{"id":16287,"date":"2017-11-25T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-25T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2017\/11\/25\/team-active-bodies-wins-25th-coronation-double-century-in-record-time-r7000\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T06:17:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T06:17:30","slug":"team-active-bodies-wins-25th-coronation-double-century-in-record-time-r7000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/team-active-bodies-wins-25th-coronation-double-century-in-record-time-r7000\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Active Bodies wins 25th Coronation Double Century in record time"},"content":{"rendered":"

The team of Active Bodies won the 2017 Coronation Double Century over 202km in a new record time of 04:30:12.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what we came here to do,\u201d commented a visibly elated Clint Hendricks after the finish. \u201cI don\u2019t know why I keep doing it,\u201d he added. \u201cit\u2019s always really tough.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ccs-62657-0-57308300-1511629598.jpg\"<\/a>Team Active Bodies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alfa Bodyworks, the 2016 runners-up, featuring Nolan Hoffman, Shaun-Nick Bester, HB Kruger and Shameeg Salie finished second in a time of4:38:48, with Team Mad Macs pb h\u00e4zz\u2013 who rode a surprisingly spectacular race \u2013 rounding off the podium.<\/p>\n

The men\u2019s race in the world\u2019s largest team time trial lived up to the pre-race hype with all the big guns going hard from the start. Alfa Bodyworks looked like early favourites. However, they, along with Freewheel Cycology Racing and Hot Chillee seemed to hemorrhage riders early on, due to punctures and early fatigue. They however managed to keep it together to have the required six of their 12 riders finish, but it was Active Bodies who was ahead at every time check.<\/p>\n

According to Hendricks the team \u2013 which included African Champion Willie Smit and captained by Bradley Potgieter \u2013 rode faster in 2017 despite not having as many \u2018name\u2019 pros. \u201cWe were a lot smoother than last year. We had 11 guys until about 25km to go and only lost guys because of the punctures.\u201d<\/p>\n

Conditions were perfect for racing early on, cloudy and cool through Buffeljagsrivier and up into Tradouw Pass, the first real test of the route, however temperatures soon became an issue as riders got onto the R62.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was hot and windy,\u201d Hendricks said, \u201cdefinitely hotter and windier than last year – it was just a long, hard grind and it\u2019s going to be a long day for the back markers,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n

\"ccs-62657-0-35393300-1511629595.jpg\"<\/a>Tiletoria Train.<\/span><\/p>\n

The women\u2019s category was dominated by pre-race favourites, Tiletoria Train. The team, including Bianca Holtzkampf, Hazel MacGill, Susan Melmed, Maroesjka Matthee and Desiree Strydom never held back and had a healthy lead at all of the check points.<\/p>\n

The hotly contested Mixed division was taken out by Design in Motion Storck, with Hotchillee Mixed in second. Design in Motion Storck came with some serious firepower, featuring Cashandra Slingerland, Desray Sebregts, pro riders Myles van Musschenbroek and Richard Baxter.<\/p>\n

Aside from the unique competitive nature of the racing element, the event is a favourite on the calendar among fun riders – for who it really caters. The camaraderie, scenery and big endurance challenge is what draws them, with the post-race carnival atmosphere in town the perfect way to finish it off.<\/p>\n

\"ccs-62657-0-20162700-1511629592.jpg\"<\/a>Design in Motion Storck.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is our 11th year with the Double Century,\u201d commented Coronation portfolio manager, Neville Chester, who once again completed the race himself. \u201cWe love the event, it really is a signature event, I don\u2019t think there is anything quite like it \u2013 in terms of the distance and nature \u2013 in the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe team nature of the event also ties in with Coronation\u2019s philosophy of teamwork. It was a fantastic day out there,\u201d he said of his ride. \u201cIt was a beautiful day with the weather really playing along. There was also a great vibe out on route and, like all good teams, I managed to surround myself with people who made me look good.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nRESULTS:<\/strong>
Men<\/strong>
1. Active Bodies 04:30:12
2. Alpha Bodyworks 4:38:48
3. Mad Macs pb h\u00e4zz 4:40:24<\/p>\n

Women<\/strong>
1. Tiletoria Train 5:38:45
2. Peak Peloton 7:09:13
3. RoadCover WCT 7:51:11<\/p>\n

Mixed<\/strong>
1. Design in Motion Storck 5:04:41
2. Hot Chillee Mixed 5:08:18
3. Laurium 5:20:44\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The team of Active Bodies won the 2017 Coronation Double Century over 202km in a new record time of 04:30:12. \u201cThat\u2019s what we came here to do,\u201d commented a visibly elated Clint Hendricks after the finish. \u201cI don\u2019t know why I keep doing it,\u201d he added. \u201cit\u2019s always really tough.\u201d Team Active Bodies. Alfa Bodyworks, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[567,18],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-16287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-coronation-double-century","tag-double-century"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16287","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=16287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16287"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=16287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}