MTN-Qhubeka\u2019s World Cycling Centre Africa team won the team time-trial at the South African road cycling champs on Friday.<\/p>\n
The team, which acts as the development squad to MTN-Qhubeka, took gold ahead of ASG and Europcar.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a major objective for us, we trained quite a bit on the Trek time-trial bike to get the guys used to the set-up,\u201d said team director Jean-Pierre van Zyl.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur main goal from the championships was to win the team time-trial and then to target the U23 category in the road race on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe secret to our success is that the whole team has been living together for a while in our base in Potchefstroom. So they are training together and growing as a unit.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am very happy, as a lot of work has gone into this result.\u201d<\/p>\n
The championships conclude on Sunday with a road race over 160km, where the team will line up against some of South Africa\u2019s best elite cyclists.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a great confident boost for these young riders ahead of the road race on Sunday. They\u2019ve seen today that they are strong, and we can take it to the elite riders.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe might be the feeder team but we can challenge the more experienced riders,\u201d said Van Zyl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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