News bot Posted August 11, 2016 Share Team South Africa’s four road cyclists have showed their quality, class and professionalism in the opening days of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 August. Team Manager Douglas Ryder was full of praise for Louis Meintjes, Daryl Impey, Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio and An-Li Kachelhoffer after competing as teams of two against the world’s strongest cycling nations, some of which had teams of four or five riders.Click here to view the article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
android11 Posted August 11, 2016 Share The captions are the wrong way round. Louis captioned Ashley, and Ashley captioned Louis. J∆kk∆ls and Nick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD Posted August 12, 2016 Share Impy, what a legend, selfless to the cause riding for Louis and our best hope for a medal Wannabe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rock Posted August 12, 2016 Share what was our previous best placing in the men's race? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtr1 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Was great to see all our riders finishing and really up there in the mix with a chance of a medal. So used to watching Olympics and Worlds with high hopes, only to see our riders abandon half way and watch from the sidelines. We are improving as a cycling nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted August 12, 2016 Share Has Razzmatazz and Co taken credit for this yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtr1 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Has Razzmatazz and Co taken credit for this yet?They only tae credit for medals. If you don't win a medal then you didn't benefit from their guidance and support !!! Danger Dassie and Wannabe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andydude Posted August 12, 2016 Share what was our previous best placing in the men's race?First!! And it's a really awesome story including how Lewis travelled and raced. Here is some information from http://www.ancestors.co.za/articles/general-articles/history-of-cycling-in-south-africa/ In 1908 in London four cyclists (F. Shore, F. T. Venter, P. T. Freylinck and T. H. E. Passmore) represented South Africa at the Olympic Games for the first time. Four year s later at the Olympic Games in Stockholm a mine-worker from Johannesburg, Rudolph Lewis, scored the first Olympic cycling victory for South Africa. He won the gold medal in the road race over 320 kilometres (198 miles 1,478 yards), beating 134 opponents in 10 hrs. 42 min. 39 sec. gtr1, NelAndre and Wannabe 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NelAndre Posted August 12, 2016 Share First!! And it's a really awesome story including how Lewis travelled and raced. Here is some information from http://www.ancestors.co.za/articles/general-articles/history-of-cycling-in-south-africa/ In 1908 in London four cyclists (F. Shore, F. T. Venter, P. T. Freylinck and T. H. E. Passmore) represented South Africa at the Olympic Games for the first time. Four year s later at the Olympic Games in Stockholm a mine-worker from Johannesburg, Rudolph Lewis, scored the first Olympic cycling victory for South Africa. He won the gold medal in the road race over 320 kilometres (198 miles 1,478 yards), beating 134 opponents in 10 hrs. 42 min. 39 sec.What an interesting piece of information thanks. Louis Meintjes and Lourens Meintjies related then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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