From lef to right: Norvyn Pitout, Isabel Moolman, Mark Davel, Werner Moolman, Gwyn Pine, Emile Fouche, Iven Scharein, Derrick Tivers.Absent: Flip Krugel, Sandra Haywood
15 February 2010
Mr Price KZN Vets and Ladies Team photo.
From lef to right: Norvyn Pitout, Isabel Moolman, Mark Davel, Werner Moolman, Gwyn Pine, Emile Fouche, Iven Scharein, Derrick Tivers.Absent: Flip Krugel, Sandra Haywood
KZN Time Trial and Road Champs 2010
by Emile Fouche
On Saturday the 6th February the Kwazulu-Natal Time Trial Championships was held at the 4.5 km Toyota Test Circuit near Eston.
Arriving there we already knew it was going to be a hard ride in extremely hot temperatures as the tar was about to melt. Flip and Derrick had already won a gold medal in their respective categories and Iven and Gwyn were busy warming up for their start. Gwyn won the Gold and Iven Scharein won the Silwer in their respective categories.
At round about 12h50 we lined up at the start line and I was to find out what time trialing is all about as I have never done it before. At 12h55 Norvyn started and I left just after him at 12h56. The route starts on a nice downhill and you start at a massive speed going down there thinking that you are going to fly through these 7 laps as they shortened the planned 40 km to 30 km because of the heat. But then the route flattens out for about 1.5km, then you go around a loop and find yourself on a slight upwards drag towards the start. Then it kicks upwards to the start line and down you go again for the next lap on the figure 8 route. On the straight you could see your team mates gunning it into the opposite direction. My first two laps felt pretty good but then I could feel the energy tapping out from me with each pedal stroke I took. When you overtake someone in front of you it feels great, but it is no fun to be overtaken by someone who started behind you. By the end of the ride I was absolutely hammered even though I tried to save myself for Sunday’s road race. Norvyn and Werner rode great time trials winning their categories. Mark also won a gold medal in the time trial.
On Sunday morning the 7th of February we lined up to start the 120km road race at the Van der Merwe’s Hotel near Camperdown. All the categories were riding together so it did not matter which category you rode in, if you were the overall winner of the race you would be crowned KZN champion. An honor that usually only went to the elites if they started the race as their own category and were the first category to start. At 6h30 the race started and we were heading towards Thornville. The first 10 km or so was quite uneventful. Sean Merredew, now riding for Mr Price Cycle club decided to stir things up a bit and launched an attack, but the bunch did not let him get too far away and everything got back together again. One of the Café Fego riders took a chance and attacked the group and got a bit of a gap. The bunch did not worry too much yet and left the rider out front on his own a bit. A short while later Werner called me and told me to take two of the juniors, Jonty and Travis, who were sitting comfortably in front of the bunch and try and cross over to the breakaway rider. I might have miss understood or just could not attack properly out of inexperience and ended up just doing a huge pull on the front of the bunch. Myles put in an attack in an attempt to cross over and Werner told me to sit up. But before we turned left to Richmond everyone was back together again. Norvyn and another rider got into a break up one of the hills towards the Eston turn-off. The bunch reined them in and after the Eston turn-off Nic Smith (Leighs Cycling) and Deno van Heerden (Café Fego) got into a break. I was sitting at the back of the bunch suffering with cramps in my legs when Werner came to the back and asked me to go and sit on the front for as long as I could hang out. Gwyn joined me and we rotated until we caught Nic and Deno just before we got to the left turn back towards Van der Merwe’s loop. Most of the bunch overtook me heading for the turn and I had to slow down to avoid Bryan Cusack (Bring it on) who had a nasty crash taking the corner. I was off theback of the bunch and thought I got dropped. Zulu was next to the road handing out some well needed water which I used to cool me down and managed to latch back on the back of the bunch again. Aston Davies, another Mr Price Junior rider got in a break and the bunch seemed to relax a bit. Our whole team was still together. Amazingly Bryan rejoined the bunch after his tumble. Taking the right-hand turn on the Van der Merwe’s loop I went to have a chat with Werner and Mark who was sitting easily on the front as Aston was still in the break. My legs were screaming. The pace changed drastically taking the left-hand turn at the Spar in Camperdown. I managed to get over the first hill on the back of Vans but on the second kick my legs locked up from the cramps and I had to watch the bunch go. I was spent and not feeling good and withdrew from the race when I reached the finish of the first lap.
I don’t know what happened in the final couple of laps but was lucky enough to be a front row spectator of the finish. The first two riders around the corner were Deno and Mark Davel who had a gap on the bunch. Seeing this scenario everyone knew Mark had the race in his pocket as Deno had no choice but to give it all he has got for the finish line. Mark overtook Deno in the sprint to the line taking a well deserved and brilliant win for the Mr Price team.
