This must be one of my favorite races of the year! The routes are awesome and the venue is fantastic and the organisation is top class from Dryland! Last year we were only 92 riders and this year it had grew to 350 riders! It is nice to see a good event do well!

I travelled there with Yolandi Du Toit, my team partner for the weekend, it was also going to be a test to see if we would match well for the Epic. It was nice to be there again with 2 full Sasol racing ladies teams.

All 3 days looked pretty much the same on the racing side. Ariane and Cherise won all 3 stages with Yolande and Ischen second and Hanlie and Mariske third and us fourth. We were laying third for a long time on the first two days but got passed close to the end.

I felt strong through the event and am happy with how the form is coming and am really looking forward to the next event starting on Friday, the Garden Route 300, where I will be teaming up with team manager Johan Labuschagne.