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kit & spare air filters packed on the bike, and so much more, all this to make sure we get the rider to the finish home and make it as comfortable and stress free as possible! The Amageza: The Rallye started and finished in Kimberly (N.Cape), featuring a first time ever 3 stages in Botswana, with the aim of including Namibian Dunes in the near future. Technical inspection, known as scrutineering at S.A. races, was held in Kimberly under the exact stringent rules as Dakar. It is the aim of the organisers to get S.A. rallye riders onto the same level as Dakar competitors. The first 2 stages to Van Zyls Rus and then Kang (Botswana) was a Marathon stage. This meant that the overnight in Van Zyls Rus had no service crew or any assistance; riders had to get to the end of Stage 2 in Kang. Sadly the Special (Racing Section) in Stage 2 was cancelled due to the chopper being grounded, not having the required approvals to fly into Botswana. Having trained there myself in the Khawa Dunes area along the Kgalagadi Transfontier Park, this would have been the most demanding Special of the rally! Roberts Racing Rallye’s crew had one long night ahead after Stage 2 in Kang to repair and service the bikes after almost 1400km, the last bike was completed and ready to race at 5am with the start at 7am. Most rallyes are more demanding on crew than on the riders and it takes a special and determined individual to have 3-4 hrs sleep a night, drive and average of 600km the next day, set up the bivouac for the team, then work until 3am the next morning to get the bikes race ready, and at times work straight through, for a 6am start, for 7 days straight. This is exactly what Stephen, Twan, Wickus Derek and Garth had to do and have a smile on their faces when riders arrived at the bivouac at 11pm for a 2-3 hr prep if there was no crash damage…. but “Erik the Shredder” kept us busy most nights repairing his crash damaged or Botswana “doorings” riddled bike. Stage 3 to Ghanzi was fast with most riders having issues with the road book, but we managed to navigate and get the bikes in at a reasonable hour. Stage 4 was no better in respect of navigation and was extremely tricky to correlate the road book and the tracks but again our riders managed to get into the bivouac very late. Needless to say the chatter in the bivouac was not too positive, even among our own riders. Stage 5 back to South Africa was exceptionally fast, with the average speed of over 105km/h which pretty much destroyed most tyres and mousses… however with the great support from Pirelli, Roberts Racing Rallye riders where well covered, and managed to lend a hand to a few of the other riders. Simon and Paul our most experienced riders in navigation both in the top 15 had incurred almost 3 hours penalties due to questionable road book navigation errors and timing issues, that dropped them both down the leader board an similarly for Pieter. Both Alex and Erik where on survival mode to get their bikes and bodies to the finish. 70 OCTOBER 2015 1510 DT Amageza.indd 70 2015/09/18 10:46 PM
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