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[Brakkies Sport Fotos]

thanks ronelle, het daai een gesien maar daar is hordes u16 outjies wat hier liga ry.

[Mudsimus]

Its pissing with rain at the moment!

[Pieter Henning]

Where's Phen?

 

Ek's hier... Hier by die huis Henning and Barend are riding sometime now... Holding thumbs they have a good ride. I really wonder who will win it though. Hanco, or one of the three Exel boys? I hope Rabie does.

[Brakkies Sport Fotos]

What I mean, look at this, this is all u16 guys in WP.

 

 

 

Look at their seedings, why are they not riding SA's?

 

 

 

or.. will they only ride the road race?

 

 

 

Carstens, Evan           D232

 

Ketterer, Kenneth    B115

 

Botha, Shawn           B181

 

Botha, Wayne           C282

 

Smit, Werner            B281

 

Ihlenfeldt, Stefan      A200

 

Avenant, Helghardt      C101

 

Rust, Albertus        B240

 

Daly, Mark              A189

 

van Schalkwyk, Ruan      A168

 

Whitaker, Keith      E178

 

Puzey, Marc              A139

 

Carstens, Johan      A179

 

Labuschagne, Eric      A183

 

 

[HomerSimpson]

Ketterer, Shawn Botha and Avenant are no longer u16 (Juniors at least).  I would guess that in some cases school exams might take preference?

[Chrispy]

Ketterer sick, Carstens felt he was not on form

 

The following defenitaly in Bloem. (I know I am here too)

 

Botha, Shawn           B181
Botha, Wayne           C282
Ihlenfeldt, Stefan      A200
Avenant, Helghardt      C101
Rust, Albertus        B240
van Schalkwyk, Ruan      A168

[Sunblock]

the only FSS medals are in girls cats, where the fields are smaller.  there are hardly any FSS riders anywhere anyway

[Poison Ivy]

What I mean' date=' look at this, this is all u16 guys in WP.

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VAN ZYL JOHANN

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Johann van Zyl van WP het die o/16 seuns TT gewen....

[Sunblock]

ja that's excellent - he won.

[Sunblock]

Just a hunch but if the okes don't ride TT I doubt they'll do the Road race, just because the road race is harder.  Just my 2c.

 

 

[Chilli Pepper]

Baie geluk aan Doret met haar 3de plek in haar kategorie! 

[TitusTi]

I'm not doing the TT, will be there for the fun on Sunday though.

[Sunblock]

Will u be riding tho?  I've heard that after the first few laps the guys who aren't in the running drop out, so sometimes only a handful finish.  is this true?

[Pieter Henning]

Just a hunch but if the okes don't ride TT I doubt they'll do the Road race' date=' just because the road race is harder.  Just my 2c.

 

 

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Lots of guys don't do the TT, but do the road race - That is why there are a lot more entries for road races in each category than for time trials. I myself was entered for the road race but not the TT. Lots of the pro's don't TT either - It's pointless doing the TT if you're not a bit of a TT specialist. And the road race isn't necessarily harder either.

[Sunblock]

must be a triathlete mentality then, from my side.  Last year I rode TT (badly I may add), and didn't do the road race - didn;t feel nearly fit enough for the distance.

 

this year (when I still thought i would be riding) was not even considering going over Albrecht 14 times, or whatever it is.  To me 30km on the road is tough enough against the best in SA. 

 

Anyone know if Raynard is coming this year.  To me he represents SA's best timetrialist, but again, probably a triathlete mentality.

[TitusTi]

Yip, sunblock this is indeed true. I think there are normally on average about 15 riders finishing in the Elite cat, I think the attrition rate is minimum 70%.