Spur Specialized’s Alan Hatherly and Simon Andreassen won the second stage of the Tankwa Trek, which took riders on an 83km struggle from Kaleo through the Bokkeveld to Ceres today.
Alan Hatherly and Simon Andreassen won the second stage of the Tankwa Trek in Ceres today. Photo: twitter.com/tankwatrek
The pair finished the race in 3:41:29, beating stage one winners Canyon-Topeak’s Alban Lakata and Kristián Hynek, who still retains the yellow. NAD Pro’s Nico Bell and Matt Beers rounded out the podium.
PYGA Euro Steel’s Matthys Beukes and Philip Buys finished in fourth in the final bunch sprint.
Team dormakaba SA’s Candice Lill and Helen Grobert, won the women’s race in 4:20:17. The pair, who also won the first stage, beat Team Ascendis Health’s Robyn de Groot and Sabine Spitz and Silverback Volvo-OMX’s Yolande de Villiers and Mariske Strauss in second and third respectively.
View provisional results below.
Stage two
Elite men
1. Alan Hatherly & Simon Andreassen (Spur Specialized) 3:41:29
2. Alban Lakata & Kristián Hynek (Canyon-Topeak) 3:42:05
3. Nico Bell & Matt Beers (NAD Pro) 3:43:21
4. Matthys Beukes & Philip Buys (PYGA Euro Steel) 3:43:22
5. Maxime Marotte & Marcel Guerrini (Cannondale-FR) 3:44:23
6. Erik Kleinhans & Jeremiah Bishop (Canyon-Topeak) 3:50:18
7. Gawie Combrinck & Wessel Botha (NAD Pro) 3:50:53
8. Tim Bohme & Simon Stiebjahn (Team Bulls) 3:51:59
9. Urs Huber & Karl Platt (Team Bulls) 3:58:51
10. Julian Jessop & Sebona Phillemon (PYGA Euro Steel) 3:59:39
Elite women
1. Candice Lill & Helen Grobert (Team dormakaba SA) 4:20:17
2. Robyn de Groot & Sabine Spitz (Team Ascendis Health) 4:23:08
3. Yolande de Villiers & Mariske Strauss (Silverback Volvo-OMX) 4:26:28
4. Amy McDougall & Bianca Haw (Team joBerg2c) 4:31:14
5. Samantha Sanders & Carmen Buchacher (Team dormakaba SA) 4:44:30
Open men
1. Gert Korblet & Herbert Korblet (Team Sportvoedingwebshop) 4:24:17
2. Hannes Hanekom & Izak Hanekom (Izak Hanekom) 4:26:24
3. George Nel & Jandri Ferreira (Mpact) 4:27:23
4. James Lennard & Craig Denbury (Team Gear Change) 4:30:41
5. Izak Pretorius & Tom Wetton (Team dormakaba SSA) 4:36:11
Mixed teams
1. Nicol Carstens & Sarah Hill 4:27:37
2. Kobus Barnard & Fienie Barnard 4:33:58
3. Nadia Visser & Chris Cronje 4:45:39
4. Gus Klohn & Yolandi du Toit 5:00:48
5. Louise Ferreira & Hennie Blaauw 5:03:42
Solo men
1. Adrian Enthoven 4:12:26
2. Alan Gordon 4:12:42
3. Nico Pfitzenmaier 4:14:01
4. Owen Green 4:14:06
5. David Cooke 4:17:41
General classification
Elite men
1. Alban Lakata & Kristián Hynek (Canyon-Topeak) 6:57:00
2. Maxime Marotte & Marcel Guerrini (Cannondale-FR) 6:59:24
3. Matthys Beukes & Philip Buys (PYGA Euro Steel) 7:00:41
4. Alan Hatherly & Simon Andreassen (Spur Specialized) 7:01:41
5. Nico Bell & Matt Beers (NAD Pro) 7:02:29
6. Gawie Combrinck & Wessel Botha (NAD Pro) 7:12:47
7. Tim Bohme & Simon Stiebjahn (Team Bulls) 7:21:15
8. Nicola Rohrbach & Daniel Geismayr (Centurion Vaude)
9. Jan Withaar & Ben Swanepoel (Merida Africa) 7:31:56
10. Julian Jessop & Sebona Phillemon (PYGA Euro Steel) 7:32:58
Elite women
1. Candice Lill & Helen Grobert (Team dormakaba SA) 8:09:35
2. Robyn de Groot & Sabine Spitz (Team Ascendis Health) 8:13:51
3. Yolande de Villiers & Mariske Straus (Silverback Volvo-OMX) 8:26:12
4. Amy McDougall & Bianca Haw (Team joBerg2c) 8:30:05
5. Samantha Sanders & Carmen Buchacher (Team dormakaba SA) 8:53:53
Open men
1. Hannes Hanekom & Izak Hanekom (Izak Hanekom) 8:22:56
2. Gert Korblet & Herbert Korblet (Team Sportvoedingwebshop) 8:22:56
3. James Lennard & Craig Denbury (Team Gear Change) 8:28:45
4. George Nel & Jandri Ferreira (Mpact) 8:31:17
5. Izak Pretorius & Tom Wetton (Team dormakaba SSA) 8:37:06
Mixed teams
1. Nicol Carstens & Sarah Hill 8:33:14
2. Nadia Visser & Chris Cronje 9:06:31
3. Louise Ferreira & Hennie Blaauw 9:22:55
4. Marleen Lourens & Bradley Hemphill 9:36:32
5. Gus Klohn & Yolandi du Toit 9:42:22
Solo men
1. Alan Gordon 7:56:07
2. Nico Pfitzenmaier 7:59:49
3. Owen Green 8:00:12
4. Adrian Enthoven 8:05:55
5. Lawrence von Gunten 8:15:19
