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For anyone in South Africa, without DSTV, here is how you watch on Redbull TV: Download the TOR browser https://www.torproject.org/download/ Install it Run TOR browser and go to: https://www.redbull.com/int-en/events/uci-mountain-bike-world-championships-2019/live/uci-mtb-world-champs-2019-women-xco If it says you are blocked, close TOR and re-open it. Keep trying until it eventually allows you to watch.

"Het Chris al gery"

2019-05-18 4th Amgen Tour of California Womens Race- Mountains classification 2019-05-18 1st Amgen Tour of California Womens Race- Points classification 2019-05-18 1st Amgen Tour of California Womens Race 2019-05-04 2nd ASDA Tour de Yorkshire Women's Race - Mountains classification 2019-05-04 11th ASDA Tour de Yorkshire Women's Race - Points classification 2019-05-04 28th ASDA Tour de Yorkshire Women's Race 2019-04-28 12th Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes 2019-04-24 1st La Flèche Wallonne Féminine 2019-04-21 13th Amstel Gold Race Ladies Edition 2019-04-14 16th Healthy Ageing Tour https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/anna-van-der-breggen/results

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

The only unsafe thing about Howick is if you ride into an active harvesting zone. Currently only the very north-eastern corner is being harvested. Further north of that, in Karkloof trails, there are large areas being harvested, and roads used for hauling, so that whole area of Karkloof is closed off. I always ride Howick alone. You hardly ever see any other people, and the only ones you do see are cyclists and dog walkers. One exception is west of the Curry's Post Road, where there is a bit more foot traffic between the dump and the highway; if you don't know the area rather stay between Curry's Post Road and Karkloof Road. The trailhead at 11 Karkloof is far away from the dump, so is the best place to enter the trails.

https://www.bikehub.co.za/events/event/3409-2019-sappi-howick-mtb-enduro/ Howick Enduro It's also the first event in the KZN Provincial Enduro Series Saturday 2 March 2019 11 Karkloof Rd KZN

South Africa 7/21 (Doping Cases / Doping Cases and Corruptions Cases) So that's 14 corruptions cases, the highest number of all the countries. :/ Kenya 16/25 Kazakhstan 4/13 Tied in second places with 9 corruptions cases There were 4 doping cases in MTB internationally. Would three of those be South African? Max Knox, Shan Wilson, Carmen Buchacher?

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.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BrQPVv0l2ww/ "On a sidenote: I’m joining Boels-Dolmans for 2019 as an addition to my usual Specialized Racing XC Team, not a replacement. Also, you’ll see me racing MTB World Cups just like normally in the colours of Specialized. I call it a win-win " https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq7hCl-ldNG/ "My main focus will still be on the MTB and I'm full on board with Specialized Racing XC" This was from February last year: https://www.instagram.com/p/BflsbgqAssQ/ "...then we have our "loaner" from @boelsdolmansct . She's not only a power house on the road but a very capable mountainbiker. It's been awesome to have @annavdbreggen with us for the season start at @iamspecialized_mtb"

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

Spanish court authorises release of Operacion Puerto blood bags to Italian Olympic Committee Athletes involved Operación Puerto may finally be publicly named, as the Spanish Court overseeing the case has authorised the release of the remaining blood bags to the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI), according to Spanish newspaper As. The Spanish Criminal Court 21 issued an order this week allowing the blood bags to be released to CONI and analysed in order to determine who was involved in the doping ring run by disgraced doctor Eufamiano Fuentes. Fuentes has reportedly filed an appeal. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/spanish-court-authorises-release-of-operacion-puerto-blood-bags-to-italian-olympic-committee/

I rode it yesterday. It was generally pretty good. There was water running across the road as it passes Mkangala. There was also quite a lot of loose stones on the left hand side so try to stay near the middle of the lane.

Here is Nicky's post, for anyone interested https://www.facebook.com/nicola.giliomee/posts/10155877314776033 https://www.facebook.com/nicola.giliomee/posts/10155877314776033

i think I read somewhere Nibali wont be riding. https://cyclingtips.com/2018/09/giro-to-start-in-bologna-tts-underway-in-austria-daily-news-digest/ "Italian team no longer among favourites for Worlds Fabio Aru (UAE Team Emirates) and Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) were expected to lead Italy at the world championships, but less than a week before the race Aru has pulled out and Nibali has conceded he doesn’t have the form to contend"

When you are finished building this bike, I hope you don't go and ride it in public, because you are clearly blind and will be a danger to yourself and others.

http://mtbcrosscountry.com/riders/max-knox/ Namibian National XCO Championships 16 Jul 2017, Windhoek, Namibia 1 Men Elite EDIT: Found this as well https://www.bikehub.co.za/features/_/news/road/sa-road-cycling/barend-burger-and-max-knox-secure-the-win-at-the-pps-panorama-tour-time-trial-r7295

There is no way Blevins will catch him. Blevins is even looking behind, to see if he is being caught

Alans got a bit of a gap now. He looks to have more technical skill than Blevins

Hatherly and Blevins, very slowly increasing the lead over 3rd place. Quite a lot of riders are having issues through the roots.