Andrew Steer Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 No, he qualified on his performance at SA Marathon Champs a few weeks ago. Much rather a proud young South African given the chance of a lifetime over people who won't necessarily appreciate it. Love these sort of stories, regardless of his poor result... On the men's results, Phillip is probably our best local rider, but he's not really a great marathon rider. And he does better at the Epic because the trails are a fair bit more technical. And yes, most of these guys on this start line are at the Epic. The worlds best however are more focused on XC racing, marathon racing is small fry in the grand scheme of things. It's just here in SA where it's the bee's knees. Those are some impressive results from our ladies - hopefully they can continue to step it up and really challenge the podium.
J Wakefield Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 Jennie 7thRobyn 10thAmy 15thAriane 16th Carmen 14th Edit: Sorry i see this result was posted a few above.
Shebeen Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 Much rather a proud young South African given the chance of a lifetime over people who won't necessarily appreciate it. Love these sort of stories, regardless of his poor result... 19402035_10213026640123532_3360727060479712724_o.jpg On the men's results, Phillip is probably our best local rider, but he's not really a great marathon rider. And he does better at the Epic because the trails are a fair bit more technical. And yes, most of these guys on this start line are at the Epic. The worlds best however are more focused on XC racing, marathon racing is small fry in the grand scheme of things. It's just here in SA where it's the bee's knees. Those are some impressive results from our ladies - hopefully they can continue to step it up and really challenge the podium.YES! So money has been spent sending this dude to world champs. Imagine the indirect return this gets for the Dusi valley community, a boy from down the road makes it all the way to world champs? The sky is the limit.
leeubok Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 No, he qualified on his performance at SA Marathon Champs a few weeks ago. Ok, I'm asking cause I don't know the oke, never heard of him. If he performed well at SA champs and fully deserve his spot then I have no problem. At the Rio olympics I didn't know who Alan Hatherly (spelling?) was so I also asked about him, and I was duly educated on his results that led to him being picked for Rio.
nathrix Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 Sorry Sorry Sorry obviously I'm making a bold claim saying she complains. So what does her age entitle her to exactly ? Since age should mean something She won the women's cross-country gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games and is a multiple World Champion.She has won six World Championships and six European championships.Dahle has also won four UCI World Cup XC in a row.
Jurgens Smit Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 How does selection for the world cup work?Shouldn't Nico Bell have been there as he is the SA Marathon champ
Guest Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 The story of Stembiso https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/164103-the-munga-the-toughest-race-on-earth/?view=findpost&p=3018975
Andrew Steer Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 The story of Stembiso https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/164103-the-munga-the-toughest-race-on-earth/?view=findpost&p=3018975 This country at it's best... we haven't got much, but we must make the most of what we do have!
Stretch Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 WTF is the munga? and who cares?You forgot the sarcasm Font
Pierre G Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 WTF is the munga? and who cares?Ja, tipies! Een van daai poepholle... wat net vir jou saak maak, is belangrik!
Jaco-fiets Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 Ja, tipies! Een van daai poepholle... wat net vir jou saak maak, is belangrik! Wow! 3 posts and already calling people names. My comment about the munga was sarcasm (your IQ probably does not pick that up).... But if that was 1 of the main criteria for sending this guy to worlds then it is a joke. I am all for development and there were some development riders at the epic that really did well and surely deserved to go
Odinson Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 Ja, tipies! Een van daai poepholle... wat net vir jou saak maak, is belangrik! Jaco-fiets was able to pull a lurker out of the shadows...
Shebeen Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 At Home With Alban Lakata - 2017 XC Marathon World Champhttps://www.pinkbike.com/news/at-home-with-alban-lakata-world-champ.html I really like Lakata for some reason, epic never quite seems to fall into place for him but dude has been top of his game for a long time now. Pizza time - against all the advice from specialists some **** has to be done… I love pizza and I don´t want to miss it. So normally Friday is my pizza day. Sometimes I meet also my teammate Sally and our manager Dave at the restaurant… http://i.imgur.com/gZrMyjJ.png Pizza time - against all the advice from specialists some **** has to be done… I love pizza and I don´t want to miss it. So normally Friday is my pizza day. Sometimes I meet also my teammate Sally and our manager Dave at the restaurant…
mrcg Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 Nice. Seems like a bit of tar there. How much was it? Any single track at all?I reckon that sort of disqualifies it as a "real" marathon event for me - maybe spoilt from a SA perspective. We can ride the whole 100km in the bush - maybe tar start and finish (like XC events, but more just doesn't give me that pure mtb element.Anyway, it's clear that our Saffas can't compete on an equal footing yet. At least in the men's department. Women did very well (although it is slightly easier to compete here due to numbers).My only concern is, that I have heard about doping in mtb (from an informed source). So I always forced to question who's on or not....Just saying...
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