Matthys Beukes and Philip Buys won the 48km third and final stage and with it the Berg and Bush ‘Descent’ title when the race concluded in Emseni, KwaZulu-Natal, today.
The PYGA Euro Steel pair trailled NAD Pro’s Matt Beers and Nico Bell by just three seconds on the general classification standings before the stage, but managed to leapfrog them into first, winning by just less than a minute in the end.
Beukes and Buys completed the stage in 1:45:14, finishing 50 seconds faster than Beers and Bell. NAD Pro’s second team Wessel Botha and Gawie Combrinck, however, completed the podium in both the final stage and overall standings.
Philip Buys (front left) and Matthys Beukes (front right) won the 48km third and final stage and with it the Berg and Bush ‘Descent’ title when the race concluded today. Photo: Volume Photography/Tobias Ginsberg
Team dormakaba SA’s Samantha Sanders and Amy McDougall surged to a comfortable victory in the women’s race, while Team Garmin’s Yolandi Toit and Ben Melt Swanepoel took the spoils in the mixed category.
View more results below.
Stage three
Men teams
1. Philip Buys & Matthys Beukes (PYGA Euro Steel) 1:45:14
2. Nico Bell & Matthew Beers (NAD Pro) 1:46:10
3. Gawie Combrinck & Wessel Botha (NAD Pro 2) 1:47:19
4. Andrew Hill & Shaun-Nick Bester (TIB-Silverback-Best4Sport) 1:47:55
5. Julian Jessop & Phillimon Sebona (PYGA Euro Steel 2) 1:48:38
6. Anthony Derrin Smith & Michael Posthumus (Dorma Kaba Mens) 1:54:48
7. James Tennent & Ryan Lenferna (Enjoy 4) 2:01:00
8. Pieter Heerden & Johann Kruger (Almec/Midas B) 2:01:55
9. Rowan Williams & Waldo du Plessis (Nitrogen Fund Managers) 2:08:32
10. Paul Shearer & Christopher Nicholson (The Makulus) 2:09:34
Women teams
1. Amy McDougall & Samantha Sanders (Team dormakaba SA) 2:01:32
2. Hayley Smith & Christie Hearder (Bell Equipment) 2:13:37
3. Andrea de Boer & Elmari de Wet (De Natte Boer) 2:37:03
4. Yolandi Mostert & Melicia Labuschagne (Liqui Moly Online) 2:43:45
5. Charmaine Werdmuller & Kathryn Robinson (Team awesomeness 2) 2:44:18
Mixed teams
1. Yolandi Toit & Ben Melt Swanepoel (Team Garmin) 2:04:01
2. Tom Wetton & Theresa Ralph (Galileo Risk) 2:07:33
3. Dirk Nel & Ronel van Wyk Nel (Lynx Real Estate) 2:15:35
4. Jeff Blane & Steph Blane (LBR) 2:26:26
5. Ewan Cochran & Brenda Potts (Giant Cadence) 2:27:06
Solo men
1. Luke Chambers 1:57:37
2. Grayson Keppler 2:00:38
3. Deon van Vuuren 2:01:28
Solo women
1. Rouxda Grobler 2:35:29
2. Tamara MacMillan 2:57:31
3. Chantel Rouhotas 2:57:41
General classification
Men teams
1. Philip Buys & Matthys Beukes (PYGA Euro Steel) 7:18:26
2. Nico Bell & Matthew Beers (NAD Pro) 7:19:20
3. Gawie Combrinck & Wessel Botha (NAD Pro 2) 7:20:42
4. Andrew Hill & Shaun-Nick Bester (TIB-Silverback-Best4Sport) 7:21:19
5. Julian Jessop & Phillimon Sebona (PYGA Euro Steel 2) 7:35:51
6. Anthony Derrin Smith & Michael Posthumus (Dorma Kaba Mens) 7:58:07
7. James Tennent & Ryan Lenferna (Enjoy 4) 8:27:44
8. Pieter Heerden & Johann Kruger (Almec/Midas B) 8:39:10
9. Rowan Williams & Waldo du Plessis (Nitrogen Fund Managers) 8:55:35
10. Kevin Taljaard & Harold Myburgh (Mad Ones) 8:55:43
Women teams
1. Amy McDougall & Samantha Sanders (Team dormakaba SA) 8:28:10
2. Hayley Smith & Christie Hearder (Bell Equipment) 9:19:36
3. Andrea de Boer & Elmari de Wet (De Natte Boer) 10:36:04
4. Yolandi Mostert & Melicia Labuschagne (Liqui Moly Online) 11:14:53
5. Marli van Eeden & Yvonne Cornes (Pinky & The Brain) 11:18:15
Mixed teams
1. Yolandi Toit & Ben Melt Swanepoel (Team Garmin) 8:30:33
2. Tom Wetton & Theresa Ralph (Galileo Risk) 8:40:28
3. Dirk Nel & Ronel van Wyk Nel (Lynx Real Estate) 9:23:52
4. Jeff Blane & Steph Blane (LBR) 10:03:48
5. Ewan Cochran & Brenda Potts (Giant Cadence) 10:22:16
Solo men
1. Luke Chambers 8:16:58
2. Deon van Vuuren 8:24:22
3. Grayson Keppler 8:34:59
Solo women
1. Rouxda Grobler 10:56:43
2. Tamara MacMillan 12:11:20
3. Anja de Roode 12:30:59
