Eric Storbeck and Francois Lotter won the 62km second stage of the Berg and Bush ‘Great Trek’ at Em’seni in KwaZulu-Natal today.
The Team Chap pair completed the race in 2:47:24, beating Lost Boyz’s Jan-Hendrik Gutter and Lodewyk Lombard by almost a minute. Colin & Eugene’s Colin-Allan Germs and Eugene Beck completed the podium.
Riders moving through a forest section during stage one of the Berg and Bush ‘Great Trek’ yesterday. Photo: Em Gatland
Fast Skinny L’asses’ Nicolle Weir and Catherine Albertyn won the women’s race in 3:23:40, while Team Big Box Mixed’s Junita and Gerhard Kruger took the spoils in the mixed category in 3:12:52.
Dean van Dyk won the solo men’s race, edging Carl Adendorff into second.
View more results below.
Stage two 62km
Men teams
1. Eric Storbeck, Francois Lotter (Team Chap) 2:47:24
2. Jan-Hendrik Gutter, Lodewyk Lombard (Lost Boyz) 2:48:15
3. Colin-Allan Germs, Eugene Beck (Colin & Eugene) 2:49:09
4. Rudi Barnard, Mackie Adlem (Boerseuns) 2:50:08
5. Andrew West, Geoff Wood (McCain 4) 2:53:40
Women teams
1. Nicolle Weir, Catherine Albertyn (Fast Skinny L’asses) 3:23:40
2. Michele du Toit, Bev Wood (Blondes on a Bender) 3:27:14
3. Tanielle Hermanson, Samantha Summerscales (Team Pyga) 3:27:27
4. Valerie Bontekoning, Tracey Reynolds (DMR) 3:41:11
Mixed teams
1. Junita Kruger, Gerhard Kruger (Team Big Box Mixed) 3:12:52
2. Rowan Lyle, Brenda Ferrar (Yeti and the Bee) 3:14:56
3. Steffen Joachim, Uta Joachim (Team Arosea) 3:20:46
4. Carl Freyer, Shelley Higgo (Coastal Stormers) 3:20:53
5. Ross Macgregor, Michelle De Souza MacGregor (Mac Relax) 3:22:58
Solo men
1. Dean van Dyk 2:35:50
2. Carl Adendorff 2:35:50
3. Michael-John Cannon 2:38:04
4. Rolfe Bettison 2:41:50
5. Warren Lamb 2:44:42
General classification
Men teams
1. Eric Storbeck, Francois Lotter (Team Chap) 7:08:26
2. Jan-Hendrik Gutter, Lodewyk Lombard (Lost Boyz) 7:08:46
3. Rudi Barnard, Mackie Adlem (Boerseuns) 7:11:17
4. Andrew West, Geoff Wood (McCain 4) 7:16:34
5. Colin-Allan Germs, Eugene Beck (Colin & Eugene) 7:25:08
Women teams
1. Michele du Toit, Bev Wood (Blondes on a Bender) 8:39:42
2. Nicolle Weir, Catherine Albertyn (Fast Skinny L’asses) 8:48:08
3. Tanielle Hermanson, Samantha Summerscales (Team Pyga) 8:49:40
4. Valerie Bontekoning, Tracey Reynolds (DMR) 9:12:32
Mixed teams
1. Junita Kruger, Gerhard Kruger (Team Big Box Mixed) 7:59:39
2. Rowan Lyle, Brenda Ferrar (Yeti and the Bee) 8:16:24
3. Steffen Joachim, Uta Joachim (Team Arosea) 8:36:00
4. Ross Macgregor, Michelle De Souza MacGregor (Mac Relax) 8:43:39
5. Suzette Roode, Bernard Roode (Kapama) 8:46:29
Solo men
1. Carl Adendorff 6:33:05
2. Dean van Dyk 6:33:05
3. Michael-John Cannon 6:39:29
4. Rolfe Bettison 6:55:36
5. Warren Lamb 7:02:26
