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<\/a>The Overall Men’s Podium: 1.Christopher Philogene, 2.Jonathan Philogene, 3.Struan McMaster, 4.Timothy Bentley, 5.Sharjah Jonsson, at the 2017 KZNMTB Provincial Downhill Series at Cascades MTB Park on Monday 1 May Photo credit: Mylene Paynter.<\/span><\/p>\nStruan McMaster was the third fastest after both runs, bettering his first run by five seconds in another sibling rivalry battle as his younger brother, Cullen McMaster was in fifth place after the first timed runs.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started the morning getting my lines right and my first run was a little slow and I didn’t push it too much. My second run I pushed it a bit and hit all my lines properly and I\u2019m happy with the result. The Cascades course is amazing, it\u2019s very close to what they race overseas, which is what we are all aiming for,\u201d said Struan McMaster.<\/p>\n
When chatting about the brothers-in-arms in the top five, Struan quipped: \u201cIt\u2019s not good when my brother beats me. It\u2019s always good racing against the Philogenes though, they have some good racing over there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Timothy Bentley (Elite) and Sharjah Jonsson (Junior) rounded out the Overall Men\u2019s podium, posting times of 04:36.36 and 04:43.04 respectively.<\/p>\n
Youth woman Sabine Thies won the women\u2019s race overall in a time of 05:45.84 on the technical track, with Sub veteran Kathryn Fourie claiming second place (06:16.63) and Veteran Dorette Crous rounding out the podium in 07:06.16.<\/p>\n
Relative newbie to Downhill racing, Crous shared her views on the technical race track. \u201cIt\u2019s very physical and very pedally and you need to be quite fit to race here. I\u2019m still learning quite a lot as I\u2019ve only been racing this discipline for four months. It\u2019s good fun and I\u2019m enjoying it a lot. Upper body strength is required. A lot of people think downhill is coasting down a mountain. But especially on this course, I was really tired at half way and that is where the pedaling section only started. Fitness counts in a big way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Overall Men\u2019s winner in the Enduro race, which was the third and final round of the 2017 KZNMTB PROVINCIAL ENDURO SERIES on Sunday 30 April was Tiaan Odendaal, who managed to keep a rampant Sam Bull at bay after his recent return to Enduro racing after a serious knee injury. Odendaal claimed the victory by nine seconds.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a tough hill climb to the top, the stages were pretty cool and the last stage was nice and long. The first two stages were short and technical and the third stage was not too hard, nice and flowy. It was lots of fun and I\u2019m happy with the win,\u201d said Odendaal.<\/p>\n
Bull, who has been keeping spectators entertained with his commentary at previous Gravity events, chatted about his road from recovery and his second place overall. \u201cAt African Champs last year, I tore my ACL and MCL meniscus and had big knee surgery and a nine-month strict rehab programme to get back in action. That set me back. I just wanted to get back into riding again and had nothing to prove, so I\u2019ve eased in gently this year. I wanted to make sure that my knee is fine and I\u2019m enjoying being on the bike again. I love Cascades, the top two stages were proper Enduro stages and they required a lot of skill. Cascades is always fun \u2013 it\u2019s a tough climb up but you\u2019re always rewarded on the way down.\u201d<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s overall winner Sabine Thies (Youth) posted the fastest time in her category of 16:06, with Kathryn Fourie (Sub Veteran) second (16:59) and Helen Squirrell third in 17:59.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince Thursday we have been training on the tracks \u2013 I\u2019ve never trained this hard for an Enduro so it was great. Stage one and two were the hardest, especially the steepness in stage one. Stage four was my ultimate favourite and I know that section very well. One of my friends came down from Joburg, Chris Pearton, and he was sort of coaching me through the stages during our practice, which helped me a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
KZNMTB extends gratitude to the series sponsors Dirt Merchant, Rush Sports and International Trade for their support in the Gravity Series.<\/p>\n
