Double Century Contenders

[AuctionLamb]

Howzit Guys!

 

Can someone tell me who will be the TOP 5 contenders for a win next weekend at the Double Century? Only done some one or two long rides the past 6 weeks but still kept the intensity high.....hope I will survive!

[splat]

Virgin Active - won it last year

Richard Kane - won it the previous year

 

Microsoft had an interesting invitational team & got 3rd last year.

 

Not sure what other teams are competitive on a 200km Team Time Trial?

 

I imagine that that competition will be a little hotter this year with a slightly easier course than previous years.

[stringbean]

Has Virgin got a team this year?

[Velouria]

Maties/UCT had a good ride a couple of years ago, H2C2/UCT might do well.

 

What about the tandem teams?

 

[AuctionLamb]

I know of a few teams that wants to win this damn thing.......guess it is not a funride anymore! :-)

[Marius]

Think Fatty is in a pretty mean team from what I've heard, also CVANC is very secretive as to who he's riding for, both teams are going for podium positions as I understand it.<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Nah, the fun is over if you doing it for the second time cuz then you want to improve on the previous years results.

 

I'm riding for Metropolitan, if I have to pick a name it would have been the Lab Ratz cuz 6 of the guys im my team dit the DC Sim 3times already.

[splat]

Has Virgin got a team this year?

 

Hasn't Virgin Active Oxygen merged with Cyclelab or something?

 

I know that Andrew McLean was on that team last year.

[AuctionLamb]

Marius.....I am getting the same from my side!

Almost everybody I talk to do NOT want to say what team they ride for......the DC this year sounds VERY serious! Some people do not understand that your team are only as strong as your 6 th person. They select 2 moerse string guys but it will help them ^%&%!

[MWdeJager]

Marius, maak toe jou mond voor die hele Hub vol cr#$%p is.

 

Lab rats or not, the Metropolitan team is only good for 6h30 to 7h00 at best.  The first 7 teams last year did a sub 6 hour DC.  Die Met-train sal nie daai kan doen nie, sorry ou maat...

[Marius]

I know MW, i'm just saying the DC will be pretty "easy" for us distance wise. We not going for podium but rather to improve on last year witch should be easy since we have more than TWO fit guys this year...

 

The Guys do seem to be taking this DC thing a lot more serious Action Lamb, just glad I'm not in one fo those them cuz they gonna hurt each other over 200km's!

[Velouria]

CVANC is riding for the Microsoft Club100 team (sorry CVANC)...

[Cocaine]

Maties/UCT had a good ride a couple of years ago' date=' H2C2/UCT might do well.

What about the tandem teams?
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2 years ago UCT came third only 2minutes behind the winners on the day. Last year we had a disaster of a race and finnished 6th or 7th I think. To the best of my knowledge UCT/Maties have never combined to race DC... but might have done it for fun about 5 years ago.

[fatcyclist]

I have to ride with the likes of Donkey, willpower, cocaine and Craig Butland...someone hold me!

[Cocaine]

Think Fatty is in a pretty mean team from what I've heard' date=' also CVANC is very secretive as to who he's riding for, both teams are going for podium positions as I understand it.

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Fatty is riding for us... I don't think we are that mean to him... atleast not all the time

[Cocaine]

I have to ride with the likes of Donkey' date=' willpower, cocaine and Craig Butland...someone hold me! [/quote']

 

I'll ask ZippIt to bring his sister along

[fatcyclist]

How about your sister?