{"id":17307,"date":"2016-12-04T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2016\/12\/04\/esterhuizen-and-schoeman-clinch-medihelp-stellenbosch-cycle-tour-victory-r5898\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T07:23:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T07:23:56","slug":"esterhuizen-and-schoeman-clinch-medihelp-stellenbosch-cycle-tour-victory-r5898","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/esterhuizen-and-schoeman-clinch-medihelp-stellenbosch-cycle-tour-victory-r5898\/","title":{"rendered":"Esterhuizen and Schoeman clinch Medihelp Stellenbosch Cycle Tour victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Team Giant\u2019s Bernard Esterhuizen took the win at the Medihelp Stellenbosch Cycle Tour this morning in idyllic racing conditions, finishing the 97km route in 02:21:11, pipping Brandon Christians (Alpha Body Works) and Graeme Ockhuis (Yorkshire) to the post, who finished in second and third respectively.<\/p>\n

\"ccs-62657-0-06932100-1480861076.jpeg\"<\/a>Bernard Esterhuizen and Anri\u00ebtte Schoeman. Photo credit: Sam Clark.<\/span><\/p>\n

Defending Champ, Anri\u00ebtte Schoeman (Team Africa Silks Bestmed) claimed the victory in the ladies race in a time of 02:32:15. Second and third were Celeste Renaud (UCT Private Client Holdings) and Carmen Buchacher (Velocity Sports Lab) respectively.<\/p>\n

2012 Olympian on the track and 2010 Junior World Track Champ, Esterhuizen said the goal was always to come and win with a full lead out, but the final few kilometres didn\u2019t exactly go according to plan. \u201cMy teammates did a great job of getting me to the front but then in the final run-in I lost them, and had to fend for myself, so with 200 metres to go I started my sprint and was very happy to take the win.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was Schoeman\u2019s third win at this event and she was suitably thrilled with her victory. \u201cIt was a great race in perfect conditions. It\u2019s always stressful when you know it\u2019s going to be a bunch sprint but I managed to stay out of trouble and pull it off, so I was really happy!\u201d<\/p>\n

As the final premier seeding event for the 2017 Cape Town Cycle Tour, over five thousand cyclists lined up to participate in the second biggest road race in the Western Cape.<\/p>\n

\"ccs-62657-0-57150800-1480861070.jpeg\"<\/a>Anri\u00ebtte Schoeman. Photo credit: Sam Clark.<\/span><\/p>\n

The organisers of the Medihelp Stellenbosch Cycle Tour are excited to have Medihelp Medical Scheme as the new Naming Rights sponsor for this popular event. Medihelp Medical Scheme is one of the top open medical schemes in South Africa, covering more than 198 000 lives. Director of Marketing, Media and Sponsorship for the Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust, organisers of the Medihelp Stellenbosch Cycle Tour, David Bellairs, believes there is great synergy between the philosophies of Medihelp and the Stellenbosch Cycle Tour. \u201cThey constantly measure their clients\u2019 experiences and use the results of those measurements to get better insight into how to better meet expectations,\u201d he said. \u201cWe at the CTCTT are constantly striving to improve our events, based on rider feedback.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heyn van Rooyen, Medihelp Medical Scheme\u2019s Principal Officer says, \u201cIt\u2019s a privilege to be associated with an event like this that promotes a healthy lifestyle, and we\u2019re very happy to continue our support for the 2017 event, so we look forward to seeing all cyclists back here next year!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n97km Race Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elite Men 1st: Bernard Esterhuizen (Team Giant) (02:21:11)
Elite Men 2nd: Brandon Christians (Alpha Body Works) (02:21:11)
Elite Men 3rd: Graeme Ockhuis (Yorkshire) (02:21:11)<\/p>\n

Elite Ladies 1st: Anri\u00ebtte Schoeman (Team Africa Skills Bestmed) (02:32:15)
Elite Ladies 2nd: Celeste Renaud (UCT Private Client Holdings) (02:32:15)
Elite Ladies 3rd: Carmen Buchacher (Team Velocity Sports Lab) (02:32:15)\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Team Giant\u2019s Bernard Esterhuizen took the win at the Medihelp Stellenbosch Cycle Tour this morning in idyllic racing conditions, finishing the 97km route in 02:21:11, pipping Brandon Christians (Alpha Body Works) and Graeme Ockhuis (Yorkshire) to the post, who finished in second and third respectively. Bernard Esterhuizen and Anri\u00ebtte Schoeman. Photo credit: Sam Clark. Defending […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":38744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1974,1973,313],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-17307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-anriette-schoeman","tag-brandon-christians","tag-stellenbosch-cycle-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17307","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=17307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17307"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=17307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}