MTN Zoo lake criterium

It was great to have some criterium racing in South Africa. It gives friends and families the opportunity to see and be part of the race as well.

The course was not your usual flat, fast and technical circuit. A 1km drag up the finishing straight and some severe winds on the circuit made the racing really hard.

Soon the girl’s peloton got split into a small group of 7. It was again me and Lynette (cycle lab) against 4 MTN girls and Anriette Schoeman (Proline). On the last lap I attacked over the clime and Chrissie Viljoen (MTN) came with. We stayed away till the finish and Chrissie won the sprint.

I liked the race, it’s just a pity that it’s so short (30min) In the future I hope they would make it a proper 80km race.

1^st Chrissie Viljoen

2^nd Yolandi du Toit

3^rd Marissa van den Merwe

4^th Lynette burger