{"id":22141,"date":"2012-11-08T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/team-recm-sets-sights-on-wines2whales-podium-r358\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T12:35:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T12:35:21","slug":"team-recm-sets-sights-on-wines2whales-podium-r358","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/team-recm-sets-sights-on-wines2whales-podium-r358\/","title":{"rendered":"Team RE:CM sets sights on Wines2Whales Podium"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Western Cape\u2019s most prestigious three-day mountain bike stage race, the Contego Wines2Whales, offers a challenge yet to be tamed by Team RE:CM professionals Waylon Woolcock and Neil MacDonald. But they intend to change that over the next three days after securing a late entry into the event.<\/p>\n

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From left: Waylon Woolcock, Malcolm Lange and Neil MacDonald, will be flying the Team RE:CM colours at the 2012 Contego Wines2Whales mountain bike stage race.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Photo credit: Dominic Barnardt <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

After having stood on podiums, either in stages or overall at most of the country\u2019s stage races, the 2011 Old Mutual joBerg2c champions are relishing their latest quest, which starts on Friday at Lourensford Wine Estate, Somerset West and ends on Sunday at Onrus Beach, Hermanus, a world renowned whale-watching spot.<\/p>\n

During the three days, the racers will cross through (and over) 13 wineries, 26 private farms, six mountains, historic passes and nature conservation areas \u2013 including the Kogelberg Biosphere \u2013 before finishing within sight of the famous whales of Hermanus.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking for a good result for sure,\u201d said Woolcock. \u201cA stage win and a podium on final General Classification are probably within our reach. The depth of competition in general at stages races is higher this year than in 2011, so it\u2019s not going to be easy, but we\u2019re not going to let that worry us. We\u2019re keen to end the year off on a high note.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both riders showed they\u2019re in peak form after finishing first (MacDonald) and second (Woolcock) with different partners at the recent FedGroup Berg and Bush stage race in KwaZulu-Natal. Woolcock has recovered from a bout of illness that prevented him from racing the final round of the Nissan Trailseeker Series in the North West province this past weekend, a race that MacDonald won.<\/p>\n

Among other podium contenders that will be on the start line are two-time ABSA Cape Epic champions, Christoph Sauser and Burry Stander (36ONE Songo Specialized), Renay Goustra and Matthys Beukes (RSA Web\/CangoMTB), Dominic Calitz and Craig Boyes (Contego 28E), Adriaan Louw and Louis Bresler Knipe (Contego 28E) and Ruan du Toit and Charles Keey (Blend Properties).<\/p>\n

The familiar black and yellow Team RE:CM kit won\u2019t only be visible at the front end of the race. Team RE:CM owner and now retired road cycling legend, Malcolm Lange will be partnering RE:CM Executive Chairman, Piet Viljoen, a passionate mountain biker in his own right.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to tackling the Wines2Whales with Piet. Obviously he and I aren\u2019t going to be super fast, but we\u2019ll be giving it our best shot on the level of fitness we\u2019ve been able to develop around our busy careers and family lives. We\u2019re going to enjoy the experience, meet others with mountain biking passion and have fun,\u201d smiled Lange.<\/p>\n

2012 Wines2Whales Stages<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday, 9 November: Stage 1 \u2013 69km Lourensford Wine Estate, Somerset West to Oak Valley, Elgin<\/p>\n

Saturday 10 November: Stage 2 \u2013 65km Oak Valley, Elgin to Oak Valley, Elgin<\/p>\n

Sunday, 11 November: Stage 3 \u2013 75km Oak Valley, Elgin to Onrus Caravan Park, Hermanus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Western Cape\u2019s most prestigious three-day mountain bike stage race, the Contego Wines2Whales, offers a challenge yet to be tamed by Team RE:CM professionals Waylon Woolcock and Neil MacDonald. But they intend to change that over the next three days after securing a late entry into the event. From left: Waylon Woolcock, Malcolm Lange and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":53476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-22141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22141","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22141"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=22141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}