{"id":19043,"date":"2015-11-11T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2015\/11\/11\/western-cape-puts-on-a-great-show-at-interprov-and-gp-r3790\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T09:04:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T09:04:26","slug":"western-cape-puts-on-a-great-show-at-interprov-and-gp-r3790","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/western-cape-puts-on-a-great-show-at-interprov-and-gp-r3790\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Cape puts on a great show at Interprov and GP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Western Cape saw an influx of track action over the weekend, as the second round of the Interprovincial and Grand Prix Series took place at the Bellville Velodrome, shortly after the South African National Omnium Champs, on 6 and 8 November 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe second round of the Presidents Cup (Interprovincial) was a great success, with the Western Cape in first place, Gauteng in second, and Free State in third,\u201d said Cycling South Africa\u2019s Track Cycling Commission Director, Johan Smith.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-39645800-1447250264.jpg\" data-fileid=\"629518\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"629518\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-39645800-1447250264.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-39645800-1447250264.jpg\"><\/a><span class=\"italic text-sm text-slate-500 block mt-1 mb-4\">The Western Cape Province brought out all the stops at the second round of the Track Cycling Interprovincial and Grand Prix at the Bellville Velodrome on 6 and 8 November. Photo: Owen Lloyd \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TeamIntellibus\/\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Team Intellibus<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Smith went on to explain the reasoning behind combining Interprovincial and Grand Prix events. \u201cThe Interprovincial events give provinces the chance to select their best riders, to ride as a team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy sending them to each Interprov and GP, it gives the riders three chances a year to compete strength against strength. By having some of the greatest riders from each province competing, it really lifts the standard of track cycling. This brings many of the best riders in South Africa together on a regular basis,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Smith mentioned that the Grand Prix is a prestigious event, which then sees riders compete for individual victories. \u201cBy having these track meetings at the same time, we are able to see some of the country\u2019s greatest riders who are there to represent their provinces, then compete for individual glory,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe third and final Interprov and GP takes place in Gauteng in two weeks time,\u201d Smith concluded.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">Western Cape GP and Interprovincial Summary of Results:<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-79886600-1447250180.png\" data-fileid=\"629514\" data-fileext=\"png\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"629514\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-79886600-1447250180.png\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-79886600-1447250180.png\"><\/a><br \/><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-63088600-1447250180.png\" data-fileid=\"629513\" data-fileext=\"png\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"629513\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-63088600-1447250180.png\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-63088600-1447250180.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a full set of Interprov results, click here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyclingsa.com\/s\/20151111_Inter-Prov-2015.pdf\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.cyclingsa.com\/s\/20151111_Inter-Prov-2015.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To see results of the Western Cape Grand Prix, click here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyclingsa.com\/s\/20151111_Grand-Prix-2015.pdf\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.cyclingsa.com\/s\/20151111_Grand-Prix-2015.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Western Cape saw an influx of track action over the weekend, as the second round of the Interprovincial and Grand Prix Series took place at the Bellville Velodrome, shortly after the South African National Omnium Champs, on 6 and 8 November 2015. \u201cThe second round of the Presidents Cup (Interprovincial) was a great success, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":45871,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1504,3344,1696],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-19043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-bellville-velodrome","tag-national-omnium-champs","tag-track"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19043"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=19043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}