In images: Rapha Condor Sharp on the Tour of South Africa

Following Kristian House’s win in the very first Tour of South Africa, I thought it only fair to bring the UK fan’s of Rapha Condor Sharp some images from the event. In addition to my previous posts (stage 1, stage 2, stage 3, stage 4, stage 5, stage 6 and stage 7), here are some more pictures of the team in action:

The Rapha boys signing the register for the 1st stage (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

House and Blaha working well to create a break on stage 1 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

Dan Craven wins the King of the Mountains on the first stage (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

House in yelllow on stage 2 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

Dan Craven at start of stage 2 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

The Rapha boys at the front of the peloton as the race was stopped on stage 2 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

Zak Dempster looks for a liquid refill during stage 3 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

Rapha working hard to keep the yellow jersey on stage 3 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

Riders turn back towards Port Elizabeth on stage 3, led by the Rapha boys (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

Dan Craven coming down hard on stage 3 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

RCS in the peloton on stage 3 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

Rapha leading the peloton (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

Dan and Kristian having a chat on stage 3 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

Kristian heading to the start on stage 4 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

Rapha dominating proceedings on stage 4 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

Rapha working hard for the yellow on stage 4 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

Bandaged up Craven on stage 4 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

Craven hurting from stage 3's crash (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

House shares a word with Phil Liggett at the end of stage 4 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

Kristian still leading the GC after stage 4 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

Craven taking liquids on stage 5 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

House and jersey leaders on stage 6 start (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

Rapha CS at the head of the peloton on stage 6 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

House holds onto yellow after stage 6 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

Rapha waiting in the shade bofore the start of stage 7 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

A Rapha team member ensures the team bikes are ready for stage 7 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

Team Rapha on the start line ahead of stage 7 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

House in the peloton on stage 7 (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

The Rapha boys supporting House on the final stage (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

House on the final stage (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

House signing autographs after wining the Tour of South Africa (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

Champagne celebrations by House and the category winners (Copyright: craigdutton.com/2011)

British Pro Cycling Teams and Rider Twitter Profiles

So I’ve been thinking of different items to place on my blog that would hopefully be of use to all those that visit this page. One thing that did come to mind was the twitter profiles of all the British professional cycling teams and riders. There isn’t a single source available where you could find this (well. not that I could find), so thought I’d give it a go.

The teams and their twitter profiles are:

CYCLEPREMIER.COM – METALTEK

TEAM @Cycle_Premier

Raphael Deinhart @GermanRacer

Ashley Finn @ash_finn

Simon Wilson @Si_Wilson

James Millard @JamesMillard

ENDURA RACING

TEAM @enduraracing

Rob Partridge @RobPartridge

David Lines @davidlines

Evan Oliphant @evantwats

James McCallum @Jimmy_mach10

Ross Creber @creber1

Scott Thwaites @Scott_Thwaites1

Gary Hand @Handinator

KUOTA – ROAD CC

TEAM @Kuota_RoadCC

Cherie Pridham @CHEZPRO

Jeroen Janssen @FlyingDutchJJ

Jon Mozley @Jon_Mozley

Jefte de Bruin @JeftedeBruin

Dan Davies @dan_davies86

Tom Martin @tommartin7

Martin Smith @Martyvelo

ORBEA – FOR GOODNESS SHAKES!

TEAM @Orbea_FGS

James Whatling @OrbeaJames

Daniel Kogan @dankogan

PENDRAGON COL COLNAGO

TEAM @PendragonSports

Yanto Barker @YBLECOL

Richard Tanguy @richtanguy

Chris Opie @SpeedyOpie

Rhys Lloyd @RhysLloyd

TEAM RALEIGH

TEAM @TeamRaleighUK

Liam Holohan @lh_holohan

Dan Fleeman @Danfleeman

Mike Cuming @mike_cuming

Peter Smith @petersmith35

Chris Truett @christruett

RAPHA CONDOR SHARP

TEAM @raphacondor

Kristian House @kristianhouse

Dean Downing @deanodown

Ben Greenwood @benjigreenwood

Matt Cronshaw @mattcronshaw

John Herety @RaphaJ

Andy Verrall @andyverbals

SIGMA-SPORT SPECIALIZED

TEAM @teamsigmasport

TEAM SKY

TEAM @TeamSky

Greg Henderson @greghenderson1

Russell Downing @russdowning

Chris Froome @chrisfroome

John Lee Augustyn @jlaugustyn

Simon Gerrans @simongerrans

Kurt Asle Arvesen @kaarvesen

Bradley Wiggins @bradwiggins

Kjell Carlstrom @kjellcarlstrom

Serge Pauwels @sergepauwels

Ben Swift @swiftybswift

These are the teams that I have so far. Obviously, when I get more, I will update this post with the additional info. I have also created a page dedicated to these teams and their online profiles. Make sure to bookmark it.

No Cavendish for Tour of Britain

Less than a week to until the Tour of Britain gets underway in London this Sunday. The event organisers have now made available the preliminary rider list for all to download from the site.

One major change that has happened in the last few days is that Mark Cavendish will no longer be riding in the event. Instead he will be off to the Tour of Missouri, apparently an important race for his American sponsors – Team Columbia.  His replacement will be Kim Kirchen.

Other changes for the race include: youngster Rhys Lloyd who comes into the Rapha – Condor – Recycling.co.uk line-up to replace Ben Greenwood who broke his leg during the Tour of Ireland. Plus, Tour of Italy stage winner, Gabriele Bosisio will now ride for LPR Brakes – Ballan.