Andrew Neethling

The Urban Assault downhill race that took place this past weekend is very different to many other races I do. It takes place in Cape Town city bowl. It has some of the best surrounding scenery a DH race could ever ask for. It has a view of Table Mountain and surrounding beaches and the City centre.

It is a combination of fast fire road at the top linking into some single track off camber turns. After this it links into the surrounding BO KAAP neighborhood of Cape Town. There is a serious amount of pedalling with race times of about the 3 min mark. You have to navigate down tricky flights of stairs, parked cars and a couple jumps before a sprint to the line. The format is combined of 2 runs and you ride with a partner. I rode with my brother and practice was fun with him. He unfortunately crashed and this left me to ride solo most of the course. My brother did manage to win the red bull speed trap.

I managed to take the win with a combined time of 5min 57 sec for my 2 runs.
It was great to race at home and be part of this awesome event which raises funds for the BO Kaap area here at home.

1st: Andrew Neethling
2nd: Louis Breslar Knipe
3rd: Johan Potgieter.

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