![\"ccs-62657-0-57807600-1434377164.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-57807600-1434377164.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nSolo race winner Nico Pfitzenmaier (left) chases Dylan Rebello on day three of the RECM Knysna 200 mountain bike race on Monday. Photo: Full Stop Communications<\/span><\/p>\n Former masters world cross-country champion Pfitzenmaier (Dorma) also showed his sportsmanship when runner-up Dylan Rebello (Jeep) slipped in the finishing straight of the 58km final stage at Thesen Harbour Town.<\/p>\n The Cape Town-based rider waited for his local rival to right himself before the two crossed the line together to give Pfitzenmaier his second stage win.<\/p>\n The German-born champ, who won the team category last year with Renay Groustra, said he was delighted to have followed it up with the solo title.<\/p>\n Nico Pfitzenmaier (right) celebrates his overall solo category win on day three of the RECM Knysna 200 mountain bike race on Monday. Local rider Dylan Rebello (left) finished second overall. Photo: Full Stop Communications.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cEach of the three routes have been changed and improved from last year, so it\u2019s good that the organisers keep things interesting and different,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s so much single-track that you can link up, which makes the riding so exciting out here.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite puncturing in the closing kilometres, Hanco Kachelhoffer and Colin Noel (Altech Autopage) took their third consecutive stage for a dominant overall victory in the team category.<\/p>\n Triple national marathon champion Robyn de Groot took three stage wins en route to the women\u2019s solo title at this year\u2019s RECM Knysna 200 mountain bike race on Monday. Photo: Full Stop Communications<\/span><\/p>\n Kachelhoffer, who recently relocated to George, said the trails and atmosphere had been top notch.<\/p>\n \u201cI think a lot more pro riders will come to race this one after seeing James Reid and I fight it out for king of the mountains yesterday. It\u2019s exciting racing.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite lingering health concerns, three-time South African marathon champion De Groot (Ascendis Health) kept it together to secure an uncontested win in the women\u2019s category.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve done this race but it\u2019s definitely one to add to the calendar,\u201d said De Groot, who divides her time between Johannesburg and the Garden Route town of George.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was harder than I expected but a real treat. You just can\u2019t compare the forest trails to anywhere else in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n Robyn de Groot (left) and Nico Pfitzenmaier won the women\u2019s and men\u2019s solo categories at the RECM Knysna 200, which finished at Thesen Harbour Town on Monday. Photo: Full Stop Communications.<\/span><\/p>\n The Merrell Ladies\u2019 pairing of Nicola Giliomee and Marleen Lourens won the women\u2019s team category, while their mixed teammates Andrea and Steven Shirley were not quite so lucky.<\/p>\n After two stage wins, the husband-and-wife team lost their overall lead on the final day, gifting SasolRacing\u2019s Yolande and Henties de Villiers the mixed race title.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were just here to enjoy ourselves, so this win is fantastic,\u201d said Yolande, who also won the Ultimate Queen hill climb up to Krisjan se Nek on stage two.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a privilege to be able to share it with my husband, who is usually behind the scenes. This is payback for everything he does.\u201d<\/p>\n George-based riders Colin Noel and Hanco Kachelhoffer took an uncontested overall win in the team category at the RECM Knysna 200 on Monday. Photo: Full Stop Communications.<\/span><\/p>\n Guillamme Liebenberg won the R50 000 worth of unit trusts sponsored by RECM, R20 000 of which will be donated to the Knysna Sport School.<\/p>\n Follow @recmknysna200<\/a>, go to Garden Route Events on Facebook or visit www.recmknysna200.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n RESULTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n Stage 3<\/strong><\/p>\n Solo \u2013 men<\/p>\n 1. Nico Pfitzenmaier (Dorma) 2:16:46<\/p>\n 2. Dylan Rebello (Jeep) 2:16:46<\/p>\n 3. Nelson Sibale (Knysna Sport School) 2:29:20<\/p>\n Solo \u2013 women<\/p>\n 1. Robyn de Groot (Ascendis Health) 2:24:01<\/p>\n 2. Anriette Schoeman (Africa Silks) 2:42:45<\/p>\n 3. Patsy Hime (Privateer) 2:54:29<\/p>\n Team \u2013 men<\/p>\n 1. Hanco Kachelhoffer and Colin Noel (Altech Autopage) 2:19:02<\/p>\n 2. Iniel Hattingh and Vickus Boshoff (Coimbra Cycle House) 2:24:01<\/p>\n 3. Gavin Klerck and Lionel Murray (Freewheel Cycology) 2:24:54<\/p>\n Team \u2013 women<\/p>\n 1. Nicola Giliomee and Marleen Lourens (Merrell Ladies) 2:35:42<\/p>\n 2. Jenni Green and Annette Loubser (Jennets) 4:05:30<\/p>\n 3. Esther Basson and Christelle Groenewald (Ftn Bianchi) 4:16:20<\/p>\n Team \u2013 mixed<\/p>\n 1. Yolande de Villiers and Henties de Villiers (SasolRacing) 2:37:14<\/p>\n 2. Marcel Deacon and Maryke Deacon (Susan Deacon Property) 2:38:49<\/p>\n 3. Piet Viljoen and Hannele Steyn (RECM Mixed) 2:41:35<\/p>\n Overall<\/strong><\/p>\n Solo \u2013 men<\/p>\n 1. Nico Pfitzenmaier (Dorma) 8:33:36<\/p>\n 2. Dylan Rebello (Jeep) 8:49:15<\/p>\n 3. Nelson Sibale (Knysna Sport School) 9:59:07<\/p>\n Solo \u2013 women<\/p>\n 1. Robyn de Groot (Ascendis Health) 9:20:26<\/p>\n 2. Anriette Schoeman (Africa Silks) 10:12:38<\/p>\n 3. Patsy Hime (Privateer) 11:11:14<\/p>\n Team \u2013 men<\/p>\n 1. Hanco Kachelhoffer and Colin Noel (Altech Autopage) 8:42:05<\/p>\n 2. Iniel Hattingh and Vickus Boshoff (Coimbra Cycle House) 9:27:30<\/p>\n 3. Neill Clark and Hein Giliomee (Biogen-Volcan) 9:38:05<\/p>\n Team \u2013 women<\/p>\n 1. Nicola Giliomee & Marleen Lourens (Merrell Ladies) 10:12:34<\/p>\n 2. Jenni Green and Annette Loubser (Jennets) 16:25:44<\/p>\n 3. Esther Basson and Christelle Groenewald (Ftn Bianchi) 17:06:57<\/p>\n Team \u2013 mixed<\/p>\n 1. Yolande de Villiers and Henties de Villiers (SasolRacing) 10:15:54<\/p>\n 2. Andrea Shirley and Steven Shirley (Merrell Mixed) 10:31:34<\/p>\n 3. Marcel Deacon and Maryke Deacon (Susan Deacon Property) 10:35:50<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nico Pfitzenmaier and Robyn de Groot demonstrated their technical skills on the wet and slippery trails through the Harkerville forest on Monday en route to the overall solo titles in the three-day RECM Knysna 200. Solo race winner Nico Pfitzenmaier (left) chases Dylan Rebello on day three of the RECM Knysna 200 mountain bike race […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":47570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2852,750,2619,361],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-19816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-knysna-200","tag-nico-pfitzenmaier","tag-recm-knysna-200","tag-robyn-de-groot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19816","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=19816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19816"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=19816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n