Roof of Africa

[oldguy]

Hey was just browsing the Waitemata MCC new look web site,http://www.waitematamcc.co.nz/ and came across the link to the Roof of Africa, http://www.roof-of-africa.com/ looks like chris is going well, Rory had a DNF and Ollie was a bit slower than expected.
check it out for your selves, ive upped the PDF files

Go Chris

[little.whittle]

Birchy and Mead both in top five on friday afternoon

[noobi]

the link is http://www.roof-of-africa.com/index.php, sorry oldguy you posted the wmcc link twice

I found a list of results different to the ones listed which have since been taken down, After the round the houses stage, Chris was in 2nd, 30seconds behind Jade Gutzeit on the BMW. total time was around something like 1:27:34s , so not really a long stage, this was for thursday.
But from the sound of it after reading the WMCC article, sounds like there was more than 1 time trial on Thursday

prize money for the winner is around 19,000 NZD ~ 100,000 rand

[little.whittle]

Birchy

[little.whittle]

http://www.roof-of-africa.com/index....=353&Itemid=3#

[little.whittle]

Mead

[little.whittle]

Somebody has some cash

[oldguy]

the link is http://www.roof-of-africa.com/index.php, sorry oldguy you posted the wmcc link twice

I found a list of results different to the ones listed which have since been taken down, After the round the houses stage, Chris was in 2nd, 30seconds behind Jade Gutzeit on the BMW. total time was around something like 1:27:34s , so not really a long stage, this was for thursday.
But from the sound of it after reading the WMCC article, sounds like there was more than 1 time trial on Thursday

prize money for the winner is around 19,000 NZD ~ 100,000 rand

sorry mate, I better check my medication all fixed

[andy 101]

Looks like nz 1 & 2 on corrected time, birch winner and mead second.

[oldguy]

Results for Saturday..and how it panned out.....

Saturday 28 November 2009

16:20 - On corrected times the official winners of the 2009 Roof of Africa are:
Chris Birch (New Zealand) on a KTM
Rory Mead (New Zealand) on a Yamaha
Jade Gutzeit (South Africa) on a BMW

15:44 - Jade Gutzeit on a G450X BMW was the first motorcycle home, ahead of New Zealnd rider Rory Mead on 250cc Yamaha

14:52 - Jade Gutzeit was the first motorcycle to cross the road at Two-Bridges, followed by Rory Mead

13:57 - 21 competitors have left Ramabanta on the final stage to Roma

13:05 - Lettenbichler has just left Ramabanta on the final 52 km section to the finish at Roma trading Post, ahead of Jade Gutzeit who rides shotgun on the second BMW. they are followed by Rory Mead, Kenny Gilbert, and Darryl Curtis.

08:50 - Andreas Lettenbichler (Germany) just left Ramabanta into Baboons Pass ahead of jade Gutzeit (South Africa), Kyle Redman (USA) and Rory Mead (New Zealand)

08:44 - Chris Birch returned to the start because he landed on the wrong route, he was just restarted

05:55 - Not a cloud in site, a clear day with a slight breeze blowing in Lesotho. AccuWeather forecasts a maximum 34 degrees Celsius.
Many of those lined up to start today's stage, are in agony.

[little.whittle]

Woo great result!!

[cave weta]

So Exciting! NZ 1 and 2. that is just incredible.

I wish I had the Balls to ride competitivly. My body is so worn nowadays though.... I go for a ride and bits drop off- its a bit like having a Shineray or a Hummer

[oldguy]

So Exciting! NZ 1 and 2. that is just incredible.

I wish I had the Balls to ride competitivly. My body is so worn nowadays though.... I go for a ride and bits drop off- its a bit like having a Shineray or a Hummer

Sad thing about it all, is yet another motorcycle event, with kiwis at the top of there game, will go unnoticed by the rest of the country out side the motorcycling community.
Not only did Chris win it last year, but successfully defended it this year, and to have Rory Mead finishing runner up, just bloody awesome, but no one will know, because the AB's game will over shadow it.

I always thought Ollie Sharp was an MXer, that would have to be a big leaning curve for him.

Well done Guys

[Pornstar]

i agree, same goes for MR Whibly too.

[vazza]

Congrats chris & rory !