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South African National Championships
tsmoha
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Posted on 20-03-2015 09:37
The South African Champs will be held in and around Nelspruit - and the road race is panflat this time.

i.imgur.com/ERGS82v.jpg


Project: Africa went for four 3-men-squads this time, so we lack a strong team in terms of numbers here. Defending road champion Hoffman (Metinvest), premium sprinters Van Heerden/Impey (Aker) or Day (Africa) should be considered the favorites when it comes down to a bunch sprint.

Anyway, with no team lining up with more than three riders, a lot will depend on what Project: Africa will do..

i.imgur.com/SZ1RW3I.jpg


They go for two men in the early breakaway:

Meintjes (Africa)
Girdlestone (Africa)
Van Zyl (Kenya)
Venter (Gazelle)

make for a quite strong escaping group. Is this Africa's tactics? Fool the sprinters and go for future star Meintjes?

i.imgur.com/VJKN0oQ.jpg


Well, maybe.. but the remaining two Africa-squads at least ain't giving up that easy on the race.. anyway, the gap grew to 7 minutes with now just 10km to go!

Hoffman (Metinvest) gives it a go now, trying to fullfill a miracle and bridge across the 4-men-break!

i.imgur.com/gnIRQJB.jpg


Empty-handed, as the gap is too big to close in that short time:

Meintjes tried to attack the leading group in the final lap, but got pulled back quickly.

He's again the first on the move with the sprint for line honours kicking off though!

i.imgur.com/Fwqn4RP.jpg


Did he go for the wrong tactics?

Girdlestone and Van Zyl are catching up with the better speed now! We're already on the final hundred metres..

i.imgur.com/fSjdJDE.jpg


Neither Meintjes nor Venter will stand a chance:

it's between Girdlestone and Van Zyl, who are head-to-head with the line approaching..

i.imgur.com/OoA4hsV.jpg


Van Zyl takes it! Girdlestone and Project: Africa have to settle for the runner-up, while last year's runner-up Venter completes the podium.

Kind of a missed chance for Africa with the two strongest riders in this breakaway.. Hoffman, by the way, couldn't pull a gap on the bunch and so it was Impey to sprint for a 5th place about 4'30" behind van Zyl..

Road title/

i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq112/Gustavovskiy/microjerseys14/ken.png Johann van Zyl (Team Kenya Airways)

Final Results/

1Johann van ZylTeam Kenya Airways1h43'22
2Dylan GirdlestoneProject: Africas.t.
3Jaco VenterGazelles.t.
4Louis MeintjesProject: Africas.t.
5Daryl ImpeyAker-MOT+ 4'34
6Christoff Van HeerdenProject: Africas.t.
7Tyler DayProject: Africas.t.
8Juan Van HeerdenAker-MOTs.t.
9Nolan HoffmanMetinvest-Emiratess.t.
10Willie SmitProject: Africas.t.
11Christiaan KriekGazelles.t.
12Jay ThomsonProject: Africas.t.
13Calvin BenekeProject: Africas.t.
14Johann RabieWikipedias.t.
15Martin WesemannProject: Africas.t.
16John-Lee AugustynProject: Africas.t.
17Stefan IhlenfeldtProject: Africas.t.
18Jacques Janse van RensburgWikipedias.t.
19Johannes Christofel NelProject: Africas.t.
20Songezo JimProject: Africas.t.
 
tsmoha
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Posted on 20-03-2015 09:37
The 48km flat TT had one clear favorite, so let's it keep it shorter than the road race this time..

i.imgur.com/kyeoHvF.jpg


With defending TT-champion RJ van Rensburg not at the start, Jay Thomson had to be the considered the strongest in the field. He delivered:

beating his teammates Wesemann and Augustyn by more than a minute, he did well to claim a NC shirt for his team in this rather boring timetrial..

Timetrial title/

i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq112/Gustavovskiy/microjerseys14/afr.png Jay Thomson (Project: Africa)

Final Results/

1Jay ThomsonProject: Africa1h08'23
2Martin WesemannProject: Africa+ 1'02
3John-Lee AugustynProject: Africa+ 1'11
4Johann van ZylTeam Kenya Airways+ 1'39
5Johann RabieWikipedia+ 1'46
6Daryl ImpeyAker-MOT+ 2'36
7Jacques Janse van RensburgWikipedia+ 2'54
8Christiaan KriekGazelle+ 3'13
9Willie SmitProject: Africa+ 3'48
10Nolan HoffmanMetinvest-Emirates+ 3'51
11Louis MeintjesProject: Africa+ 3'52
12Songezo JimProject: Africa+ 3'57
13Dylan GirdlestoneProject: Africa+ 4'35
14Calvin BenekeProject: Africa+ 4'50
15Tyler DayProject: Africa+ 5'06
16Juan Van HeerdenAker-MOT+ 5'11
17Ivor BruinControl Team+ 5'24
18Christoff Van HeerdenProject: Africa+ 5'33
19Jaco VenterGazelle+ 6'04
20Stefan IhlenfeldtProject: Africa+ 6'53
21Johannes Christofel NelProject: Africa+ 7'04

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