Cycling-African team awarded World Tour licence (Reuters)
By Mark Gleeson CAPE TOWN, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Team Dimension Data have become the first African team to be awarded a licence to compete on cycling’s World Tour, the sports governing body said on Wednesday. The South African-based team, who were previously known as MTN-Qhubeka and had a wildcard entry to this year’s Tour de France, were named among seven granted first division licences by the UCI. The others are Cannondale Pro Cycling Team (USA), Etixx-Quick Step (Belgium), Team Katsuha (Russia), Lampre-Merida (Italy), Lotto Soudal (Belgium) and Tinkoff of Russia.