Tristan Nortje and Yolande de Villiers won the respective men’s and women’s 60km feature race of the Ostrich Crawl MTB race, which took place in Oudtshoorn at the weekend.
Nortje won the men’s race in 2:03:03, beating Louis Visser by six-and-a-half minutes. Marchal Hendricks completed the podium.
Riders in action during the Ostrich Crawl MTB race at the weekend. Photo: Hugo du Plessis
De Villiers won the women’s race and finished fourth overall in 2:17:16. Jean-Marie Oelofse and Charissa van Dyk made up the rest of the podium.
Matthew Leppan (1:16:10) and Mia Bester (1:37:35) were the respective winners in the 36km race.
View more results below.
60km
Men
1. Tristan Nortje 2:03:03
2. Louis Visser 2:09:33
3. Marchal Hendricks 2:09:34
4. Geo Erasmus 2:21:02
5. Jacques van Staden 2:21:03
6. Immanuel Bekker 2:21:04
7. Errol Pretorius 2:21:06
8. Pierre Terblanche 2:21:57
9. Roan Blom 2:22:35
10. Herman Niewoudt 2:29:10
Women
1. Yolande de Villiers 2:17:16
2. Jean-Marie Roelofse 2:47:45
3. Charissa van Dyk 2:55:34
4. Louise Willson 3:00:27
5. Anita Wheeler 3:26:15
36km
Men
1. Matthew Leppan 1:16:10
2. Hans-Willem Moolman 1:17:10
3. Pieter van Rensburg 1:18:24
4. Nico Bester 1:18:25
5. MJ Marais 1:19:21
Women
1. Mia Bester 1:37:35
2. Alissa Coetzer 1:44:32
3. Elzaan van Blerk 1:49:53
4. Marlie Blom 1:52:01
5. Christelle le Roux 1:52:02
19km
Men
1. Allan Harvie 41:23
2. Louis Venter 41:36
3. Johannes Jacobs 43:14
Women
1. Anya du Plessis 49:08
2. Mianette Theron 50:23
3. Corne Serfontein 52:37
