There will be a total of 46 South African riders at this year’s African Continental MTB Cross-Country Championships that is taking place in Windhoek, Namibia, this weekend.
Defending champion and U23 cross country world champion Alan Hatherly is included in the elite men’s list, which also features Jan Withaar, who won the Cradle Traverse alongside Ben Melt Swanepoel last weekend, as well as Cape Epic stage winner Philip Buys.
South Africa’s Alan Hatherly, pictured winning the U23 UCI World Champs last year, will be in action at the African Continental MTB Cross-Country Champs in Windhoek, Namibia, this weekend. Photo: Michal Cerveny
The U23 men’s list include Rossouw Bekker, who launched a SA multi-discipline cycling team this year, as well as 2018 947 MTB Challenge champion Wessel Botha.
Multiple national champ Mariske Strauss is on the women’s elite list and will be joined by Cape Epic stage winner Candice Lill, Herald Cycle Tour champion Tiffany Keep and Cradle Traverse solo women’s winner Sarah Hill.
View the full list of riders below.
Elite men
Alan Hatherly
Matthew Beers
Arno du Toit
Philip Buys
Jan Withaar
Gert Heyns
Stuart Marais
Marc Fourie
U23 men
Julian Jessop
Marco Joubert
Pieter Johannes du Toit
Rossouw Bekker
Rudi Koen
Chris du Plessis
Keagan Bontekoning
Willie van Eck
Lodewicus Breytenbach
Wessel Botha
Henry Liebenberg
Junior men
Ryan Scrimgeour
Jamie Penfold
Tristan Nortje
Johan van Zyl
Luke Moir
Matteo Damilano
Thomas Luc Hudson
Hennie van Wyk
Camelius van der Riet
Thys van der Riet
Daniel Tjaart Mauritz van der Walt
Reinhart Viljoen
Daniel Kotze
Heinie Kriegler Beukes
Elite women
Mariske Strauss
Cherie Redecker
Candice Lill
Tiffany Keep
Sarah Hill
Amy McDougall
Lehane Oosthuizen
Junior women
Frances Janse van Rensburg
Zandri Strydom
Emma van Coller
Stefke Tolmay
Julia Marx
Jone van Eeden
