CYCLISTS FALTER IN WINDY CAPE TOWN
TSELA Riders Club cyclists were among the thousands of cyclists who competed at the just ended 2020 Cape Cycle Tour. The tour, staged in Cape Town over the weekend, attracted over 30 000 cyclists.
In an interview with Voice Sport this week, Tsela Riders Club Chairperson, Ediretse Ramahobo, said he was happy with how his 16-member team performed in the extremely challenging Cape Town tour.
“We could have done better on the day, but I’m happy with my team’s effort,” he said.
The best result was posted by team captain, Moleko Mahaja, with his Personal Best time of 2:59:02, while Lebopo Mompe narrowly missed the three-hour mark arriving after 3:01:35.
“Unfortunately, Nyali Majaha crashed into the barricades at 95.4km,” revealed Ramahobo.
Quizzed about the average performance, Ramahobo said the Cape Cycle Tour is one of the races characterised by strong winds, which proved a challenge to most of his team.
“That, however, must not be an excuse because as cyclists we need to always be prepared for such challenging climate conditions,” he said.
Voice Sport caught up with one of the cyclists, Bakang Ebudilwe. The decorated athlete said the Cape Cycle Tour went well as it exposed her to an unfamiliar terrain.
“It was my debut Cycle Tour, and it came with lots of challenges for me as I did not know the terrain well, and the weather was not conducive as it was windy,” she said.
Furthermore, for this particular race, I was not in the race group (licence elite women) because my licence expired last year December,” she said.
Meanwhile, Ebudilwe said the Tour was a preparatory test for the upcoming Africa Continental Championship which will be held in Mauritius between the 22nd and 29th of March.