This past Sunday I participated at the MTN Zoo Lake Criterium in Johannesburg.
It is and always has been a challenging race as the route (which is half uphill and half downhill) takes you through a few tight corners to complete a lap of 3.4km around Zoo Lake.
The ladies event consisted of 1hour + 1 lap of racing. Which meant it was ‘full gas’ from the word go. I knew the first lap was going to be fast but I never anticipated how fast it actually would be. Riders were being detached from the bunch even before completing our first lap.
A few girls, including myself, tried our best to establish a break but with such short racing and good depth in the field the race was kept under control. This meant no one was leaving the front group behind.
The bunch got smaller with every lap and at the end it was Robyn de Groot (Team MTN) who showed off her newly learned skills from Europe and took the Victory in a sprint.
The podium was rounded off by Cherise Taylor (Team USN) in 2nd place and Lylanie Lauwrens (Team MTN) in 3rd place.
Zoo Lake criterium has always stood out for me. The racing is extremely hard and fairly technical on a very safe circuit! Where else in this country are you able to race your road bike without any traffic on the road.
Next for me will be the Marrick 4day Mountain bike tour in Kimberley starting on Thursday.
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