WPCA Winter racing

[DMC007]

Joshua Francis

[City Cycling Athletic Club]

although rain is setting in for the weekend there will be patches of sunshine over the next few days including Sunday morning. i'm keeping my fingers crossed that the yr.no weather keeps to its very accurate forecast.

[Sportsworld.co.za]

Some pics of Sunday's individual TT - more pics here.

Edited July 8, 2014 by Sportsworld.co.za

[City Cycling Athletic Club]

Road Race around Fesantekraal - the last one before the long one to Velddrif

 

Sunday 13 July

 

Start: the race venue – Paarl de Ville Golf Course R314

Distance: 108km (25km per lap)

Cost: R100 & R50 U/16 and younger

Late Entries (will be accepted on the day): R150 & R80 U/16 and younger

Start time: 8h00

Registration from: 7h00 (registration and sign on closes 07h40)

Online Entries: Closes at 12h00 on Thursday 10 Jul 2014

Route: CAT Laps Total KM Start Time CAT1 4 108 08h00 CAT2 4 108 08h05 CAT3 4 108 08h07 CAT4 TBC 08h09

 

Route Description:

Start at the Paarl de Ville Golf Course and ride 4km towards the 4 way stop on the R304, turn right onto the R304 and proceed towards the silos. Turn left at the Klipheuwel Silos continue on wellington road towards Durbanville, turn left at Lichtenburg Rd (R312) and proceed over the railway bridge towards the Fisantekraal airfield and turn left at the 4 way stop onto the R304 for your next lap. On the final lap proceed straight over the 4 way stop to finish at the Paarl de Ville Golf Course.

Other information:

• An about2time timing chip must purchased at a cost of R50 per cyclist if you do not own one.
   
  
• No TT bikes, tandems or MTB will be allowed.
   
  
• Participants to wear their team , club , sponsored or neutral kit.
   
  
• Please insure you have a valid CSA license (https://csams.cyclingsa.com/login.aspx) @ R75 (this liscense is valid for 1 year).
   
  
• Categories are not allowed to merge.
   
  
• The white line rule applies.
   
  
• Podium presentation will be 20 minutes after the finish of the last category at the Paarl de Ville Golf Course Hall.
   
  
• Jersey presentation will be before the start of the category.
  

See below for categories and points

START & PARKING AREA

Iveco Truck centre next to Paarl de Ville Golf Course.

ROUTE MAP

 

 

 

http://www.wpcycling.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/82.6km-Traffic-Day1-265x300.jpg

Categories

Which category should I ride?

CAT1

If you are an experienced top fit cyclist and think you can keep up with the best in the country this category is for you. Some suggestions, Elites or upcoming elites (Juniors, U23).

CAT2

If you are a former CAT1 rider and are just not fit enough to keep up with the best, join this category, some suggestions, Sub-vets, Vets and PPA riders with a seeding better than “F”.

CAT3

If you do not fall into CAT1 or CAT2, this is where you will ride, some suggestions, Club riders, Masters, Ladies.

CAT4 (no jersey)

14 and younger

Edited July 8, 2014 by WP Cycling events

[City Cycling Athletic Club]

the weather looks good for this coming Sunday's race.

[Pure Savage]

Looking forward to it! Hoping for a good team turn out in cat 3

[Sportsworld.co.za]

Same here skistar15!

 

Going to be some great racing

[City Cycling Athletic Club]

i was the race ref for the cat 3 race today.

Greg de Vink (u16) and Joshua Francis (u18) broke away within the 1st 10 kilometres and over the next 80 k's built up a lead of 2min 30 over the chasing bunch of about 40 riders. every lap past the Fesantekraal Airfield saw riders being shelled off the back of the bunch until there were about 20 chasers left. on the last lap a Pure Savage rider tried to bridge the gap and was followed by 60 year old Gerard Genis and and a younger Kent Wrankmore. they managed to team up and made contact with the two breakaway riders with about 15 k's to the finish. the two youngsters tried a few attacks up the last 2 climbs which saw Gerard and the Pure Savage rider off the back. it all came down to a sprint which was won by Josh with Kent in 2nd and young Greg de Vink in 3rd.

apart from the light drizzle there were no issues, the riders behaved, racing was hard and tactical and from my perspective interesting.

if the clubs and teams had more representation the break might have been brought back earlier.

Edited July 13, 2014 by WP Cycling events

['Dale]

Cool report!

 

[Pure Savage]

i was the race ref for the cat 3 race today.

Greg de Vink (u16) and Joshua Francis (u18) broke away within the 1st 10 kilometres and over the next 80 k's built up a lead of 2min 30 over the chasing bunch of about 40 riders. every lap past the Fesantekraal Airfield saw riders being shelled off the back of the bunch until there were about 20 chasers left. on the last lap a Pure Savage rider tried to bridge the gap and was followed by 60 year old Gerard Genis and and a younger Kent Wrankmore. they managed to team up and made contact with the two breakaway riders with about 15 k's to the finish. the two youngsters tried a few attacks up the last 2 climbs which saw Gerard and the Pure Savage rider off the back. it all came down to a sprint which was won by Josh with Kent in 2nd and young Greg de Vink in 3rd.

apart from the light drizzle there were no issues, the riders behaved, racing was hard and tactical and from my perspective interesting.

if the clubs and teams had more representation the break might have been brought back earlier.

 

Awesome report! Go team savage

[kent77]

Awesome racing today and a well deserved win for Joshua in CAT3 having been in the break for most of the race. Kids got great fight in him. Kudos to Eugene and Graham doing an excellent job organizing these events. Looking forward to the next event although I'm going up a CAT. It's going to hurt.... :-(

[Sportsworld.co.za]

I was in CAT 3 as well - Excellent Report thanks!

I was really impressed by the camaraderie and great sportsmanship between the riders.

 

Light Drizzle? Felt more like a 3 hour downpour!

Here's some pics

 

More pics available here..

Edited July 16, 2014 by Sportsworld.co.za