bizhub cycling team

01 December 2011
No better way to finish the season
Team bizhub finished their season on a successful note winning the overall ladies elite category in the Omnicane Southern Tropical MTB Challenge ...

	Monique Gerber’s early cycling aspirations reap golden rewards (30/11/2011)
	Stopforth and Williamson continue their winning streak (21/11/2011)
	Du Toit wins the Nissan Trailseeker series (07/11/2011)
	The right way to spend a weekend Thomas River MTB Challenge (07/11/2011)
more ...

2010
	bizhub retain international flair
	Torp in top gear
more from 2010 ...
2009
	Yolandi claims the Crater Cruise
more from 2009 ...
2008
	Konica Minolta seek Cycle Challenge Hat-trick
more from 2008...

Race reports

	Double Century (Catherine Williamson)
	Southern Tropical Challenge (Yolandi du Toit)
	Contego Wine2wales Stage race (Catherine Williamson)
	Contego Wine2wales Stage race (Ischen Stopforth)
	Wine2Whales (Yolandi du Toit)
	THOMAS RIVER MTB CHALLENGE (Caitlin de Wet )
	Nissan Trailseeker Van Gaalen (Yolandi du Toit)
	DCM Cape Pioneer Trek 2011 (Ischen Stopforth)
	DCM Cape Pioneer Trek 2011 (Catherine Williamson)
	Nissan Trailseeker Diamond Rush (Yolandi du Toit)
	MTN Crater Cruise (Catherine Williamson)
	Nissan Half Marathon at Ride Crater (Ishen Stopforth)
	MTN Ride Crater Cruise (Ishen Stopforth)
	MTN Ride Crater Cruise (Catherine Williams)
	MTN Crater Cruise (Yolandi du Toit)
	Oudsthoorn 3 day marathon (Catherine Williams)
	Ride the Rhino (Yolandi du Toit )
	HILTON 50 MILER (Candice Neethling )
	Hilton MTB Dirt Festival (Yolandi du Toit)
	Nissan TrailSeeker #3, Down & Dirty (Yolandi du Toit)
	Eqstra Spring Classic MTB race 28 August (Yolandi du Toit)
	TransBaviaans 24Hr MTB Marathon 2011 (Ischen Stopforth)
	WORLD CUP 6 NOVE MESTO NA MORAVE CZE (Caitlin de wet)
	The Subaru Kalahari Challenge (Yolandi du Toit)
	ASG Walkerville MTB Classic (Yolandi du Toit)
	Tour de Plett Cycling Festival (Yolandi du Toit)
	Nissan TrailSeeker #1,Hazeldean (Yolandi du Toit)
	WC 2 DALBY FOREST (Caitlin de Wet)
	MTN Marathon Series#5 Tulbagh 14 May 2011 (Ischen Stopforth)
	Mr Price Karkloof Classic April 2011 (Yolandi du Toit)
	Karkloof MTB Challenge April 2011 (Caitlin de Wet)
	Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike Race April 2011 (Catherine Williamson)
	The Merrel Tsitsikamma Mountainbike Challenge April 2011 (Ischen Stopforth)
	National Marathon Mountain Bike Championships March 2011 (Catherine Williamson)
	The Cape Argus Pick ‘n Pay MTB Challenge March 2011 (Ischen Stopforth)
	Cannondale Garden Route 300 MTB February 2011 (Catherine Williamson)
	MTN Sabie Marathon 2011 (Ischen Stopforth)
	MTN Sabie Classic 2011 (Yolandi du Toit)
	Emperors Palace MTB Classic 2011 (Nicci Grobler)
	The Herald VW Mountain Bike Challenge 2011 (Yolandi du Toit)
	The Herald VW Mountain Bike Challenge 2011 (Ischen Stopforth)
	MTN National Series - Barberton XCM #2 driven by Nissan (Yolandi du Toit)
	MTN Attakwas Extreme Mountain bike Challenge (Ischen Stopforth)
	Attakwas 52km (Caitlin de Wet)
	DCM Cape Pioneer Trek (Ischen Stopforth)
	SA track Championships (Victoria Myburgh)
	Pennypinchers Herald Karoo to Coast (Ischen Stopforth)
	Memorial Cup (Victoria Myburgh)
	Silverstar Casino MTB Classic (Yolandi du Toit)
	MTN Cullinan XCM # 5 (Ischen Stopforth)
	Lost City (Yolandi du Toit )
	Illovo Eston MTB Challenge (Yolandi du Toit )
	Nissan Diamond Rush (Yolandi du Toit )
	A few Belgium Races July 2010 (Catherine Williamson)
	Bizhub Konica Minolta in the UK (Catherine Williamson)
	MTN Cross Country Series, George (Yolandi du Toit)
	Magoebaskloof Cycle Challenge (Lise Olivier)
	Malmesbury Rotary’s Riebeeck West (Jade Roberts)
	My Easter Weekend (Yolandi du Toit)
	Sani 2 Sea - MTB Tour (Yolandi du Toit)
	Harmony Gold to Gold mountain bike race (Michelle Corbett)
	Urban Cycles Prettrap 80km Road Race (Arien Torsius and Catherine Williamson)
	Sabie Classic - MTN Series #3 (Yolandi du Toit)
	Jim Fouche cycle race (Arien Torsius)
	Barberton Classic (Yolandi du Toit)
	Fast One National classic (Jade Roberts)
	Attakwas Extreme Mountain bike race (Ischen Stopforth)
	Caltex Sunny Hill (Catherine Williamson)
	Journey4Sight and Service Cycle Tour (Jade Roberts)

