ProTouch’s Reynard Butler won the criterium fourth and final stage of the Lowveld Tour in Limpopo today.
Butler completed the criterium in 47:56, beating BCX’s Nolan Hoffman and NAD Pro’s Gawie Combrinck into second and third respectively.
ProTouch’s Reynard Butler won the criterium fourth and final stage of the Lowveld Tour today. Photo: Robert Ward
BCX’s David Maree won both hotspot challenges on the stage. Hoffman came second at the first hotspot and BCX’s Steven van Heerden second at the second one.
NAD Pro’s Matt Beers won the overall race title with a final general classification time of 9:54:51, two minutes more than Office Gurus’ Dylan Girdlestone in second. BCX’s Marc Pritzen completed the podium.
View provisional results below.
Stage four
Criterium
Elite men
1. Reynard Butler (ProTouch) 47:56
2. Nolan Hoffman (BCX)
3. Gawie Combrinck (NAD Pro)
4. Marc Pritzen (BCX)
5. Clint Hendricks (BCX)
6. Matt Beers (NAD Pro)
7. Dylan Girdlestone (Office Gurus)
8. Wessel Botha (NAD Pro)
9. Flavia Venceslau
10. Nico Bell (NAD Pro)
11. Callum Ormiston (Hi-Q)
12. Damon Fouche (Vander Group)
13. Sias Joubert (Vander Group) +0:30
14. David Maree (BCX)
15. Joshua van Wyk (VWE Track Academy) +3:30
Vets (30+/40+)
1. Neil Tim 50:11
2. Alex Pavlov
3. Marnus Potgieter +0:33
4. Jaco Cronje +1:57
5. Martin van Wyk +3:28
General classification
Elite men
1. Matt Beers (NAD Pro) 9:54:51
2. Dylan Girdlestone (Office Gurus) +2:01
3. Marc Pritzen (BCX) +3:06
4. Gawie Combrinck (NAD Pro) +3:53
5. Wessel Botha (NAD Pro) +5:40
6. Nico Bell (NAD Pro) +5:45
7. David Maree (BCX) +7:02
8. Chris Jooste (BCX) +10:02
9. Damon Fouche (Vander Group) +11:14
10. Reynard Butler (ProTouch) +13:13
11. Callum Ormiston (Hi-Q) +15:08
12. Casper Kruger (Luso) +20:42
13. Jaco van Dyk (Luso) +21:51
14. Keanan Roodt (Cycle Power) +22:13
15. Michael Pretorius (Velo Cycling) +22:39
Vets (30+/40+)
1. Alex Pavlov 9:38:11
2. Jaco Cronje +0:05
3. Neil Tim +3:06
4. Johann Naude +8:40
5. Marnus Potgieter +11:48
