{"id":18981,"date":"2022-08-19T08:49:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T08:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/malebo-upbeat-about-local-riders"},"modified":"2022-08-19T09:29:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T09:29:05","slug":"malebo-upbeat-about-local-riders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/malebo-upbeat-about-local-riders","title":{"rendered":"Malebo upbeat about local riders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>A total of 400 riders is expected to battle-it-out for the Roof of Africa bronze class qualifier in Maseru tomorrow ahead of the main event which kicks off from December 4 to 7. According to the Lesotho Off-Road Association (LORA) spokesperson, Keketso Malebo, this time around the qualifier race is also open to enduro riders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe qualifying event is open because this time around it includes the Enduro section, which is for those who want to practice,\u201d Malebo said in an interview with Public Eye on Wednesday this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Enduro section is 30 kilometres, which is about five laps and 120 kilometres for the bronze qualifying event.<br \/>\nAbout 67 riders are expected to compete in the Enduro section.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe enduro section is meant for riders who want to up their game for the main event of the race in both the silver and gold sections as they need not to qualify for the event,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Enduro section, he noted, would be tactical. \u201cIt is extreme and that is because it is being designed for riders who will compete at the highest levels of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d Nine local riders are expected to compete in the Saturday\u2019s two events; five for the bronze qualifying event and four in the enduro section. Malebo said most of the contestants are South African with a few from both Botswana and Swaine.<\/p>\n<p>Lesotho riders include Teboho Moretlo, Tobatsi \u2019Maseatile, Joseph Motenane, Moshate Letsoela, Peter Andrew, Nkhasi Matete, Sechaba Chabeli, Basia \u2019Maseatile and Sootho Matala,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Motenane is the only Lesotho rider who competed in the silver class in previous events. But this time around, three other local riders, Matala, Basia and Moretlo will also compete in the second highest section of the race.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of their fellow teammates and countrymen will meanwhile participate in the qualifying section. Malebo was, however, quick to add that the fact the number of local riders for the silver class has increased indicates that in the near future Lesotho will have one or more riders in the gold class.<\/p>\n<p>Malebo was brimming with confidence that all the five local riders would qualify for the bronze class. \u201cThey are better prepared, fit and very confident,\u201d he said, adding: \u201cAnother thing is, they are now more experienced riders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\">Lesotho<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. A total of 400 riders is expected to battle-it-out for the Roof of Africa bronze class qualifier in Maseru tomorrow ahead of the main event which kicks off from December 4 to 7. According to the Lesotho Off-Road Association (LORA) spokesperson, Keketso Malebo, this time around the qualifier race is also open [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":18980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17,16],"tags":[233,246,245],"class_list":["post-18981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-lesotho","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Malebo upbeat about local riders - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A total of 400 riders is expected to battle-it-out for the Roof of Africa bronze class qualifier in Maseru tomorrow ahea ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/malebo-upbeat-about-local-riders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Malebo upbeat about local riders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A total of 400 riders is expected to battle-it-out for the Roof of Africa bronze class qualifier in Maseru tomorrow ahea ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/malebo-upbeat-about-local-riders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-19T08:49:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-19T09:29:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_16-62ff57c9015ff.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/malebo-upbeat-about-local-riders#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/malebo-upbeat-about-local-riders\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Malebo upbeat about local riders\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-19T08:49:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-19T09:29:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/malebo-upbeat-about-local-riders\"},\"wordCount\":392,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/malebo-upbeat-about-local-riders#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_16-62ff57c9015ff.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Lesotho\",\"Lesotho\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/malebo-upbeat-about-local-riders#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/malebo-upbeat-about-local-riders\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/malebo-upbeat-about-local-riders\",\"name\":\"Malebo upbeat about local riders - 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