Tshwane U. of Tech. 1:4'000
I had a poor race. Started early so that I could help out at the finish, but this didn't seem to work out for me. Felt sluggish and split times showed no urgency. Being first off meant that I didn't get the advantage of seeing #1 and #2. Only 1 mistake, at #19, where I lost 10+ seconds by not reading the map well. Finished 5th, behind Michael, Jeremy, Alex and Tim. Cobus also faster, but got Dsq'ed. Stijn and Eugene right behind me. I think I was expecting to be up to 2 mins faster, GPS shows a big drop off in speed in 2nd half. So, a pretty disappointing placement that requires some thinking and season strategy readjustment.
Otherwise a nice balanced course design with some interesting route choices. Phenomenal time by Michael. 3.5 mins ahead of me, 2 mins ahead of 2nd.