{"id":16620,"date":"2017-06-18T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-18T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2017\/06\/18\/gold-for-christopher-philogene-hattrick-for-thies-at-downhill-cup-r6664\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T06:41:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T06:41:34","slug":"gold-for-christopher-philogene-hattrick-for-thies-at-downhill-cup-r6664","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/gold-for-christopher-philogene-hattrick-for-thies-at-downhill-cup-r6664\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold for Christopher Philogene, hattrick for Thies at Downhill Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The third round of the 2017 SA National MTB Cup Series took place at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg, which formed part of the greater weekend-long mountain bike festival from 16-18 June. Christopher Philogene took the title in the Elite Men\u2019s and Overall results, and Sabine Thies took the overall women\u2019s title, claiming her third win of the festival.<\/p>\n

After seeding placing first just ahead of Tiaan Odendaal (four minutes and 23 seconds) with a time of four minutes and 22 seconds, youngest Philogene, Christopher knew what needed to be done in order to stay safe for his final. \u201cI had a slight idea from our (Tiaan Odendaal and both Philogene brothers) seeding runs of where we all would place if we kept it the same. I knew that I had to put in some more power in order to secure a good enough time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"ccs-62657-0-93415500-1497809810.jpg\"<\/a>Christopher Philogene took the Elite and Overall Men’s title at the third round of the SA National MTB Cup Series DHI at Cascades MTB Park on Sunday 18 June.<\/span><\/p>\n

His brother, Jonathan, rode a four minute and 24 second seeding run, only to have timing officials flabbergasted when he repeated the exact same time in his final run. \u201cI heard about his time when I got down \u2013 maybe he (Jonathan) should take a lotto ticket tonight,\u201d Christopher said.<\/p>\n

Christopher had had a great race in Friday\u2019s Enduro as well, taking the second place spot behind Tiaan Odendaal. \u201cI had so much fun out there. I was conserving most of my energy for today\u2019s downhill race of course, but it was really good to just get out there. It was tiring though, but everyone had a great day by the looks of things, and so did I,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The fastest woman rider down the hill on the day was firecracker Sabine \u201cBeani\u201d Thies with a time of five minutes and 41.165 seconds, making it three victories across three disciplines in three days.<\/p>\n

\"ccs-62657-0-47649600-1497809789.jpg\"<\/a>The Overall Women’s Podium at the third round of the SA National MTB Cup Series DHI at Cascades MTB Park on Sunday 18 June.<\/span><\/p>\n

She chatted about her victories: \u201cI knew this weekend was coming up and I did train for it. On Friday we had the Enduro and I was hoping to my best. There was one stage I had never ridden and to my surprise it was very similar to SA National MTB Marathon Champs \u2013 which I didn\u2019t do very well in. I was surprised at the bottom to find out that I was first though.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cross-country course was just a lot of fun. It was great competition and all in all a great day.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn practise this morning something felt different when I went over a specific jump, which made my gut feeling to choose not to do it. I realised I still had the speed so I used it all, which paid off.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ccs-62657-0-89686800-1497809798.jpg\"<\/a>The Overall Men’s Podium at the third round of the SA National MTB Cup Series DHI at Cascades MTB Park on Sunday 18 June.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nSUMMARY OF RESULTS FROM THE SA NATIONAL MTB DHI CUP SERIES #3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Overall Men<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.Christopher Philogene 04:19.905
2.Tiaan Odendaal 04:21.124
3.Jonathan Philogene 04:24.532
4.Timothy Bentley 04:27.045
5.Cullen McMaster 04:39.003<\/p>\n

Overall Women<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.Sabine Thies 05:41.165
2.Sonja Engelbrecth 06:43.086
3.Nikki Alvin 07:04.823
4.Dorette Crous 07:43.821\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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