South Africa is well-known for a lot of things:
- diamonds
- wine
- amazing game parks
- Elon Musk & Charlize Theron
- And their commitment to athletics in Rugby, Cricket, Tennis, Golf, Running and even in Cycling.
A little known secret is that until 2015 there had never been a South African team, or even an African team, registered for Le Tour de France, the most FAMOUS cycling race on Earth.
This time last year team MTN-Qhubeka, a relatively unknown team, with relatively unknown riders, got the wild card slot and became the first ever South African team to participate at this level of cycling.
As you can imagine this team was the underdog. To put it in perspective, they received a wild card entry into the Tour, they were the first ever African team to participate, and their budget was less than a third of that of their competitors, €7 million vs. allegedly over €30 million for Team Sky.
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