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PPA Cape Argus Giro del Capo Challenge 2 - 1.2
South Africa, March 4-8, 2009
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Race 2 - March 5: Durbanville - Durbanville, 143.4km
Froome gets Barloworld's second win
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Chris Froome delivered another Barlowrold victory on day two of the Cape Argus Giro del Capo. On a tough, hilly day Froome soloed to victory, three and a half minutes ahead of Jay Thomson (MTN). Daryl Impey in third rounded out the good result for Barloworld.
Seven men broke clear on the first climb, Vissershok, and crested over the top with a gap of 4:22. Barloworld was well represented, with Robert Hunter, Felix Cardenas, Stephen Cummings and John-Lee Augustyn, allowing them to exert pressure on the chasing peloton and fend off any further attacks.
Later Froome attacked and pedaled ahead of Nick White (Medscheme) by 1:25. Impey and Froome then joined forces before the latter launchd his solo move.
With a comfortable three-minute lead Froome tackled the final kilometres, eventually winning the second race.
Team Manager Claudio Corti said, "Today I was concerned during the race because of the very hot temperature, this can make the race tough for even the strongest cyclists. Froome and Impey surprised me in the last climb as they were still looking very strong!"
Photography
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Images by Raymond Cox/www.mirra.co.za
- Kevin Evans of the MTN team
- Dan Craven has time to wave early in the race and with his UCI Africa leader's jersey securely fastened.
- The German squad has been well represented in the top 10.
- A Neotel rider drafts off a Belgian guy
- Shaun Ward on a hot day
- Froome is pacing the break
- The break on the Vissershoek climb.
- It was a tad for a Belgian as it rarely gets up to 40 degrees in March in central Europe...
- Chris Froome won by over three minutes
- Today's most useful items were climber's legs.
Results
1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Barloworld 3.31.37 (40.658 km/h) 2 Jay Thomson (RSA) MTN 3.31 3 Daryl Impey (RSA) Team Barloworld 4 Johannes Kachelhoffer (RSA) Team Medscheme 5 Tom Southam (GBr) Rapha Condor 6 Nick White (RSA) Team Medscheme 6.48 7 James Spragg (GBr) Trek-Marco Polo DCM 7.18 8 Dan Craven (Nam) Rapha Condor 9 Bjorn Glasner (Ger) Team Kuota-Indeland 10 David George (RSA) MTN 11 Arno Viljoen (Nam) Team Namibia 12 Simon Richardson (GBr) Rapha Condor 7.36 13 Brand du Plessis (RSA) Computer-Smith 14 Mannie Heymans (Nam) Team Namibia 15 Kevin Evans (RSA) MTN 16 Timothy Don (GBr) Team DCM Chrome 7.53 17 Casey Munro (Aus) Konica Minolta 18 Chris Newton (GBr) Rapha Condor 8.24 19 Jaco Ferreira (RSA) Computer-Smith 20 Johan van der Merwe (RSA) Toyota Supercycling Academy 21 Ryan Kemp (RSA) Superwatt 22 Christo Swartz (Nam) Team Namibia 8.43 23 Marc Bassingthwaighte (Nam) Team Namibia 8.51 24 Henry Uys (RSA) Queens 9.18 25 Jakub Sredzinski (Pol) Poland National Team. 26 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Danish Cycling Federation 27 Luthando Kaka (RSA) Glud & Marstrand Horsens 28 Henning Bommel (Ger) German National Team 29 Travis Allen (RSA) House of Paint 30 Peter Lambert (RSA) Southern Cape Regional 31 Stefan Ganser (Ger) Team Kuota-Indeland 32 Waldo Bergh (RSA) Toyota Supercycling Academy 33 Fabian Schaar (Ger) Bioracer 34 Malcolm Lange (RSA) Team Medscheme 35 Emmanuel v Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Kuota-Indeland 36 Christoph Sauser (Swi) Team DCM Chrome 37 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Belgian National Team 10.15 38 Jamie Ball (RSA) House of Paint 10.20 39 Prince W Maluleke (RSA) Team Velokhaya 10.24