Race diaries

	Yolandi du Toit (November 2011, Lord of the Chain Rings)
	Catherine Williamson (July 2011, Tour de Feminin Krasna Lipa)
	Yolandi du Toit (June 2011, Big Induna MTB Challenge)
	Yolandi du Toit (May 2011, Subaru Sani2C)
	Yolandi du Toit (March 2011, SA Marathon Championships)
	Yolandi du Toit (March 2011, XCO National Champions & Cape Argus Pick and Pay cycle tour)
	Yolandi du Toit (February 2011, African Continental XC Champions )
	Yolandi du Toit (January 2011, Attakwas)
	Yolandi du Toit (January 2011, Attakwas)
	Catherine Williamson (Oct 2010, My Mountain Biking Weekend)
	Yolandi du Toit (Oct 2010, Isuzu 3 Towers)
	Yolandi du Toit (Sep 2010, Crater Cruise)
	Yolandi du Toit (Sep 2010, Marrick MTB Challenge)
	Yolandi du Toit (Sep 2010, MTN Zoo Lake Criterium)
	Victoria Myburgh (Sep 2010, My Diary ...)
	Yolandi du Toit (Sep 2010, Nissan Down & Dirty )
	Yolandi du Toit (July 2010, SA XCO Championships & Medsceme Walkerville MTB Classic)
	Yolandi du Toit (June 2010, My Diary ...)
	Yolandi du Toit (May 2010, My Diary ...)
	Lise Olivier (May 2010, Mountain biking, mountain biking, 12km of road racing, more mountain biking and the aftermath...)
	Yolandi du Toit (April 2010, My Diary ...)
	Jade Roberts (April 2010, Easter Weekend: Family and Fun)
	Arien Torsius (April 2010, Down Time)
	Catherine Williamson (April 2010, Diary for last two weeks)
	Arien Torsius (March 2010, The Argus)
	Lise Olivier (March 2010, The Best, The Worst and Everything In Between)
	Jade Roberts & Jennifer Hohl (March 2010, Cape Town training week leading to the Argus )
	Arien Torsius (March 2010, My first diary )
	Catherine Williamson (March 2010, ‘England’s’ Diary )
	Michelle Corbett (March 2010, My diary)
	Jade Roberts (January 2010, Clarence Training Camp)

Sabie Classic - MTN Series #3

Saturday 27 February was a big day on the calendar for every professional Mountain biker in the country, considering the fact that it was our National Marathon Championships and also the 3rd leg of the MTN series.

The day turned out to be perfect for racing, with the weather being slightly overcast and cool.

As I joined the rest of the riders on the start line, I received an unexpected surprise. I was given the MTN Series Climbers jersey which is awarded to the most consistent climber in the series. It felt really special to start the event with the pink polka dot jersey on my shoulders for the first time.

There was barely enough time to get the legs going during the opening kilometers as we headed straight onto the first (13km!) climb of the day.
Starting alongside the men in the Ultra-marathon event made the start yet again extremely hard. The small group left upon reaching the bottom of the hill just goes to show how fast the pace was being made upfront.

Yolande Speedy, Carla Rowley and I were the only girls left at that point, but were also soon left behind once the guys started climbing at their ‘crazy’ pace.

This left us (Ladies category) to do the remainder of the event at our own individual pace. Hard as I tried, I couldn’t get going on the opening climb and soon the girls started passing me one by one. I lost a lot if time and it took me until half way to feel better again. By that stage I was outside the top 10 and really had to dig deep just to keep going. It is terribly frustrating when one’s body doesn’t/can’t do what the mind is telling it to do..!

I couldn’t (and still cant) understand why my legs didn’t want to respond, but I decided not to give in and kept on going in optimistic hope that I would feel better towards the end.

During the 2nd half of the event, I started to feel like my old self again.
I gave everything in an attempt to catch up to the girls up front, but I had lost too much ground already. I only managed to ride back up into 6th place.

Speedy had a great race, yet again taking 1st place, with the surprise package of the season Karien van Jaarsveld finishing 2nd and Carla Rowley in 3rd.

Sabie Classic was an important event for me and I am disappointed in my final result. Unfortunately I can’t change the past but I can learn from my mistakes and try my best to make up for it in the future.

On Thursday my teammate (Lise Olivier) and I will be taking part in the Sani2C. It’s a great event I am looking forward to it and hopefully we will have a good race!

Yolandi du Toit

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