{"id":15333,"date":"2019-09-16T05:05:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T04:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2019\/09\/16\/cape-pioneer-trek-champions-crowned-r7960\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T05:14:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T05:14:55","slug":"cape-pioneer-trek-champions-crowned-r7960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/cape-pioneer-trek-champions-crowned-r7960\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Pioneer Trek Champions Crowned"},"content":{"rendered":"

The curtains of the 2019 Momentum Health Cape Pioneer Trek presented by Biogen have officially drawn to a close.<\/p>\n

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DSV Pro Cycling\u2019s Gert Heyns and Arno du Toit were eager to run riot over familiar trails as they entered the final stage with a slender lead over KMC\u2019s Gerbon Mos and Tim Smeenge. DSV tasted blood early into the 65km route and set a tempo that was just too much for KMC to hold onto.<\/p>\n

It was clear that Heyns and Du Toit were revelling in flying over the single track that they know so well, and stormed across the finish line to take the stage win and victory overall.<\/p>\n

The DSV team had been kept out of yellow for most of the race due a mechanical on stage one, but also because of the relentless pace on the flowing Klein Karoo trails from a dogged KMC.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first time that Arno and I have won this race as a team, and KMC really didn\u2019t make it easy for us. The event may not have been all about stage wins for us this year, but we came through when it counted most and we couldn\u2019t be happier to walk away with the title,\u201d said Heyns.<\/p>\n

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Having come so close to victory and ultimately securing the second spot on the podium overall is something that the Netherland\u2019s KMC is extremely proud of. Mos commented, \u201cWe gave it our best shot, and for the first time in five years got to wear the yellow jersey! DSV were the stronger team over seven days, however, and deserve the win,\u201d said Mos.<\/p>\n

Finishing the event in third place overall was Asrin Cycling\u2019s Wolfgang Krenn and Moran Vermeulen. As new comers to both the mountain bike and stage racing scene, the international team admitted to being completely out of their comfort zone.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t really know what to expect, except that we had to approach this race completely differently than what we\u2019re used to. It\u2019s an amazing experience to be in South Africa and we really enjoyed getting a feel of what stage racing at this level is like,\u201d said Krenn.<\/p>\n

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In the women\u2019s race, Theresa Ralph and Sarah Hill crossed the finish line as the undisputed queens of the \u2018Race with Soul\u2019. It was a masterclass performance from the Galileo Risk \u2013 Liv pairing who practically made the past seven days a victory lap.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a hard seven days for me, and my legs only had just enough left in them to finish today\u2019s stage. It makes it really satisfying to conquer a race like this though, and I couldn\u2019t be prouder to have done it alongside Theresa,\u201d said Hill.<\/p>\n

Despite battling with an injury, Dormakaba\u2019s Sam Sanders made sure to end the event on a high note by taking the stage win with her teammate Amy McDougall today.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSam underplayed how much pain she has been in over the last week. She was determined to finish the event though, and that\u2019s everything I could ask for in a teammate,\u201d said McDougall.<\/p>\n

It was Seattle Coffee\u2019s Nicky Giliomee and Cherise Willeit who rounded out the women\u2019s podium both on the day and in the general classification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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