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Business Daily: Business Daily meets: Cycling boss Doug Ryder

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Business Daily meets: Cycling boss Doug Ryder

17/11/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Business Daily meets: Cycling boss Doug Ryder

The former pro cyclist set up the first African-registered team in the Tour de France

The former pro cyclist set up the first African-registered team to ride the Tour de France.

The South African former pro rider set up his cycling team in 2007. As MTN Qhubeka they became the first-ever African registered team to ride the Tour de France.

He talks about the challenges of putting together a team from scratch - and the steep learning curve he faced moving from cycling to managing.

After a successful stint on the world stage, a combination of financial and sponsorship problems lead to the team, which by then had gone through multiple name changes, being disbanded in 2021.

Doug Ryder has now put a new team together – we catch up with him at the Q36.5 Pro Cycling HQ in the Netherlands.

Produced and presented by Matthew Kenyon

(Image: Doug Ryder. Credit: BBC)

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