HB Kruger and Regis Maniora won the 59km final stage of Waterberg MTB Encounter and with it the overall title when the race concluded in Sondela today.
The ASG Cape Duo pair completed the final stage in 1:49:36, edging ASG Store Paarl’s Hanco Kachelhoffer and Pieter Seyffert by a mere three seconds. LikeToBike’s Floris Engelbrecht and Justin van der Linde completed the podium another 11 minutes later.
HB Kruger (left) and Regis Maniora won the Waterberg MTB Encounter when the third and final stage concluded in Sondela today. Photo: Gerrie Kriel / Twin Productions SA
Kruger and Maniora finished the three-stage race with a time of 6:50:18, beating Kachelhoffer and Seyffert by just a minute. Engelbrecht and Van der Linde ended third.
Team Odessy’s Marie Louise Kleynhans and Rentia van Tonder, as the only women’s team, completed the stage in 2:47:12 and the race in 11:06:49.
Team \" X\"’s Gerhard Strydom and Estelle Barbara Gous won the mixed category in 2:10:40. Dutch Courage’s Oscar and Mireille Koster finished second, with The Dependables’ Richard Hoal and Yvette Roberts getting home in third.
The podium in the final general classification of the mixed race was rounded in that same order, with Strydom and Gous finishing in 8:30:26.
View provisional results below.
Stage three
Men teams
1. HB Kruger & Regis Maniora (ASG Cape Duo) 1:49:36
2. Hanco Kachelhoffer & Pieter Seyffert (ASG Store Paarl) 1:49:39
3. Floris Engelbrecht & Justin van der Linde (LikeToBike) 2:00:46
4. Anton Smal & Willem Groenewald (Peaceforce) 2:01:14
5. Gareth Taylor & Wynand Kirsten (Bak en Tene) 2:06:28
Women teams
1. Marie Louise Kleynhans & Rentia van Tonder (Team Odessy) 2:47:12
Mixed teams
1. Gerhard Strydom & Estelle Barbara Gous (Team X) 2:10:40
2. Oscar Koster & Mireille Koster (Dutch Courage) 2:19:55
3. Richard Hoal & Yvette Roberts (The Dependables) 2:20:50
4. Justin Cave & Lizette Cave (Just Us) 2:23:46
5. Anton Myburgh & Mags Myburgh (Rock Rascals) 2:23:50
General classification
Men teams
1. HB Kruger & Regis Maniora (ASG Cape Duo) 6:50:18
2. Hanco Kachelhoffer & Pieter Seyffert (ASG Store Paarl) 6:51:18
3. Floris Engelbrecht & Justin van der Linde (LikeToBike) 7:15:02
4. Louis du Toit & Johann Nortje (iLead etal) 7:53:21
5. Anton Smal & Willem Groenewald (Peaceforce) 8:01:35
Women teams
1. Marie Louise Kleynhans & Rentia van Tonder (Team Odessy) 11:06:49
Mixed teams
1. Gerhard Strydom & Estelle Barbara Gous (Team X) 8:30:26
2. Oscar Koster & Mireille Koster (Dutch Courage) 9:01:20
3. Richard Hoal & Yvette Roberts (The Dependables) 9:08:39
4. Justin Cave & Lizette Cave (Just Us) 9:10:28
5. Anton Myburgh & Mags Myburgh (Rock Rascals) 10:09:24
