South African team, Shameeg Salie and Kevin Benkenstein, won the 109km fourth stage of the Rainmaker RollerCoaster gravel stage race in Calitzdorp, Western Cape, today.
The Velokhaya pair completed the race in 4:35:27, narrowly beating Songo.info’s Craig Boyes and Christoph Sauser by two seconds. Bruce Reyneke Cycles Panda’s Roberto Gnudi and Bruce Reynecke completed the podium almost an hour later.
South African team, Shameeg Salie and Kevin Benkenstein, won the 109km fourth stage of the Rainmaker RollerCoaster gravel stage race today. Photo: Facebook/HotChillee
South Africa’s Harry Orr won the solo race in 4:35:28, beating compatriot Charles Keey by some 18 minutes. Britain’s Leonardo Thomas Cerutti rounded out the podium.
View more results below.
Stage four
Men teams
1. Shameeg Salie (South Africa) & Kevin Benkenstein (South Africa) Velokhaya 4:35:27
2. Craig Boyes (South Africa) & Christoph Sauser (Switzerland) Songo.info 4:35:29
3. Roberto Gnudi (South Africa) & Bruce Reynecke (South Africa) Bruce Reyneke Cycles Panda 5:30:37
4. Adam Foster (Britain) & Ross Moody (South Africa) Lanterne Rouge 6:41:23
Mixed teams
1. Marion Pelata (France) & Carlos Climent (Spain) HoneyRider 6:18:41
2. Tim Brink (South Africa) & Michelle Russell (South Africa) F. U. Fifty. 6:49:17
Solo
1. Harry Orr (South Africa) 4:35:28
2. Charles Keey (South Africa) 4:53:22
3. Leonardo Thomas Cerutti (Britain) 5:36:31
4. Claudio Lima (Portugal) 5:40:41
5. Daniel Hughes (Britain) 5:43:47
6. Henk Bester (South Africa) 5:49:32
7. Christian Malan (South Africa) 5:52:21
8. Thomas Wainwright (Britain) 5:52:21
9. Robert Middleton (Britain) 5:52:23
10. Jeroen Linnebank (Netherlands) 5:54:12
General classification
Men teams
1. Craig Boyes (South Africa) & Christoph Sauser (Switzerland) Songo.info 11:56:48
2. Shameeg Salie (South Africa) & Kevin Benkenstein (South Africa) Velokhaya 12:58:10
3. Roberto Gnudi (South Africa) & Bruce Reynecke (South Africa) Bruce Reyneke Cycles Panda 14:44:01
4. Adam Foster (Britain) & Ross Moody (South Africa) Lanterne Rouge 18:03:24
Mixed teams
1. Marion Pelata (France) & Carlos Climent (Spain) HoneyRider 17:24:19
2. Tim Brink (South Africa) & Michelle Russell (South Africa) F. U. Fifty. 19:04:09
Solo
1. Leonardo Thomas Cerutti (Britain) 14:19:45
2. Claudio Lima (Portugal) 15:03:06
3. Jeroen Linnebank (Netherlands) 15:27:14
4. Christian Malan (South Africa) 15:39:57
5. Henk Bester (South Africa) 15:40:12
6. Robert Middleton (Britain) 16:05:44
7. Thomas Wainwright (Britain) 16:17:42
8. Francis Cade (Britain) 16:28:31
9. Daniel Hughes (Britain) 16:28:39
10. Bonga Ngqobane (South Africa) 17:03:32
