[Event] Old Mutual Wealth Double Century

[bleedToWin]

2 minutes ago, The Ouzo said:

my boss found me lying down under my desk, he didnt understand, now I'm fired.   

You probably did it wrong...

[bleedToWin]

1 hour ago, babse said:

keeping you racing snakes guessing for a bit longer...

Got the seeding email just now, but still left guessing as to relative start order and what teams are around us...

[throttles]

Hi all, we require 2 riders for DC.

Team target is sub 6. Please DM me your cell number for us to chat. 

Accommodation and Support is sorted.

If you're available to ride on Sunday 17 Nov in Cape Town it would be great.

Thanks

Throttles

[Skubarra]

35 minutes ago, bleedToWin said:

Got the seeding email just now, but still left guessing as to relative start order and what teams are around us...

weird, wonder if it is done on purpose...

Also - it seems there are more teams than last year? Or at least the team numbers go higher.

[MongooseMan]

Full list:
https://ctcttwebdownloads.blob.core.windows.net/singledownloads/StartTimes.pdf

[Skubarra]

29 minutes ago, MongooseMan said:

Full list:
https://ctcttwebdownloads.blob.core.windows.net/singledownloads/StartTimes.pdf

Thank You!!

[MongooseMan]

Let the banter begin 😉

 

[K20Champ]

Looks like they all still busy with there last minute training

[bleedToWin]

13 hours ago, MongooseMan said:

Let the banter begin 😉

 

With 3 of them seeded in the top-10 this little sub-competition has almost become as redundant as the white jersey at the TdF...

[Jbr]

19 hours ago, bleedToWin said:

Got the seeding email just now, but still left guessing as to relative start order and what teams are around us...

yeah I think our seeding is vastly due to the fact that none of us on Eurosteel side has raced any of the road events since CTCT 🤣 But I do wonder how 7 teams are seeded in front of us still... guess we'll find out on the day who's where and why

[bleedToWin]

10 minutes ago, Jbr said:

yeah I think our seeding is vastly due to the fact that none of us on Eurosteel side has raced any of the road events since CTCT 🤣 But I do wonder how 7 teams are seeded in front of us still... guess we'll find out on the day who's where and why

Email said past DC performances are looked at, and then also seeding ladder, so basically they make it up as they see fit. We (mens team) seem to be seeded based on our time from last year riding as a mixed-team... 🤷‍♂️ 

[Jbr]

5 minutes ago, bleedToWin said:

Email said past DC performances are looked at, and then also seeding ladder, so basically they make it up as they see fit. We (mens team) seem to be seeded based on our time from last year riding as a mixed-team... 🤷‍♂️ 

oh ok, I think in our team only two guys have really been doing DC the last few years (and they're eurosteel), so in the end I guess our seeding is pretty good and could've been much worse 😅

 

But in the end, isn't it actually better to be badly seeded ? Not that starting 10mins earlier will really help you with heat/wind, but maybe having more teams to pass helps?

 

Anyways, the earlier we start, the earlier I'm done with it and back in my car, so I'm happy 😅

Edited November 14 by Jbr

[Meezo]

11 minutes ago, Jbr said:

oh ok, I think in our team only two guys have really been doing DC the last few years (and they're eurosteel), so in the end I guess our seeding is pretty good and could've been much worse 😅

 

But in the end, isn't it actually better to be badly seeded ? Not that starting 10mins earlier will really help you with heat/wind, but maybe having more teams to pass helps?

 

Anyways, the earlier we start, the earlier I'm done with it and back in my car, so I'm happy 😅

you worried the faster teams going to beat you?

[Jbr]

No that's usually how it goes, the faster people beat the slower people 🤣

Not that it's a A race for me, but going all the way to swellendam to ride in a paceline for 5 hours straight and get 8th or worse would really suck, so I guess yeah I worry a bit about some of the teams seeded better than us actually beating us 😂

You can tell I'm a TTT lover right 😜

[Skubarra]

13 minutes ago, Jbr said:

oh ok, I think in our team only two guys have really been doing DC the last few years (and they're eurosteel), so in the end I guess our seeding is pretty good and could've been much worse 😅

 

But in the end, isn't it actually better to be badly seeded ? Not that starting 10mins earlier will really help you with heat/wind, but maybe having more teams to pass helps?

 

Anyways, the earlier we start, the earlier I'm done with it and back in my car, so I'm happy 😅

Yes - a good seeding doesn't actually does not help for anything other than boosting your ego.

Would have preferred an "average" seeding for us.

 

[Meezo]

13 minutes ago, Jbr said:

No that's usually how it goes, the faster people beat the slower people 🤣

Not that it's a A race for me, but going all the way to swellendam to ride in a paceline for 5 hours straight and get 8th or worse would really suck, so I guess yeah I worry a bit about some of the teams seeded better than us actually beating us 😂

You can tell I'm a TTT lover right 😜

give me a push when you come by...i think you owe me