# Natnael Berhane

Natnael Teweldemedhin Berhane (Tigrinya: ናትናኤል ተወልደመድህን ብርሃነ; born 5 January 1991) is an Eritrean professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Continental team Istanbul Büyükșehir Belediye Spor Türkiye. He is a two-time winner of the road race at the African Road Championships, in 2011 and 2012.

## Career

In 2013, Asmara-born Natnael joined Team Europcar. Natnael 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 Natnael. In early 2014 Turkish Cycling Federation stripped Sayar of his victory and announced Natnael's victory. At the beginning of the season, Natnael 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, Natnael joined African Pro-Continental cycling team MTN–Qhubeka 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

Source:

### 2009

    7th Overall Tour of Eritrea

### 2010

    1st Overall Tour of Eritrea
       1st Stage 1
    2nd Overall Tour du Rwanda
       1st Stage 7
    9th Road race, African Road Championships

### 2011 (2 pro wins)

    African Road Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Team time trial
    1st Stage 6 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
    3rd Overall Tour d'Algérie
       1st Stage 1
    8th Circuit d'Alger

### 2012 (1)

    African Road Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Team time trial
       7th Time trial
    1st Overall Tour d'Algérie
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 3

### 2013 (2)

    1st Team time trial, African Road Championships
    1st Overall Tour of Turkey
       1st Stage 3

### 2014 (2)

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
       1st Sprints classification
    5th Tour du Finistère

### 2015 (1)

    African Road Championships
       1st Team time trial
       6th Road race
    National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       3rd Time trial
    5th Overall Tour of Austria
    7th Overall Tour of Utah

### 2017

    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

### 2018

    10th Overall Tour of Guangxi

### 2019 (1)

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    African Games
       2nd Team time trial
       4th Road race
       4th Time trial
    Combativity award Stage 10 Tour de France

### 2023

    1st Stage 3 Tour de Maurice
    2nd Grand Prix Kültepe
    3rd Classique de l'île Maurice
    4th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
    8th Overall Tour of Sakarya

### 2024

    2nd Grand Prix Antalya Airport City
    3rd Overall Tour du Maroc
    4th Tour of Alanya

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | 59 | 83 | — | — | DNF |
| Tour de France | — | — | 125 | — | — | 86 | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | 148 | 79 | — | — | — | — | DNF | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |