{"id":22003,"date":"2013-08-20T01:32:02","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T23:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/linus-gerdemann-joins-ciolek-at-mtn-qhubeka\/"},"modified":"2013-08-20T01:32:02","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T23:32:02","slug":"linus-gerdemann-joins-ciolek-at-mtn-qhubeka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/linus-gerdemann-joins-ciolek-at-mtn-qhubeka\/","title":{"rendered":"Linus Gerdemann joins Ciolek at MTN-Qhubeka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MTN-Qhubeka has signed former Tour de France yellow jersey Linus Gerdemann for the 2014-2015 seasons, the team announced on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The German rose to fame in 2007 when he won a stage of the Tour de France and earned himself the race lead while also donning the white jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Since then he went on to enjoy more successful years at the highest level of the sport, winning races like Bayern Rundfahrt and Tour of Luxembourg. He will now use that experience to grow the momentum within <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/tag\/uci-world-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\">Africa\u2019s first Professional Continental team<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am really happy to join the team,\u201d the 30-year-old said. \u201cWe have a huge opportunity to make the sport big on the African continent and you don\u2019t have this opportunity every day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are incredibly happy to have Linus join our team,\u201d said team principal Douglas Ryder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith eight Grand Tours under his belt, he will really strengthen our team in our Grand Tour aspirations for 2014 and 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Left without a contract for 2013, Gerdemann was left to look for motivation and keep fit with no set goals. He says <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/ciolek-masters-snow-to-win-milan-san-remo-for-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gerald Ciolek\u2019s victory in Milan-San Remo<\/a> was a major motivator.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/milan-san-remo-winner-stays-with-mtn-qhubeka\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/96d41_187471730_80_801.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/milan-san-remo-winner-stays-with-mtn-qhubeka\/\" target=\"_blank\">Milan-San Remo winner stays with MTN-Qhubeka<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/pardilla-on-top-of-the-world-in-portugal\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/a33e1_192978628_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/pardilla-on-top-of-the-world-in-portugal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pardilla on top of the world in Portugal<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/girdlestone-wins-second-jock-title\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/a33e1_186915484_80_801.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/girdlestone-wins-second-jock-title\/\" target=\"_blank\">Girdlestone wins second Jock title<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/grmay-time-trials-to-ethiopian-national-title\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/a33e1_184230825_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/grmay-time-trials-to-ethiopian-national-title\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grmay time-trials to Ethiopian national title<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/a33e1_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTN-Qhubeka has signed former Tour de France yellow jersey Linus Gerdemann for the 2014-2015 seasons, the team announced on Monday. The German rose to fame in 2007 when he won a stage of the Tour de France and earned himself the race lead while also donning the white jersey. 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