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Matola-Moamba-Boane-Matola
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HS 1 |
HS 2 |
KOM 1 |
KOM 2 |
KOM 3 |
FP |
Time |
HS T |
KOM T |
T.Pts |
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Tim Fair |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
100 |
03:05:33 |
30 |
45 |
175 |
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David |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
10 |
70 |
03:07:17 |
6 |
14 |
90 |
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Ernst |
1 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
50 |
03:07:24 |
4 |
9 |
63 |
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Werner |
3 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
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40 |
03:09:41 |
13 |
20 |
73 |
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Duncan |
10 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
36 |
03:09:43 |
15 |
13 |
64 |
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Peter |
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1 |
32 |
03:10:03 |
0 |
1 |
33 |
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Imran |
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28 |
03:33:34 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
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Jorge |
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24 |
03:51:33 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
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Vicente |
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20 |
03:54:59 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
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Rui |
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16 |
03:56:00 |
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0 |
16 |
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Betinho |
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15 |
04:16:33 |
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15 |
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Alvaro Jose Alves |
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DNF |
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0 |
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What a day indeed. Twelve riders battled out the
“Hell of the South” route on Sunday. The first 40km went smooth at
an average of about 35km/hr but after that we entered a lighter side of an
abyss. Dodging holes for 40km was almost like the “Hell of the
North” (Paris Roubaix) The grass was certainly taller than the cyclists
on their bikes.
With barely 2km into the race, Jorge got a flat,
Imran turned back to hand him a spare. There was no time to lose.
Hanging in tough was Rui, who began to set an initial
brutal pace on the slight incline into the first sprint. The group was
beginning to split way too soon. With a few hundred meters to go it was back
again and then all hell broke loose … the sprint was on.
Tim Fair had his pistons (legs) firing in all
cylinders from the word go, taking everything he could grab with his legs.
The big split came after the second sprint where
riders were expecting a regroup. A protest was launched, but the commisaire
turned it down. A select group of riders containing Tim Fair, Dave, Ernst,
Werner, Duncan, and Peter set an unprecedented pace at the front making the
second group chase them down. Success was almost there when the first one to
have bike problems on this treacherous section was Imran. Then Vicente had a
flat. Then Jorge followed up with a back wheel flat. The chase was off. It was
now survival of the weakest, not the fittest, because the fittest were already
in front.
The big surprise on the day came from Dave and Ernst
grabbing 2nd and 3rd respectively. More surprisingly was
Zeca who decided to call it a day with only 10km to go, after being very much
displeased with the split after the second sprint and the 2nd sprint
point itself. Powerful Werner was one of the strongest challengers on the day,
rivalling Tim at almost every bonus spot. He still leads the G.P. Only four
riders managed to reap points at every bonus spot.
The most consistent (taking top 5 at every bonus)
bonus reapers were Tim (75), Duncan (28), Dave (20), Ernst (13)
Thanks to:
Richard, Colette, Messias and Yazid (my son for
handing out drinks to the riders).
Your support is certainly one that we very much
appreciate.