BCX’s Steven van Heerden won the fourth and final stage of the inaugural Tour de Limpopo at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane yesterday.
BCX dominated the top three positions after stage four of the Tour de Limpopo yesterday. Pictured here from left, were Marc Pritzen (second), Steven van Heerden (first) and David Maree (third). Photo: BCX/Twitter
He finished the 116km race from Tzaneen in 3:06:12 ahead of his teammates Marc Pritzen (3:06:12) and David Maree (3:07:27).
Van Heerden said the team wanted to be the first to send up riders, which would help Clint Hendricks jump over.
“Unfortunately, Gustav [Basson] and Jayde [Julius] marked him and would not let him go,” said Van Heerden.
Towards the end, after most of the climbs, BCX’s plan changed since Hendricks could not find any opportunity to break away from the bunch.
“We decided to ride for the stage and it worked out perfectly,” said Van Heerden.
ProTouch’s Basson retained the yellow jersey to win the tour. His teammate Julius and BCX’s Hendricks rounded out the podium.
More provisional results can be viewed below.
Stage four
1. Steven van Heerden (BCX) 3:06:12
2. Marc Pritzen (BCX)
3. David Maree (BCX) 3:07:27
4. Jason Oosthuizen (AC/DC Luso) 3:07:33
5. Gustav Basson (ProTouch) 3:07:47
6. Clint Hendricks (BCX) 3:07:48
7. Jayde Julius (ProTouch)
8. Kaka Luthando (Randwater-Transnet)
9. Songezo Jim (Sampada) 3:07:49
10. Jan Montshioa (Sampada)
11. Christopher Lagane (MCB)
12. Casper Kruger (AC/DC Luso) 3:07:50
13. Dylan Girdlestone (Office Gurus)
14. Redwan Salih Ebrahim (WCA) 3:07:51
15. James Fourie (ProTouch) 3:07:52
General classification
1. Gustav Basson (ProTouch) 10:23:18
2. Jayde Julius (ProTouch) 10:23:33
3. Clint Hendricks (BCX) 10:24:02
4. Christopher Lagane (MCB) 10:24:36
5. Redwan Salih Ebrahim (WCA) 10:24:57
6. Jason Oosthuizen (AC/DC Luso) 10:25:11
7. James Fourie (ProTouch) 10:27:12
8. Alexandre Mayer (MCB) 10:27:16
9. Dirk Coetzee (Office Gurus) 10:27:27
10. Casper Kruger (AC/DC Luso) 10:28:04
11. Calvin Beneke (AC/DC Luso) 10:28:05
12. Kiflom Gebreselasie (WCCA) 10:28:30
13. Jan Montshioa (Sampada) 10:32:14
14. Songezo Jim (Sampada) 10:32:21
15. Andreas Keuser (Java Partizan) 10:38:05
