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<\/a><\/p>\nSasol Racing’s Catherine Williamson (left) and Yolande de Villiers (right) are eager to add this year’s Nedbank sani2c to the Old Mutual joBerg2c crown they clinched over the weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe confirmed our partnership for both joBerg2c and sani2c at the Cape Epic earlier this year. Luckily Catherine was available to help us and its actually gone so well so far that I think I may even ask her if we can ride together for the rest of the races as well!\u201d laughs De Villiers.<\/p>\n \u201cWe opted to do joBerg2c in preparation for sani as we\u2019ve actually never ridden together before so we knew we were probably going to go through a bit of a learning curve together during joBerg but it was a really good few days on the bike for us.<\/p>\n \u201cjoBerg2c also gave us a good chance to have a look at the trails ahead of sani2c so it was really good preparation in that sense as well.\u201d<\/p>\n Many would expect a few teething issues with a new partnership however the pair have competed in a various stages races previously and their wealth of experience saw them hit it off from the get go.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the end of the day even though you\u2019re racing with someone else, you\u2019ve both got to get yourself to the finish line, however you do that,\u201d explains Williamson. \u201cYou just have to do so with the other person in mind as well.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019ve got to learn what each other\u2019s strengths and weaknesses are and then you play to that. If you are able to do that well then you\u2019ll probably come in in as shorter time as you\u2019re capable of and I think that\u2019s something we\u2019ve done quite well already.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s all about working with your partner, knowing when to push yourself over the limit and when then to sit back and relax a bit,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n De Villiers echoes Williamson\u2019s sentiments. \u201cCatherine is a very good rider and a great team mate both on and off the bike! We\u2019ve really clicked as a team very well so far.<\/p>\n \u201cCatherine is really funny and constantly joking and I really enjoy her humour.\u201d<\/p>\n While aware of the needed shift in style from the nine day long joBerg2c to the snappy racing style of the Nedbank sani2c, both riders are confident they can make the necessary adjustment and are looking forward to a stiff challenge in the women\u2019s tussle this year.<\/p>\n \u201csani2c is just so quick! Sometimes if you\u2019ve got joBerg2c in your legs then you can fell a little slow off the mark at sani so that\u2019s obviously something we\u2019ll look to make sure we avoid,\u201d says Williamson.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m sure there will be some really strong women\u2019s teams on the line with us. Ariane (Kleinhans) and Cherise (Stander) as well as Jennie (Stenerhag) and Robyn (de Groot) will definitely be a couple of really tough team but that\u2019s exactly what we\u2019re hoping for!\u201d adds De Villiers.<\/p>\n The 11th edition of the Nedbank sani2c’s gets underway when the Trail event takes place from 12-14 May 2015. The Adventure then unfolds from 13-15 May before the cream of the the country’s top mountain bikers do battle during the Race from 14-16 May. More information can be found at www.sani2c.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fresh off their victory in the 2015 Old Mutual joBerg2c, Sasol Racing\u2019s Yolande de Villiers and Catherine Williamson have already shifted their focus to a strong showing in the women\u2019s clash of the upcoming Nedbank sani2c which takes place from Glencairn Farm at the base of Sani Pass to Scottburgh Main Beach on KZN\u2019s South […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":48296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1403,286,4018,1305,53,3398,156],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-20052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-catherine-williamson","tag-joberg2c","tag-nedbank-sani2c","tag-old-mutual-joberg2c","tag-sani2c","tag-sasol-racing","tag-yolande-de-villiers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20052","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=20052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20052"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=20052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}