[Event] Tour de PPA

[Mamil]

4 minutes ago, NC_lurker said:

Hold on a moment...there seems to be a weird correlation here but I'm struggling to figure out what it could be 😉

Shoving my pump into people who misbehave spokes.

[ChrisF]

What a ride 

 

The wind spread out the field.

 

I was giving it stick from the start, having already warmed up on the ride to the venue.

 

Only 33 seconds in Zone two, rest in zone 3 and 4. 

 

Some photos along the Phisantekraal section.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Had a nice dice with a roadie on the downhill after Paarl Farms.  My tucking away at 67km/h he was still accelerating.  Did catch him on the next uphill.

 

Caught up with @BMCfan before Windmeul.  Thanks for the chat.  And the roadie dissapears on the downhill toward Nelsons Creek.

 

 

And then it was a suffer fest back into the wind ....

 

At least the views were amazing ...

 

 

 

Along Adderley I had the rare fortune to provide a slip into that wind to an A-group rider.  

 

Sure, that is the truth, but obviously not the full truth .... but why spoil a happy moment with all the facts.

 

VERY happy with my stats.

PD for 40km

PB for 100km

Second step on the podium for e-bikes ... if they had a podium 

 

It was one of my hardest rides, but man I enjoyed it !!!

[DrPayne]

Is the same start used at this race the same every year? In A batch it felt very dangerous… even with the vehicle setting pace in the neutral zone. Downhill right angle turns… deep manholes… more speed bumps than I can count. I wasn’t close enough to the front to see… but judging by the pace it also seemed like the neutral zone actually ended whilst we were still in those dangerous suburb roads…

Crosswinds and pace that makes you feel like you are bleeding out your eyeballs don’t do well to keep the riders on the left lane of the road but the Marshalls did their best to keep us behaving. Well done to all of them. 

Not a great day out for me… I got shot out the back of the group like a chicken laying an egg with 10km to go. So close yet so far… Ended up 8 mins off the leaders and 6 mins off the group. Kudos to the guys in the breakaway they built up a good gap today, they were almost 5 mins ahead at one stage. 

[ChrisF]

BIG thumbs up for the motorcycle marchalls !!

 

They were excellent at keeping the groups safe from vehicles.  And letting the vehicles know when it was safe to pass.

 

With some of the slower groups I would catch and pass the motorcycle, and greet them as passed.

[ChrisF]

4 minutes ago, DrPayne said:

Is the same start used at this race the same every year? In A batch it felt very dangerous… even with the vehicle setting pace in the neutral zone. Downhill right angle turns… deep manholes… more speed bumps than I can count. I wasn’t close enough to the front to see… but judging by the pace it also seemed like the neutral zone actually ended whilst we were still in those dangerous suburb roads…

Crosswinds and pace that makes you feel like you are bleeding out your eyeballs don’t do well to keep the riders on the left lane of the road but the Marshalls did their best to keep us behaving. Well done to all of them. 

Not a great day out for me… I got shot out the back of the group like a chicken laying an egg with 10km to go. So close yet so far… Ended up 8 mins off the leaders and 6 mins off the group. Kudos to the guys in the breakaway they built up a good gap today, they were almost 5 mins ahead at one stage. 

 

What was the wind like when you finished ?

 

By 10:00 the wind along Adderley was BRUTAL !!

[MongooseMan]

4 minutes ago, DrPayne said:

Is the same start used at this race the same every year? In A batch it felt very dangerous… even with the vehicle setting pace in the neutral zone. Downhill right angle turns… deep manholes… more speed bumps than I can count. I wasn’t close enough to the front to see… but judging by the pace it also seemed like the neutral zone actually ended whilst we were still in those dangerous suburb roads…

Crosswinds and pace that makes you feel like you are bleeding out your eyeballs don’t do well to keep the riders on the left lane of the road but the Marshalls did their best to keep us behaving. Well done to all of them. 

Not a great day out for me… I got shot out the back of the group like a chicken laying an egg with 10km to go. So close yet so far… Ended up 8 mins off the leaders and 6 mins off the group. Kudos to the guys in the breakaway they built up a good gap today, they were almost 5 mins ahead at one stage. 

Yes, always the same

Though I “think” previously the A batch neutral extended for the full 5k, not sure why they ended it at the Vissershok circle this time.

At least they seemed to apply the neutral consistently across the batches this year, last year the tandems and B caught A in the neutral zone because they weren’t neutralised.

[DrPayne]

Just now, ChrisF said:

 

What was the wind like when you finished ?

 

By 10:00 the wind along Adderley was BRUTAL !!

I crossed the line at around 9, the wind was pretty bad by then. I was riding completely solo at that point too so it was horrible. Between 95km and 105km my average speed dropped by 3.5kph 😔

[DrPayne]

8 minutes ago, MongooseMan said:

Yes, always the same

Though I “think” previously the A batch neutral extended for the full 5k, not sure why they ended it at the Vissershok circle this time.

At least they seemed to apply the neutral consistently across the batches this year, last year the tandems and B caught A in the neutral zone because they weren’t neutralised.

They should neutralise all racing groups until they get to wellington street. Last year must have been an absolute nightmare… I saw in last years results that some B riders set the fastest times. 

[MongooseMan]

1 minute ago, DrPayne said:

They should neutralise all racing groups until they get to wellington street. Last year must have been an absolute nightmare… I saw in last years results that some B riders set the fastest times. 

Last year was a whole thing, go read the thread 😂

[DieselnDust]

5 hours ago, ChrisF said:

What a ride 

 

The wind spread out the field.

 

I was giving it stick from the start, having already warmed up on the ride to the venue.

 

Only 33 seconds in Zone two, rest in zone 3 and 4. 

 

Some photos along the Phisantekraal section.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Had a nice dice with a roadie on the downhill after Paarl Farms.  My tucking away at 67km/h he was still accelerating.  Did catch him on the next uphill.

 

Caught up with @BMCfan before Windmeul.  Thanks for the chat.  And the roadie dissapears on the downhill toward Nelsons Creek.

 

 

And then it was a suffer fest back into the wind ....

 

At least the views were amazing ...

 

 

 

Along Adderley I had the rare fortune to provide a slip into that wind to an A-group rider.  

 

Sure, that is the truth, but obviously not the full truth .... but why spoil a happy moment with all the facts.

 

VERY happy with my stats.

PD for 40km

PB for 100km

Second step on the podium for e-bikes ... if they had a podium 

 

It was one of my hardest rides, but man I enjoyed it !!!

Well that’s a wild swing of emotion…..😂