During the Kormorant my fianc? (Joanna) went to the Championchip VAN to buy a chip 40 min before the start of the Elite ladies group.<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> The guy at work said he was too busy and she should come back in 30 min. 30 min later the guy was on the phone and making a sign to Joanna to keep quite as he was in a bit of panic as things were not working properly. So 30 secs before the start Joanna interrupted him again and he gave her a timing chip and she had to rush to write down her details ? meanwhile the elite ladies and vets had already left and she had to go ever the timing mats and chase the group which she caught before Hekpoort. Why did he not give her a chip earlier? Why does championchip only have ONE guy at a race? (Winningtime always had at least TWO people present NO matter how ?small? the race)!! All this caused unnecessary stress and a waste of energy chasing the bunch ? in short it?s a REAL disgrace! So unprofessional - they should be there for us cyclists!! Luckily she managed to catch up and stay with the front elite ladies ? but unfortunately an MTN girl?s chain got stuck with 2km to go and she fell over and Joanna could not avoid her and flew over her with lots of bruises on her thigh, shoulder, back and a black eye ? We fixed her and the bike up and she managed to finish 7th in the Emperors classic on Sunday, but could barely walk after the race. I just hope Championchip will NOT under staff for any future race!
