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Hubbers There were a crash just before one enter the stadium in the AL bunch. Peter Elliot went down hard . . . Cracked scull with bleeding , broken color-bone , broken sholder blade , 9 broken ribs , punctured lung. He is currently in Netcare Union Alberton. He is in serious pain and has no recollection what happen besides than someone rode into him from behind . . . I had a punciture whle in the AL - short lived 3 man break . . . before carnival and by the time I came past Peter he was helped into an Ambo. Great race ,I felt good but after seeing Peter . . . I sometimes wonder why I / we get so eager close to the end . . . My prayers are with Peter for a super recovery (joshua 1 : 9) and freinds please lets be safe on the roads ! ( Ps - hope the link works)

It was 30 km in . . . i had to get on the gravel to miss the "action" I do not know of a crash at the finish . . I was in sprint with no issues besides running out of juice just before the line and got pipped .(got the second spot)

It was ugly ! That carbon crashing sound not nice . . . My guess it was touch of wheels ? Hope all okay ?

Good luck to all - see you in the mix !

Hey , that was fun ! Game plan = AL , Have fun , smile, enjoy , play . . . until I "explode" // bonk , I finally ran out of energy on that hans strydom hill . . . mountain. Like MVDP , my legs switched off and saw the front bunch disappear and then the second bunch came past never to be seen again. . . To be on the bike with a smile and happy heart in a race is so much enjoyable , even the twizza at the end taste lekker ! There are some "gentleman" in the group whom really would benefit for happy cycling . . . Be Blessed !

I am in A . . .

The race is saturday . . . - Go wild on Sunday ! :-)

Saw some guys fixing potholes between avianto and bidon yesterday . . . also some propper orange markings with spray paint . . . Looking forward and trustingly I have the legs to stay with A at lease to sterkies . . . I will however "pull" my weight / do my part. . . I will be sporting our new Bionic kit ! ( "Game plan" to work in front at Maropeng . . . ... . . . ... only ) I will be the one with smiles . . . I ride my bike because i LIKE it ! Please kindly keep attitudes at home on Saturday

DBAD - Ditto ! Had my garmin however not once did I require to look at the derections , I followed the wheels informnt of me with success . . . @Croglet , ita time to enter . . . its a greaet day out !

Bru , and that was a good sprint . . . :-(

lekker , eks in !

Awesome @fanievb !!! "Water point 5 needs a special mention, especially the youngster with the bottle of lube" Daardie seunna se naam is Henko . . . well done jong man ! Ek sal dit onthou ,hy het vir my n koffie angedra , hyt gesien ekt dit nodig WP 5 wss awesome !

HI , I went over swartberg pass on my mtb on Monday from Kobus se gat to Prins Albert, The wind was gusting at the top and the flattish part of the decent ( where you turn to Die Hell ) after top to the hairpins are rutted otherwise looking good . . . disclaimer - in my opinion . . . Have fun and be blessed !

Sweet , I will be there , Again !

WOW , What a awesome Race . . . ride . . . I had a severe bad patch between 128 km and 152 km to WP 5. I had thoughts of every possible excuse to quit . . . At WP 5 there were a festive vibe and great people and even a young farmer's boy ( Henko ) lubed my chain , got me a coffee . . . I spent quite a while at this water point "gathering" myself which surely got the mindset right and off I went. I registered temps of 3 degrees just before sunrise to WP8 and after CP3 up to 36 degrees. Sho , the last stretch was testing and with the heat of the day I made many stops and spent time at the last 2 water points - finally came in at 16:37 PM ( jumped in the pool , took a shower and went to bed by 17:30) Took the bike out yesterday and rode the Swartberg pass - that is beautiful and the wind were howling. The gravel roads looks mostly good as tand the Grand Fondo would be interesting this weekend . . . Good luck to all participating . . . I will not . . . Be Blessed !