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Very interesting compared to & below. We lost over 1min to @ overall though. My weight 57kg. Edinburg 1.72km 5.5% │ 4.:01 @ 5.06w/kg Smits last 1.65km 5.5% │ 3:59 @ 4.58w/kg Little Chappies 1.42km 4.1% │ 2:52 @ 4.95w/kg Big Chappies 1.72km 4.8% │ 4:12 @ 4.96w/kg Small Suikerbossie 0.62km 4.7% │ 1:31 @ 3.97w/kg Big Suikerbossie 1.86km 6.7% │ 5:10 @ 4.94w/kg

Did not see any of the crashes in & but some dodgy riding all round. Ou Toppie came from behind pushing/shouldering me and others out the way to get to the front as you get out the trees after the Smits downhill. Some other guy came sprinting down the right at one point on Smits downhill almost going off the road. Also close call with the ambulance on Chappies downhill through the gate too. Good weather day though and lots of PR times all round.

Only getting a 4.9 for that is crazy!!

They use to do something like this with the weighting system. I am not sure when that ended actually but it took your 3 best rides with each getting a weighting to give you an average index. That was back when we still had enough races for Club 2000 and 3000.

I got seeded in $ only once in all my Tours back when Lance came to visit. I decided to not ride $ that day. Regret that decision to this day, as I have never got $ seeding again.

Interesting! What was the adjusted winning time and beta?

Sounds like the meme about 5 year experience needed for the job but to get the experience you need the job first.. 🤣 It's just very hard to understand. The PPA Funride last year gave me a 7.3 finishing 6 minutes from the leader on a day with mostly a tail wind, shorter distance, flat, A-B started together I believe maybe C too. Main difference was only 160 odd finishers. They gave it a 1.04 beta and I am not sure why. It was way easier than the 99er was this weekend for me.

I would have done the Tour de PPA if I got a group bump up to A from the 99er but did not happen unfortunately. I don't think B would give me a better seeding in Tour de PPA than % did in 99er.

Oof!! I should have just stayed in bed.

Somethings broken with times. I am listed as 1B but started 1A, My time is 2min faster than I actually did too.

Also in 1A. Narrowly avoided the 1st crash. The first part till Smits was not fun. I barely drank anything because every second felt like something was going to happen. Just had to focus on what was going on around me. I managed the first group over Smits and from that point it was fine but I don't think I have felt this unsafe in a group that I can remember. Maybe my memory is a bit foggy but jeez man. That was something else. My friend also said they had same issues in &.

So if I understand this correctly. If you did not have a racing licence you would be starting in @ as it is 40-49 + Seeded and you would then have fallen under the seeded part? I might be misunderstanding.

Got a response on this today.

I sent them a mail asking about this now. Lets see what they say. Will post update here when/if they respond.

The Tour de PPA entries only close on Monday so if someone already got their seeding and entered the Tour de PPA now would they then also fall part of the seeding run again at the end of the month?

Anyone who has ridden the Cycle Tour route recently or part of it, have you encountered any danger zones in regards to potholes, road works etc. that we need to look out for? I know last year there was a couple bad ones that I did not know of before hand which would have been handy.

1E... eh, that sucks..

Was a great ride. Ended up starting in T. Basically did a TT for just under 3 hours. Got some help from a E-Bike after Vissershok (That e-bike goes btw). Eventually got dropped by the e-bike after 20mins hanging on. Picked up a P, S and L guy later on. We 4 then worked together till almost at the end when they could not hang on anymore. Was good fun. Shoutout to the P, S and L guys for the help!

Just got mine. Starting in C. Not sure if that is good or bad. How do you check all the starting groups?

I remember that. Index for A at one point was 0 - 5. Never managed to make it myself. Got very close but getting 3 to average out below 5 was difficult. Although then we had like 2 races a weekend so you had a lot of chances but I never manged to make it. Not sure if i will make it in the new system but don't think so.