Brand du Plessis and Jaco van Vuuren won the 84km first stage of the sani2c Trail, which started in Himeville, KwaZulu-Natal, today.
The TCS Secunda pair completed the race in 3:17:37, beating Shelton Bell and Graham Pearson (Must be Zambians) and Vickus Boshoff and Deon Greenwood (Coimbra Cycle House) into second and third respectively.
Brandon du Plessis and Jaco van Vuuren won the 84km first stage of the sani2c today. Photo: sani2c
Fiddy Gey Van Pittius and Callan Sexton (Tantigatti) comfortably won the mixed category in 3:31:45, beating Gerhard and Junita Kruger (Team Big Box) by almost 23 minutes. Shawn and Comine Bruwer (Paratus Telecom Botswana) completed the podium.
Tanja Schutte and Iliska Verwey (Die Heart) won the women’s race in 4:06:20. Esta van Wyk and Rozaan Bekker (Blits) and Alison Emery and Lisa Williams-Slabbert (White Riveria) rounded off the podium.
Stephen Burrow won the solo category in 3:55:44.
View more results below.
Day one
Men teams
1. Brand du Plessis & Jaco van Vuuren (TCS Secunda) 3:17:37
2. Shelton Bell & Graham Pearson (Must be Zambians) 3:22:37
3. Vickus Boshoff and Deon Greenwood (Coimbra Cycle House) 3:27:37
4. Barto van der Merwe & Hellmuth Weich (Team Belville) 3:28:33
5. Clintin Cogzell & Charl-Stephan Nienabar (Calculus Bikes Prolex) 3:34:53
Women teams
1. Tanja Schutte & Iliska Verwey (Die Heart) 4:06:20
2. Esta van Wyk & Rozaan Bekker (Blits) 4:11:54
3. Alison Emery & Lisa Williams-Slabbert (White Riveria) 4:18:55
Mixed teams
1. Fiddy Gey Van Pittius & Callan Sexton (Tantigatti) 3:31:45
2. Gerhard Kruger & Junita Kruger (Team Big Box) 3:54:27
3. Shawn & Comine Bruwer (Paratus Telecom Botswana) 3:59:19
Solo
1. Stephen Burrow 3:55:44
2. Willie Burger 4:11:25
3. Dino Marusich 4:17:09
