Provisional results for the first day of Wines2Whales Ride, which took riders on a 68km journey from Lourensford Wine Estate to Oak Valley Wine Estate, can be viewed below.
A mountain biker in action during last year’s Wines2Whales Ride stage one. Photo: Tobias Ginsberg
ACE Lesotho’s Leonhard Lukoschek and Phetetso Monese took the men’s race win, with Transporters’ Steven Bark and Fabian Valsechi in second and Tallboys’ Michael Van Niekerk in third.
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Day one results
Men teams
1. Leonhard Lukoschek, Phetetso Monese (ACE Lesotho) 3:21:59
2. Steven Bark, Fabian Valsechi (Transporters) 3:27:34
3. Michael Van Niekerk, Trevor Baptiste (Tallboys) 3:28:12
4. John Wakefield, Donovan Le Cok (Pelotrain Racing) 3:33:10
5. Leon Burger, Arie Olivier (Humefert Bulls) 3:37:07
Women teams
1. Jana Kruger, Ilse Viljoen (Defenders) 4:26:06
2. Halcyone Muller, Heidi Nieuwoudt (Pace of mind) 4:53:46
3. Alta Kriegler, Sunette Beyers (Pool Nurse) 4:58:05
4. Genevieve Weber, Sheenagh Brinkmann (Team Sivo) 5:14:54
5. Anine Koch, Candice Boonzaier (Samoa meisies) 5:26:46
Mixed teams
1. Stephan Strauss, Mariske Strauss (oak racing) 3:40:09
2. Julien Louw, Colleen De Oliveira (Giant Durbanville) 3:51:33
3. Russell Lund, Anneke Hanekom (Haaskat) 3:56:38
4. Tarryn Povey, Sean Stack (Bikemob Niners) 4:16:54
5. Lizle Rosenstein, Neville Rosenstein (Team MC) 4:17:13
