King, Thwaites and Morton join Dimension Data for 2017

Dimension Data have confirmed their first three signings for the 2017 season, with Ben King, Scott Thwaites and Lachlan Morton all due to ride for the them next season. In contrast to recent seasons, the team have been decidedly quiet on the transfer market since it opened in August, but the South African-based squad hopes that the three new additions will add more depth to their line-up.

Born in Ireland to a cycling family and later moved to the Isle of Man, so there was no surprise when I got into the sport. Studied sports journalism at university before going on to do a Masters in sports broadcast. After university I spent three months interning at Eurosport, where I covered the Tour de France. In 2012 I started at Procycling Magazine, before becoming the deputy editor of Procycling Week. I then joined Cyclingnews, in December 2013.