Five medals for eMalahleni at SA Road Champs in Swadini
The South African road champs was well represented by all the provinces
Six cyclists from eMalahleni qualified and took part in the South African Road Champs, bringing back five medals for their great achievement.
The cycling took place from Wednesday, February 5 until Sunday, February 9 at Swadini Forever Resort.
The cyclists from eMalahleni are: Patrice Gautier, Annelie Cronje, Dan Cronje, Wihl Vermaak, Andre Potgieter and Gert Nagel.
Over the five days, the cyclists had fun supporting one another when they were not cycling.
Patrice took part in the 20km time trial and in the 109km road race where he finished in third place in both events.
Annelie, the only woman from eMalahleni participated in the 15km time trial where she finished in third place.
After the third place high, Annelie had a 74km road race to compete with and she was ready for it.
Annelie came second in the road race.
The next race was Dan; he completed the 15km time trial and came third. Then in his 74km road race Dan finished in the top 10.
Wihl and Andre both took part in the 36km time trial, Andre finished in fifth place and Wihl finished in eighth place.
Both Wihl and Gert took part in the 137km road race where Wihl finished in 21st place and Gert in 37th place.
The South African road champs was well represented by all the provinces.
During the time trial on the first day it was extremely hot and the first 5km was down hill and the last 5km was a hard up hill.
On the second day during the time trial it was windy and that tested the cyclists.
The road race was a circular route and it was great for spectators and there was a great feeding zone for the cyclists.
During the road race there was lots of rain and cyclists had to take more caution.
“It was a well organised event and well covered. We as the cyclists from eMalahleni would like to thank HH Tours for the great event which was well organised,” said Patrice.
