Dear all, The new season has already started. And I have a new jersey on my shoulders: Argos-Shimano. The first races are already behind me at the moment: the Ruta del Sol with was not so much ‘sol’ but more Ruta del Rain and Wind. Today I rode the Clasica de Almeria where I sprinted … Continue reading »
Recent Euro Tour
So I haven’t made the time to update much lately. But seeing as its storming outside today and I finished a shorter session on rollers today, it’s a good time to write. Recently, I returned back to Pretoria from another 6 week stint in Europe, were I raced the Tour of Portugal, Kernen Omloop, World Champs … Continue reading »
Update from past few weeks.
During some time off the bike, after our European stint, we had a spectacular Gala Dinner with our Main Sponsor MTN to announce their willingness to support the team get to the Tour de France one day. Fantastic news for Africa and the sport of cycling. Meanwhile I have started training again and slowly increased … Continue reading »
That’s a wrap – for now…. Euro 2012
So I haven’t updated in ages. Mostly due to the fact that we lost our Internet connection in the final month of our trip. Anyway things have kept going really good for me. After a little break we did Fleche du Sud in Luxembourg, quite a hilly tour, and not one of my best as I … Continue reading »
An unbelievable run in Europe
So the past 2 weeks we were really busy; 12 races days in 15 days… First up was Arno Wallaard in Holland, a very technical race with a lot of wind, corners and narrow roads, with around 200 riders all fighting for position. We had Brad Potgieter in the break that stayed to finish, unfortunately for Brad … Continue reading »
Zellik Galmaarden
This weekend was our first 1.2 event. There was a lot of continental and club teams from Belgium and a few from other countries. The course is a beast, 175km feauturing 2*Muur de GeraardsBergen, 2*Onkerzele Berg, 5*CongoBerg, 6*Bosberg. The team is struggling with illness and one of our riders, Arran Brown had to sit out. … Continue reading »
A cold, wet and miserable day in Koln
The weather spoiled our fun yesterday, on eastermonday, at the Rund Om Koln. It was around 4C and rain non-stop. Not something any of us are used to. Being a bike rider isn’t easy anyway, so with no complaints we got our rain gear on and set off for a 200km trek around Cologne. The race itself, … Continue reading »
GP Pino Cerami, our first race in Europe
So directly after Morocco, which has its complete own story all-together, we were off to Belgium. We arrived in Frankfurt early Tuesday Morning and drove to Ninove, Belgium. It was action from the word go, as our First race the GP Pino Cerami was already Thursday. Being a 1.1 it attracted a lot of good teams, … Continue reading »
Blog: A good 2 weeks; Nationals and Argus
So the past 2 weekends was a bit of a dream for me. 2 weeks ago, I managed to win the South African Time Trial championships, finished 2nd in the Road Race and won the Cape Argus on Sunday. The Time Trail was first up on Thursday the 1st of March on a very challenging 40km … Continue reading »
Berge en Dale – Regaining a title
I haven’t updated since emperor’s palace with the pics of the crash I had there. Since then we had a 5 day Training camp in Nelspruit, and Arran Brown won the Dischem Ride for Sight (you can read the report on his blog http://arranbrown.wordpress.com/) It was nice racing on Saturday for a change at the Berge en Dale … Continue reading »
