WesselvdWalt Posted May 9, 2015 Author Posted May 9, 2015 Hi Everyone, We have been the victims of foul play. Our marker boards have mostly been moved removed or replaced in other areas. This is a deliberate sabotage of our event. They were in place still late last night, early this morning on the route check before start it because apparent that boards were removed, moved or discarded. We have taken every possible action to make this event a success, and the participants and sponsors and organisers were denied that by a group of individuals. We will issue a formal response shortly. Wessel
BrandonF_ Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 Hmmmm,..interesting, never heard of that happening here in the Promise Land, I mean we don't even know crime in the mother city
Bosbrommer Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 I did the 40km. Coming into the finish i though i might get podium! [emoji12] 1:26 for a 40km! Looked down and saw we only did 28km.
milky4130 Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 I didn't understand the last statement, was the route double checked this morning before the 70km race started? If discovered that it was rerouted by sabotages what was done to rectify the problem?
lerouc Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 On 5/9/2015 at 7:56 AM, WesselvdWalt said: Hi Everyone, We have been the victims of foul play.Our marker boards have mostly been moved removed or replaced in other areas. This is a deliberate sabotage of our event. They were in place still late last night, early this morning on the route check before start it because apparent that boards were removed, moved or discarded. We have taken every possible action to make this event a success, and the participants and sponsors and organisers were denied that by a group of individuals. We will issue a formal response shortly. Wessel Hey WesselvdWalt, ek sien op FB julle dink dis net die 70km wat verkeerd gery het maar dit was ons in die 40km ook...opgeindig met so 27-28km..laat weet as jy die gpx file soek.
lerouc Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 On 5/9/2015 at 9:18 AM, milky4130 said: I didn't understand the last statement, was the route double checked this morning before the 70km race started? If discovered that it was rerouted by sabotages what was done to rectify the problem?Statement as per their FB page: "We are aware of the unfortunate situation on the 70km route today where many riders went wrong, it is still unclear exactly what happened but it is clear numerous route markers were removed after our route check early this morning. All 70km riders will receive a mail giving them a complimentary entry for the next Nissan TrailSeeker Western Cape event event. We are investigating this as a serious matter and once we have more information regarding the exact cause we'll communicate that. The prize giving for the 40km and 20km will proceed as scheduled."
Bosbrommer Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 On 5/9/2015 at 9:21 AM, lerouc said: Hey WesselvdWalt, ek sien op FB julle dink dis net die 70km wat verkeerd gery het maar dit was ons in die 40km ook...opgeindig met so 27-28km..laat weet as jy die gpx file soek.Jip, myne het 28km gelees.
WesselvdWalt Posted May 9, 2015 Author Posted May 9, 2015 Official Statement: We are aware of the unfortunate situation on the 70km route today where many riders went wrong, it is still unclear exactly what happened but it is clear numerous route markers were removed after our route check early this morning. All 70km riders will receive a mail giving them a complimentary entry for the next Nissan TrailSeeker Western Cape event event. We are investigating this as a serious matter and once we have more information regarding the exact cause we'll communicate that. The prize giving for the 40km and 20km will proceed as scheduled.
JohanC Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 @Wessel, as mentioned above the 40km route was also wrong, not only the 70km. We were a couple of guys lost..
WesselvdWalt Posted May 9, 2015 Author Posted May 9, 2015 Please email or send me the GPS file please. Thank you!
brucem76 Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 On 5/9/2015 at 9:21 AM, lerouc said: Hey WesselvdWalt, ek sien op FB julle dink dis net die 70km wat verkeerd gery het maar dit was ons in die 40km ook...opgeindig met so 27-28km..laat weet as jy die gpx file soek.Yes, my 40km was also only 28km
brucem76 Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 On 5/9/2015 at 7:56 AM, WesselvdWalt said: They were in place still late last night, early this morning on the route check before start it because apparent that boards were removed, moved or discarded. WesselWessel, sorry for the messy situation! One contradiction - above you say you became aware of the problems when you did the route check, but on FB you say it only happened after the route check - would be worth clarifying which of these is correct
Thor Buttox Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 I was so close to riding this but luckily did last minute change to be able to be in town. It is a mission to follow a route and remove markers - who the hell would have a beef with a specific race/mtb in general to go to all the effort, and to what end? Pissed off landowner? Cranky roadie? Strange...
JohanC Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 On 5/9/2015 at 10:02 AM, WesselvdWalt said: Please email or send me the GPS file please. Thank you! https://www.strava.com/activities/300825835
lerouc Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 On 5/9/2015 at 10:02 AM, WesselvdWalt said: Please email or send me the GPS file please. Thank you! het gestuur na: info@advendurance.com ignoreer my heart rate stats
Gideondv Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 On 5/9/2015 at 10:12 AM, Thor Buttox said: I was so close to riding this but luckily did last minute change to be able to be in town. It is a mission to follow a route and remove markers - who the hell would have a beef with a specific race/mtb in general to go to all the effort, and to what end? Pissed off landowner? Cranky roadie? Strange...PPA ????????
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