philip.maree Posted September 1, 2014 Posted September 1, 2014 +1 Too slow to be a sprinter - too fat to be a climber - not enough power to be a rolleur. Kinda like the bmw x5 of the cycling world ;-) He'll be a bloody expensicve water fetcher in my opinion. Plus I don't think there is a bike rider that causes more crashes.
Jakkals. Posted September 1, 2014 Posted September 1, 2014 Plus I don't think there is a bike rider that causes more crashes. True that. Seriously, in Robbie's last season with Garmin he almost had to sprint solo, even after being the leadout man because Farrar either couldnt hold the position, touched his brakes through corners and plain and simple just not that good.
jcza Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 Matt Goss joins MTN-Qhubeka - http://www.teammtnqhubeka.com/?news=matthew-goss-joins-team-mtn-qhubeka
rock Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 ......and Pardilla is out. Songezo as well I think?
Gandalf Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 https://www.bikehub.co.za/features/_/news/road/international-road/natnael-berhane-joins-team-mtn-qhubeka-r1679Another signing to MTN, most have some big cashflow
Gandalf Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 But if you see what the CEO of MTN gets, its good that they are putting some moneys into cycling too http://www.moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-technology-news/biggest-salaries-in-sa-telecoms
Shebeen Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mtn-qhubeka-willing-to-join-worldtour-in-2015
iamStewart Posted November 18, 2014 Posted November 18, 2014 Anyone in CPT thinking about doing the Open Ride with MTN-Qhubeka next Saturday at Spier? http://www.teammtnqhubeka.com/?news=team-mtn-qhubeka-pb-samsung-begin-2015-preparations-at-spier-wine-farm
iamStewart Posted November 20, 2014 Posted November 20, 2014 Team MTN-Qhubeka announce full team for 2015 season: Daniel Teklehaimanot, Merhawi Kudus, Natnael Berhane (ERI)Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Jacques Janse van Rensburg, Songezo Jim, Jay Thomson, Jaco Venter, Nicolas Dougall, Louis Meintjes, Johann van Zyl (RSA)Youcef Reguigui (ALG)Adrien Niyonshuti (RWA)Gerald Ciolek, Andreas Stauff (GER)Kristian Sbaragli (ITA)Theo Bos (NED)Tyler Farrar (USA)Serge Pauwels (BEL)Stephen Cummings (GBR)Edvald Boassen-Hagen (NOR)Matthew Goss (AUS) Also, they have been invited to the Tour of Oman and the Tour of Qatar, which will be their first 2 races of the season. More info: http://www.teammtnqhubeka.com/?news=mtn-qhubeka-granted-uci-pro-continental-licence-for-2015
hopefield Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 Anyone in CPT thinking about doing the Open Ride with MTN-Qhubeka next Saturday at Spier? http://www.teammtnqhubeka.com/?news=team-mtn-qhubeka-pb-samsung-begin-2015-preparations-at-spier-wine-farm I am going. How fast do you reckon the social ride will be? I see talk of leaving at 7h30 and being back at Spier at 9h30. Surely they wont do a 30km/hr ride as a social ride?
iamStewart Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 I am going. How fast do you reckon the social ride will be? I see talk of leaving at 7h30 and being back at Spier at 9h30. Surely they wont do a 30km/hr ride as a social ride? I saw that too. I'm not going if its gonna be that pace. I would love to ride with the guys and chat to them, but I would probably do that route at 28kph if I pushed as hard as I can (only been cycling 6 months). So, would be a waste of R100 to get dropped immediately on a "social ride". I hope they maybe split into a couple of groups. But having seen the schedule on various platforms I think its gonna be a fast ride. Social ride for serious guys. I also tweeted them to ask twice, but haven't gonna a response.
-Az- Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 I am going. How fast do you reckon the social ride will be? I see talk of leaving at 7h30 and being back at Spier at 9h30. Surely they wont do a 30km/hr ride as a social ride?I'm told there should be 3 groups allowing for returns between 09H30 and 11H00
iamStewart Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 I'm told there should be 3 groups allowing for returns between 09H30 and 11H00 You sure about that? In that case I may reconsider going! Could be a nice warm up for Die Burger.
hopefield Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 But will we have superstars in the slow group?
-Az- Posted November 27, 2014 Posted November 27, 2014 You sure about that? In that case I may reconsider going! Could be a nice warm up for Die Burger. It is what was communicated to me and will be finalised when they see the number of attendees. But will we have superstars in the slow group?Now that is a good question...
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