Apolgies to Boet for re-using his topic heading of last week... I didn't intend to re-register on the Hub after not being able to recover my old name etc., after their site upgrade but am now so incensed by SA's elite road mens pathetic CG results that I just got to say something... Was holding out to see how the ITT but remained disappointed. And I'm not blaming the riders - CSA are fully responsible for no medals because of poor team selection and no ITT specialists. I bet that any 5 riders from current SA based elite teams - Medscheme, MTN, even EMG, would have put up a much better performance than "CSA's Choice" of what was essentially a bunch of unco-ordinated sprinters. Shocking!!! And there are several good ITTers in SA quite capable of 50kph avarage over that Delhi circuit and hence a silver medal at least! Only takes a scan through National champs to see who these are, (wouldn't expect them to beat Miller but no problem with the rest!). Disgracefull omission. CSA needs to engage a (ex) professional for its elite mens selector and manager even if it means paying a retainer - someone who has done the hard yards in Europe and knows all about team structures and what it takes to be a winner. (a la Chris Boardman, as someone else mentioned in part1). Austen must stick to his Juniors without wasting too much money and Lemmers get a admin job. CSA has let down cycling Internationally and South Africa as a nation, in a big way! Not sure whose doing the MTBing if there is any - do we have a chance of some salvation there?
