Brendan van Eeden sprinted to victory at the Eston MTB Challenge yesterday. Photo: Trailseeker
There was a change of the guard at the Eston MTB Challenge when Brendan van Eeden claimed a narrow victory in the 40km elite race in Eston near Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal yesterday.
Van Eeden (Absolute Motion) sprinted to victory ahead of three-time winner and defending champion Stuart Marais (NanoTime), with both riders being credited with a time of 1:20:54.
Tyronne White (DriveTrain Academy) finished just under a minute later to complete the podium ahead of Michael Foster and Andrew Hill (TIB Insurance).
Rouxda Grobler was a comfortable winner of the women’s event ahead of Christie Hearder (Absolute Motion) and Karyn Southgate.
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