Stephen Colton Posted December 3, 2019 Share Incredible - Well done. What an achievement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Colton Posted December 3, 2019 Share Much respect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
River Rat Posted December 3, 2019 Share https://www.facebook.com/TheMungaMTB/videos/2575652012667518/Â KB and TR at RV5, listen make up your own mind. SwissVan, walkerr, LeoKnight and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy Posted December 3, 2019 Share  KB and TR at RV5, listen make up your own mind.  I recon I looked more stuffed from hitting refresh for two and a bit days than they did...... Long Wheel Base, DJR, BigDL and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted December 3, 2019 Share Prize giving is wrapped and here are the Provisional CSA sanctioned Results. THE MUNGA 20191 Kevin Benkenstein 56:46:00 Men1 Thinus Redelinghuis 56:46:00 Men3 Marco Martins 65:36:00 Men4 Mike Woolnough 71:18:00 Men5 Sithembiso Masango 73:34:00 Development 16 Martin Bain Venn 73:35:00 Men7 John Ntuli 74:36:00 Development 28 Hano Smit 75:44:00 Men9 Jacques Swart 79:50:00 Men10 Michael Mc Dermott 79:58:00 MenFound it on FBThat’s wrongKevin’s name is on top of Theunis’sThey should be side by side ???????? [noComicSansfontoniphone] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted December 3, 2019 Share https://www.facebook.com/TheMungaMTB/videos/2575652012667518/ KB and TR at RV5, listen make up your own mind.Think Kevin woulda won..... ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Dassie Posted December 3, 2019 Share 4 Mike Woolnough 71:18:00This oke, super impressive. Mike is 59. Quite likely one of the most consistently strong Munga riders, has a few Freedom Challenge events under his belt too. Long Wheel Base, Andrew Steer and DJR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinmug Posted December 3, 2019 Share Massive respect to every competitor that had the moxie to stand at the start line. Much less pedal halfway through the country via the sauna.  And as for Mr Woolnough.  Even Mads is twice the man I am. DJR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted December 5, 2019 Share Is there anything Alex could have done about it? not really. Apart from award them joint 2nd? or is 1.5 more accurate?As this is a sanctioned race I wonder if the UCI has anything in their rulebook? I guess they expect a finish to have the means to determine the winner. A dead heat is incredibly rare in cycling. I wouldn't make them a new #1 medal, just give them 1 and 2 and they must work out how to share it themselves! I was a bit outspoken on this, and with perspective I was viewing it from the position that the MUNGA is a race that wants to be the biggest it can be. The idea of the guaranteed million prize seems to have faded, with that the wider elite entry field that could have been attracted to it.  I don't buy the respect/sportsmanship angle justifying it - if it were true then does someone who races his opponent not respect them? By making a gentleman's agreement before Ceres, and riding together for that far they basically said the win is not that important "That the race is in the journey and not the end result". That's not good if Alex still has ambitions to take it towards that million dollar type status. The (non)reaction to this from the organisers will be telling.  I wouldn't be surprised if a rule comes in about "contrived tie" that they have in triathlonhttps://www.triathlete.com/2019/08/news/opinion-the-triathletes-in-the-tokyo-test-event-deserved-to-get-dqed_382166 Some are saying here that it happened in Italy divide (a race i had never heard of), but I think there's many many more epic battles of two adversities really digging deep to beat someone right to the end. Here's two I can think of that rank as epic finishes, and to me shows much more respect to rcae your competitor to the final metres than just Adventure Race World champs 2011 was in Tasmania, 700km of nonstop multisport racing ended on the local cycling track. After 5 days of racing, there was just 4 minutes between 2nd and 3rd, and a sprint finish for 4th place. It was unprecedented, but the teams just sprinted and hoped that there were rules in place for how to pick them apart. https://www.sleepmonsters.com/races.php?article_id=7416  the ironwar 30 years ago Andrew Steer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Wheel Base Posted December 6, 2019 Share not really. Apart from award them joint 2nd? or is 1.5 more accurate?As this is a sanctioned race I wonder if the UCI has anything in their rulebook? I guess they expect a finish to have the means to determine the winner. A dead heat is incredibly rare in cycling. I wouldn't make them a new #1 medal, just give them 1 and 2 and they must work out how to share it themselves! I was a bit outspoken on this, and with perspective I was viewing it from the position that the MUNGA is a race that wants to be the biggest it can be. The idea of the guaranteed million prize seems to have faded, with that the wider elite entry field that could have been attracted to it.  