Nico Bell won the Mpumalanga road cycling championships in Badplaas on Saturday.
Bell was followed home by his Team NAD Pro MTB teammate Gawie Combrinck.
According to the new champion, Combrinck and Declan Sidney attacked around 15km into the race.
Bell said that the pair went up the road, forcing the rest of the bunch to chase while he sat back.
With the gap at 1:30, he broke away from the group and caught up to Declan on the first big climb.
They rode together to the turn and made the most of the head wind to ride across to Combrinck.
With about 10km to go, Bell and Combrinck got away from Sidney and the race finished in a two-man sprint.
