Brendon Davids won the marathon race on the second day of the National MTB Series at Champagne Valley in KwaZulu-Natal today to add to his success of the previous day.
The RoadCover rider completed the 51km course in 1:53:14 to beat Philip Buys (1:54:35) and Matthys Beukes (1:55:50) to the line.
The overall victory went to Davids in 4:39:39, followed by Buys (4:44:17) and Beukes (4:48:13).
Amy Beth McDougall also made it two wins from two races to take the overall title in 5:33:50 ahead of Sarah Hill (6:17:37) and Hayley Smith (6:25:55).

Brendon Davids of RoadCover celebrates victory on the second day of the National MTB Series event at Champagne Valley, KwaZulu-Natal, today. Photo: @NatMTBseries
The provisional results and general classification are:
Marathon (51km)
Men
1. Brendon Davids 1:53:14
2. Philip Buys 1:54:35
3. Matthys Beukes 1:55:50
4. Max Knox 1:56:13
5. Matthew Beers 1:58:47
6. Nico Bell 1:58:48
7. Wessel Botha 2:02:43
8. Alan Gordon 2:02:49
9. Gawie Combrinck 2:02:53
10. David Low 2:06:08
Women
1. Amy Beth McDougall 2:15:50
2. Sarah Hill 2:29:19
3. Hayley Smith 2:33:05
4. Nadia Visser 2:40:06
5. Adrienne Moolman 2:46:43
Half marathon (36km)
Men
1. Pieter du Toit 1:13:56
2. Marc Oliver Pritzen 1:14:45
3. Brendan van Eeden 1:16:27
4. Hennie van Wyk 1:16:28
5. Erick Heyns 1:17:58
6. George Ducharme 1:20:31
7. DJ Kruger 1:20:53
8. Wicus Breytenbach 1:21:40
9. Andreas Scalekamp 1:21:42
10. Adrian Steyn 1:23:00
Women
1. Danielle Strydom 1:31:34
2. Frances Janse van Rensburg 1:36:25
3. Rimari Sutton 1:36:43
4. Natalie Strydom 1:38:07
General classification
Marathon
Men
1. Brendon Davids 4:39:39
2. Philip Buys 4:44:17
3. Matthys Beukes 4:48:13
4. Matthew Beers 4:55:16
5. Nico Bell 4:57:33
6. Gawie Combrinck 5:02:48
7. Wessel Botha 5:04:10
8. Declan Sidey 5:11:44
9. Alan Gordon 5:13:00
10. David Low 5:14:23
Women
1. Amy Beth McDougall 5:33:50
2. Sarah Hill 6:17:37
3. Hayley Smith 6:25:55
4. Nadia Visser 6:32:21
5. Adrienne Moolman 6:50:05
Half marathon
Men
1. Pieter du Toit 2:56:50
2. Brendan van Eeden 3:03:08
3. Marc Oliver Pritzen 3:03:33
4. Hennie van Wyk 3:08:15
5. Erick Heyns 3:10:00
6. Wicus Breytenbach 3:11:42
7. DJ Kruger 3:17:42
8. Andreas Scalekamp 3:18:23
9. Camelius van der Riet 3:23:11
10. Adrian Steyn 3:25:13
Women
1. Danielle Strydom 3:40:38
2. Frances Janse van Rensburg 3:53:16
3. Tanya Kotze 3:58:33
4. Natalie Strydom 4:01:24
5. Rimari Sutton 4:04:22
For more news, results and photos, go to National MTB Series #4 Champagne Valley.





