Wimpie Sander won The 1000 Miler and broke a new record when he completed the 1 510km journey from the Riverside Sun hotel in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, to Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, today.
Sander finished the gruelling race in five days, seven hours and 18 minutes; beating the previous record by almost five hours.
Wimpie Sander (pictured) won The 1000 Miler and broke a new record when he completed the 1 510km journey today. Photo: Supplied
Sarah van Heerden and Cindy Theunissen set the previous record last year in five days, 11 hours and 52 minutes.
John Loos is currently riding in second, having covered 1 286.8km, with Dave and Dawn Bell closely following.
View the rest of the leaderboard below as at 1:40pm today. (days:hours:minutes)
1. Wimpie Sander 5:07:18
2. Nardus Coetzee 1 218km
3. Dawn Bell 6:08:15
4. Dave Bell 6:08:15
5. John Loos 6:04:54
6. Gary van der Merwe 6:11:54
7. John Goddard 1 156.1km
8. Johan Jansen van Rensburg 1 156.1km
9. Myles Wilson 1 156km
*To be updated
