Team Karan Beef/ Heneways compete at The Fast One

Team Karan Beef/ Heneways men's and woman's cycling teams took part in The Fast One at Midvaal Raceway, Meyerton on Sunday 31 January.

With this being the curtain raiser to the 2016 racing season and just two weeks before the South African national championships, the sub vet VA class racing was aggressive from the start gun with non-stop attacks. The team managed to cover all attacks although none stuck until the 40km mark when a seven-man group broke away. This included our strong-man Waldek Wasowicz.

Thereafter, Team Karan Beef/ Heneways controlled the pace in the main peloton while the breakaway kept their lead of around a minute. With 2km to go, Waldek launched a final attack from the break and soloed to an impressive victory.

In the woman's race, Nicolene Naude rode a strong race to finishing in the lead group just 2 seconds off the race winner and placing 9th overall.

Team Results:

Men's VA (97km):

• 1st - Waldek Wasowicz - 2:13:46 (ave speed 43.51km/h)
• 27th - Gadi Chait - 2:14:39 (ave speed 43.22km/h)
• 35th - Wesley Hellyar - 2:14:40 (ave speed 43.22km/h)
• 36th - William James - 2:14:40 (ave speed 43.22km/h)
• 52nd - Dean Puntis - 2:14:43 (ave speed 43.2km/h)
• 54th - Morne Groenewald - 2:14:43 (ave speed 43.2km/h)
• 66th - Richard Baxter - 2:15:32 (ave speed 43.2km/h)

Woman's Elite (97km):

• 9th - Nicolene Naude - 2:32:21 (ave speed 38.2km/h)
• 32nd - Machelle Bremar - 2:50:13 (ave speed 34.19km/h)