Nicholas Dlamini Explained
| Nicholas Dlamini |
| Birth Date: | 12 August 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Height: | 1.77 m |
| Weight: | 66 kg |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Amateuryears1: | 2016–2017 |
| Amateuryears2: | 2017 |
| Amateurteam2: | (stagiaire) |
| Proyears1: | 2018–2021 |
| Proteam1: | [1] [2] [3] |
| Proyears2: | 2022 |
Nicholas Dlamini (born 12 August 1995) is a South African cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team .
Career
Growing up in Capricorn Park, Cape Town, Dlamini's first sport was running, which he took up in 2009 along with his twin sister Nikita. In 2011 he took up cycling, initially alongside his running career. He pursued his development at the World Cycling Centre. Dlamini turned professional in 2018: at that year's Tour Down Under, the first UCI World Tour race of his career, he won the King of the Mountains jersey, becoming the first black South African to win a major classification in a World Tour race.[4] In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.[5]
On 27 December 2019, Dlamini was assaulted by rangers at the Table Mountain National Park where he was training and suffered a broken arm during an altercation.[6]
He was selected to represent South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7] He rode in the 2021 Tour de France, becoming the first black South African cyclist to ride the Tour, but was eliminated after finishing outside the time limit on the ninth stage.[8]
Personal life
Dlamini is married and has a son. He is an ambassador for the Elton John AIDS Foundation.[9]
Major results
- 2013
African Junior Road Championships
1st Team time trial
10th Road race
- 2014
1st Cape Rouleur
- 2015
KZN Autumn Series
1st Mayday Classic
3rd PMB Road Classic
African Road Championships
2nd Team time trial
7th Under-23 road race
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2016
9th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
- 2017
1st Mountains classification, Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
5th Overall Tour de Hongrie
6th Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo
- 2018
1st Mountains classification, Tour Down Under
1st Mountains classification, Tour of Britain
- 2019
5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 2021
3rd Road race, National Road ChampionshipsGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend| — | Did not compete |
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Notes and References
- News: Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 November 2018. 4 January 2019.
- Web site: NTT Pro Cycling Team. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 3 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200103010817/https://www.uci.org/road/teams//TeamDetail/13992/1001377/260. 3 January 2020.
- Web site: Team Qhubeka Assos. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210102171533/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15232/1001377/279. 2 January 2021.
- Web site: Nic Dlamini: Capricorn King of the Mountains . Muller . Antoinette . 7 September 2018 . . 29 June 2021.
- Web site: 2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España . 23 August 2019 . ProCyclingStats.
- News: Top SA cyclist Nic Dlamini suffers broken arm in permit dispute with Table Mountain park rangers. Ernest. Mabuza. The Times. Tiso Blackstar Group. 27 December 2019. 3 January 2020.
- Web site: Cyclist Nic Dlamini makes SA Olympic team. 2021-06-20. SowetanLIVE. en-ZA.
- Web site: From gangs and guns to Tour de France for South Africa's Dlamini. 27 June 2021 . . 29 June 2021.
- Web site: Nic likely to score historic Tour de France ride . Collins . Farren . 28 November 2016 . TimesLIVE. 29 June 2021.
