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I've gone and looked and this is what I have found: 727 teams were registered; I can't see how many actually started 710 teams finished the prologue 659 teams finished stage 1 599 teams finished stage 2 So possibly 128 teams have not finished after 3 days. I didn't check individual finishers, so I don't know how many teams have both riders out.

There is no women's record. That is why she is doing it. "Because // Representation matters // In sport, especially cycling, women are underrepresented and it slows down our progress in getting new women into the sport. Because it’s harder to do something if you don’t see people you can relate to also doing it. " https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ch1hL1WqQAN/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link 70 days is the time that Guinness gave her; I don't know how they came up with that; maybe about 150km per day She plans to do 200 - 300km a day, so i suppose she wants to beat 54 days.

Tegan will be starting on 17th October, next Monday. She is in Egypt already. She has to complete it in under 70 days for Guinness to consider it a World Record.

Frances Janse van Rensberg pulled out of TdF after 3 days. She then went to hospital and had surgery, and has returned to SA for the rest of the season, so wont be at Commonwealth games Ashley pulled out of TdF with an infection after 6? days. I expect she isn't recovered yet. She has skipped the TT before to focus on the Road Race, but I don't know if she will be even be ready for that. Hayley Preen was at the opening ceremony. Maybe she is skipping the TT and will only do the Road Race.

Candice has gone into second. She looks comfortable. Isla and Zoe look tired.

In the women's race, Evie is absolutely dominating. Only a major mechanical will stop her from winning. Isla Short seems to be fading. Candice Lill is in fourth, and Im not sure how she's doing. She seems to be dropping off. Zoe Cuthbert I believe is better than I gave her credit for, and I think she might come second. After that I don't think anyone else has a chance of getting a medal

Mariske tested positive for Covid, just before she was supposed to fly out, so she couldn't go.

That hill got me in 2013. My whole right-hand side was scraped, and i I couldn't straighten my arm for 3 months. I also broke a saddle that was only 6 weeks old

Brian Brummer has just arrived at RV3 now. Kevin has been there for an hour. After last years Munga he said, "I learnt that with a little more sleep I am actually quite fast", so maybe his plan is to sleep a bit, and then ride faster and catch up with Hansie.

Hansie Joubert and Kevin Benkenstein are both at RV3. Kevin got there 5 minutes earlier.

Take a gravel bike, there are so many more options if you have a gravel bike. I have avoided trying to ride up Old Howick Road since they started the road works on the highway, because I'm sure the amount of vehicles has increased dramatically. Old Howick and Sweetwaters Roads are really the only options to get from PMB to Hilton. You can go up through the forests, from The Wykeham Collegiate, through World's View, up into Winterskloof, but the quality of the forest roads is not good at all (At least the last time I tried it) You can also go up past Albert Falls Dam, and then up the Crammond Road, to the Karkloof Club, but that is a very long way around, if you're just trying to get to Hilton. I've found that following Kevin Benkenstein on Strava gives me lots of ideas about where to ride around the Midlands: https://www.strava.com/athletes/1528061 Here is a loop through Bisley Reserve, that I did a few weeks ago: https://www.strava.com/activities/5946127486 (I got this one from Kevin's rides ) You can cut out the part along Old Howick Road. You could also ride parts of the Burra500 route: https://www.strava.com/activities/5826823035

Perhaps he doesn't appreciate mid-90's Metallica, 80's Metallica was better.

Cavendish won ????

On the Munga Facebook page they said riders will be issued with permits. While the Munga Grit rules had this: "Where two riders cross the line at the same time and be eligible for a prize, the race director will decide the method to determine in which order the riders place.", the Munga rules don't have anything about that. Although the Munga rules still have the prize money values based on November 2019 prices, so I don't think they have been updated on the site yet, but updated rules may have been sent to competitors.

(Just about) anything by Leo is better than the original Check out his version of Africa (the Toto song), with Rabea and Hannah

I see this has been added into the rules for the Munga Grit: "Where two riders cross the line at the same time and be eligible for a prize, the race director will decide the method to determine in which order the riders place." So no joint winners.

55.089km is the official distance

Un-officially 55.089km

broke it with about 35 seconds remaining

speeding up now

I though he started to fade at about 40 min, but he's actually held a pretty consistent lap time over the last 10 minutes: around 16.4s a lap

Was this suspension overturned? Because in the article it says Tyronne White was suspended between 14 December 2016 and 13 June 2018, yet he came 4th at the 2017 Mandela Day MTB Dash (26th August 2017): https://www.bikehub.co.za/features/_/news/mtb/sa-mtb/jessop-and-haw-grab-the-mandela-day-mtb-dash-trophies-r6830 And he won the 2018 Howick MTB Classic (4 March 2018): https://www.bikehub.co.za/features/_/news/mtb/sa-mtb/white-takes-full-advantage-at-sappi-howick-mtb-r7149 These are only the two events I know of, there are probably others that he did. I'm sure both these events are CSA affiliated, so it's not like Kevin Evans doing K2C; although Kevin did get an extra month added to his suspension once it was discovered.

What's currently on Trailforks is pretty accurate. Hauling is probably still happening around Alex Alleyway and Siobhan's Saunter, so I would avoid there. At the intersection of Quarry Road and Middle Road, I haven't seen any forestry vehicles for quite a while, so it should be fine to ride (The 25km set route looks to go through this area)

I am competitive in (shorter) races. Not competing for prizes / winnings but against the group of people who are of a similar ability to myself, even if we are coming in in 200th place. In a race like The Munga, it is so far beyond what I have ever attempted before, so I would be in the group of just trying to finish. But I would also be competing to do the best I could, to get a medal with the lowest number possible. And that's the problem: the medal has a number on it. The person who got number 108 may be better than a few people who got medals with lower numbers, but those people "cheated" - except they didn't, because it is within the rules. The split classification could work here. GC classification would get numbered medals, official time and official position. Non-GC would a medal without a number, and a "also finished with a time of xx:xx:xx", but not an official position. When you register for the race, you choose your classification. If you choose social class, then the rules are relaxed for you; drafting is allowed, you can be brought back on course by the ambulance etc. If you choose GC class, the rules are strict: no drafting (after RV1), enter the course where you left, if you enter a vehicle you are disqualified (from GC, you could be dropped down to social class). In GC class, minor rule breaches could be given time penalties, up to a point where you will be dropped down to social class. Social class would still have rules; eg climbing into a car and traveling in it to the next WP would be a disqualification. Social class could still be given a position, but everyone in social class gets the same position. The way I would like to see it is not that they get the next position after all GC class riders. eg: 50 GC riders finish, so social class gets 51. I would want it so social class gets absolute last position. eg: 50 GC riders finish and 50 social riders finish, social class gets a position of 100. In this scenario I would register for GC class; I would rather not finish / miss the cut having given everything I could to get the numbered medal, than to know I went beyond the limits of the original spirit of the race to get the "Also Finished" medal. Or just enforce the rules rigidly, and disqualify people for breaking rules. This would mean less people get medals and they would be more valued by those who can get them.

From Cycling SA's latest email: "Cyclists serving a doping sentence would typically be banned from competing in any cycling races for the duration of their ban, whether sanctioned or not. Unfortunately, we have seen that at events that are not sanctioned, riders serving bans have been allowed to participate. Once investigated, offenders could receive an extension on their doping ban as stipulated by SAIDS (South African Institute for Drug-free Sport)" https://www.cyclingsa.com/news-and-press/2018/10/11/race-sanctioning-keeping-cycling-clean-and-fair