Ernst van Dyk added to his long list of achievements in the sport with victory in the para-cycling road race H5 category at the SA National Road Championships in Swellendam. Photo: Chris Hitchcock via PhotoSport-ZA
South Africa’s greatest ever wheelchair athlete, Ernst van Dyk, added to his long list of achievements in the sport with victory in the para-cycling road race H5 category at the SA National Road Championships in Swellendam today.
The soon-to-be 48-year-old Paarl-based Van Dyk has been a prolific race and medal winner for South Africa over the years at Paralympic Games and World Championships level, as well as on the streets of New York, Los Angeles, Paris and Boston in particular.
For all the results from the 2021 SA nationals, go here.
Para-cycling men
C2
| 1 | Phillo Verlaat | 2:47:19 |
C3
| 1 | Lionel Scholtz | 2:12:45 |
| 2 | Vernon Treu | 2:27:56 |
C4
| 1 | Janus Potgieter | 2:15:13 |
| 2 | Warren van Eyssen | 2:15:26 |
| 3 | Jonathan Pellow-Jarman | 2:24:59 |
H1
| 1 | Nicolas Pieter | 1:39:53 |
H3
| 1 | Stuart McCreadie | 2:13:55 |
H4
| 1 | Barend Coetzee | 2:54:29 |
H5
| 1 | Ernst van Dyk | 2:02:56 |
T2
| 1 | Goldy Fuchs | 1:11:49 |
Para-cycling women
H2
| 1 | Justine Asher | 1:33:54 |
H3
| 1 | Palesa Manaleng | 2:14:34 |
T1
| 1 | Toni Mould | 2:45:12 |
