Luke Phillips and Natasha Erichsen won the 25km event at the Delheim MTB Day that started and finished at Delheim Wine Estate near Stellenbosch today.
Phillips completed the challenging feature event, which featured 1 000m of climbing, in 1:15:29 ahead of Rashid van Rhyn and Luke Maga.
Erichsen was an equally dominant figure as she stopped the clock at 1:37:21, roughly six minutes ahead of Tanya Fouri. Karla Fletcher completed the women’s podium.
Riaan van der Westhuizen and Jadelyn Hendrick won the 12km event while Etienne du Preez and Bianca Minnaar secured victory in the 7km.
Riders wait for the start of the Delheim MTB Day. Photo: facebook.com/dirtopia
25km
Men
1. Luke Phillips 1:15:29
2. Rashid van Rhyn 1:22:03
3. Luke Maga 1:23:26
4. Luc Desvaux de Marigny 1:29:51
5. Tielman Terblanche 1:30:14
6. Paul Serrao 1:33:59
7. Bjorn Andersson 1:34:26
8. Garyth Kemp 1:35:32
9. Manfred Buchacher 1:35:54
10. Louis Heunis 1:39:13
Women
1. Natasha Erichsen 1:37:21
2. Tanya Fourie 1:43:58
3. Karla Fletcher 1:46:42
4. Sam Hucke 2:05:47
5. Tamryn Russell 2:07:37
6. Carol Lee de Villiers 2:08:27
7. Nadia Niemann 2:16:17
12km
Men
1. Riaan Van Der Westhuizen 53:06
2. Justin Cole 53:58
3. Luca Wiese 56:36
4. Safwaan Coliath 57:28
5. Linwille La Wak 1:04:30
Women
1. Jadelyn Hendricks 56:19
2. Carina Andersson 1:06:10
3. Joan Piek 1:14:30
4. Greta Graham 1:26:55
5. Joanne Lawrence 1:32:35
7km
Men
1. Etienne du Preez 35:03
2. Hendre Hulscher 36:19
3. Pieter de Kock 36:39
Women
1. Bianca Minnaar 34:58
2. Karen Dallas 39:13
3. Joey Stander 45:21
