Jacques van Zyl and Jana Kruger won the respective men’s and women’s 80km feature race of the Java MTB Challenge, which finished at Van Loveren in Robertson yesterday.
Van Zyl completed the race in 3:30:59, beating Jacques Steyn by less than a minute. Nichol Jordaan completed the podium 23 seconds later.
Riders pictured before the start of the Java MTB Challenge yesterday. Photo: Facebook/Rola Ford
Kruger took the spoils in the women’s race in 4:03:37. Nicky Botes and Ilse Viljoen followed in second and third respectively.
Willem van der Walt (1:55:28) and Marie Stofberg (2:28:26) were the winners in the 45km race.
View more results below.
80km
Men
1. Jacques van Zyl 3:30:59
2. Jacques Steyn 3:31:49
3. Nichol Jordaan 3:32:14
4. Gideon van der Berg 3:33:19
5. Darian Vavatzanidis 3:33:59
6. Vaughan Ulyate 3:34:00
7. Hermias Vollgraaff 3:36:19
8. Lawrence von Gunten 3:41:34
9. Allen Meiring 3:43:46
10. Guillaume Nel 3:49:08
Women
1. Jana Kruger 4:03:37
2. Nicky Botes 4:23:49
3. Ilse Viljoen 4:24:03
4. Esmari de Wet 4:27:47
5. Leanne Brown-Waterson 4:27:57
45km
Men
1. Willem van der Walt 1:55:28
2. Thomas Hudson 1:55:33
3. Pieter Janse van Rensburg 2:00:45
4. Botha de Wet 2:03:48
5. David Sher 2:03:50
Women
1. Marie Stofberg 2:28:26
2. Marilize Cilliers 2:33:59
3. Ronel Spangenberg 2:35:16
4. Liesel Jacoby 2:38:01
5. Karin Winterbach 2:43:22
20km
Men
1. Robert Boucher 49:35
2. JC Koegelenberg 50:26
3. Henrico Strydom 53:52
Women
1. Angeliq Coetzer 1:00:46
2. Beneal Payne 1:09:15
3. Shaneen Barnes 1:12:48
