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Hi Team, With the first race weekend behind us we could not ask for a better start to 2018! Well done Matthys, Phillimon and Julian on your first wins of the season and to Philip for a great ride to third place. Our academy is also in full swing with Kombo Bere & Pieter Du Toit both finishing third in their categories, we very excited to see what the future holds for them! Also a big welcome to new sponsors execMOBILE, Thule SA and LOOK Pedals. We look forward to year ahead and thank you for joining the family :) Below a summary of each riders race and all our 2018 Sponsors. Matthys Beukes - Attakwas Extreme 1st overall With a solid few weeks training behind me I knew the hard yards were done and that I would be in for a good result if all goes to plan on race day. We had the plan of going for the course record so we set off with a fast pace. This quickly split up the field and soon it was myself, Philip, Gert Heyns and Tim Bohme out in front. We entered the Attakwas valley and on the King of the Mountain climb Gert set a fast pace and I followed. We crested the climb together but he unfortunately got a puncture soon after and that left me on my own with a good 60km to go. At this stage I was around 6min ahead of record pace and I drew on past experience when I did this final 60km solo in 2012 to win the race and just settled into a steady rhythm. But sadly once I saw how wet the open roads were I knew that a new course record wouldn't really be possible so I could afford to back off a bit and make sure I reach the finish without any issues. It was a nice 2hr tempo session, thinking of al the hard work over the off season that now pays off and making it all worth while. It was also very special knowing our baby daughter Annabel is at her first race and awaiting her dads arrival! Im really happy with my form at this point but according to my coach Im not even close to where I will be later so Im very excited to see what that will bring later in the year. Thanks to Ruan and Andre for the support before and on race day, our equipment was flawless! 2018 got off to a great start and Im so exited for the rest of the season with all of you guys. Until next time. 
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