CycleTourWebbie

Cape Town Market/Noble Energy win in 5:13:05. Daikin GU 2nd in 5:15:14. Waiting for 3rd team.

Top teams 5km outside Ashton.

Among the top contenders are: Daikin GU Elites Liam Mackenzie Moolman Welgemoed Chris Botha Arran Brown Alastair Davies David Garrett Craig Gerber James Perry Bradley Potgieter Charles Solomon Andreas Studer Dennis van Niekerk Martin Wesemann Cape Town Market/Noble Energy Anton Wynand Kyle Donachie Herman Fouche Christopher Jennings Christiaan Kriek Sarel Louw Louis Meintjes Uwe Schmidt Jay Thomson Theuns Van Der Bank Jaco Venter Shaun Ward David Maree Anderson Transport/Star South John Wakefield Heimer Anderson Lieuwe Boonstra Stuart Davies Leeroy Emslie Jurgens Hanekom Luke Hardiman JP Jacobs Luthando Kaka Dave Morison Jaco Rheeder Hendrik Steytler

Cape Town Market, Vodacom, Daikin GU & Brothers Sport Elites have approx 90km to go.

Leading teams about 80km in. Daikin GU have lost Chris Botha.

The last team left at 07:09 and for the first time, the top contenders were seeded in the middle of the field instead of the back. We expect the winners from about 11h30. Waiting on race updates from the road.

Welcome to all teams that have already arrived in Swellendam! Registration will remain open at the Swellendam Show Grounds until 9pm. If your support driver didn't attend yesterday's support vehicle briefing session, please ensure that they report to the registration hall at 8pm tonight. REMEMBER: If your support driver doesn't attend a briefing, he/she will not receive vehicle accreditation and will not be allowed on the route.

It's not a mud slide; it's a burst water pipe and we have attended to it.