Wade Young raced to the top of the Roof of Africa leaderboard and took control of proceedings on the second day in Lesotho.
In what’s becoming a battle of South Africans, day one winner Travis Teasdale chased winner Wade Young home for second, while defending champion Graham Jarvis moved up to third on the second day of Roof of Africa 2017.
“Travis and myself were back and forth all day. I think we were really pushing the pace and it was good to ride like that. It seemed to work out well. If either of us made a mistake we were able to help each other out”, Wade Young said.
It was a strategy that clearly worked to the benefit of Young. Chasing his third Roof of Africa win, he now sits 1m 1s ahead of his fellow countryman, but with everything still to play for and an even tougher day on the cards for tomorrow’s final day of racing, Young knows there’s a long way to go.
“Travis and myself were back and forth all day. I think we were really pushing the pace and it was good to ride like that. It seemed to work out well. If either of us made a mistake we were able to help each other out. Today I got the advantage, but I’ve got to push again tomorrow. Nothing’s certain,” said Young at the finish. “I really want this win. I missed last year due to injury so the hunger’s there. I can only keep giving it my best, that’s all I can do. Hopefully that’ll be enough.”
Forming Young’s shadow for the majority of the day, Teasdale slipped to second in the overall rankings, but is still very much in contention for a debut Roof of Africa win. He knows tomorrow will tell the real story.