Chris Wolhuter lets us in on what he has been up to in the cycling world.
Warming up. Photo: Ash Smit
Well it’s been a busy couple of days and it’s nice to chill out this afternoon and reflect on what went down. Don’t get me wrong, I chill plenty, but at home there is ‘always something you could be doing’.
Now out in Tulbagh after the second stage of the Bestmed Tour de Boland I can chill out properly after a tough little stage this morning.
I got back from the big smoke last week Monday after a successful trip, securing a couple more product sponsors (more on this soon) and qualifying for Mountain bike Marathon World Champs.
Come Wednesday I was back at Killarny, searching for a bit of speed ahead of the final Lights by Linea Hero Challenge criterium on Sunday and the tour this week.
The crit didn’t go as planned. Although I made the front group, I crashed, twice.
As a result, I have a nice hole in my hip right now and had to make some last minute bike repairs come Monday before the tour kicked off on Tuesday. Thanks to Charlie for hooking me up with a first edition Dura Ace 10 speed shifter #retrobadass.
The TT kicked of the tour yesterday day, at just 18km with a tailwind for the first half of it, the times were fast!
It wasn’t easy though with the finish half way up Helshoogte pass. Besides that, is a TT ever easy? I think I went out a bit too hard, mushroom clouded and limped home, somewhat down in the field.
I have joined the Lights by Linea team this week. A huge thanks to Wayne Roberts for the opportunity, it’s great to be involved. Our team is managed by John Robertson and includes Stefan Ihlenfeldt, Hanco Kachelhofer, Reginald Benjiman, Brandon Christians and myself.
Send your race report to itb@inthebunch.co.za.
