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They've been marking up and we paid the higher prices...

The R4m x 2 should be distributed to us CONSUMERS!

Ash is ready for the Olympics - competing and beating many of the worlds best: 50 seconds agoBoels #hillsclassic results: 1 @L_ArmiTstead 2 @AvVleuten 3 @ashleighcycling 4 @marianne_vos 5 @ellenvdijk

Why no women road announcement... this is a good course for Ash. But is anyone able to support her... If you ain't racing in Europe (currently) against the worlds best then NO is my opinion. Congrats Louis and Daryl!

No problem, If I'm in a rush I do one of the below but my route varies slightly depending on robots - either trough bottom, top of Emmerentia Park or over bridge. https://www.strava.com/activities/573354170 Or this one: https://www.strava.com/activities/579785039 If I have more time I do this: https://www.strava.com/activities/572299498 I try stay away from Beyers and Barry Hertzog as much as possible. I also use the Empire 'service' road. Crossing Empire / Jan Smuts can be tricky at times but make it clear to cars what you are going to do. If you feel the lane / road is too narrow for you and a car then just ride in the middle of the road - e.g. I do this on Barry Hertzog after the bridge going to Judith. In the evenings I do this: https://www.strava.com/activities/573727182 I use the BRT lane from Jan Smuts to Wits entrance.

Posted Today, 14:33 Catatonic_Joe, on 04 May 2016 - 5:16 PM, said: I've been commuting to Liberty (Braamies) from NorthCliff side for the past 1,5 years so I may see you on the road sometime. Hard to believe I'm the only one commuting here at Liberty as they even provided bike racks, lockers and have shower facilities. If I go over NorthCliff hill (on the way here) I get 400m of climbing in 16km.

It doesn't hurt to actually read the article

This achievement should be in the newspapers countrywide! This is the toughest Tour on the Women's calendar. I've been following this race up close year after year and to get so close to a podium placing is a very impressive result. But it's not a SA issue, even the winner Anna only got a tiny mention in the Dutch media. Very sad as these women sacrifice, train, live for cycling as much as the men!

She will still do some races, after breaking her ribs at Worlds she could barely train and still got 3rd in Satelite Classic and joint 5th in 94.7 (in support of her team mates who won both races). So she could still do really well on the local scene and have fun. She must just leave the bike for a while until the bug bites again and her body has recovered fully.

I'm not sure if Robyn has made up her mind yet. Luckily there are some good youngsters coming up... the Daltons, Leandri, Carlee etc. But with CSA pulling their development sponsorship and MTN pulling out of women's cycling the future isn't looking good!

Thanks! That was Jo's last race as a pro. She will now focus on her Business Analyst / Project Manager career and race for fun. Many don't know how hard it is to follow a training program for 6 days a week for the last 3-4 years, most of them combined with a full time job! The crashes and resulting scars and pains made it tough for her the last few months.

Which local girls? You can't blame An-Li or Lise... Ash, Jo, Robyn and Cherise are more then on par, their overseas results and contributions prove this. The way Robyn led Cherise out for the hotspots also deserves a mention.

The team set a very hard pace with 40km to go and four of them (Momentum - Toyota) had a sizeable gap. Sharon pushed on and the three others were caught by what was left of the bunch, but they realised a bit late Sharon was off the front. Lise was the only MTN rider left and she received very little help from other teams who were happy to race for second! Both Lise, An-Li and Ashleigh were 'flat' due to tummy bugs from African Champs.

It's a team sport, "she made the 'other' local teams look like amateurs" is more appropriate.

She will 'ride' SA cycling history in the years to come anyway

I had a sImIlar experIence but beIng hIt wIth a paIntball gun! Pretty scary and frIggen sore!

Marianne Vos (25 years old, so many more victories to come)! Eddie gets my vote, but I agree that was a different era.

Two options: 1) Cradle route, from Toadburry hill upwards and through the Cradle, not ideal with the bumps, circles and down sections. 2) Robert Broom, start at the Sterkfontein caves intersection and up Protea Ridge where the D2D finished, you only have to get accross one stop street.

The steak and carbo loading clearly worked for him as he won the VA D2D today, albeit not on his SS

They have completed a few short routes, but some of them are NOT entry level, I took a newbie along and he had to walk a fair bit to ensure not killing himself Sanispoors is your best bet!

A few days ago... chatting to Vino at the Dining Hall

And you have all the facts to make these sound objective statements? Both Robyn and Jo were involved in crashes. Jo was held up behind a crash near the front of the peleton early on in the race, when she caught up to the peleton someone switched her resulting in a bad crash. She caught back up just before Box Hill and was happy to make the split after such an effort. Many decent sprinters did not make it over the climbs and its questionable Cherise would have, given her climbing form in eg the Giro Donne. How many SA women have finished an Olympic road race before? To drag someone who tragically passed away into this discussion is bad taste IMHO. Thanks for the support received. Of course they are disappointed, but there are only 3 countries who aren't! Being at the Olympic Village is unreal. We saw Usain Bolt earlier today! I have never seen such a diversity of athletes!

give her some time...

He must have been born Dutch - us Belgians are tuff! Hows the hand TNT1...tuffing it out or still crying

Mmm he's not quite a loser mtbiker as he has been Belgian Champ before! He's 2nd for the 2nd year in a row to the same cyclocross rider... Sven Nys tweeted: "only one way to take revenge, i.e. line up for the cyclocross Belgian champs in Jan" He had a lot of bad luck during the race and the final sprint... Nothing wrong with being dissapointed - maybe over-doing it a bit I agree