I don't buy the respect/sportsmanship angle justifying it - if it were true then does someone who races his opponent not respect them? By making a gentleman's agreement before Ceres, and riding together for that far they basically said the win is not that important "That the race is in the journey and not the end result". That's not good if Alex still has ambitions to take it towards that million dollar type status. The (non)reaction to this from the organisers will be telling.  I wouldn't be surprised if a rule comes in about "contrived tie" that they have in triathlonhttps://www.triathlete.com/2019/08/news/opinion-the-triathletes-in-the-tokyo-test-event-deserved-to-get-dqed_382166 Some are saying here that it happened in Italy divide (a race i had never heard of), but I think there's many many more epic battles of two adversities really digging deep to beat someone right to the end. Here's two I can think of that rank as epic finishes, and to me shows much more respect to rcae your competitor to the final metres than just Adventure Race World champs 2011 was in Tasmania, 700km of nonstop multisport racing ended on the local cycling track. After 5 days of racing, there was just 4 minutes between 2nd and 3rd, and a sprint finish for 4th place. It was unprecedented, but the teams just sprinted and hoped that there were rules in place for how to pick them apart. https://www.sleepmonsters.com/races.php?article_id=7416  the ironwar 30 years ago I did not know that Michael Mathews was a world champ. Thanks for those links, interesting reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy Posted December 6, 2019 Share I did not know that Michael Mathews was a world champ. Thanks for those links, interesting reading.Watching that and hearing Paula Newby-Fraser's name along with Scott and Allen, brought back such memories as that was when I was Tri-ing to be an athlete as well. Those were the stars of the sport. But, seeing the performance of a Nike sponsored athlete of 1989 vintage now, showed how naive we were. Along with Alberto Salazar and "it's not about the bike", all of it seems suspect. Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Steer Posted December 6, 2019 Share Watching that and hearing Paula Newby-Fraser's name along with Scott and Allen, brought back such memories as that was when I was Tri-ing to be an athlete as well. Those were the stars of the sport. But, seeing the performance of a Nike sponsored athlete of 1989 vintage now, showed how naive we were. Along with Alberto Salazar and "it's not about the bike", all of it seems suspect.There is some truth in there though... it's really not about the bike eddy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted December 6, 2019 Share There is some truth in there though... it's really not about the bikeIt had since been translated into clearer English and it reads: "It really is about the drugs!"Â Andrew Steer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peetwindhoek Posted December 8, 2019 Share The differences between the bikes for the two winners/joint seconders/"matchfixers"~Jewbacca/extreme athletes made me wonder about firstly Benky's bike. Would it not have been even cooler/softer on the upperbody if he used a Lauff fork instead of a rigid one?  And on TB's bike, is it poolnoodle pieces on the handlebar? Farrnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Boab Posted December 9, 2019 Share Why not ask Benky? He's selling a Lauf currently? https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/item/road-bike-forks/383174/lauf-grit-15mm-fork  The differences between the bikes for the two winners/joint seconders/"matchfixers"~Jewbacca/extreme athletes made me wonder about firstly Benky's bike. Would it not have been even cooler/softer on the upperbody if he used a Lauff fork instead of a rigid one?  And on TB's bike, is it poolnoodle pieces on the handlebar? Edited December 9, 2019 by Fat Boab DavejohnClaassens, peetwindhoek, Long Wheel Base and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretched@Birth Posted December 9, 2019 Share Why not ask Benky? He's selling a Lauf currently? https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/item/road-bike-forks/383174/lauf-grit-15mm-fork  Used for 1 ride only...? nathrix, Long Wheel Base and DJR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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