Team BCX’s Steven van Heerden won the 100km trapNET 360 cycle race in Centurion, Pretoria, today.
Van Heerden completed the race in 2:07:06, beating Office Guru’s Dylan Girdlestone in the final sprint. BCX’s Clint Hendricks completed the podium.
Team BCX’s Steven van Heerden (pictured) won the 100km trapNET 360 cycle race in Centurion, Pretoria, today. Photo: ZC Marketing Consulting
Approximately 22km into the race, Van Heerden and Girdlestone broke away and created a 30-second gap.
Just 8km later, the two extended their lead to one minute, before it shot up to almost two minutes by the 55km mark. Van Heerden and Girdlestone stayed with each other for the reminder of the race, retaining their near two-minute lead.
Coming down to a sprint finish, Van Heerden then managed to beat Girdlestone to the line.
Team Demacon’s Carla Oberholzer won the women’s race in 2:30:59, beating Clover’s Sanet Smal and teammate Lynette Burger into second and third respectively.
View provisional results below.
Elite men
1. Steven van Heerden 2:07:06
2. Dylan Girdlestone 2:07:09
3. Clint Hendricks 2:08:26
4. Calvin Beneke 2:08:28
5. Michael Pretorius 2:08:29
6. Bradley Potgieter
7. Isaac Mudau
8. Dian Fritz
9. Travis Barrett 2:08:30
10. Jean-Pierre Lloyd
Elite women
1. Carla Oberholzer 2:30:59
2. Sanet Smal 2:32:47
3. Lynette Burger 2:34:26
4. Michelle Andrew 2:34:27
5. Chalita Johnson 2:34:29
6. Danielle van Graan 2:34:32
7. Hannah Newman
8. Zanri Rossouw 2:34:33
9. Suzan Cronje 2:36:20
10. Victoria Myburgh 2:36:45
