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In hindsight, only a fool would have bet against Johann Potgieter winning the national title at the MTN South African Downhill mountain bike championships in George on Sunday. Why? Because he’s won every major race on that course since 2006. (more…)

I arrived at Mankele park on the Friday and there was talk of the DH race being cancelled. I was not too surprised since people were injuring themselves just by walking the track. Rain from the week before had made the bottom forrest section chocolate pudding served with rocks. I waited until it dried up a bit and decided to do 1 practice run on the Friday. From then on until I left to go home the event ran like a Swiss clock. Registration took all of 2 minutes to complete and I was good to go. Props to the guys driving the truck and the tractors to get us to the top of the hill. The longest I ever had to wait was 5 minutes for a ride to the top. I have no idea who organized the race because I was just there to ride but they all did a really good job.
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