Natnael Berhane
Natnael Berhane during the Tour de France 2019 |
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Full name | Natnael Teweldemedhin Berhane |
Date of birth | 5th January 1991 |
nation | Eritrea |
discipline | Street |
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Current team | Cofidis |
function | driver |
Most important successes | |
Last updated: March 25, 2020 |
Natnael Teweldemedhin Berhane (born January 5, 1991 in Asmara ) is an Eritrean cyclist . By 2017 he had won the title of African champion eight times.
Athletic career
In 2010 Natnael Berhane won the Tour of Eritrea and finished ninth in the road race at the African Championships. At the Tour of Rwanda , he was second overall. In 2011 he was two-time African champion , in road races and in team time trials (with Ferekalsi Debessay , Daniel Teklehaimanot and Jani Tewelde ). In the same year he was third in the overall ranking of the Tour of Algeria and second in the Tour of Bern . In 2012 he won the title of African road racing champion for a second time and won the Tour of Algeria.
In 2013 and 2015 , Berhane was African champion in team time trial as well as national champion in individual time trial in 2014 and in 2015 in road racing. In 2014 he won the overall ranking of the Tour of Turkey and in 2015 that of Tropicale Amissa Bongo Ondimba in Gabon . At the Africa Games in 2019 he won the silver medal in the team time trial with Natnael Mebrahtom , Sirak Tesfom and Daniel Teklehaimanot .
Up to and including 2019, Natnael started one of the big tours six times . His best placement to date was 59th place at the Giro d'Italia 2017 .
successes
- 2010
- Overall ranking and a stage Tour of Eritrea
- one stage Tour of Rwanda
- African Championship - Road Race (U23)
- 2011
- a stage Tropicale Amissa Bongo Ondimba
- a stage Tour d'Algérie
- African champions - team time trial
- African champions - road races
- African champions - road race (U23)
- 2012
- Overall ranking and one stage of the Tour d'Algérie
- African champions - team time trial
- African champions - road races
- African champions - road race (U23)
- 2013
- Overall ranking and one stage Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
- African champions - team time trial
- 2014
- Overall ranking Tropicale Amissa Bongo Ondimba
- Eritrean champion - individual time trial
- 2015
- African champions - team time trial
- Eritrean champions - road racing
- 2019
- Eritrean champions - road racing
- - African Games - Team Time Trial
Grand Tour placements
Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Giro d'Italia | - | - | - | 59 | 83 | - |
Tour de France | - | - | 125 | - | - | 86 |
Vuelta a España | 148 | 79 | - | - | - | - |
Teams
- 2013 Team Europcar
- 2014 Team Europcar
- 2015 MTN-Qhubeka
- 2016 Team Dimension Data
- 2017 Team Dimension Data
- 2018 Team Dimension Data
- 2019 Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
- 2020 Cofidis
Web links
- Natnael Berhane in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Natnael Berhane in the ProCyclingStats.com database
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Berhane, Natnael |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Berhane, Natnael Teweldemedhin (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Eritrean cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th January 1991 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Asmara |