2011. allafrica.com. 5 August 2011.
- News: MTN-Qhubeka celebrate maiden WorldTour jersey at Critérium du Dauphiné. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 15 June 2015. 15 June 2015.
- Web site: 2015 Tour de France start list . 2 July 2015 . Velo News.
- News: Eritrea's Daniel Teklehaimanot 1st African to wear the King of the Mountains jersey at the Tour de France. 25 June 2016. Caperi. 9 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20161012151427/http://www.caperi.com/eritreas-daniel-teklehaimanot-1st-african-to-wear-the-king-of-the-mountains-jersey-at-the-tour-de-france/. 12 October 2016. dead.
- News: Stuart. Clarke. Chris Froome wins Critérium du Dauphiné as Cummings takes long solo stage win. Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. 12 June 2016. 6 June 2022. His demise handed Daniel Teklehaimanot (Dimension Data) his second successive mountains classification victory at the Dauphiné having got himself into the early breakaway..
- Web site: 2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List . 2 May 2017 . Pro Cycling Stats.
- News: Teklehaimanot looking for new team in final race of the season. Woodpower. Zeb. 21 October 2017. cyclingnews.com. 5 April 2019.
