Gawie Combrinck and Nico Bell won the 122km stage three of the joBerg2c, which finished at the Sterkfontein Dam today.
The NAD Pro pair completed the stage in 4:21:43, beating Insect Science’s Alan Gordon and Timothy Hammond into second by over four minutes. Silverback-Best4Sports-Mad Macs’s Shaun-Nick Bester and Declan Sidey rounded out the podium just 20 seconds later.
NAD Pro’s Nico Bell and Gawie Combrinck, pictured here during the Barberton XCM MTB Challenge earlier this year, won stage three of the joBerg2c today. Photo: Supplied
Amy McDougall and Arno du Toit, who ride for dormakaba Mixed, won the mixed category in 4:40:20. Darren and Candice Lill finished second just over three minutes later, with Johan Labuschagne and Catherine Williamson having completed the podium by almost another three minutes.
Matthys Beukes won his third successive solo men’s stage in 4:22:51, with his PYGA Euro Steel teammate Phillimon Sebona finishing second. Tobias Flath rounded the podium off.
View provisional results below.
Stage three
Men teams
1. Gawie Combrinck & Nico Bell (NAD Pro) 4:21:43
2. Alan Gordon & Timothy Hammond (Insect Science) 4:25:31
3. Shaun-Nick Bester & Declan Sidey (Silverback-Best4Sports-Mad Macs) 4:25:52
4. Andrejus Dolgovas & Elijus Civilis (Top Team) 4:43:29
5. Andrew Hall & Michael Posthumus (Old Mutual Wealth racing Team) 4:46:06
6. Pascal Leplae & Oliver Colard (Bike4Life) 4:57:10
7. Alex Pavlov and Jaco Cronje (Old Mutual Insure-Northcliff Cycles) 4:58:35
8. Marius Jurrius & Ruan Pretorius (Sprocketeers Team 2) 5:03:28
9. Hayden Simpson & Pieter Bezuidenhout (Baker and Broker) 5:23:15
10. Lee Goodwin & Andy Bocking (Velolife) 5:29:28
Mixed teams
1. Amy McDougall & Arno du Toit (dormakaba Mixed) 4:40:21
2. Darren Lill & Candice Lill (Team Lill) 4:43:28
3. Johan Labuschagne & Catherine Williamson (Sugeons for Little Lives-Mitas) 4:46:08
4. Ben Melt Swanepoel & Yolandi du Toit (Team Garmin) 5:07:46
5. Carolyn Thompson & James Thompson (Old Mutual Insure 2) 5:09:59
Solo men
1. Matthys Beukes 4:22:51
2. Phillimon Sebona 4:25:31
3. Tobias Flath 4:44:47
4. Riaan Weideman 4:55:57
5. Jason Deane 5:57:29
General classification
Men teams
1. Gawie Combrinck & Nico Bell (NAD Pro) 11:50:35
2. Shaun-Nick Bester & Declan Sidey (Silverback-Best4Sports-Mad Macs) 11:57:33
3. Alan Gordon & Timothy Hammond (Insect Science) 11:59:48
4. Andrejus Dolgovas & Elijus Civilis (Top Team) 12:28:09
5. Andrew Hall & Michael Posthumus (Old Mutual Wealth racing Team) 12:40:04
6. Alex Pavlov and Jaco Cronje (Old Mutual Insure-Northcliff Cycles) 12:52:42
7. Pascal Leplae & Oliver Colard (Bike4Life) 12:59:53
8. Marius Jurrius & Ruan Pretorius (Sprocketeers Team 2) 13:01:36
9. Hayden Simpson & Pieter Bezuidenhout (Baker and Broker) 13:35:55
10. Lee Goodwin & Andy Bocking (Velolife) 13:45:53
Mixed teams
1. Amy McDougall & Arno du Toit (dormakaba Mixed) 12:24:14
2. Darren Lill & Candice Lill (Team Lill) 12:28:14
3. Johan Labuschagne & Catherine Williamson (Sugeons for Little Lives-Mitas) 12:34:36
4. Ben Melt Swanepoel & Yolandi du Toit (Team Garmin) 13:03:53
5. Carolyn Thompson & James Thompson (Old Mutual Insure 2) 13:13:17
Solo men
1. Matthys Beukes 11:51:44
2. Phillimon Sebona 12:10:09
3. Tobias Flath 12:28:35
4. Riaan Weideman 12:52:05
5. Danny Vogel 13:03:07
