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<\/a>An unfortunate crash from Brandon Downs (Team BCX) saw him hit the deck hard in the final kilometre of the Team Time Trial on Stage 3 of the Tour de Limpopo in Tzaneen on Wednesday 25 April 2018 \u00a9 HaydsBrown<\/span><\/p>\nWhile Team BCX\u2019s Clint Hendriks crossed the line in the quickest time of the day in 36 minutes 54.931 seconds with David Maree and Marc Pritzen, an unfortunate crash in the final kilometre saw their fourth rider Brandon Downs hit the deck in a spectacular crash when wheels touched, which denied him the finish. The fourth rider became Steven van Heerden, who crossed the line in 38:02.296 to position the team into second place.<\/p>\n
The ProTouch Sports quartet of Reynard Butler, Gustav Basson, Jayde Julius and James Fourie, who have animated most of the tour over the past two days, kept tightly together to secure the top step on the podium in a time of 37:17.945.<\/p>\n The Mauritian awesome foursome of Christopher Lagane (Mauritian National Time Trial Champion), Matthew Howe, Alexandre Mayer and Dylan Redy from Team MCB claimed third place in a time of 38:16.806.<\/p>\n South African\/Mauritian Matthew Howe is studying medicine in his sixth and final year at UCT, Cape Town, in South Africa. He was born in South Africa, and his father is from Mauritius, so he completed his primary school years in Mauritius and high school in South Africa.<\/p>\n \u201cWe currently have Alex and Chris in the top 10 so we were riding for them today,\u201d said Howe. \u201cWe\u2019re still a new team with young guys \u2013 the new generation of cycling coming through from Mauritius \u2013 and we live all over the world so it\u2019s hard to come together and train for a stage like today\u2019s. Our goal today was to keep it steady and keep Alex and Chris in contention, with Chris being the strongest today. We cannot do races like this without our sponsors, who have invested in us and provided us with the opportunity to travel the world all year. We\u2019re very grateful for that.\u201d<\/p>\n The route started and finished at the Stage one and two finish line in Tzaneen, with a gentler 10:00 start after yesterday\u2019s Queen Stage. The route went out east and providing undulating terrain for the teams as they followed the \u201cOm die Dam\u201d (around the dam) loop, surrounded by forestry areas.<\/p>\n Tristan Cuthbert from new South African team Vandergroup, spoke about the team\u2019s TTT approach. \u201cWe\u2019re the new boys on the block and we\u2019re here to make a big impression and we\u2019re here for the future. We never really knew each other well before the team started, but it\u2019s all going well so far. We worked well together today and were pleased with our result, thank you to Vandergroup and all our co-sponsors for getting us here and for your support.\u201d<\/p>\n Tomorrow\u2019s stage from Tzaneen to Polokwane starts with the 11-kilometre climb up Magoebaskloof Pass, along the same first section that they traversed on Tuesday\u2019s Queen stage. \u201cWe\u2019ll take the stage as it comes, with survival first and foremost,\u201d continued Cuthbert. \u201cOther than that, we\u2019ll try and help our team get over the climb in the best way possible. We know which riders we\u2019re looking after, and we\u2019ll keep doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a>The ProTouch Sports quartet of Reynard Butler, Gustav Basson, Jayde Julius and James Fourie, who have animated most of the tour over the past two days, kept tightly together to secure the top step on the podium in a time of 37:17.945 in the Team Time Trial on Stage 3 of the Tour de Limpopo in Tzaneen on Wednesday 25 April 2018 \u00a9 HaydsBrown<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>The Mauritian awesome foursome of Christopher Lagane (Mauritian National Time Trial Champion), Matthew Howe, Alexandre Mayer and Dylan Redy from Team MCB claimed third place in a time of 38:16.806 in the Team Time Trial on Stage 3 of the Tour de Limpopo in Tzaneen on Wednesday 25 April 2018 \u00a9 HaydsBrown<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>Team BCX in full pursuit before the untimely crash which saw Brandon Downs hit the deck in a spectacular crash when wheels touched, denying him the finish and pushing the team to second place on the day in the Team Time Trial on Stage 3 of the Tour de Limpopo in Tzaneen on Wednesday 25 April 2018 \u00a9 HaydsBrown<\/span><\/p>\n