Team MTN-Qhubeka

The first African-based cycling team to take part in the Tour de France caps off an impressive debut at the legendary cycle race. They finished the tough three-week race fifth overall and inspired confidence for the future of competitive cycling on the continent.

This week on the Play Your Part TV series, we chat to Natalie du Toit, Daryl Naidu, Desiree Ellis, Songezo Jim, and Cyril Mqadi about playing their part using sport to build the nation's pride.

Jacques Janse van Rensburg capped an excellent week of racing for Team MTN-Qhubeka when he retained the yellow jersey he had earned after the first stage to take the overall victory in South Africa's Mzansi Tour on the weekend.

Apart from the national championships, Team MTN-Qhubeka has yet to race in South Africa as a UCI Professional Continental Team. However, that will change on Tuesday when the team lines up for the Mzansi Tour in Johannesburg.

Africa's first Pro-Continental cycling team, Team MTN-Qhubeka, is going from strength to strength following a successful international debut season, and has now been invited to participate in Spain's most prestigious race, the Vuelta a Espana.

South African Pro Continental Cycling Team MTN-Qhuebka have received an invitation to the Ronde van Vlaanderan, one of the five "Monuments" of world cycling - the oldest and most-prestigious one-day events on the calendar after the World Championship Road Race.

John-Lee Augustyn, once a fast-rising star in the world of cycling, will make his return to the sport and the professional peloton after injury woes disrupted his promising career with a first appearance for Team MTN-Qhubeka in the La Tropicale Amissa Bongo race.

Team MTN-Qhubeka star Gerald Ciolek turned around a tough day for the South African road cycling outfit in the Tour of Britain by racing to victory in stage two of the race on Monday.

Team MTN-Qhubeka won the stage five team time trial of the Tour de Korea on Wednesday, giving the team its second victory of the race after sprinter Kristian Sbaragli claimed a win on the opening stage.

Kristian Sbaragli claimed his first professional win by easily outsprinting the field on the first stage of the Tour of Korea on Sunday and in so doing picked up Team MTN- Qhubeka's second leader's jersey of the season in a stage race.