The Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team training in South Africa with the Table Mountain in the background. (Photo: Leon van Bon)

Jaco Venter from the Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team rider training in South Africa at Chapmans Peak. (Photo: Leon van Bon)

The start of the stage of the Giro del Capo in Paarl with a forest fire in the background. (Photo: Leon van Bon)

Some school kids near the start at the Giro del Capo. (Photo: Leon van Bon)

The Trek – Marco Polo Cycling Team in South Africa. From left to right team manager Gudo Kramer, mechanic “Bob”, Loh Sea Keong, Jacques Janse van Rensburg, Eric van de Meent, Leon van Bon and Jaco Venter. (Photo: Leon van Bon)