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They are also the first-ever African team to take part in the Tour de France.
Four of the five took part in the Tour de France warm-up race, the Criterium de Dauphine from June 7 to 14, where Eritrea's Daniel Teklehaimanot won the polka dotted climbers' jersey.
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There are also three South Africans in the team, the brothers Jacques and -Reinardt Janse van Rensburg and -national champion Louis Meintjes.
All five are debutantes in the world's most famous bike race.
American rider Tyler Farrar has won stages in all three Grand Tours, while former Sky man Wholesale Golden State Warriors Jerseys , Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen won two Tour de France stages in 2011.
"Our objective is a stage win and to wear one of the jerseys," team manager Brian Smith said, admitting they had no sprint hopes and no chance of placing a rider on the overall podium.
Also on Tuesday, Luxembourg's Frank Schleck said he is to miss next month's Tour de France because of a knee injury.
The Trek Factory Racing rider Wholesale Detroit Pistons Jerseys , older brother of 2010 Tour winner Andy, has been struggling since crashing in the Liege-Bastogne-Liege race earlier this season and skipped the closing time trial at the Tour de Switzerland last week in a bid to recover.
"This is a big disappointment for me, of course, but it had been in the air for a while now Wholesale Denver Nuggets Jerseys ," Schleck said in a news -release.
"I can't push it for 21 days straight and hope to make it to Paris. What I need is rest," added Schleck, who has won two stages on the Tour de France.
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