The national women’s team claimed gold in the team time-trial on the opening day of the 2016 African Continental Championships in Morocco on Sunday.
Cycling South Africa’s Elite Women’s National Team claimed gold at the 2016 CAC Road Cycling Championships which took place in Benslimane, Morocco on Sunday. Photo: Supplied
An-Li Kachelhoffer, Lise Olivier, Anriette Schoeman and Samantha Sanders concentrated on keeping the tempo steady on the 38km out-and-back course.
“We placed emphasis on our communication along the route so that small mistakes could be eliminated,” said team manager Steven Sergeant.
“The team found a great rhythm quite quickly after the start and I could see from the car behind that everything worked smoothly. The pace we set was maintained well throughout the race.”
Each member of Team South Africa took shorter turns on the front into the headwind on the return, which added extra power on the uphills and resulted in a victory by more than three minutes over Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Olivier and Sanders will compete in the individual time-trial today with all four riders entered in Thursday’s road race.
