AWL2016

Herewith the results for the last race this season, the Slot of Paarl road race on Sunday 28 August 2016.

Herewith the results for the last Killarney circuit race held this season on Sunday 21 August 2016. We would like to thank Cycle Teknix, Hanber and his great team for making this series possible.

See the results of the Fisantekraal road race live on our website.

See the results of the Lights By Linea HEROChallange 4 live on our website.

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The results of the Life Path Health Time Trial will be will be displayed LIVE on this page!

So the UK voted to leave the EU…hhmm…so life carries on. In Western Province that means cycle racing on a Sunday. Not even the mist that descended on the Killarney Race Track could deter our cyclist from making the racing hot.

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Success in road criteriums requires a mix of good technical skills — in particular, the ability to corner smoothly while holding the line on the road, as well as rapidly and sharply — and riding safely with a large group on a short circuit and exceptional “sprint” ability to attack other riders and repeatedly accelerate hard from corners.

Organizers like to give the riders a sight of the route before the commencement of a criterium so that that they are not caught unawares of the twists and turns of unfamiliar roads.

Category 3 and Ladies

The Burgundy ‘lap to check out the course’  was ridden so hard that we rolled up to the start snorting like thoroughbred  racehorses. The calm before the storm so to say because the first few laps caught out many a rider who has enjoyed the comfort of the bunch in recent road events. The main protagonist of the fast pace was Elfrieda Wolfaardt who is one of our top lady track cyclists and the 47 year old Colin Parsons who until recently had been racing in Category 2.

Ladies

1. Maroeskja Matthee
2. Chante vd Merwe
3. Nicola Gillomee

Category Three

1. Collin Parsons Bellville
2. Bjorn Pienaar (Cycle Teknix)
3. Byron Brouwer (Kinetic)

Elimination – Category one

This event was ridden over a shortened course of 1 kilometre and many of the riders were caught up in a crash at the first corner when Theuns vd Bank lost a tubbie and was unable to control the ‘slide’ into the corner. This caused a number of riders to exit the race early on. Timothy Jenkinson of Team Giant kept a tight rein on the front of the bunch which was quickly whittled down to the strongest riders in the Cape.

Results

1. Bernard Esterhuizen – Team Giant
2. Clint Hendricks – RoadCover  (winner of the Argus)
3. Timothy Jenkinson – Team Giant

Category Two – 45 minutes plus a lap

The race started fast and then there was a bit of a lull which enabled Wynand Dippenaar – Kinetic CC ,Guy Le Ray Cook (Ind) and the eventual winner Brian Dodkins (Cycles Direct CC) to break away from the bunch. They built a lead of 30 seconds over the chasing bunch which they maintained to the end. Wynand Dippenaar is gearing up to represent the WP Schools at the CSA Youth Festival and is finding some great form shared the workload with Brian Dodkins and Guy Le Ray Cooke.The chasing bunch were unable to make any inroads into the lead. Brian Dodkins has been riding in support of the current Category Two point’s leader Robin Harris and this weekend it was his opportunity to race for line honours. This he did by outsprinting Wynand to the line.

Results

1. Brian Dodkins (Cyles Direct)
2.  Wynand Dippenaar (Kinetic CC)
3. Guy Le Ray Cook (Ind)

Category One – 1 hour plus 1 lap

There was a flurry of attacks early on in the race which resulted in a number of cyclists finding the pace just a bit too hot to handle.  There were a number of attacks during the next half an hour of which none were able to stick. The defending Argus Cycle Tour champion Clint Hendricks took a flyer on the 2^nd last lap but he was pegged back by the Lights by Linea rider Stefan Ihlenfeldt.  Once the gap had been closed James Tennant of Light by Linea attacked with young Ian Lategan of Stellenbosch Pro Cycling on his wheel, they swept into the last corner at a furious speed with James holding onto first place from Ian in second and Max Sullivan rounding off the podium in third from a group of riders and a fast finishing bunch.

Results

1. James Tennant (Lights by Linea)
2. Ian Lategan (Stellbosch Pro Cycling)
3. Max Sullivan  (Stellenbosch Pro Cycling)

Results

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The sun was just rising over the mountains when racing started in earnest. Category 2 and Category 3/Ladies rolled over the start line and raced towards the first corner of a 12 kilometre triangular circuit. The local Montana High School and Worcester Wheelers supplied the refreshments and support personal for the event which started and finished at the Dasbosch Cellars on the Louwshoek Road.

Category3/Ladies – 72 km

With barely one lap completed a group of four riders slipped away from the bunch. Two riders dropped off the group finding the pace just a bit too hot to handle despite the brisk conditions around the route. None of the clubs which are in a battle for 2nd spot in the inter club competition were able to co-ordinate a concerted effort to bring back Chris Morgan(City CC) and Bjorn Pienaar (Cycle Teknix) and they were able to maintain the lead right up to the finish. The closest the bunch got to bringing them back was 200 metres and then it ‘sat up’ with no-one wanting to close the gap.

