Riders: Cathryn Zeglinsky

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Arrived on Wednesday night, the 23März, that remained Thursday to Saturday at Administrative and pay locally and to accustom the body to the climate in South Africa. As I got off the plane around midnight on Wednesday night, it seemed to me very moist, not necessarily hot, but moist. In fact, it was something like fog over Cape Town. In the taxi we took the luggage (a large travel bag and a suitcase bike) to the hotel, a boarding commercial cold press juicer house, a little south-east of Cape Town, close to Bantry Bay. The board, led by a Swiss impressed me with regard to establishment and views. The establishment noble, the images are always remind me of Africa. Warm beige and brown tones, big, beautiful vases, the geometric long wooden tables. The next morning, the weather was still foggy and rather cool. Too cool at least for me to sit down for breakfast outside. Instead, I enjoyed fresh papaya, mango and pineapple .. and a Nespresso cappuccino at the wonderful, long wooden table. Cathy, my team partner met-after almost 40Stunden flight just before noon, a, alive and kicking. It soon went to the massage. This massage was something the best that I have ever experienced. I have never felt a muscle massage as such treatment. It was as if I'd like a piece of dough rose and kneaded by a rolling machine. It was a relief, incredibly relaxing and effective. Sea in the background, and yes .. now slowly the sun came through. The afternoon was devoted to unpacking and assembling the bikes. While I was able to functionally assemble my bike without any problems, Cathy expressed more trouble with the circuit of her wheel. commercial cold press juicer The gears rattled commercial cold press juicer the chain seemed like too long. The problem let not fix itself. Our mechanic, Riccardo, we could not reach. He did not reply to emails, and his mobile phone remained silent. The day was drawing to a close and we called a taxi to Cape Town at the VA Waterfront to go to dinner. Dei VA Waterfront seemed like a typical mall. A typical mall. Not special. However, the Cape Epic was a huge issue: Anywhere poster and in the midst of the mall, the presentation of jerseys and stages. On Friday we went to explore the Tokai Forest commercial cold press juicer by the distance of the prologue. We were quite amazed at how far away the Forest of Cape Town was. 45 minutes taxi ride. The trails of the Tokai Forest pleased me extraordinarily well. Beautiful ground with maximum grip, much flow, a few difficulties. Especially was that Baboons, so peeping baboons behind the trees. In the Tokai Forest I met up acquaintances, among whom also top riders as Bärti Bucher and esters or Mannie Heymans Süess I know from previous Transalps ago. With Karl Platt and Stefan Sahm we chatted about the possible route on Sunday. In the evening commercial cold press juicer we went to the aroung the World Party. A party which was intended to introduce all the participating nations. In my view, the party was a bit disappointing. You could hardly talk to each other, and I felt neither really funny yet informative. On Saturday there was logging on the program, repackaging and loading commercial cold press juicer of non-used for the race clothes and bags. Again, packing and repacking so. Again, commercial cold press juicer this time the final decisions. The shock hit us when we-after the delivery of non-used for the race clothes and bags-saw that the official race bag was smaller than expected. So once again .. go through everything and sort out to be limited to the bare minimum. Quite a stress. Exhausted, we went to the Waterfront night eating. Eventually, the way we made it to our mechanic to contact. He has taken and checked our bikes in reception. Cathy's circuit then seemed better, but still not function properly. commercial cold press juicer It would turn out later that was gone when swapping forget that new 10x chains do not match the old 9 speed cassettes. Before the race, after the race: Our host arranged for us on Monday after the race a little safari and then for me to transport to the airport. Everything organized so. A little nervous, we went to bed early Saturday night. Would us our taxi driver to pick up in time? Would the official race bag really be able to shoot? The gallery below reflects impressions from these match days.
Riders: Cathryn Zeglinsky & Sabina Compassi Team: Northla