{"id":15301,"date":"2019-10-27T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2019\/10\/27\/late-drama-as-dormakaba-win-fnb-w2w-chardonnay-r7993\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T05:13:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T05:13:21","slug":"late-drama-as-dormakaba-win-fnb-w2w-chardonnay-r7993","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/late-drama-as-dormakaba-win-fnb-w2w-chardonnay-r7993\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Drama as dormakaba Win FNB W2W Chardonnay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A puncture, just 10 kilometres from the finish line in Onrus, turned the 2019 FNB Wines2Whales Chardonnay race on its head; on Sunday, 27 October. Seizing the opportunity provided by the overnight leaders\u2019 misfortune, the dormakaba team, of Robyn de Groot and Amy McDougall, raced to stage and overall victory. Adelheid, who suffered the rear wheel puncture, and Candice Lill, finished 2 minutes and 37.8 seconds down on the stage to slip to second overall.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-54549700-1572190568.jpg\" data-fileid=\"1631823\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"1631823\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-54549700-1572190568.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-54549700-1572190568.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><span class=\"italic text-sm text-slate-500 block mt-1 mb-4\">Photo credit: Xavier Briel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Team dormakaba had put the pressure on all stage, and forced Faces into an error. De Groot and McDougall accelerated from the Elite Women\u2019s group on the Houw Hoek switchbacks. They established an advantage of 15 seconds, which they held through Water Point 1 in Botrivier; but in the Wildekrans singletracks, after 30 kilometres of racing, Lill and Morath caught them. For the next 30 kilometres the two teams went head-to-head through the trails, jockeying for any advantage.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full aspect-video\">\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fG0CT7TDDko?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Towards the end of the stage\u2019s Land Rover Experience Section, the technical descent through The Gorge, Morath punctured. \u201cAdelheid had a puncture in the last singletrack before Water Point 3\u201d Lill explained. \u201cThen we somehow managed to go past the tech-zone without communicating that she had a puncture. So, we had to fix it ourselves. But we didn\u2019t do the greatest job, so she had to ride with a flat to the finish line. It\u2019s unfortunate, but that\u2019s racing. Hats off to Team dormakaba for a great race\u201d she philosophically concluded.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-94869700-1572190564.jpg\" data-fileid=\"1631820\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"1631820\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-94869700-1572190564.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-94869700-1572190564.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><span class=\"italic text-sm text-slate-500 block mt-1 mb-4\">Photo credit: Xavier Briel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s never nice to win because of someone else\u2019s misfortune\u201d a gracious De Groot began. \u201cBut it happens and we had to take the opportunity when it arose. We saw Adelheid stopping and then we knew we had to go flat out for the line.\u201d \u201cIt was pretty much a 10-kilometre sprint\u201d McDougall added. \u201cI was counting down every metre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The dormakaba women sprinted over the line, unsure of how far behind the Faces team of Lill and Morath were. As the clocked ticked closer to the 1 minute and 34 seconds which separated dormakaba and Faces overnight, Paul Valstar, the finish line announcer, provided a count-down while De Groot and McDougall nervously watched the final corner for a glimpse of their rivals.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-44966500-1572190567.jpg\" data-fileid=\"1631822\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"1631822\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-44966500-1572190567.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-44966500-1572190567.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><span class=\"italic text-sm text-slate-500 block mt-1 mb-4\">Photo credit: Xavier Briel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When they were confirmed the victors, De Groot and McDougall\u2019s first actions were to commiserate with Lill and Morath. The final margin of victory was 1 minutes and 3.5 seconds, meaning that Morath\u2019s puncture had produced a 2 minute and 37.8 second swing in just 10 kilometres.<\/p>\n<p>Behind the stage winners, Fairtee-Rotwild and Kross Spur sprinted for third as Ariane L\u00fcthi and Samara Sheppard raced to make up places on the general classification. The Swiss\/New Zealand combination had lost nearly an hour after L\u00fcthi destroyed her rear derailleur by tangling it in a piece of trail-side wire. They had been holding third position for much of the stage, but Jennie Stenerhag and Nadine Rieder caught them on the Onrus beach.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-25114000-1572190563.jpg\" data-fileid=\"1631819\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"1631819\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-25114000-1572190563.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-25114000-1572190563.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><span class=\"italic text-sm text-slate-500 block mt-1 mb-4\">Photo credit: Xavier Briel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Racing across the Peri bridges on the beach and up onto the beach-front road into the finish line, the Kross Spur and Fairtree-Rotwild teams jostled for position. L\u00fcthi lead the quartet across the line while Sheppard split Rieder and Stenerhag to secure the final podium position on the stage. Rieder and Stenerhag\u2019s fourth on the day secured third on the final general classification standings.<\/p>\n<p>The SA Trippers team of Katie Lennard and Laura Stark were fifth on the stage and fourth overall. Their consistency over the course of the three days was enough to hold off L\u00fcthi and Sheppard by 3 minutes and 19.1 seconds.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-75232800-1572190569.jpg\" data-fileid=\"1631824\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"1631824\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-75232800-1572190569.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-75232800-1572190569.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><span class=\"italic text-sm text-slate-500 block mt-1 mb-4\">Photo credit: Xavier Briel.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-slate-100 p-5\">\n<strong>Results: FNB Wines2Whales Chardonnay<\/strong><br \/><strong>Stage 3:<\/strong><br \/>1. dormakaba: Robyn de Groot &amp; Amy McDougall (02:51:43.1)<br \/>2. Faces: Candice Lill &amp; Adelheid Morath (02:54:20.9 | +2:37.8)<br \/>3. Kross Spur: Ariane L\u00fcthi &amp; Samara Sheppard (02:56:13.3 | +4:30.2)<br \/>4. Fairtree-Rotwild: Jennie Stenerhag &amp; Nadine Rieder (02:56:14.0 | +4:30.9)<br \/>5. SA Roadtrippers: Katie Lennard &amp; Laura Stark (03:02:02.9 | +10:19.8)<\/p>\n<p><strong>General Classification after Stage 3:<\/strong><br \/>1. dormakaba: Robyn de Groot &amp; Amy McDougall (09:00:18.1)<br \/>2. Faces: Candice Lill &amp; Adelheid Morath (09:01:21.6 | +01:03.5)<br \/>3. Fairtree-Rotwild: Jennie Stenerhag &amp; Nadine Rieder (09:15:16.4 | +14:58.3)<br \/>4. SA Roadtrippers: Katie Lennard &amp; Laura Stark (09:42:25.0 | +42:06.9)<br \/>5. Kross Spur: Ariane L\u00fcthi &amp; Samara Sheppard (09:45:44.1 | +45:26.0)<\/p>\n<p>For the full results from the FNB Wines2Whales Chardonnay race please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/wines2whales.com\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.wines2whales.com<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A puncture, just 10 kilometres from the finish line in Onrus, turned the 2019 FNB Wines2Whales Chardonnay race on its head; on Sunday, 27 October. Seizing the opportunity provided by the overnight leaders\u2019 misfortune, the dormakaba team, of Robyn de Groot and Amy McDougall, raced to stage and overall victory. 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