Comrade J

His Lawyers can send 1,000,000 Letters, I don't care. Taun you know who I am, (you scammed me) If the thing is said that is TRUE, then it cannot be defamation, that is the way the law works ( go and look and the Judgement in the recent "Alex Mafia" case........

I agree with Spinnekop, SA's are SA's, It should be harder than normal races, (just look at the Elite Men's race at Worlds as to what the attrition rate is, if you want the stripes you need to earn them (even Tadji said it was the hardest race he has ever ridden...) My plan was hopefully to be in the top 10 this year, (grand Masters) training was not sufficient ( Work is still a priority) and I was undercooked for the weekend, so I just stayed at home (I still had FOMO), we try again next year.

this feed popped up on my instagram during the week https://gravelstar.co.za/, wonder if anyone also got it Not sure who the event organiser is, they are clearly from another planet and have a good stash of 420, or better. You pay R900.00 and you get nada in return. See some of the rules 👇 Athletes may resupply at local businesses and stores along the route. Athletes may receive “neutral” support from residents at a stationary location from which any other event participant could also receive aid Each athlete MUST have at least one support crew person present at the event to fetch them should they need to abandon the event. You may use businesses in the checkpoint towns as your support for resupply. However, we recommend having a support person on call for the day should you choose to abandon the event. Support crews, friends, and family members are not permitted on the course except for moral support or to fetch a rider abandoning the event. They appear to have just copied info from the Unbound site https://www.unboundgravel.com/officialrules/

Matt was born in SA, he raced BMX from under 6 to under 10 (which would have been about 2012) when they left for Aus, Matt's dad was involved in property, and then if my memory serves correctly, he was involved with Clearwater Mall

My gut feeling, and has been for a while, is that they are stolen and broken up and sold as spares.

Just another piece of useless information, by chance I discovered there is another SAFFA in the TDF this year, Matt Dinham riding for DSM, born in SA and left when he was about 12, used to ride in my BMX Club https://www.team-dsm-firmenich.com/team/matthew-dinham/

Just last night on Instagram, that this year's event is being held on the 13 August at Karkloof https://www.gogravelmidlands.co.za/

Did a recce ride with Cycle Nation on the weekend, no sewage on the new route. Route has also been changed slightly.

It is not about the Bike.. it is about the legs and the mind ........

So why is no one calling out Annemiek van Vleuten, she only trains with the men, that's why she is so much stronger than her fellow cyclists

On these Stats, I don't see anything strange, me thinks some people's partners are miffed because they cannot beat her.... CSA and SAID must do their testing ( we know that they also do not have the funds to test so catch 22) https://mtbdata.com/riders/yolande-de-villiers

I found this youtube site JamowTV with plenty of live streaming, no adverts, free of charge. Right now I am watching Vuelta a Andalucia 2023 | Stage 1 |

Seems Benky loves a tight finish, currently three riders fighting over place 4/5/6/ With 10km to go Benky in 4th

Rowan now in 31st with 66km to Check point 3, Benky is in the mountains with 222km to go

Benky is now only 40 km, away from taking third place 300km to go