Well my road bike got some kudos from the MTB when I parked it in the garage all covered in dust. I really enjoyed the dirt section, it was something different and gave us a glimpse of what the euro pros have to do. I told my dad afterwards that the bike felt really squirmy through the dirt so I took it really easy, starva said I clocked 70kph on the dirt, no wonder the bike was squirmy... I rode with $, the bunch was very big and it seemed that a break just couldn't get away from the front. The pace was quite erratic with the size of the bunch and guys trying to attack at the front. The first time the bunch properly split was on the dirt section. The first proper attacks from the climbers happened up Malanshogte and the bunch seemed to break up in a big way. We regrouped a bit up Vissershoek and then scattered again over the top and up the final climb. Finished in 2:33. A good morning out on the bike and perfect weather. Edit: Added peektcha of dirty bike.
