Mountain bikers Tyler Day and JC Jooste claimed the victory in the three-day FNB Wines2Whales Ride just outside Hermanus on Wednesday.
Chrizelda Walters in action during Stage Three of the FNB Wines2Whales MTB Ride. Photo: Volume Photography
The Bianchi-Westvaal riders finished third on the final stage to secure the overall win in the 214km journey in 9:55:34.
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Michael Potton and Theuns Goosen of Team FLM9 were second in the standings, with their teammates Heiko Redecker and Graeme Kuys rounding out the podium.
Jooste said they had opted to defend their lead on the final stage.
“We knew that we only needed to keep up with the two leading teams.”
It was a tough day out for roadie Day who fell after waterpoint two and hit a wall after the final waterpoint. But he and his teammate recovered well to work together towards the finish.
Warrick Kernes and Nicolette Griffioen took the win for Merida in the mixed category in 11:12:14.
“Warrick’s bike had a mechanical on round about the 20km mark and it took us at least ten minutes to sort it out,” said Griffioen.
“We managed to catch all but one of the teams that had passed us. We’re really happy to take the mixed team title.”
Petrus Oelofse and Yzette Oelofse of Team Boys and Bikes and Francois Malan and Jeanie de Villiers of Citricom2 were second and third respectively.
The women’s title went to Michele du Toit and Beverley Wood of Team Fast in Frannies, who set a combined time of 13:43:35.
Karoo Sister Power’s Barbara Mulcahy and Sally Petersen came in second, while Michelle Zulch and Riana Howlett of S-Works took the bottom step of the podium.