The next race event for KwaZulu-Natal mountain bikers will also be held at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg, and is the fourth round of the SA National Cup Series, which makes a turn past KwaZulu-Natal in June. The province\u2019s riders will be out in force against their national peers.<\/p>\n
Overall Men<\/strong> Overall Women<\/strong> Senior Men<\/strong> Sub Veteran Men<\/strong> Sub Veteran Women<\/strong> Veteran Men<\/strong> Veteran Women<\/strong> Master Men<\/strong> Junior Men<\/strong> Youth Men<\/strong> Youth Women<\/strong> Sprog Boys<\/strong> Sprog Girls<\/strong> Nipper Boys<\/strong> Summary of Results \u2013 2017 KZNMTB DOWNHILL Round 3 \u2013 Monday 1 May 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n Overall Men<\/strong> Overall Women<\/strong> Elite Men<\/strong> Sub Veteran Men<\/strong> Sub Veteran Women<\/strong> Veteran Men<\/strong> Veteran Women<\/strong> Master Men<\/strong> Junior Men<\/strong> Youth Men<\/strong> Youth Women<\/strong> Sub Junior Boys<\/strong> Sprog Boys<\/strong> Nipper Boys<\/strong> Enduro Class<\/strong> Christopher Philogene was the fastest man to descend the mountain at Cascades MTB Park during the third and final round of the 2017 KZNMTB PROVINCIAL DOWNHILL SERIES on Monday 1 May. The only rider to break the four minute 30 second mark, young Christopher touched on that time with a 4:30.24 in his first timed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":36128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1286,1225,825,824,1226],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-16759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-cascades-mtb-park","tag-christopher-philogene","tag-kzn-mtb","tag-kznmtb","tag-sabine-thies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16759","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=16759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16759"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=16759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
1.Tiaan Odendaal (Senior) 12:29
2.Sam Bull (Senior) 12:38
3.Jonathan Philogene (Senior) 12:44
4.Keira Duncan (Junior) 12:52
5.Timothy Bentley (Senior) 12:53<\/p>\n
1.Sabine Thies (Youth) 16:06
2.Kathryn Fourie (Sub Veteran) 16:59
3.Helen Squirrell (Veteran) 17:59
4.Sonja Engelbrecht (Veteran) 18:11
5.Louise Kotze (Sub Veteran) 18:15<\/p>\n
1.Tiaan Odendaal 12:29
2.Sam Bull 12:38
3.Jonathan Philogene 12:44<\/p>\n
1.Craig Paul 13:09
2.Christopher Pearton 13:59
3.Mark Millar 14:52<\/p>\n
1.Kathryn Fourie 16:59
2.Louise Kotze 18:15
3.Elja van Urk 19:39<\/p>\n
1.Keith Diederichs 14:13
2.Rory Grobler 14:22
3.Craig Seaward 14:45<\/p>\n
1.Helen Sqirrell 17:59
2.Sonja Engelbrecht 18:11
3.Nicola Nairn 23:02<\/p>\n
1.Alastair Brand 16:06
2.Clint Hattingh 16:43
3.Desmond Purchase 17:42<\/p>\n
1.Keira Duncan 12:52
2.Sharjah Jonsson 13:06
3.Liam Read 15:04<\/p>\n
1.Connor Finnis 14:03
2.Kayle Seaward 15:01
3.Brodan Symons 15:54<\/p>\n
1.Sabine Thies 16:06
2.Charne Dreyer 18:20
Sub Junior Boys
1.Jordan Anastasis 16:41<\/p>\n
1.Liam Tyler Hall 16:04
2.Nate Tanner Hall 16:41
3.Ross Kew 16:46<\/p>\n
1.Georgia Finnis<\/p>\n
1.Vaughn Preston 19:31
2.Kade van Deventer 21:58
3.Cullum Finnis<\/p>\n
1.Christopher Philogene (Elite) 04:27.99
2.Jonathan Philogene (Elite) 04:32.19
3.Struan McMaster (Elite) 04:33.09
4.Timothy Bentley (Elite) 04:36.36
5.Sharjah Jonsson (Junior) 04:43.04<\/p>\n
1.Sabine Thies (Youth) 05:45.84
2.Kathryn Fourie (Sub Veteran) 06:16.63
3.Dorette Crous (Veteran) 07:06.16<\/p>\n
1.Christopher Philogene 04:27.99
2.Jonathan Philogene 04:32.19
3.Struan McMaster 04:33.09<\/p>\n
1.Christopher Pearton 04:56.75
2.Shai Duke-Norris 05:09.22
3.Mark Millar 05:18.89<\/p>\n
1.Kathryn Fourie 06:16.63<\/p>\n
1.Craig Seaward 05:16.54
2.Jason Hall 05:27.39
3.Tyrone Pinnoy 05:33.49<\/p>\n
1.Dorette Crous 07:06.16<\/p>\n
1.Alastair Brand 05:43.13
2.Desmond Purchase 06:19.93<\/p>\n
1.Sharjah Jonsson 04:43.04
2.Cullen McMaster 04:46.05
3.Keira Duncan 04:54.20<\/p>\n
1.Kayle Seaward 05:01.19
2.Connor Finnis 05:08.23
3.Jared Piek 05:45.84<\/p>\n
1.Sabine Thies 05:45.84<\/p>\n
1.Kyle Brand 05:55.06
2.Jordan Anastasis 06:16.86<\/p>\n
1.Keagan Brand 05:42.94
2.Nate Tanner Hall 05:51.20
3.Liam Tyler Hall 05:55.48<\/p>\n
1.Vaughn Preston 07:35.82
2.Cullum Finnis 08:55.10<\/p>\n
1.Brad Purchase 05:02.47
2.Andy Noble 05:40.41
3.Jacques Dreyer 05:43.49\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"