Reynard Butler won the featured 116km Ride for Sight road race in Boksburg today.
The ProTouch rider completed the race in 2:39:54, beating BCX’s Nolan Hoffman and Randwater-Transnet’s Shameeg Salie into second and third respectively.
Reynard Butler won the featured 116km Ride for Sight road race today. Photo: BCX Cycling
The majority of the field stayed together for the first 50km of the race, before the bunch started breaking up and 30 riders went ahead 60km in.
The leading bunch whittled down to five when BCX’s David Maree and Brandon Downes, Cycling Box’s Nico Thiart, Casper Kruger and Luthando Kaka made a break 75km in.
Maree, Downes and Kaka then surged ahead at the 88km mark and created a 41-second gap. Their lead dropped down to 30 seconds with 20km left.
Heading towards the last 5km stretch, Maree and Downes went ahead, but their lead reduced again to 24 seconds.
The chasing bunch, with a couple of kilometres to go, swallowed them in before Butler won the final dash to the line.
Demacon’s Carla Oberholzer won the women’s category in 3:14:06, beating Jo van der Winkel and Mandy de Beer into second and third respectively.
The women’s field stayed together for the first half of the race, before the riders stretched out into one long line – moving against a headwind.
Van Der Winkel attacked shortly after, with Oberholzer closely following. The two remained at the head of affairs before Oberholzer, who also won the women’s SA National Road Champs road race last weekend, went ahead and won.
Suleman Asmal and Lisa Venter each won the men’s and women’s 62km race respectively.
View more results below.
116km
Men
1. Reynard Butler 2:39:54
2. Nolan Hoffman
3. Shameeg Salie
4. Calvin Beneke
5. Ryan Harris
6. Tyler Day
7. Clint Hendricks
8. Flavio Venceslau 2:39:55
9. Dirkie Nel 2:39:56
10. Maurice Moller 2:39:57
Women
1. Carla Oberholzer 3:14:06
2. Jo van der Winkel 3:14:07
3. Mandy de Beer
4. Michelle Benson
5. Lynette Burger
6. Desray Siebregts
7. Heidi Dalton 3:14:08
8. Elmari de Wet 3:14:10
9. Zanri Rossouw 3:14:14
10. Cashandra Slingerland 3:14:24
62km
Men
1. Suleman Asmal 1:31:55
2. Stuart Biesheuvel 1:32:37
3. Bevan Langton 1:35:18
4. Dennis White
5. Christo van der Merwe 1:36:11
Women
1. Lisa Venter 1:38:54
2. Lee-Anne van Rooyen 1:43:24
3. Venessa Kleyn
4. Wendy Scott 1:44:13
5. Azulde Britz 1:46:29