Medals for the team taken on the championships:
Gold: Derrick Tivers (Time Trial and Road), Flip Krugel (Time Trial and Road), Mark Davel (Time Trial and Road), Werner Moolman (Time Trial), Gwyn Pine (Time Trial), Norvyn Pitout (Time Trial)
Silver: Iven Scharein (Time Trial), Gwyn Pine (Road)
Bronze: Emile Fouche (Time Trial), Iven Scharein (Road)
Werner Moolman was crowned the overall winner for the time trial and Mark Davel was the overall winner for the road race.
A good day in the office for the team indeed!
On Saturday the 6th February the Kwazulu-Natal Time Trial Championships was held at the 4.5 km Toyota Test Circuit near Eston.
Arriving there we already knew it was going to be a hard ride in extremely hot temperatures as the tar was about to melt. Flip and Derrick had already won a gold medal in their respective categories and Iven and Gwyn were busy warming up for their start. Gwyn won the Gold and Iven Scharein won the Silwer in their respective categories.
At round about 12h50 we lined up at the start line and I was to find out what time trialing is all about as I have never done it before. At 12h55 Norvyn started and I left just after him at 12h56. The route starts on a nice downhill and you start at a massive speed going down there thinking that you are going to fly through these 7 laps as they shortened the planned 40 km to 30 km because of the heat. But then the route flattens out for about 1.5km, then you go around a loop and find yourself on a slight upwards drag towards the start. Then it kicks upwards to the start line and down you go again for the next lap on the figure 8 route. On the straight you could see your team mates gunning it into the opposite direction. My first two laps felt pretty good but then I could feel the energy tapping out from me with each pedal stroke I took. When you overtake someone in front of you it feels great, but it is no fun to be overtaken by someone who started behind you. By the end of the ride I was absolutely hammered even though I tried to save myself for Sunday’s road race. Norvyn and Werner rode great time trials winning their categories. Mark also won a gold medal in the time trial.
On Sunday morning the 7th of February we lined up to start the 120km road race at the Van der Merwe’s Hotel near Camperdown. All the categories were riding together so it did not matter which category you rode in, if you were the overall winner of the race you would be crowned KZN champion. An honor that usually only went to the elites if they started the race as their own category and were the first category to start. At 6h30 the race started and we were heading towards Thornville. The first 10 km or so was quite uneventful. Sean Merredew, now riding for Mr Price Cycle club decided to stir things up a bit and launched an attack, but the bunch did not let him get too far away and everything got back together again. One of the Café Fego riders took a chance and attacked the group and got a bit of a gap. The bunch did not worry too much yet and left the rider out front on his own a bit. A short while later Werner called me and told me to take two of the juniors, Jonty and Travis, who were sitting comfortably in front of the bunch and try and cross over to the breakaway rider. I might have miss understood or just could not attack properly out of inexperience and ended up just doing a huge pull on the front of the bunch. Myles put in an attack in an attempt to cross over and Werner told me to sit up. But before we turned left to Richmond everyone was back together again. Norvyn and another rider got into a break up one of the hills towards the Eston turn-off. The bunch reined them in and after the Eston turn-off Nic Smith (Leighs Cycling) and Deno van Heerden (Café Fego) got into a break. I was sitting at the back of the bunch suffering with cramps in my legs when Werner came to the back and asked me to go and sit on the front for as long as I could hang out. Gwyn joined me and we rotated until we caught Nic and Deno just before we got to the left turn back towards Van der Merwe’s loop. Most of the bunch overtook me heading for the turn and I had to slow down to avoid Bryan Cusack (Bring it on) who had a nasty crash taking the corner. I was off theback of the bunch and thought I got dropped. Zulu was next to the road handing out some well needed water which I used to cool me down and managed to latch back on the back of the bunch again. Aston Davies, another Mr Price Junior rider got in a break and the bunch seemed to relax a bit. Our whole team was still together. Amazingly Bryan rejoined the bunch after his tumble. Taking the right-hand turn on the Van der Merwe’s loop I went to have a chat with Werner and Mark who was sitting easily on the front as Aston was still in the break. My legs were screaming. The pace changed drastically taking the left-hand turn at the Spar in Camperdown. I managed to get over the first hill on the back of Vans but on the second kick my legs locked up from the cramps and I had to watch the bunch go. I was spent and not feeling good and withdrew from the race when I reached the finish of the first lap.I don’t know what happened in the final couple of laps but was lucky enough to be a front row spectator of the finish. The first two riders around the corner were Deno and Mark Davel who had a gap on the bunch. Seeing this scenario everyone knew Mark had the race in his pocket as Deno had no choice but to give it all he has got for the finish line. Mark overtook Deno in the sprint to the line taking a well deserved and brilliant win for the Mr Price team.
Medals for the team taken on the championships:Gold: Derrick Tivers (Time Trial and Road), Flip Krugel (Time Trial and Road), Mark Davel (Time Trial and Road), Werner Moolman (Time Trial), Gwyn Pine (Time Trial), Norvyn Pitout (Time Trial)
Silver: Iven Scharein (Time Trial), Gwyn Pine (Road)
Bronze: Emile Fouche (Time Trial), Iven Scharein (Road)
Werner Moolman was crowned the overall winner for the time trial and Mark Davel was the overall winner for the road race.
A good day in the office for the team indeed!
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