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<\/a>Team Road Cover’s Brendon Davids and Kent Main rode away to place first and second respectively on Day Two of the KZN Summer Series for Men in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday 26 March. Photo: Andrew McFadden\/BOOGS Photography.<\/span><\/p>\nDavids and Main formed part of the initial leading bunch of close to thirty riders after losing many to the first climb of the day. 26 kilometres into the race however, Northcliff Cycles\u2019 Alex Pavlov attempted and succeeded at an impressive breakaway, and rode away to a gap of one minute and 45 seconds.<\/p>\n
The race was temporarily neutralised after a rider had an incident with a cow. Once the race continued, Pavlov soon fell behind and Davids, Main and Sampada Cycling Team\u2019s Jan Montshioa made a break. After dropping Montshioa, Davids and Main then went ahead after hearing that Team BCX\u2019s Calvin Beneke was hot on their heels.<\/p>\n
With 40 kilometres to go, Davids and Main had widened the gap over Beneke to more than three minutes. Beneke fought hard to stay put, which landed him in third position on the day.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s really cool that the organisers have put on an event like this for the Elite South African riders,\u201d said Beneke, who described today as a very hectic stage.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cIt was super hilly. Road Cover put the pressure on us and the course definitely suited them. Kent and Brendon rode away and I was stuck in no-man\u2019s land for close to 40 kilometres. Myles van Musschenbroek and Ivan Venter caught up to me, and that\u2019s how we finished.\u201d<\/p>\n Beneke claimed the overall third place for the KZN Summer Series for Men Elite race, with Main in second and Davids with the overall victory.<\/p>\n Road Cover Team Manager Mark van der Merwe was chuffed with Davids\u2019 double victory.<\/p>\n \u201cWe go to every race to win it,\u201d said Van der Merwe. \u201cWe didn\u2019t really know what everybody\u2019s form was like because we all kept to the Cape Town Cycle Tour and Tour of Good Hope. We\u2019ve all sort of been in holiday mode since then, training when we can. We haven\u2019t really been full on the gas,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Van der Merwe spoke about Pietermaritzburg being the hometown of Davids and Bradley Potgieter. \u201cWhen they come to a race like this it\u2019s always motivation to race where they know,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n When asked about today\u2019s win, he said: \u201cHaving such a great result in the first day \u2013 this was just awesome. Seeing how the guys worked together out there \u2013 it was definitely one of the best team performances I think we\u2019ve had in the last couple of years. To finish it off today was absolutely great.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a>Team BCX’s Clavin Beneke fought hard to hold on and finish in third place on the day and third place in the Series overall on Day Two of the KZN Summer Series for Men in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday 26 March. Photo: Andrew McFadden\/BOOGS Photography<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>The KZN Summer Series for Men took place in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 March. Photo: Andrew McFadden\/BOOGS Photography.<\/span><\/p>\n