Mathias Flückiger and Ralph Näf once again finished ahead of the bunch when the fifth day of the Lesotho Sky mountain bike race saw participants start from Malealea Lodge, Pony Trek & Mountain Bike Centre and return to Ramabanta Trading Post Lodge today.
The race leaders now have a almost 20 minutes over Phetetso Monese and Stuart Marais and almost an hour cushion between them and Felix Marvin and Marvin Augustyniak.
Day five of the Lesotho Sky saw participants make their way from Malealea Lodge and return to Ramabanta Trading Post Lodge. Photo: Wayne Reiche
Provisional results for the day are as follows:
Day five – 63km
Men
1. Mathias Flückiger, Ralph Näf (Radon Factory XC-Orthopaedie St Gallen) 2:49:54
2. Phetetso Monese, Stuart Marais (Vodacom Lesotho) 2:53:19
3. Felix Marvin, Marvin Augustyniak (Focus RAPIRO Racing) 2:53:39
4. Grant Usher, Jan Withaar (24-7 Security Services) 2:56:14
5. Katleho Manasi, Malefetsane Lesofe ( African Dream Team) 3:06:06
Women
1. Frankie du Toit, Ila Gray (SAICA) 3:53:42
Mixed
1. Marc Böttger, Andrea Böttger(r2-bike.com MTN Crew) 3:32:20
Solo
Men
1. Graham Pearson 3:25:47
2. Mmeke Mapanya 3:26:37
3. Tait Lester 3:43:26
4. Craig Fussell 3:48:16
5. Bradley Stow 3:53:03
Women
1. Siska van der Bijl 3:42:33
2. Anna-Rosa Le Roux 4:14:33
3. Estie du Plessis 4:35:02
4. Brigitte Hofmann 4:36:01
General classification
Men
1. Mathias Flückiger, Ralph Näf (Radon Factory XC-Orthopaedie St Gallen) 12:00:20
2. Phetetso Monese, Stuart Marais (Vodacom Lesotho) 12:19:34
3. Felix Marvin, Marvin Augustyniak (Focus RAPIRO Racing) 12:52:32
4. Katleho Manasi, Malefetsane Lesofe (African Dream Team) 13:34:34
5. Paseka Makhebesela, Teboho Khantsi (Standard Lesotho Bank) 13:55:19
Women
1. Frankie du Toit, Ila Gray (SAICA) 16:26:13
Mixed
1. Marc Böttger, Andrea Böttger (r2-bike.com MTN Crew) 14:47:58
Solo
Men
1. Graham Pearson 14:54:33
2. Mmeke Mapanya 15:20:46
3. Lester Tait 16:03:27
4. Craig Fussell 16:14:07
5. Bradley Stow 16:37:28
Women
1. Siska van der Bijl 15:43:19
2. Anna-Rosa Le Roux 19:07:07
3. Estie du Plessis 19:28:35
4. Brigitte Hofmann 20:48:00
