Philip Buys and Pieter du Toit won the third and final stage and with it the overall title of The Magoeba, which finished at Ebenezer Dam near Tzaneen today.
The PYGA Euro Steel edged NAD Pro’s Wessel Botha and Nico Bell by a mere second. Botha was the first to finish overall, but Bell finished behind the winning pair.
Philip Buys (left) and Pieter du Toit won the third and final stage and with it the overall title of The Magoeba, which finished today. Photo: facebook.com/magoebaskloofmtb
Insect Science Pro’s Alan Gordon and Timothy Hammond completed the podium another three minutes later.
Dormakaba’s Amy McDougall and Samantha Sanders took the women’s team title after winning their third staight stage today.
Lynx Real Estate’s Dirk Nel and Ronel Nel claimed victory in the mixed teams category on the third stage, with Petrolium Group Mixed’s Janine Muller and Heinro Malan, provisionally, taking the race title.
View more results below.
Stage three
Men teams
1. Pieter du Toit & Philip Buys (PYGA Euro Steel) 2:21:27
2. Wessel Botha & Nico Bell (NAD) 2:21:28
3. Timothy Hammond & Alan Gordon (Insect Science Pro) 2:24:35
4. Andrew Duvenage & Justin Hornsby (NFB) 2:38:24
5. Jarrad van Zuydam & Darryl Irvine (FRIB) 2:51:41
Women teams
1. Amy McDougall & Samantha Sanders (dormakaba) 2:44:57
2. Sarah Hill & Theresa Ralph (Galileo Risk) 2:57:49
3. Lindie Stroebel & Rialette Kruger (Dropoff Daisies) 4:16:28
Mixed teams
1. Dirk Nel & Ronel Nel (Lynx Real Estate) 3:06:03
2. Janine Muller & Heinro Malan (Petrolium Group Mixed) 3:09:54
3. Barend Burger & Clara Gaudard (NAD 2) 3:19:14
4. Conrad Lubbe & Soretha Lubbe (Provento) 3:31:45
5. Jason Scriven & Shirley Scriven (Go for blow) 3:40:49
General classification
Men teams
1. Pieter du Toit & Philip Buys (PYGA Euro Steel) 8:12:40
2. Wessel Botha & Nico Bell (NAD) 8:26:23
3. Timothy Hammond & Alan Gordon (Insect Science Pro) 8:35:04
4. Andrew Duvenage & Justin Hornsby (NFB) 9:25:52
5. Jarrad van Zuydam & Darryl Irvine (FRIB) 10:28:30
Women teams
1. Amy McDougall & Samantha Sanders (dormakaba) 9:55:02
2. Sarah Hill & Theresa Ralph (Galileo Risk) 10:18:35
3. Lindie Stroebel & Rialette Kruger (Dropoff Daisies) 15:25:57
Mixed teams
1. Janine Muller & Heinro Malan (Petrolium Group Mixed) 11:31:35
2. Dirk Nel & Ronel Nel (Lynx Real Estate) 11:35:57
3. Barend Burger & Clara Gaudard (NAD 2) 11:50:06
4. Conrad Lubbe & Soretha Lubbe (Provento) 12:53:23
5. Jason Scriven & Shirley Scriven (Go for blow) 13:10:34
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