I had never taken part in the Tour de Krants, but it is much spoken about among the KZN mountain biking community.
There were all the big names there that weren't currently overseas.
A long warm up left me far back in the starting line. The first descent was one which i will remember as being my most risky as i was weaving through riders going at about 55km/h as i didn't want to lose to much time on the leaders. I ended up reaching the group fighting for 4th overall. I was doing majority of the work so I attacked and did so successfully riding by myself for the rest of the race. The singletrack was a bit of a let down but the views did more than make up for it. The views were beautiful, it's no wonder hundreds of riders keep coming back year after year.
I managed to pull of a 4th overall and second junior which i was pleased with, still lots of work to be done but I am still new at this sport and am slowly learning that everything pays off.
Relsuts
1st- Brandon Stewart
2nd- Brendon Davids
3rd- Andrew Hill
4th- Kyle Dorkin
5th- Evan Van der spuy
Until next time ride safe.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Cowan House super classic
Early morning it was to be for the much talked about Cowan House super classic fun course and boy was it fun. 4 degrees (C) and rain on the start line, which made all single track that much more technical. Race started out fast as Brandon Stewart attacked directly after the neutral zone, I was just off the lead group when I punctured after about 5km into the race, I fixed the puncture and realised it was still leaking, at this stage I knew I would have to ride the race on a leak. The single track was flowing and KOM (king of the mountain) was so high up the visibility had become almost impossible due to the thick mist and rain.
I managed to secure a 1st in junior category and 6th overall just behind Andrew Warr. unfortunately I lost alot of time in the single track and with my puncture, but am still proud of my result.
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