ASG Walkerville MTB Classic, Sunday 17th July


The 12th edition of the Walkerville Classic was yet again hosted at
Lapeng Hotel and Conference centre in Walkerville, Gauteng.


This year’s event took off in much friendlier winter weather than last
year which was a big relief for all cyclists.


The 60km route consisted mainly of short steep climbs and fast single
track. The course was very rocky and at some places it became quite
tricky to ride over and downhill on a trail of lose rocks.


The week prior to the event I came down with a cold and on Saturday
(the day before the event) I thought I’ll be fine to race which was
unfortunately not the case.


From the beginning Teresa Ralph (Lynx) took the leading position with
Carla Rowley (Biogen) chasing in 2nd place, me in 3rd place and
Sanet Small (Team Ghost/DO IT NOW) in 4th place.


Our positions stayed unchanged throughout the race which meant all of
us crossed the finish line in the same position we start off with.

Final results:

1st Theresa Ralph
2nd Carla Rowley
3rd Yolandi du toit
4th Sanet Small


This coming weekend the team will be travelling to Botswana to take
part in the Subaru/Kalahari Challenge (2day stage race)


In the meantime I’ll be taking it really easy in order to be healthy
come this weekend.