Arno du Toit and Gert Heyns claimed the overall honours in the UCI elite men’s mountain bike race after the final stage of the Cape Pioneer Trek finished in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, today.
Arno du Toit and Gert Heyns won the Cape Pioneer Trek after the final stage finished in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, today. Photo: www.zcmc.co.za
The DSV Pro Cycling pair, who won stage six today, finished more than four-minutes ahead of KMC’s Gerben Mos and Tim Smeenge.
Third and a further four minutes behind, were Asrin Cycling’s Krenn Wolfgang and Moran Vermeulen.
Galileo Risk-Liv’s Theresa Ralph and Sarah Hill took the women’s victory ahead of dormakaba’s Samantha Sanders and Amy McDougall. Third were Seattle Coffee Lovers’ Nicky Giliomee and Cherise Willeit.
The mixed event was won by Fienie and Kobus Barnard (Giant-Liv). They were followed by Yolande de Villiers and Kevin Taljaard (Mad Macs-Kawasaki) with Vladi Pokobova and Peter Verstraete (Vanomobil MTB Team Belgium) rounding out the podium.
Shaun-Nick Bester was crowned the solo men’s winner, beating Wim Lemal and Andreas Kuhn to the title.
The women’s event was won by Marisa van der Linde, while Louise Bezuidenhout and Collette Bastard had to settle for second and third respectively.
More results can be viewed below.
Stage six
UCI elite men
1. Arno du Toit & Gert Heyns (DSV Pro Cyclig) 2:34:26
2. Marco Joubert & Nicol Carstens (Imbuko Giant) 2:34:30
3. Jan Withaar & Henry Liebenberg (Absolute Motion) 2:35:48
4. Marc Fourie & Rossouw Bekker (Valley Electrical Titan Racing Team) 2:36:20
5. Krenn Wolfgang & Moran Vermeulen (Asrin Cycling) 2:36:02
UCI elite women
1. Samantha Sanders & Amy McDougall (dormakaba Ladies) 3:00:28
2. Theresa Ralph & Sarah Hill (Galileo Risk-Liv) 3:05:12
3. Nicky Giliomee & Cherise Willeit (Seattle Coffee Lovers) 3:25:02
4. Janine Muller & Mari du Toit (Oakley) 3:31:32
Mixed teams
1. Yolande de Villiers & Kevin Taljaard (Mad Macs-Kawasaki) 3:03:12
2. Fienie Barnard & Kobus Barnard (Giant-Liv) 3:05:21
3. Angelika Aigner & Sascha Ludwig (Focus Rapiro Racing) 3:27:25
4. Janneke van der Meulen & Mitchel Steenman (Ekoplaza Vegan) 3:28:16
5. Vladi Pokobova & Peter Verstraete (Vanomobil MTB Team Belgium) 3:34:59
Solo men
1. Wim Lemal 2:44:57
2. Andreas Kuhn 2:44:58
3. Shaun-Nick Bester 2:45:03
4. Simon Lassen 2:46:37
5. Justin de Bruijn 2:48:01
Solo women
1. Louise Bezuidenhout 3:19:49
2. Marisa van der Linde 3:20:57
3. Collette Bastard 3:28:18
4. Aryna Edwards 3:59:58
5. Teresa Coetzee 4:26:48
General classification
UCI elite men
1. Arno du Toit & Gert Heyns (DSV Pro Cyclig) 21:36:33
2. Gerben Mos & Tim Smeenge (KMC) 21:40:00
3. Krenn Wolfgang & Moran Vermeulen (Asrin Cycling) 21:44:01
4. Julian Jessop & Timothy Hammond (Devmco-Umhlanga Arch-Spot Africa) 22:06:42
5. HB Kruger & Nico Bell (NAD MTB) 22:10:10
UCI elite women
1. Theresa Ralph & Sarah Hill (Galileo Risk-Liv) 25:11:04
2. Samantha Sanders & Amy McDougall (dormakaba Ladies) 25:36:42
3. Nicky Giliomee & Cherise Willeit (Seattle Coffee Lovers) 28:31:11
4. Janine Muller & Mari du Toit (Oakley) 30:56:24
Mixed teams
1. Fienie Barnard & Kobus Barnard (Giant-Liv) 26:04:50
2. Yolande de Villiers & Kevin Taljaard (Mad Macs-Kawasaki) 26:43:35
3. Vladi Pokobova & Peter Verstraete (Vanomobil MTB Team Belgium) 28:14:27
4. Janneke van der Meulen & Mitchel Steenman (Ekoplaza Vegan) 29:25:03
5. Angelika Aigner & Sascha Ludwig (Focus Rapiro Racing) 30:31:07
Solo men
1. Shaun-Nick Bester 22:23:56
2. Wim Lemal 23:22:37
3. Andreas Kuhn 23:55:25
4. Justin de Bruijn 24:14:30
5. Hannes Hanekom 25:17:10
Solo women
1. Marisa van der Linde 28:29:02
2. Louise Bezuidenhout 28:54:09
3. Collette Bastard 30:12:43
4. Aryna Edwards 34:23:55
5. Teresa Coetzee 39:15:39
