Cyclists were greeted with some glorious summer weather just outside Wellington for the first event in the new Drakenstein Super Cycle Road Series. The series caters for all Cycling South Africa age categories and also a funride for those not so serious cyclists.

It was the team of Cape Town Market that dominated the first event of the open category series. The open category bunch was 45 cyclists strong. The open race (Juniors, Under 23 &Elites) was over a distance of 117 km. Anton Wynand of Team Cape Town Market was allocated the first position when 4 of the team got away from the main bunch and stayed away until the end of the race. Tredoux Odendaal, Daniel Heyns and Stefan Ihlenfeldt came in 2nd,3rd and 4th respectively.

To crown this, the Junior section was also won by a Cape Town Market cyclist, young Kyle Donachie. He crossed the finish line in 6th position overall. Second Junior was Matthew Merington (Toyota CycleLab) and 3rd Junior was Emile Jacobs (Toyota CycleLab).

The first attack in the main event came in the first round of the 13km circuit which the riders had to complete 9 times. Cape Town Market’s Tredoux Odendaal and Willie Brink (Maties) broke away from the main bunch and quickly created a lead of 42 seconds over the bunch. Brink could not hold on, and Odendaal, who actually had a great day, just kept on going at a steady pace.After lap 4 Anton Wynand (CTM), Daniel Schmeisser, Daniel Heyns (CTM), Theuns van der Bank(CTM), Jan Hendrik Verdoes(Maties) and Hanno Fourie(Maties) took on the chase to close the gap to Odendaal. Wynand then attacked on one of the hills at the 60 km mark and pulled away from the others. Wynand closed the gap on his teammate Odendaal and the two worked well together. On lap 8, Daniel Heyns and Stefan Ihlenfeldt closed the gap to the two leaders and they went on to take the first 4 positions of the race.

The first ever Western Cape Track Championships was hosted at the Bellville Velodrome, the only indoor cycling track in the country, from Friday 26 to Sunday 28 March 2010.

Cyclists participating in the under 12 to Veterans categories were from Western Province, Boland and also Southern Cape.

The riders of the EMG Yorkshire cycling academy were in full force represented at the champs and took the racing to their opponents and guarAnteed for some exciting racing. Good team spirit was also evident amongst the riders, from under 12 to Elites!