ASG-Ellsworth’s HB Kruger and Stuart Marais won the third queen stage of the TransCape MTB Encounter, which took riders on a 102km ascent from Mossel Bay to Riversdale today.
The pair won the UCI Men’s category in 4:09:01, beating Team Happysalmon’s Eirik Fiskfik and Thomas Engelsgjerd and Chiru-Magura/Canyon’s Antonin Marecaille and Julian Biefang in second and third respectively.
The ASG-Ellsworth outfit of HB Kruger (front) and Stuart Marais (right) won the third 102km stage of the Liberty TransCape MTB Encounter from Mossel Bay to Riversdale today. Photo: Robert Ward
Udo Mueller again won the solo men’s race for the third time in a row, finishing in 4:22:55. He beat Roland Mueller and Massimo Mancini in second and third respectively.
View provisional results below.
Stage three
UCI men
1. HB Kruger and Stuart Marais (ASG-Ellsworth) 4:09:01
2. Eirik Fiskvik and Thomas Engelsgjerd (Team Happysalmon) 4:09:08
3. Antonin Marecaille and Julian Biefang (Chiru-Magura/Canyon) 4:09:11
4. Hanco Kachelhoffer and Pieter Seyffert (Ellsworth-ASG) 4:22:55
5. Grant Usher and Yuki Ikeda (Topeak Ergon-Sprocket & Jack) 4:30:59
UCI women
1. Janine Muller and Mari du Toit (Oakley4) 5:37:51
Men’s team
1. Louis Phillippus Fourie & Francois Ebersohn (Linde & Viljoen Melkmanne) 4:35:45
2. Bruce Poole & Eben Espach (PEG) 4:35:48
3. Arthur Wayne McDuling & Fanie Venter (Business Print Oldies) 4:35:49
4. Will Wertheim Aymes & Waz Squires (NUK Orthodontic) 4:46:59
5. Richards de Villiers & Holden Marshall (Team STF) 4:53:55
Women’s team
1. Jeanette Treherne & Vivienne Turvey (Team T and T) 6:00:23
2. Rosa Vitoria Laus Nunes & Luisana Andrade (Brasil IBS Team) 8:11:35
Mixed team
1. Catherine Williamson & Kristof de Neys (LawPack) 4:35:54
2. Reinette Geldenhuis & Wolf Stinnes (Woolies Trance) 5:29:56
3. Donald Weir & Nicolle Weir (Weirdo’s) 6:03:37
4. Wayne Albertyn & Catherine Albertyn (BigD & The Hammer) 6:06:16
5. Victor Terblanche & Hildegarde Cronje (VictoryHill) 6:09:49
Solo men
1. Udo Mueller 4:22:55
2. Roland Mueller 4:22:58
3. Massimo Mancini 4:30:55
4. Conway Oliver 4:30:56
5. Ryan Loots 4:35:44
Solo women
1. Jeanie de Villiers 5:10:20
2. Wilna Marais 6:01:16
3. Aryna Edwards 6:14:01
4. Jessica Knight 6:23:19
5. Eldorette Carinus 7:27:49
General classification
UCI men
1. HB Kruger and Stuart Marais (ASG-Ellsworth) 9:47:49
2. Antonin Marecaille and Julian Biefang (Chiru-Magura/Canyon) 9:56:48
3. Eirik Fiskvik and Thomas Engelsgjerd (Team Happysalmon) 9:58:20
4. Hanco Kachelhoffer and Pieter Seyffert (Ellsworth-ASG) 10:22:49
5. Grant Usher and Yuki Ikeda (Topeak Ergon-Sprocket & Jack) 10:38:24
UCI women
1. Janine Muller and Mari du Toit (Oakley4) 13:24:09
Men’s team
1. Arthur Wayne McDuling & Fanie Venter (Business Print Oldies) 10:48:18
2. Louis Phillippus Fourie & Francois Ebersohn (Linde & Viljoen Melkmanne) 10:53:03
3. Bruce Poole & Eben Espach (PEG) 10:54:35
4. Will Wertheim Aymes & Waz Squires (NUK Orthodontic) 11:15:16
5. Richards de Villiers & Holden Marshall (Team STF) 11:50:41
Mixed team
1. Catherine Williamson & Kristof de Neys (LawPack) 11:04:47
2. Reinette Geldenhuis & Wolf Stinnes (Woolies Trance) 13:16:52
Solo men
1. Udo Mueller 10:28:01
2. Roland Mueller 10:31:39
3. Conway Oliver 10:42:15
4. Massimo Mancini 10:48:56
5. Ryan Loots 11:07:57
Solo women
1. Jeanie de Villiers 12:38:24
