South African road race champion Ryan Gibbons has secured his place on the NTT Pro Cycling team for this year’s Tour de France that starts later this month.
Gibbons and teammate Max Walscheid will line up for the first time‚ while it will be NTT Pro Cycling’s sixth appearance in the globe’s premier cycling event.“It’s the pinnacle of the sport‚ and for any pro rider it’s a dream of theirs to get that notch on their belt. For it to become a reality is truly special.
As SA champ the 26-year-old will compete in national colours in the Tour that starts in Nice on 29 August. The race was scheduled to start on June 27 but was postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. Gibbons has had an impressive year which included six-top 10 finishes as well as the national title he won in Mpumalanga in February. His power is seen as a huge asset in a team that has won an impressive seven stages in their previous five Tours.
With nine flat stages on the 3 470km 21-day Tour‚ Ryder is sanguine about the team’s prospects of adding to their stage win count.
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