Bianchisti

Glad I discovered this. Saturday is our day for eating, drinking and some more eating and drinking. Not home made but some chirizo, salami, stuffed olives, beef biltong and gruyere cheese. The mom' raw chocolate shake. Coconut water, banana, raw cocoa mix, dark chocolate. Cheating her diet.

Yum. Well done.

Only saw that Du Plessis/Weeks heavyweight bout today. Mr. Weeks has mean right hook. The doctor took them blows like a good girl which is par for the course these days to keep yourself out of trouble. Well done to him not swinging back. Not easy.

I actually gained weight. 4kgs. Stupid project I was working on with insane programme had me so stressed, working flat out around the clock. When that finished my weight came back.

Worked on a project that prevented me from any consistent training second half of last year. When that finished December 31st I got up to 3.4w/kg in the first quarter of 2015 including 2 colds, lots of travelling and racing/tapering with reasonable consistency. started the second quarter with a cold and tummy bug but have been putting in serious work around FTP and VO2 with very good consistency. Special circumstances on the home and work front allowing me time for endurance in the week right now so cashing in on the TSS. No racing till July. Need to test end of the month but can already put in more intervals at FTP then few weeks ago. Reduced intervals @ longer times next week to ensure adaption.

Just buy it after the WC when WC logo is gone and Absa logo is back. I still wouldn't buy it. Looks ***. Still wearing my Nike Castle Lager embroided wollen one. Good for winter. And on the plus I still fit into it. Well done to me. Haha

Also aiming for 4.0 for the Jock from 3.0 start of this year. If I can get to 280 watts and lose these love handles/2kgs I'll be there.

Thanks. Bit *** hey?

5 weeks for the goal. 1 for the taper.

Where's the pic?

Particularly where wind is in play.

Will tell all at the end of this month with me next test. Some maachines in here. Anything above 4 I would be happy with.

All this technological advancement and the sweat still ends up in your eyes. I have the previous Cav Edition Oakleys and it is the last time I ever bought anything Oakley.

Glad I didnt watch any rugby yesterday.

Business as usual in Broadacress perhaps?

HAK VRYSTAAT!!!

The only offer "to good to refuse" should be a second fiddle role to Chris at Sky or #1 at somewhere like Lotto-Jumbo. And I think he can afford to be somewhat 'arrogant' about it at this stage. Another year at MTN won't be such a bad thing. The riders was always key with Douglas. He built the team gradually with the rider' natural progression. Louis body still needs to adapt and grow naturally.

This is what I meant with "luck" staying with him. He needs to be in a setup like MTN where his ambitions are prioritised. Like having a team to protect him for 200km and deliver him to the final climb of a mountain top finish. Classic example would be Reinhardt. He was in amazing form when he went to Argos Shimano and I don't blame him for moving but that team had other ambitions that didn't focus on his development. Provided of course MTN keep securing entries to the big races, Louis needs to stay put and keep racing as a leader here rather than a domestique elsewhere.

The special one.

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Love this look he gives the legend!

That awesome moment when you're leading the peloton, you look back and realise you have them under pressure.

He's a determined man.

Remember the name "Lewis Mandjie". I suspect we will hear it a lot. I particularly hope to hear much of it during a particular 22 days in July. The boy is superstar material. Hope luck is with him and he stays injury free on this promising upward trajectory. The picture tells the story thus far.

Louis announced himself to the cycling world in September 2013, when he earned the silver medal in the World Under 23 Road Race Championships. Louis had an impressive 2014 season where he rode his first grand tour, the Vuelta a Espana. His best result at the Spanish race was a 5th place on stage 14.[1] In March 2015, Meintjes won the final stage of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, causing him to get the overall victory too. 2010: 1st http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/MaillotSud%C3%A1frica.PNG/20px-MaillotSud%C3%A1frica.PNG National Junior Time Trial Championships 1st http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/MaillotSud%C3%A1frica.PNG/20px-MaillotSud%C3%A1frica.PNG National Junior Road Race Championships. 2011: 1st Stage 3 Triptyque Ardennaise 2nd National U23 Championship Road Race Championships 2nd African Continental Team Time Trial Championships 2nd African Continental Time Trial Championships 3rd Sint-Lambrechts-Herk 4th Overall Anatomic Jock Race 5th Walhain Road Race. 2012: 1st http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/MaillotSud%C3%A1frica.PNG/20px-MaillotSud%C3%A1frica.PNG National U23 Time Trial Championships 1st Fast One 2nd National U23 Road Race Championships 3rd Aubel (Liege) 5th Overall Sea Otter Classic 6th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie 7th National Time Trial Championships 10th National Road Race Championships. 2013 1st http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/MaillotSud%C3%A1frica.PNG/20px-MaillotSud%C3%A1frica.PNG National U23 Road Race Championships 1st http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/MaillotSud%C3%A1frica.PNG/20px-MaillotSud%C3%A1frica.PNG National U23 Time Trial Championships 2nd National Road Race Championships 2nd World U23 Road Race Championship 2nd Overall Tour of Rwanda 4th National Time Trial Championships 4th Overall Tour de Taiwan 9th Overall Tour de Korea 1st Stage 5 (TTT) 10th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo 2014 1st http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/MaillotSud%C3%A1frica.PNG/20px-MaillotSud%C3%A1frica.PNG National U23 Time Trial Championships 1st http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/MaillotSud%C3%A1frica.PNG/20px-MaillotSud%C3%A1frica.PNG National U23 Road Race Championships 1st http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/MaillotSud%C3%A1frica.PNG/20px-MaillotSud%C3%A1frica.PNG National Road Race Championships 2nd Overall Mzansi Tour 1st Stage 2 1st Youth classification 1st Mountains classification 5th Overall Giro del Trentino 1st Youth classification 2015 1st Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 1st Stage 4 8th Overall Giro del Trentino 1st http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Jersey_white.svg/20px-Jersey_white.svg.png Young rider classification