Last weekend was again jammed packed with
racing across the country and our riders were once again involved on all levels
of the sport.
Down in the Cape, Paul and Yolande teamed
up for the first time in 3 years to give the prestigious FNB Wines2Whales a go.
The last time they rode together was also in Lourensford where they won the
ABSA Cape Epic so it was fitting to return to the same place they had left off
a couple years earlier with another win.
With over 1200 teams in the race this event is growing in popularity and
it won’t be long before it is one of the most sought after race entries on the
calendar.
Huge effort went into the hand making of
specific bike trails and this, combined with the terrain and probably one of
the best race villages from any event, made for an amazing 3days of racing. The
couple said that it took a little while to get their legs going especially
after some tough stage racing over the past few weeks. But once the diesel was
warm it was business as usual with the pair taking 3 straight stage wins.
At the 94.7mtb race the academy “laaities”
once again stepped up and Michael Moore was 7th overall in the 30km
still racing in youth cat and his little brother was 3rd overall in
the 20km and 2nd sub junior. Our other rising talent, Azulda won the
sub junior category for the ladies as well as the 30km overall.
Some of our gang also took part in their
first ASG night race (the run 10km) last week Thursday and had a blast showing
their fitness on a different level and challenging each other by taking
themselves out of the comfort zone. Big thanks to ASG Sports for putting on
another great event!
