FootballingCyclist

You should probably go home, Your family is probably worried and wondering where you are. LOL

Lol naah I meant this for the real world champs.. Like, the okes fighting for Rainbow stripes world champs! LoL

Hahahahaha naah I was pulling @Pure Savage leg because Brendan rode the 2nd lap with his son sporting some fast Zipps LOL

First lap normal CTCT route but up amd over Camps Bay drive, down signal hill then back onto the Freeway again, then end of M3 go right, then over Ou Kaaps, then Chappies again, the over Constantia Nek, and down, back onto M3 going back to Town(short route) then through Town, and up Kloof Street to finish on Signal Hill... THAT would be Epic...

No way his shorts were aero enough. Negated all the gains which the angled shifters and red colour bike provide. Also he needs to be taught sock length is a thing.. 🤣

Me, I finished on Sunday

So you're assuming Tim is a boy? What if for his 1st ever cycling event Tims dad said he can identify as a girl?

The 42km was quick because some Dads were riding Zipps.. Should be a rule that no wheel depths are allowed to be bigger in mm than the race is long in kms...

Was lekker seeing you, Not lekker with your arm strapped up though...

Yep he is, Saw I think it was last year or the year before where he made the switch. Think a big part of it had to do with getting zero support from SA for the World Tri series but full support from the Dutch, His wife is also a top female Dutch Triathlete. He also said he wants to coach in the future and Netherlands has a much bigger opportunity for him to do so than in SA..

Yeah my buddy was in the & group, came 7th, He said that he never knew they were gone until someone mentioned it after Smits only or else he would've gone with, He started too far back clearly LOL.

Possibly then the fact that the road on that side started to become too narrow with the road cones set out for the amount of riders all starting their descents. Too many guys trying to squeeze in not realising the cones are there..

I see Richard Murray won &. Am I correct in assuming it's the same ex SA now Dutch Triathlete Richard Murray? I mean he was at the expo and is now a Ciovita brand ambassador so too much of a coincidence to not be him?

Looks like the rider hit a cateye, front wheel burst and that was that....

Everyone saying the wind was "non existent" either only started after 8:30am because then by the time they hit Lakeside it had dropped completely all the way through to Smits, or they never sat on the front. I learned very quickly just how tough it was on the front with the wind..

That's alotta family LOL. On another note, Those ham & cheese croissants at Olympia are a major reason why I cannot fight off the urge from gravity to pull me backwards on any incline above 0.01%

Weather was ALOT better though

Sub3 group Totals. @ - 156 & - 141 # (Racing tadnem) - 6 1A - 69 1B - 3 Haven't checked further than that.

Isn't your bunch mat to mat? or also gun to mat?

Eish I feel for the rider from 1B with 3:00:01....

*ATTENTION ALL* Start groups and times have been updated on racetec

Also had a good few laughs on the descents and faster sections with load of cyclists in groups trying to keep in the left lane. The descent down Llandudno into Camps Bay we must've passed close to 30 different riders all keeping left of the middle line while trying to go fast instead of cutting inside corners etc in their bunches. I think most tried to latch on as we past but were unable as we past too quickly..

Re the groups which are incorrect, I think it's just an IT things as the announcer at the start did say we were starting later than we were supposed to because there was a 5min delay, So perhaps the racetec system has picked up the whole batch of "1s" as a group later than it should've because start times were later (if this makes any sense), So instead of being 1B where I started, I rolled over the mat at the time 1c would've because of the delay so it has me now linked as a 1C rider. Should be a quick fix, But they can leave my time as is LOL.. On the race. Started in 1B, Saw @Mamil in the chutes just ahead and @Long Wheel Base too on his pumpkin chariot. 1b went out the blocks as if the race ended at the start of the onramp to hospital bend, then bottlenecked, by the time I got into a rhythm, front of the bunch was about 5om ahead, as this round ball of flesh wasn't ever going to get up there, Made it to the top of hospital bend not too far back(was super chuffed cz last year I was already dropped) and started my descent, Got caught behind the crash which was on the bridge going over the N2 and pulled over was my sub3 train, @Long Wheel Base and his Dad fixing his bike which the okes had ridden into the back of, was kinda bleak for them(and for my hopes of working with them for a sub3) LOL.. Managed to make it over Edinburgh with guys still around me(was so happy I wanted to actually quit right there) and descended down the M3, It looked like we were the 3rd split of 1B, the 2nd split was about 50m ahead and I was confident we would catch them, So sat in the middle recovering after the climbs, and when I pulled out again to check we were even further away. So I lost hope. Turned right onto the main road in Lakeside and the group were now about 150m ahead and into the SE with no help i knew we weren't going to catch them. From Muizenberg to F/Hoek i sat on the front most of the time hoping the bunch ahead would miraculously slow down, which, ofcourse they did not, So at Fish Hoek circle I said stuff it and went back into the bunch. It got kinda frustrating as going through Glencairn past Dixies, We were going at 23km/h and 1 stage and I did not feel like a "race" and I was just surprised at how many 1B guys were happy to be on a coffee ride. 1C caught us just on the drag before the descent to Millers and everyone then decided to start riding again. Again, I got caught behind 2 guys touching wheels and had to unclip and walk around the limit my losses, Worked as hard as gravity allowed my fat ass to up till the circle by Red Hill and through Scarborough and Misty Cliffs, Saw my bunch taking the Ocean View turn off as I was on the drag before that about 70m behind. From the Police Station in Ocean View till the robots at black Hill is where I sent myself to heaven, Chased and chased the group as much as I can, sole alone into the South Easter with literally nobody else for 100s of metres behind me, eventually got all the way to Chappies alone where I caught a few earlier stragglers. On the Chappies descent I tried to make up some time but was starting to feel niggles and hints of cramp, I managed to get past it, Over Suikers SUPER slow and then pushed hard, took a loooong train of guys with me all the way through to Camps Bay while doing most of the work and forgetting about the cramp which showed its face once again around the Sea Point Pools and this time it was serious and had enough of me, Let the group go past as they would with 1 or 2 thank you's from 1C riders helping them get under 3:15 while I single leg pedalled to the finish for a disappointing but relieved 3:17. Glad i managed to stay rubber side down with all the close call though and great to have a chat @Long Wheel Base and his Dad at the finsih area.

Haven't read all the post race reoorts just yet, Just logged in, But I'm going to say @Sid the Sloth, Wow bro, Just wow, What an amazing ride being in the Elite break all day, putting in proper turns keeping the bunch at bay, Seriously impressive ride from a dude who hasn't even had a bike for 5 years against okes riding bikes their entire lives.. 4th in your 3rd CTCT is something special. Kudos bru...

I usually collect my number, Do some last minute shopping at Dischem for some specials of stuff I already have and then get some SIS nutrition, then go to the only place actually go inside the expo for and that's to get Biltong..