09 May 2012 Van Wyk thrilled with victory at African Continental Championships, Mauritius
The 2012 African Continental Championships was held on the lovely island of Mauritius on the 5th of May. Team bizhub-FCF’s Junior Linda Van Wyk participated in the ...
07/03/2011 Linn Torp wins Daily Despatch Cycle Tour
Linn Torp the 2009 Norwegian National Champion captured her first South African Classic Victory on the weekend at the Daily Despatch cycle Tour.
The bizhub rider won the event in a tight sprint closely followed by Robyn de Groot and Anriette Schoeman both from Nashua – Toyota.
Around 19km into the race Catherine Williamson (bizhub) together with Robyn De Groot established a break which went up to the one minute mark. The two riders spent close on 40kms on their own before being closed down at the 60km mark by the Category 2 bunch
With the break having being caught the bunch stayed together all the way to the finish, Lindi Erasmus (bizhub) attacked in the closing kilometre stringing the bunch out for the sprint.
In the tightly contested finish Linn showed her international class by edging out the two Nashua – Toyota riders,
“It was a really nice well organised race” said Linn about the event “Even more so since there was full road closure so we didn’t have to worry about traffic”
Following their recent successes Linn Torp and Catherine Williamson will be firm favourites in next Sunday’s Pick & Pay Argus cycle Tour. The event is one of the highlights of the South African national calendar and is the world’s biggest mass timed cycling event with 35000 participants
07/03/2011
