Allard Basile and Remy Bourdon won the 60km opening stage of the Lesotho Sky mountain-bike race yesterday.
The Rebloch Power pair completed the race in 3:00:50, beating Garrun-Tib Insurance’s Reinhard Zellhuber and Andrew Hill into second. Alliance’s Tumelo Makae and Phetetso Monese completed the podium.
Allard Basile and Remy Bourdon won the 60km opening stage of the Lesotho Sky yesterday. Photo: Wayne Reiche/Lesotho Sky
Bike Hub’s Kylie Hanekom and Nicholas Webb won the mixed category in 4:33:00, edging Lesotho Sky Lovers’ Darryn and Ila Stow.
Axel Strauss (3:29:46) and Regina Marunde (4:16:59) won the respective solo categories.
View more results below.
Stage one
Elite men teams
1. Allard Basile & Remy Bourdon (Rebloch Power) 3:00:50
2. Reinhard Zellhuber & Andrew Hill (Garrun-Tib Insurance) 3:01:19
3. Tumelo Makae & Phetetso Monese (Alliance) 3:29:48
Open men teams
1. Jens Hitzeroth & Andreas Krensel (The Tall Ones) 4:29:09
2. Danie van Tonder & Kristian Steckler (Love The Ride International) 4:29:48
3. Fourie Rossouw & Gerhard Erasmus (Storytellers) 4:30:42
Mixed teams
1. Kylie Hanekom & Nicholas Webb (Bike Hub) 4:33:00
2. Darryn Stow and Ila Stow (Lesotho Sky Lovers) 4:33:02
3. Marion Hemmerling & Hansjerg Bosler (Bavarian Bears) 4:57:47
Solo men
1. Axel Strauss 3:29:46
2. Gary Cooper 4:16:59
3. Joe Fritsch 4:17:00
Solo women
1. Regina Marunde 4:16:59
2. Unice Vorster 4:28:30
