mecheng89 Posted February 23 Posted February 23 19 hours ago, Andymann said: So last year my Wife made it into the last 10 of the Zwift Academy Tri and we were pretty sure she stood a good shot of making it into the team based on what we thought were what they were looking for - everyday people who were good enough to race in KONA but had never had the opportunity to be coached correctly. The final ladies that were selected were all semi-pro, were all already sponsored and I think if I recall 2 had already raced at KONA and won their Age groups. What they weren't were amateurs that had never been offered an opportunity. ZA is marketed as an avenue for everyday people who are good enough to make it to a pro team, but really everyday people don't stand a chance - I think they know from the start who they want. ZA Tri was cancelled for this year, and I see the ZA Run team was also not announced. I don't know hey. This year's contestants look pretty normal to me. The one guy works in a supermarket, the one girl is on the trading floor, and the Slovenian is doing her PhD! Her amateur palmares are impressive though.
mecheng89 Posted February 23 Posted February 23 Am I the only one struggling to understand Maddie's accent? She doesn't even sound like a Saffa to me, which is a tad disappointing. Even Byron Munton, who represented SA in the last ZA had the typical Saffa accent. gerriemtb 1
Frosty Posted February 23 Posted February 23 (edited) James Barnes in the race Edited February 23 by Frosty
Sydd Posted February 23 Posted February 23 2 hours ago, mecheng89 said: Am I the only one struggling to understand Maddie's accent? She doesn't even sound like a Saffa to me, which is a tad disappointing. Even Byron Munton, who represented SA in the last ZA had the typical Saffa accent. She spent the last 2 years training at the World Cycling Centre in Switzerland. Tailoring your accent so you can be understood by multiple nationalities and trying to clip the rolling of words the way South Africans do, becomes a habit I suppose. mecheng89 and gerriemtb 2
Frosty Posted February 23 Posted February 23 Listen to the Main Cheese... he has a Frenchikaans, or is it a Spanglish accent, having spent his time in Andorra.
Shebeen Posted February 23 Posted February 23 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Frosty said: Listen to the Main Cheese... he has a Frenchikaans, or is it a Spanglish accent, having spent his time in Andorra. i think he spent a lot of time based in italy initially, hence Luigi Formaggio Edited February 23 by Shebeen mecheng89 and Frosty 1 1
Spookie Posted February 23 Posted February 23 (edited) SPOILER ALERT Winner winner! 🙌 Edited February 24 by Spookie For Frosty so I’m not an A$$ - sorry! gerriemtb, babse, Sydd and 1 other 4
Frosty Posted February 24 Posted February 24 You should put a spoiler alert as the finale only aired late last night. If anyone out riding this morning hasn’t seen it.
Spookie Posted February 24 Posted February 24 (edited) 1 hour ago, Frosty said: You should put a spoiler alert as the finale only aired late last night. If anyone out riding this morning hasn’t seen it. Done as best I can, thanks for the suggestion! Although they should probably be watching it first when they get home before clicking on a forum about it 😝 but we all know how enticing the hub can be… Edited February 24 by Spookie .
Frosty Posted February 24 Posted February 24 It's now official, on the PCS app. 'Dale, Sydd and mecheng89 2 1
Harryn Posted February 25 Posted February 25 I am so happy Maddie won. She deserved!! As to her accent- there are still definite strains of a Bloem girl. As for the men. The oke who pushed the biggest watts, thought that automatically bought him the win. How miffed was he, when found out that was not the case. Interesting. Headshot 1
Frosty Posted February 25 Posted February 25 23 minutes ago, Harryn said: As for the men. The oke who pushed the biggest watts, thought that automatically bought him the win. How miffed was he, when found out that was not the case. Interesting. Wonder if he knows that the blue in the German flag represents humour. W@nted, gerriemtb and mecheng89 3
Headshot Posted February 26 Posted February 26 That was a deserved win by Maddie. She klapped them in the final TT. Seems as if they liked her temperament too. gerriemtb and slowashell 2
Jbr Posted February 26 Posted February 26 (edited) 10 hours ago, Harryn said: How miffed was he, when found out that was not the case. Interesting. He proved that they were right to kick him out, he does not understand that being a pro cyclist is also doing what you're told, and not telling your superiors that they make "stupid decisions" Edited February 26 by Jbr gerriemtb, Harryn and Sydd 3
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