{"id":15959,"date":"2018-05-22T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T06:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2018\/05\/22\/great-conditions-at-the-tenth-amarider-100-miler-r7326\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T05:57:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T05:57:24","slug":"great-conditions-at-the-tenth-amarider-100-miler-r7326","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/great-conditions-at-the-tenth-amarider-100-miler-r7326\/","title":{"rendered":"Great conditions at the tenth Amarider 100 Miler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A near perfect day awaited ultra-marathon riders on Saturday 19 May in Malmesbury. With no wind and dry terrain, it was a beautiful Autumn day in the Swartland for the tenth annual Amarider 100Miler and 50Miler presented by Bike Hub.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-67767900-1526974214.jpg\" data-fileid=\"1227827\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"1227827\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-67767900-1526974214.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-67767900-1526974214.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A last-minute entry got David George to ride the 160km on his dirt bike and taking the win in a time of 5 hours 37 minutes. Hendrik Kruger took second place with Bennie Viljoen in third.<\/p>\n<p>In the ladies, it was Yolande de Villiers that came in first and 11th overall. Second was Marleen Lourens and then Simone van Aardt finished off the podium.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-29993500-1526974208.jpg\" data-fileid=\"1227824\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"1227824\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-29993500-1526974208.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-29993500-1526974208.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The event, presented by Bike Hub, also offers a 50Miler from the half-way mark at Delico near Riebeeck-Kasteel. A big field started for the 80km to Malmesbury and David Garrett took the win in the men and Anel Henn in the ladies.<\/p>\n<p>To ride 160km or even 80km solo is a big personal achievement for most riders, and the scenery of the Swartland in Autumn did not disappoint.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-13470400-1526974213.jpg\" data-fileid=\"1227826\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"1227826\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-13470400-1526974213.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-13470400-1526974213.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The local Malmesbury Cycling Club raises funds through the event by taking control of the waterpoints and marshalling on the route.<\/p>\n<p>Amarider is a non-profit organisation working for mountain bike trail access and as well as liability and insurance support to clubs and groups managing trails systems around South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Full results are available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trailtag.co.za\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.trailtag.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bg-slate-100 p-5\">\nLike the Facebook page and on Twitter use #Amarider100 and follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@dirtopia\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@dirtopia<\/a> for updates.<br \/>Next big event is the Stellenbosch MTB Challenge on 29 July \u2013 entries are open! See the full calendar of events on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirtopia.co.za\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.dirtopia.co.za<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-18589100-1526974211.jpg\" data-fileid=\"1227825\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"1227825\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-18589100-1526974211.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-18589100-1526974211.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-53179900-1526974216.jpg\" data-fileid=\"1227828\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"1227828\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-53179900-1526974216.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-53179900-1526974216.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-97548000-1526974217.jpg\" data-fileid=\"1227829\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"1227829\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-97548000-1526974217.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-97548000-1526974217.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-68621200-1526974219.jpg\" data-fileid=\"1227830\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"1227830\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-68621200-1526974219.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-68621200-1526974219.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A near perfect day awaited ultra-marathon riders on Saturday 19 May in Malmesbury. With no wind and dry terrain, it was a beautiful Autumn day in the Swartland for the tenth annual Amarider 100Miler and 50Miler presented by Bike Hub. A last-minute entry got David George to ride the 160km on his dirt bike and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[634,435,635],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-15959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-100-miler","tag-100miler","tag-amarider-100-miler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15959"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=15959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}