ASG-Ellsworth’s HB Kruger and Stuart Marais won the second stage of the TransCape MTB Encounter, which took riders on an 86km challenge from Wilderness to Mossel Bay today.
The pair won the UCI Men’s category in 3:15:01, beating Chiru-Magura/Canyon’s Antonin Marecaille and Julian Biefang and Team Happysalmon’s Eirik Fiskfik and Thomas Engelsgjerd in second and third respectively.
The ASG-Ellsworth team of HB Kruger (front) and Stuart Marais claimed victory in the men’s Elite category on the second stage of the Liberty TransCape MTB Encounter from Wilderness to Mossel Bay today. The seven-stage 614km race finishes in Franschhoek on Saturday. Photo: Rob Ward
Udo Mueller won the solo men’s race in 3:30:27, beating Roland Mueller and Conway Oliver.
View results below.
Stage two
UCI men
1. HB Kruger and Stuart Marais (ASG-Ellsworth) 3:15:01
2. Antonin Marecaille and Julian Biefang (Chiru-Magura/Canyon) 3:18:08
3. Eirik Fiskvik and Thomas Engelsgjerd (Team Happysalmon) 3:22:01
4. Hanco Kachelhoffer and Pieter Seyffert (Ellsworth-ASG) 3:30:26
5. Grant Usher and Yuki Ikeda (Topeak Ergon-Sprocket & Jack) 3:31:20
UCI women
1. Janine Muller and Mari du Toit (Oakley4) 4:37:58
Men’s team
1. Arthur Wayne McDuling & Fanie Venter (Business Print Oldies) 3:37:31
2. Louis Phillippus Fourie & Francois Ebersohn (Linde & Viljoen Melkmanne) 3:39:17
3. Bruce Poole & Eben Espach (PEG) 3:40:47
4. Will Wertheim Aymes & Waz Squires (NUK Orthodontic) 3:50:12
5. Richards de Villiers & Holden Marshall (Team STF) 4:03:54
Women’s team
1. Jeanette Treherne & Vivienne Turvey (Team T and T) 4:52:06
2. Rosa Vitoria Laus Nunes & Luisana Andrade (Brasil IBS Team) 7:02:33
Mixed team
1. Catherine Williamson & Kristof de Neys (LawPack) 3:50:48
2. Reinette Geldenhuis & Wolf Stinnes (Woolies Trance) 4:43:53
3. Donald Weir & Nicolle Weir (Weirdo’s) 4:43:57
4. Victor Terblanche & Hildegarde Cronje (VictoryHill) 4:59:05
5. Wayne Albertyn & Catherine Albertyn (BigD & The Hammer) 5:25:31
Solo men
1. Udo Mueller 3:30:27
2. Roland Mueller 3:30:42
3. Conway Oliver 3:33:19
4. Massimo Mancini 3:40:04
5. Ryan Loots 3:49:31
Solo women
1. Jeanie de Villiers 4:21:59
2. Aryna Edwards 5:07:31
3. Wilna Marais 5:18:03
4. Jessica Knight 5:42:32
5. Nicola Harris 6:08:29
General classification
UCI men
1. HB Kruger and Stuart Marais (ASG-Ellsworth) 5:38:48
2. Antonin Marecaille and Julian Biefang (Chiru-Magura/Canyon) 5:47:37
3. Eirik Fiskvik and Thomas Engelsgjerd (Team Happysalmon) 5:49:12
4. Hanco Kachelhoffer and Pieter Seyffert (Ellsworth-ASG) 5:59:54
5. Grant Usher and Yuki Ikeda (Topeak Ergon-Sprocket & Jack) 6:07:25
UCI women
1. Janine Muller and Mari du Toit (Oakley4) 7:46:18
Men’s team
1. Arthur Wayne McDuling & Fanie Venter (Business Print Oldies) 6:12:29
2. Louis Phillippus Fourie & Francois Ebersohn (Linde & Viljoen Melkmanne) 6:17:17
3. Bruce Poole & Eben Espach (PEG) 6:18:47
4. Will Wertheim Aymes & Waz Squires (NUK Orthodontic) 6:28:17
5. Richards de Villiers & Holden Marshall (Team STF) 6:56:45
Women’s team
1. Jeanette Treherne & Vivienne Turvey (Team T and T) 8:13:03
2. Rosa Vitoria Laus Nunes & Luisana Andrade (Brasil IBS Team) 11:37:53
Mixed team
1. Catherine Williamson & Kristof de Neys (LawPack) 6:28:53
2. Reinette Geldenhuis & Wolf Stinnes (Woolies Trance) 7:46:56
3. Donald Weir & Nicolle Weir (Weirdo’s) 8:00:54
4. Victor Terblanche & Hildegarde Cronje (VictoryHill) 8:19:29
5. Wayne Albertyn & Catherine Albertyn (BigD & The Hammer) 9:01:16
Solo men
1. Udo Mueller 6:05:05
2. Roland Mueller 6:08:41
3. Conway Oliver 6:11:19
4. Massimo Mancini 6:18:01
5. Ryan Loots 6:32:13
Solo women
1. Jeanie de Villiers 7:28:04
2. Aryna Edwards 8:32:17
3. Wilna Marais 8:39:41
4. Jessica Knight 9:18:11
5. Nicola Harris 10:04:02
