When NTT Pro Cycling (http://www.NTTProCycling.com) takes to the start line of the 2020 Tour de France in
This partnership has seen the team play a major role in the efforts to assist young people and healthcare workers in rural communities across
The team has funded over 30000 bicycles during the period of its association, something that it's incredibly proud of and which provides both our riders and staff the added inspiring element of purpose, while working in one of the world's toughest sporting environments.
On the eve of the 2020 edition of the race in
Speaking afterwards, Ryder reflected: "Qhubeka means so much to us as a team. It means so much to the people that we empower through bicycles and the impact that makes. Our whole Bicycles Change Lives campaign talks to the fact that lives have been changed by every individual in our team that's here at the Tour de France.
"Them being able to use that as a motivation to be able to do well and raise funds for kids in communities to have the same kind of mobility and freedom is pretty special. It's a real privilege that we've been able to work with Qhubeka for the last 10 years and we look forward to continuing into the future, as we make an impact together.
"When my kids go into the communities and see the happiness for something as simple as a bicycle that when a child has the opportunity to be free, to be independent -- it's a privilege; and makes them as kids realise just how privileged they are. Our riders feel it, and people when they travel into the communities feel it.
"It's thankless trying to raise money and work through any charity but
"If you think that we wanted as a team to give Africans a voice, to open the door and give them the opportunity at the highest level of cycling and at the same time raise awareness to the mobility challenge in
"It would be the most beautiful thing to see someone that starts on a Qhubeka bike end up at the Tour de France, the highest level of cycling."
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About NTT Pro Cycling:
Founded in 2007, NTT Pro Cycling (formerly Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka) (http://www.NTTProCycling.com) became the first-ever African cycling team to gain a WorldTour license, in 2016. With the support of our headline sponsor and technology innovation partner,
Our ambition is to continue to race at the highest levels in world cycling, to develop riders to realise their full potential and to inspire and motivate people across the African continent to ride bicycles.
We have bases in
We also ride to raise awareness for Qhubeka, a global charity operating in
The hands on the back of the team race jersey are a reminder that every Qhubeka bicycle is a helping hand up to a beneficiary, which are provided through Qhubeka's learn-to-earn and work-to-earn programmes.
About Qhubeka:
Qhubeka (https://Qhubeka.org/) is a charity that moves people forward with bicycles.People earn bicycles through our programmes, improving their access to schools, clinics and jobs.
A bicycle is a tool that helps people to travel faster and further, and to carry more. In the face of extreme and persistent poverty, bicycles can change lives by helping to address socioeconomic challenges at the most basic level -- helping people to get where they need to go.
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