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No that's usually how it goes, the faster people beat the slower people 🤣 Not that it's a A race for me, but going all the way to swellendam to ride in a paceline for 5 hours straight and get 8th or worse would really suck, so I guess yeah I worry a bit about some of the teams seeded better than us actually beating us 😂 You can tell I'm a TTT lover right 😜

oh ok, I think in our team only two guys have really been doing DC the last few years (and they're eurosteel), so in the end I guess our seeding is pretty good and could've been much worse 😅 But in the end, isn't it actually better to be badly seeded ? Not that starting 10mins earlier will really help you with heat/wind, but maybe having more teams to pass helps? Anyways, the earlier we start, the earlier I'm done with it and back in my car, so I'm happy 😅

yeah I think our seeding is vastly due to the fact that none of us on Eurosteel side has raced any of the road events since CTCT 🤣 But I do wonder how 7 teams are seeded in front of us still... guess we'll find out on the day who's where and why

if only we could ride there safely.. Wish TBMC had tried to defend access from the N7 through Vissershoek. I know some that still manage to go through there, when I try the guy at the gate doesn't seem too happy to see me, he let me through on the way there but not on the way back the last couple of times... Looking forward to that new access by Zone7. Everywhere else I ride to seems pretty safe (as long as you leave table mountain behind you) at the moment, I guess the less cyclists the less prone to attacks...

Thanks, I was wondering if going for the new sram red shifters would mean I'd need shorter stem, looks like it's a yes !

I've noticed people do this sometimes, I usually just pin it on the n1 all the way instead of taking the ramps off and back on the N1 again

Yeah, Jonas looks like a bone sack as we say in french 😅 Alan doesn't look thick but he looks like a mountain biker

He definitely looks shorter and heavier than those numbers Edit : mmmh no it looks like the 1.80 is actually legit, the 62kg though, he doesn't look THAT skinny

I remember chatting to Finn last year after he had a go at Chappies KOM, "mmmh I did only 7w/kg" I was like "wait what ??? 🤯" 🤣

Yeah I was having that chat with friends, from the few road races I had the chance to ride alongside him (mostly behind 😅, sometimes pretty far) he did not show the dominance I would've expected from any WT / TdF level rider. He did good a our local world champs but I mean, so did a few other riders he was in the break with and they're not even Conti. Seeing how Gibbons easily dropped Nortje from the breakaway to then win SA Champs seems more like what you can expect from a good WT/TdF domestique. I really really hope for him that he gets to fullfill a dream by taking part at Tour de France and maybe then progresses on the road and who knows, find success. But right now I think XCO/XCC is a way better fit for his skillset/power profile and he won't be anywhere near winning at international level on the road. Just hoping he doesn't throw away a great career in MTB. Nino proved you can have a long successful career in the sport, whereas if you're just another helmet in the peleton, who knows how long you can make a living from it (not to mention all the sacrifices to be there and stay there when home is so far away).

I was hoping you guys would come to the country side for a change !

yeah **** it it's not worth it, I'll just be riding towards malmesbury from now on

nah man, how many times you, or me and you have been dropped on the climb and made it back to the bunch shortly after. Hell last CTCT the cars were slowing me down when I was chasing back in Chappies descent to catch the bunch. Sometimes I just wish the road racing this side was just a little bit more even for everyone, no cars, no assistance, just you, your bike, whatever water you decide to start the race with, and there you go. We already have to fight against teams of 10 on our own. If people took better care of their bikes they wouldn't need a car. In all the races that I've done only once I would've needed a car after I slashed a tyre beyond repair.

idk hey, I think it was Winelands race where a group of 4 (Weber, Hatherly, Hanro and no sure who else) went up the road on Bothmans, and me, JP, Chalievelo and Neil Timm chased, we didn't have cars in between. I think the cars just bring back the guys that get dropped from the peleton, not the attacks