Natnael Berhane


Natnael Berhane is an Eritrean professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam. He is a two time African cycling champion in 2012 and 2013.

Career

In 2013, Berhane joined. Berhane won the queen stage of the 2013 Tour of Turkey by powering away from the small lead group in the last 200 meters of a long, steep climb. With the provisional suspension of Mustafa Sayar for an earlier EPO positive in the Tour of Algeria, the first place on the General Classification was awarded to Berhane. In early 2014 Turkish Cycling Federation stripped off Mustafa and announced Berhane's victory. At the beginning of the season, Berhane won La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, thanks to the bonus seconds awarded during the intermediate sprints on the last stage. He was the first African winner of this race.
After two years with Europcar for his professional debut, Berhane joined African Pro-Continental cycling team for the 2015 cycling season. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Tour de France and the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.

Major results

;2009
;2010
;2011
;2012
;2013
;2014
;2015
;2017
;2018
;2019

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour201420152016201720182019
Giro d'Italia———5983—
Tour de France——125——86
Vuelta a España14879————

—Did not compete
DNFDid not finish