Manuel Fumic and Henrique Avancini extended their lead and won stage two of the Tankwa Trek in the Witzenberg Valley today.
The Cannondale Factory Racing 1 pair completed the 83km race in 3:16:09, edging Team Bulls’ Urs Huber and Simon Stiebjhan by milliseconds. Cannondale Factory Racing 2’s Maxime Morotte and Orr Cameron completed the podium four seconds later.
A group of elite men riders in action during stage two of the Tankwa Trek today. Photo: Twitter/@tankwatrek
Imbuko-Giant’s Nicol Carstens and Marco Joubert was the highest-placed South African pair, finishing sixth.
Ghost Factory Racing’s Anna Terpstra and Barbara Benko won the elite women’s team race in 3:50:21, beating Silverback Fairtree’s Mariske Strauss and Jennie Stenerhag by a mere second. Summit’s Annie Last and Candice Lill completed the podium.
View more results below.
Stage two
Elite men teams
1. Manuel Fumic & Henrique Avancini (Cannondale Factory Racing 1) 3:16:09
2. Urs Huber & Simon Stiebjhan (Team Bulls) 3:16:09
3. Maxime Morotte & Orr Cameron (Cannondale Factory Racing 2) 3:16:13
4. Jonas Lindberg & Simon Andreassen (Team Denmark) 3:16:20
5. Daniel Geismayr & Jochen Kaess (Team Centurion 1) 3:17:54
6. Nicol Carstens & Marco Joubert (Imbuko-Giant) 3:19:17
7. Alban Lakata & Karl Platt (Team Bulls Legends) 3:20:03
8. Tristan de Lange & Vinzent Dorn (Centurion Vaude 2) 3:23:29
9. Matt Beers & Nico Bell (NAD Pro) 3:24:05
10. Ben Oliver & Eden Cruise (Subway NZ MTB Hub) 3:30:37
Elite women teams
1. Anna Terpstra & Barbara Benko (Ghost Factory Racing) 3:50:21
2. Mariske Strauss & Jennie Stenerhag (Silverback Fairtree) 3:50:22
3. Annie Last & Candice Lill (Summit) 3:52:23
4. Cherie Vale & Ariane Luthi (Kross-Computer Mania) 4:00:48
5. Theresa Ralph & Sarah Hill (Giant Ladies) 4:40:32
Mixed teams
1. Charles McFall & Yolande de Villiers (Altes Landaus p/b Madmacs Kawaski) 3:51:01
2. Laura Stark & Sebastian Stark (TBR Werner) 3:53:01
3. Kobus Barnard & Fienie Barnard (Giant Liv) 4:20:04
4. Kevin Taljaard & Siska van der Bijl (GZT East Coast Cycles) 4:30:46
5. Katja Cauwenbergh & Ken van den Bulke (Bikefreak) 4:35:58
Open men
1. Udo Bolts & Robert Sim (Robert Daniel) 3:50:17
2. Daniel Carleton & Mitchell Ginsberg (ASOW) 3:54:02
3. Nicholas Allen & Cobus Swanepoel (GVK Komikaze) 3:54:02
4. Lawrence von Gunten & Gert Korblet (Individualteam) 3:54:22
5. Hannes Hanekom & Izak Hanekom (Giant vets) 3:55:13
Solo men
1. Jan Withaar 3:27:09
2. Marecaille Antonin 3:27:20
3. David Cooke 3:39:18
4. Till Streichert 3:56:54
5. Dion Froneman 3:57:36
Solo women
1. Louise Ferreira 4:34:20
2. Elisabeth Siroux 5:05:37
3. Hanlie Snyman 5:06:24
4. Kateryna Tertiienko 5:13:37
5. Michelle Zulch 5:33:35
General classification
Elite men teams
1. Manuel Fumic & Henrique Avancini (Cannondale Factory Racing 1) 4:20:17
2. Maxime Morotte & Orr Cameron (Cannondale Factory Racing 2) 4:22:04
3. Urs Huber & Simon Stiebjhan (Team Bulls) 4:23:35
4. Jonas Lindberg & Simon Andreassen (Team Denmark) 4:23:37
5. Daniel Geismayr & Jochen Kaess (Team Centurion 1) 4:23:50
6. Alban Lakata & Karl Platt (Team Bulls Legends) 4:26:43
7. Nicol Carstens & Marco Joubert (Imbuko-Giant) 4:28:35
8. Tristan de Lange & Vinzent Dorn (Centurion Vaude 2) 4:30:07
9. Matt Beers & Nico Bell (NAD Pro) 4:32:31
10. Ben Oliver & Eden Cruise (Subway NZ MTB Hub) 4:37:48
Elite women teams
1. Anna Terpstra & Barbara Benko (Ghost Factory Racing) 5:04:47
2. Annie Last & Candice Lill (Summit) 5:07:33
3. Mariske Strauss & Jennie Stenerhag (Silverback Fairtree) 5:07:53
4. Cherie Vale & Ariane Luthi (Kross-Computer Mania) 5:18:37
5. Theresa Ralph & Sarah Hill (Giant Ladies) 6:01:31
Mixed teams
1. Charles McFall & Yolande de Villiers (Altes Landaus p/b Madmacs Kawaski) 5:05:19
2. Laura Stark & Sebastian Stark (TBR Werner) 5:11:37
3. Kobus Barnard & Fienie Barnard (Giant Liv) 5:45:36
4. Tanya Kirstein & Christo Roos (Enduroplanet) 6:02:45
5. Gus Klohn & Yolandi du Toit (Powerbar Garmin) 6:03:05
Open men
1. Udo Bolts & Robert Sim (Robert Daniel) 5:05:45
2. Hannes Hanekom & Izak Hanekom (Giant vets) 5:09:52
3. Daniel Carleton & Mitchell Ginsberg (ASOW) 5:10:26
4. Phillip Malan & Dean Engelbrecht (Zamalek) 5:12:24
5. Dean van Vuuren & Shane Daniel (Team) 5:15:12
Solo men
1. Jan Withaar 4:33:48
2. Marecaille Antonin 4:36:16
3. David Cooke 4:53:37
4. Dion Froneman 5:10:27
5. Till Streichert 5:11:16
Solo women
1. Louise Ferreira 6:03:45
2. Elisabeth Siroux 6:39:37
3. Hanlie Snyman 6:46:05
4. Kateryna Tertiienko 6:58:30
5. Michelle Zulch 7:12:22
