Kudus at the 2013 Tour de l'Ain
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Full name | Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin | ||||||||||||
Nickname | Oriole of Asmara | ||||||||||||
Born |
Eritrea |
January 23, 1994 ||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st) | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (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, becoming one of the first two black Africans to start the Tour alongside teammate and countryman Daniel Teklehaimanot. At the age of 21 Kudus was the youngest rider in the race. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.