Thanks guys.
Firstly, @Jewbacca you were larger than expected. Kilt looked good though.
Secondly a short race report - after a very chilled first 50km with a lekker wee stop the skinny bois lit it up on the climb to Piketburg which did a fair amount of damage to the group. We went into feed zone 1 a few km later with just under 20 I believe and we had a nice rolling paceline with no one skipping turns, and all 5 of us Cycling Friends in the group.
We attacked again at the second feed zone and eventually about 10 guys were together going to the Elands climb. On the climb we hit the accelerator a bit with my team mate Reece opening up about the first half while I pulled the second half-ish until Jaco took over, before peeling off and inspecting the damage. We needed to take a small group but gently squeeze off the guys in the bunch so that chasing back was unlikely and we executed that well. We were left with 5 which reduced to 4, all cooperating.
Attacks started with just under 15km to go and we tried our best into the head wind but unfortunately neither Reece nor myself could shake the other two for very long, we ended up going into the last km as three, when Reece opened up his sprint a bit early as there were no distance markers after 3km left. I let the wheel go but Jaco jumped across to Reece. I tried to come round but unfortunately the legs weren't so keen to sprint after 217 km!
All in all it was a decent day out and an impressive performance from our young team which I am proud of. As every race for me has been going lately a lot was learnt, hopefully I can stand on the top step soon.
Thanks to Myriad and WP Cycling for a great event.
Apologies in advance if I got anything wrong. Mind goes a bit blurry over almost 6h of racing!
