{"id":17688,"date":"2013-02-01T00:42:57","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T22:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/pros-on-a-double-quest-in-pe\/"},"modified":"2013-02-01T00:42:57","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T22:42:57","slug":"pros-on-a-double-quest-in-pe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/pros-on-a-double-quest-in-pe\/","title":{"rendered":"Pros on a double quest in PE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/pros-on-a-double-quest-in-pe\/charles_james_candice-lr\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1567\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1567\" alt=\"Pro riders Charles Keey, James Reid and Candice Neethling having some fun ahead of the 2013 The Herald VW Cycle Tour\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/14a70_Charles_James_Candice-LR.jpg\" width=\"423\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro riders Charles Keey, James Reid and Candice Neethling having some fun ahead of the 2013 The Herald VW Cycle Tour: Photo Coetzee Gouws\/Fullstop<\/p>\n<p>Top South African riders Charles Keey (Cannondale-Blend), James Reid (Trek) and Candice Neethling (BMC-SA) have been fine-tuning their preparation in Nelson Mandela Bay ahead of The Herald VW Cycle Tour this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The three are just some of the elite cyclists who will be competing for the Ultimate Quest title \u2013 a new super-category for those who do both the 80km Extreme mountain bike challenge in Addo on Saturday and 106km Classic road race in Port Elizabeth on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Keey, who managed his first ultra-marathon podium finish at the MTN national marathon series race in Barberton last weekend, said he felt in good form for the double-header.<\/p>\n<p>His new team-mate Darren Lill also appears to be on song, after mechanical issues cost him his lead in the MTN race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the team definitely has as good a shot as any. It\u2019s exciting to have a new competition that recognises both disciplines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Keey and Lill would approach the mountain bike race with the sole intention of winning, the 26-year-old said the road would require a different strategy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere might be some tactics involved, as there is now essentially a race within a race. Luckily, I have Darren, who\u2019s a former national road champion, so we have some cards to play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cape Town-based Keey said they had already tested the new mountain bike course and were looking forward to the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a really tough 80 kilometres. It\u2019s technical, rough and I\u2019m sure it\u2019s going to be hot!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neethling, who won the Barberton race last weekend, will face off against third-placed Brit Catherine Williamson (bizhub-FCF) for Ultimate Quest glory.<\/p>\n<p>Out-of-town riders and VIPs will be hosted by official accommodation sponsors Town Lodge in PE and the Zuurberg Mountain Village at Addo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro riders Charles Keey, James Reid and Candice Neethling having some fun ahead of the 2013 The Herald VW Cycle Tour: Photo Coetzee Gouws\/Fullstop Top South African riders Charles Keey (Cannondale-Blend), James Reid (Trek) and Candice Neethling (BMC-SA) have been fine-tuning their preparation in Nelson Mandela Bay ahead of The Herald VW Cycle Tour this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3258,830,885],"class_list":{"0":"post-17688","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mysport","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-sport","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}