Bonnievale league

The Speedman lives up to its promise!

Team Cape Storm got a nice surprise this week when we were given the new Speedman shirts (hot off the production line).  The new shirts are a tweaked version of the original Speedman and has been updated to include some of the suggested features that the team gave to CS to improve an already great shirt.  Besides the features, the bold Cape Storm logos on the new shirt will make the team far more recognizable in the peloton.

If you read the description on the tag that comes with the shirt it ends saying: “We have done our part, now it is up to you to do the rest for your podium finish”.  I think these words were written directly to the team, who while have been racing well this season haven’t quite cracked a big result yet.  Well the new shirts were all the motivation we needed and Tredoux proved the label prophetic and made the podium at the Bonnievale league race this past weekend.

 

It was an early morning for the team, having to get to Bonnievale (170km from Durbanville!!) in time for the 7am start.  Due to the distance it was a fairly small bunch that lined up for the 80km route but it included all the favourites for the yellow jersey. 

The race was anything but a steady pace with many of the riders thinking they could get a break away to stick.  Neil unfortunately punctured early in the race reducing our team to just 3.  Stuart, after a tough working week spent in Joburg, took it upon himself to try control the race during the first part of the race.  At 45km Ingram made a good attempt to break away and was out front for a number of kilometres.  Unfortunately for him he was caught just before the break of the day went with 8 riders.  Tredoux managed to make this decisive split and stuck with it all the way to the finish and with it claiming Team Cape Storm’s first podium of the season.  He now is lying in 7^th position overall in the PPA elite league with one race to go.