Merhawi Kudus

Merhawi Kudus
Kudus at the 2013 Tour de l'Ain
Personal information
Full name Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin
Born (1994-01-23) January 23, 1994
Eritrea
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight 58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st)[1]
Team information
Current team Team Dimension Data
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Climbing specialist
Amateur team(s)
2013 World Cycling Centre
2013 Bretagne–Séché Environnement (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2014– MTN–Qhubeka
Major wins

One-Day Races and Classics

National Road Race Championship (2018)

Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Tigrinya: መርሃዊ ቕዱስን ገብረመድኅን; born January 23, 1994) is an Eritrean cyclist. He is a member of Team Dimension Data. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France,[2] becoming one of the first two black Africans to start the Tour alongside teammate and countryman Daniel Teklehaimanot.[3] At the age of 21 Kudus was the youngest rider in the race.[4] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.[5]

Career achievements

Major results

2012
6th Overall Tour of Rwanda
1st Stage 1
2013
1st Mountains classification La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
African Continental Championships
2nd Under–23 Road race
3rd Road race
2nd Overall Tour of Eritrea
1st Stage 4
2nd Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León
1st Young rider classification
6th Asmara Circuit
8th Overall Fenkil Northern Red Sea Challenge
2014
2nd Overall Tour de Langkawi
3rd Overall Mzansi Tour
5th Overall Route du Sud
1st Young rider classification
2015
African Continental Championships
1st Team time trial
5th Time trial
9th Road race
10th Giro dell'Emilia
10th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
2016
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
6th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
9th Overall Tour of Oman
2017
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
4th Overall Tour of Oman
1st Young rider classification
9th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
9th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
2018
1st Road race, National Road Championships
7th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
9th Overall Tour of Oman

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — 37 — —
Yellow jersey Tour de France — 84 — — —
red jersey Vuelta a España 92 — 38 DNF 31
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. 1 2 "Merhawi Kudus". MTN–Qhubeka. Qhubeka. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Cummings, Basia (10 July 2015). "Daniel Teklehaimanot: 'I'm proud to be an Eritrean riding the Tour de France'". theguardian.com. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Daniel Teklehaimanot becomes first African to compete in Tour de France". thenational.ae. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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