Nicholas Dlamini

Nicholas Dlamini (born 12 August 1995) is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Qhubeka NextHash.[5]

Nicholas Dlamini
Dlamini at the 2018 Tour of Britain, where he won the mountains classification
Personal information
Born (1995-08-12) 12 August 1995
Cape Town, South Africa
Team information
Current teamTeam Qhubeka NextHash
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2016–2017Dimension Data for Qhubeka
2017Team Dimension Data (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2018–Team Dimension Data[1][2]
2021Team Qhubeka (development)[lower-alpha 1]

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.[6] In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.[7]

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.[8]

He was selected to represent South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[9] 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.[10]

Personal life

Dlamini is married and has a son.[10] He is an ambassador for the Elton John AIDS Foundation.[11]

Major results
2013
African Junior Road Championships
1st Team time trial
10th Road race
2014
1st Cape Rouleur[11]
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 Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2019 2020 2021
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — DNF
A red jersey Vuelta a España 107 DNF —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Notes
  1. Dlamini competed at the 2021 Tour de Bretagne with Team Qhubeka,[3] following the introduction of a UCI rule allowing riders registered with a UCI WorldTeam or UCI ProTeam to participate in class 1 or 2 events with a related development team.[4]

References
  1. "Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. "NTT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  3. Berriegts, Nicolas (26 September 2021). "Tour de Bretagne - Et. 7 : Classements" [Tour de Bretagne - Stage 7: Rankings]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  4. "Part 2 Road Races" (PDF). UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 October 2021. p. 7. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  5. "Team Qhubeka Assos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  6. Muller, Antoinette (7 September 2018). "Nic Dlamini: Capricorn King of the Mountains". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  7. "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  8. Mabuza, Ernest (27 December 2019). "Top SA cyclist Nic Dlamini suffers broken arm in permit dispute with Table Mountain park rangers". The Times. Tiso Blackstar Group. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  9. "Cyclist Nic Dlamini makes SA Olympic team". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  10. "From gangs and guns to Tour de France for South Africa's Dlamini". france24.com. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  11. Collins, Farren (28 November 2016). "Nic likely to score historic Tour de France ride". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
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