Pieter Henning

Does anybody know what's happening to Colorpress? Will they still have a team or is Harmony the new Colorpress? Heard Michiel du Toit and Neal Corbett will ride for Colorpress, but now I see their two main riders (Juan and Pieter) are leaving for Harmony.

Yup, he's already signed with Exel and will ride for them next season.

Loodjie, Make of it what you want. I know Mike personally (we've been best mates the past 4 years) and I train with him so can tell you how much he has been riding lately, which has been next to nothing. Saturday and Sunday was his first race since Worlds ( which was on the 13th August) and he isn't racing the 94.7 either, so it would have been pretty pointless "mind playing", like you claim, since he hasn't been racing and will only race again next year. I agree some of the other riders wrote matric as well, but they have been racing on every weekend, which makes a slight difference to their condition. Either way he was four against one, which will narrow anyone's chances. Sorry to break it to you - He is just that strong without training. It's called natural ability. Watch out for him in the elite/U23 racing next year, he will be training then and obviously be a whole lot stronger. Have nice day.

Thanks for the great pics Crux. I really had fun in the tandem group.

Herman Fouche, Juan van Heerden, Jock Green. Not sure about the rest.

The "4 man team"-comment was a joke, but I agree with what you're saying - It does happen in the business world.

I'm expecting to see a lot of 4 rider teams

I will be there... Not in the elite bunch as usual, but in the racing tandems. Will be my first time on a tandem though, any advice?

On top of Tiekiedraai, SA's '04.

Weet jy dalk wie raak gery is? Is hulle okay of in hospitaal?

Yeah Jason, if you aren't careful it'll be all over the web in no-time.

Moerse nice bike Enige idee wat hy weeg? Net vir interessantheid. Kan in elk geval nie veel wees nie.

Yeah, or if one of the riders is positive (doping)?

Nooooo!!!

Kinda makes me think of Pantani's glory days, with Mercatone-Uno in that pink strip. Now imagine Mcewen coming pass Boonen and Pettachi in his new pink kit on a pink Ridley... Gonna be funny to watch at first.

Next year Co-sponsor Davitamon will be replaced by Predictor, a brand famous for it's home pregnancy tests, and their kit will be the same colour as the packaging of the pregnancy tests, which is salmon pink. Interesting..

Bloemfontein water?

One bottle? Just be careful of kidney stones - The worst pain you will ever feel...

These are the owners of the guesthouse I stayed in

On a more serious note, apparently the Kazakhi government has a lawsuit pending against Sasha Baron Cohen for his movie, "Borat".

Nope, kanit nie sien nie.

You bet! Gonna be lots fun (read 'pain and suffering') going up those mountain passes every day for nearly three weeks. I gotta get uber fit for next year's SA's and Giro. Can't wait.

Yup, Fanie - That part of the coast sounds like the place to be this year. Have lots of non-cycling friends going there as well.