Ascendis Health’s Gert Heyns won the first day of the sixth round of the National MTB Series, which took place in Dullstroom, Mpumalanga, today.
Heyns completed the 75km marathon event in 2:51:32. NAD Pro’s Nico Bell and series leader, Philip Buys, were hot on his heels as the top three finished within 20 seconds of each other.
Candice Lill led the women home as she finished well ahead of the competition. The dormakaba rider finished in 3:17:01, three minutes ahead of Samantha Sanders. Yolandi du Toit finished a further two minutes back to complete the women’s top three.
Gert Heyns opened the sixth round of the National MTB Series with a win in Dullstroom today. Photo: Daniel Coetzee (ZCMC)
Rresults for the event are as follows:
Day one results
Marathon (74km)
Men
1. Gert Heyns 2:51:32
2. Nico Bell 2:51:49
3. Philip Buys 2:51:54
4. Gawie Combrinck 2:54:03
5. Timothy Hammond 2:56:01
6. Dylan Rebello 2:56:04
7. Wessel Botha 2:58:01
8. Alan Gordon 3:06:02
9. Pieter-Ben Korkie 3:10:09
10. Phillimon Sebona 3:10:54
Women
1. Candice Lill 3:17:01
2. Samantha Sanders 3:20:35
3. Yolandi du Toit 3:22:40
4. Theresa Ralph 3:29:33
5. Vanessa Bell 3:31:00
6. Sarah Hill 3:32:57
7. Dalene van der Leek 3:38:13
8. Kristen Louw 3:51:45
9. Heila Meintjes 3:59:23
10. Melanie Roux 4:02:37
Half marathon (47km)
Men
1. Marc Oliver Pritzen 1:55:15
2. Keagan Bontekoning 1:56:37
3. Chris du Plessis 1:56:43
4. Melcolm Botes 1:57:39
5. Hennie van Wyk 1:58:19
Women
1. Danielle Strydom 2:17:52
2. Frances Janse van Rensburg 2:20:14
3. Thana Groenewald 2:22:11
4. Azulde Britz 2:30:58
5. Natalie Strydom 2:31:44