Franz Lemmer won the bunch sprint with Chris Morgan in 2nd and Bjorn Pienaar taking the win.

Ladies :

1. Maroeskja Matthee (Bestmed)
2. Liezel du Preez (Cycle Teknix)
3. Nicky Giliomee (ind)

Category 2 – 96 km

Category 2 seemed to take a break from their normally fast pace and they were content to roll around the route and keep the break of about five riders in their sights. The break was brought back with ease and the race wound up for the sprint.

1. Reinhardt Marais,(Kinetic)
2. Zaheer Harris (Kinetic)
3. Oswin Booysen (ind)

Category 1 – 120 kms

Winter is almost upon us but the beautiful Autumn days make racing on the road such a pleasure. Sunny with no wind or rain was the forecast. Last week’s Cat 1 race was aborted which meant the riders were raring to race. After four laps of the 10 lap race the big split came.

The break consisted of 17 riders from Team Alfa Body Works , Team Giant , Lights by Linea , Stellenbosch Pro Cycling and Aurecon. The sponsored teams don’t have it all their own way in the WP League and Bellville CC, Cycle Teknix CC, Velokhaya, UCT and CycleLab were also represented. Rohan du Plooy of Lights by Linea the current overall leader of the points competition didn’t ‘hoek’ the attack and had to be content to sit and watch the gap grow. The bunch was working together like Trojans and it was no surprise when the speedo consistently reached 50kph. The constant high speed eventually told and Lights by Linea teammates James Tennant and Dirkie Nel crossed the line on their own in 1st and 2nd place respectively with Ray Cox – Bellville CC in 3rd just a few metres behind.

All images copyright of WARD Photography/Robert Ward

Results

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The Cycle Teknix Killarney Series is proving to be very popular with the local cyclist and a large field rolled up to the start line in each category. From 8.00am to 9.30am the Youth scholars raced around the track in preparation for the upcoming CSA Youth Festival in Oudtshoorn. A squad of over 60 cyclists must be whittled down to 50 to represent the WP Schools Cycling Association. O’Ryan and his team of assistants have done a magnificent job in ensuring that our younger cyclists are prepared to take on the best that the other districts have to offer in the June/July schools holidays. We are confident that the Western Province will return to Cape Town as champions again in 2016.

Category 3

The number of participants in this category improves every weekend and so does the standard of racing. For a second week in a row, average speeds over the duration of the race easily exceeded 38 kph. The only problem with this is that most competent club weekend warriors can sit a wheel at this speed and bring back attacks at will. On the other hand there has been a major decrease in riders grabbing at their brakes which means our bunch racing skills are improving. Jono Weltman (Cycle Teknix) and James Burgess (Outriders) won the two sprint primes during the race and Jono worked his way through a congested bunch to take the main sprint of the day from Shakeel Shadobien (MCC and Joseph September (MCC).

Ladies

The Cycle Teknix Killarney Series is dedicated to fostering and promoting ladies cycling and this category is also showing a great increase in entries. Bianca Holtzkampf the current leader on points accumulated, had to take a back seat to young Ashleigh Parsons (Bestmed) and the winner Maroeskja Matthee (Bestmed) who also took the 2 sprint primes during the race.

Category 2

Robin Harris (Cycles Direct CC) is the current holder of the white jersey but Oswin Booysen (ind) is closing in on him fast. Both Robin and Oswin are built for speed and they have filled the photographers lens in the sprint for the line in most events this season. Robin has had the edge over Oswin in wins and this weekend they were again involved in a battle for first place. At today’s event Oswin was able to win the first intermediate sprint prime and JP Burger took the 2nd and 3rd. When it came to the sprint for the win Oswin was able to edge out Robin into 2nd and Faizel Hendricks into 3rd.

Category 1

The race was aborted as the ambulance had to leave the event with a seriously injured participant from Category 2.

Notice: Medical Plan

Kindly note that the WP cycling events are regarded as ‘small events’ by the CT Events Office – a medical plan is a prerequisite of the application and our events will not be allowed to take place without the plan being in place or/and in the absence of an ambulance. If a participant is injured, we take the advice of the medical personnel on duty as that is their area of expertise. At this Sunday’s event the medical staff advised that the injured cyclist be uplifted to hospital for further assistance. It is unfortunate that the event had to be stopped but the well being and safety of our cyclist is of paramount importance and under no circumstances can we compromised on this.
Please note that all entries in Category One for this event will receive one credit for a future event.

Notice: Respect the Podium

The first 3 over the line at the conclusion of a race are expected to be present at the podium presentation. Cycling kit is a yes yes – jockstrap and takkies a no-no. If you win a sprint prime – you podium

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Cat 3 Results

Riders marked as * could not be placed due to unclear/not visible numbers.

Female Results

Cat 2 Results