After announcing a number of new prominent rider and staff additions to the African Team for 2016, Team Dimension Data are now delighted to welcome Roger Hammond to the management staff for the upcoming season.

Hammond will join Team Dimension Data in 2016, taking on the role as Sport Director. He joins the team after serving as Team Manager at Madison-Genesis since 2012. The Briton also had an illustrious professional career spanning between 1998 and 2011 that saw him specialize as a classics rider.

He will be a familiar face to many of the riders and partners after already having worked and ridden with them in the past. Given his Classics experience he will be key to the African team'ss success during the Spring period.

"I am very excited to be joining this fantastic project, with so many ex team mates or managers within the team it feels like I’m returning to my family," he said. "Cycling has been so influential in the path my life has taken and the rich experiences I have enjoyed along the way. To be part of this project that not only focusses on giving riders the chance to achieve their dreams competitively but – by supporting Qhubeka – also giving children the chance of an education through the medium of the bike was an opportunity not to be missed."