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<\/a><\/p>\nIt was a solid day in the saddle for the Team TIB pair of Andrew Hill (right) and Chris Wolhuter who claimed the spoils on the first day of the 2015 BSi Steel dusi2c on Saturday at the Mfula Store. Anthony Grote\/Gameplan Media<\/span><\/p>\n The leading pair were happy with the way their opening stage went and with Hill being a two-time champion and a man with a fair amount of local knowledge he feels that that should stand the two in good stead going into the second and final stage of the race on Sunday.<\/p>\n \u201cI have been in this position before and I think that might put us at an advantage after today,\u201d Hill said. \u201cWe had a solid day today and I think knowing the trails helped us quite a bit considering that the GPS is only accurate to 100 metres so it can get tricky.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTomorrow is a flatter day but I think if we can just keep it together and stick with the guys that are behind us then we should be ok,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n With the race for the mixed title proving to be exciting it was the Red Bull Seed’co pair of Andrew Houston and Bianca Haw that took the honours at the end of the first stage of the 2015 BSi Steel dusi2c on Saturday at the Mfula Store. Anthony Grote\/Gameplan Media<\/span><\/p>\n Hill\u2019s Team TIB partner Chris Wolhuter is from the Western Cape however he has adjusted well to the tracks in the Valley of a Thousand Hills and he does not see them as too foreign although he relied a bit on the knowledge of Hill.<\/p>\n \u201cI have done a bit of riding in the Valley but having Andrew to navigate us through is such a benefit and he was able to tell me what was coming up so I knew what I could expect.<\/p>\n \u201cWith that said it was a little tougher than I expected!\u201d Wolhuter added.<\/p>\n 58km stand between the Team TIB duo and the 2015 title however Wolhuter knows that there is a chance that anything can happen between the start and finish.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need to just be careful tomorrow because we only have a lead of just over four minutes and if we get a puncture of something then we will be under pressure,\u201d he mentioned.<\/p>\n There is a bunch of three RMB BSi Change a Life teams chasing the leaders and it looks like the Martin Dreyer inspired Academy will claim two of the three spots on the podium however the chasing pair of Trevor Rowe and Warren Price who are primed for a repeat of 2014 where they stole a tie for third on the second day.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n