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<\/a>Bradley Weiss (Stellenbosch) in action during the 2016 Fedhealth XTERRA South African Championship. Photo Credit: Tobias Ginsberg<\/span><\/p>\nReigning XTERRA SA Champion, Bradley Weiss obliterated the field in 2016 with his impressive finishing time of 02 hours 30 minutes 42 seconds. Since this victory Weiss has placed first at XTERRA Philippines and second at the XTERRA Asia Pacific Tour. \u201cXTERRA Grabouw is the largest XERRA in the world with one of the most demanding bike courses,\u201d says Weiss. \u201cThe field is always deep, providing great competition and a very close and exciting race. I will be there to defend my title. Richard Murray has been one of SA\u2019s best triathletes for the past few years. I believe he will bring the biggest challenge as well as Stuart Marais who won the title in 2015, but sadly missed out in 2016 due to illness.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stuart Marais is looking forward to hard off-road racing. \u201cI would like to win,\u201d says Marais. \u201cWith XTERRA Grabouw attracting the cream of SA triathlon, there are a number of athletes who will be able to challenge for the overall win. The number of international athletes entered is testimony to the quality of the event that is hosted by Stillwater Sports. It’s great to have strong competition. Hopefully I will be up to the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brice Daubord (France) is ready for his second attempt at the SA title. \u201cDue to a mechanical problem on the mountain bike course I did not finish the 2016 XTERRA Grabouw,\u201d says Daubord. \u201cMy goal is to enjoy the event before, during and after the race. I am hoping for a top eight finish and expect tough competition from local, Bradley Weiss and my two friends Kris Coddens (Belgium) and Francois Carloni (France).\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Jan Pyott (Switzerland), the XTERRA SA Championship in Grabouw is his favourite race. \u201cThe course is stunning. It features a bit of everything – it\u2019s flowing, technical and scenic. The people in and around the race make it very special.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kris Coddens (Belgium) is looking forward to his XTERRA SA debut. \u201cI am a school teacher by profession. This is the first year that the event fits in with our school holiday. The beauty and grandeur of XTERRA Grabouw is iconic. I am hoping for a podium finish.\u201d<\/p>\n
Friday, 24 February 2017<\/strong> Fedhealth XTERRA Kids<\/p>\n Saturday, 25 February 2017<\/strong> Fedhealth XTERRA Full: 1.5km swim, 28km MTB, 12.5km trail run The Prize Purse for the Fedhealth XTERRA Grabouw has increased to a whopping R154 000. The top five finishers in the XTERRA Full open men\u2019s and women\u2019s races will receive prize money, with the first place winners each taking home R30 000.<\/p>\n Forming part of the XTERRA World Tour, athletes taking part in the Fedhealth XTERRA Grabouw stand a chance to qualify for the XTERRA World Championship that will take place in Maui later in the year.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Returning to the majestic Grabouw Country Club the weekend of 24 \u2013 26 February 2017, the Fedhealth XTERRA South African Championship has attracted the attention of a strong field of elite off-road triathletes, both locally and from abroad. Bradley Weiss (Stellenbosch) in action during the 2016 Fedhealth XTERRA South African Championship. Photo Credit: Tobias Ginsberg […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":37641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1680,350,1744],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-17089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-fedhealth-xterra","tag-xterra","tag-xterra-sa-champs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17089","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=17089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17089"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=17089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Sunday, 26 February 2017 <\/strong>XTERRA Trail Run: 12.5km and 5km
Sunday, 26 February 2017<\/strong> Fedhealth XTERRA Lite: 400m swim, 12.5km MTB, 5km trail run<\/p>\n