{"id":20564,"date":"2015-02-02T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2015\/02\/02\/renay-groustra-takes-stage-4-at-trans-hajar-r1988\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T11:19:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T11:19:58","slug":"renay-groustra-takes-stage-4-at-trans-hajar-r1988","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/renay-groustra-takes-stage-4-at-trans-hajar-r1988\/","title":{"rendered":"Renay Groustra takes stage 4 at Trans Hajar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The penultimate day of the UCI classified Trans Hajar Mountain Bike Race produced a new stage winner, South African rider Renay Groustra. Groustra has been gaining form throughout the Oman based stage race, finishing in the top ten every day, even after puncturing on day three. Today, Groustra made a break with Team RECM rider and current Trans Hajar race leader, James Reid (RSA), on the descent of Arabia\u2019s highest peak, Jebel Shams (3,028m). The pair held their lead over the final climb of the stage and with Reid unable to respond to Groustra\u2019s sprint for the line, Groustra took a well-deserved victory.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full aspect-video\">\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hr1BMk5DHD0?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>James Reid (RSA) goes into the last day of the Trans Hajar Mountain Bike Race as the overall leader, 13 minutes 19 seconds ahead of his nearest rival and fellow countryman Max Knox (RSA).<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-38087800-1422906910.jpg\" data-fileid=\"479783\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"479783\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-38087800-1422906910.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-38087800-1422906910.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>British rider and overall leader of the Trans Hajar female category, Catherine Williamson, continued to set her own pace during today\u2019s stage, extending her time advantage over Hungarian Champion Eszter Dosa (HUN) to a formidable 25 minutes 55 seconds.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-40322000-1422906924.jpg\" data-fileid=\"479784\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"479784\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-40322000-1422906924.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-40322000-1422906924.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s stage winner, Renay Groustra (RSA), has found the Trans Hajar Mountain Bike Race to be perfect preparation for his upcoming season and had been hoping for victory on today\u2019s shorter route.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pullquote\">\n\u201cComing from a cross-country background I am usually better at the shorter distances so I earmarked yesterday\u2019s and today\u2019s stages as ones I could possibly go for. Unfortunately yesterday I had some mechanical issues in the downhill while I was in the lead so today I had to make up for yesterday and I am super glad I did!\u201d\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-70296800-1422906901.jpg\" data-fileid=\"479780\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"479780\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-70296800-1422906901.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-70296800-1422906901.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Open Male Classification \u2013 top ten results (Day 4)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Renay Groustra (RSA) 02:15.31<\/p>\n<p>2. James Reid (RSA) 02:15.32<\/p>\n<p>3. Craig Boyes (RSA) 02:19.46<\/p>\n<p>4. Lucian Logigan (ROM) 02:19.56<\/p>\n<p>5. Kevin Evans (RSA) 02:21.43<\/p>\n<p>6. Max Knox (RSA) 02:21.43<\/p>\n<p>7. Tudor Oprea (ROM) 02:25.29<\/p>\n<p>8. Jan Pyott (SUI) 02:34.51<\/p>\n<p>9. Matthew Page (GBR) 02:37.43<\/p>\n<p>10. Vanni Balboni (ITA) 02:38.40<\/p>\n<p><strong>Open Female Classification \u2013 top three results (Day 4)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Catherine Williamson (GBR) 02:44.37<\/p>\n<p>2. Hannele Steyn (RSA) 02:52.05<\/p>\n<p>3. Eszter Dosa (HUN) 02:56.01<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-06459500-1422906905.jpg\" data-fileid=\"479781\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"479781\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-06459500-1422906905.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-06459500-1422906905.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the temperature soared to 31 degrees Celsius today, competitors tackled the shortest stage of the race at just 47km. However, with four major climbs including one with a gradient of 26%, it was no less challenging.<\/p>\n<p>The final day of racing will see the pro and amateur riders take on a predominantly flat but extremely fast stage. With no let up until the very end competitors face a 250m vertical ascent climb as well as a 400m climb to the finish.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-23105000-1422906908.jpg\" data-fileid=\"479782\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"479782\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-23105000-1422906908.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-23105000-1422906908.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Written and Video Race Reports will be distributed at the end of each day\u2019s racing. To follow the 2015 Trans Hajar Mountain Bike Race as it happens keep an eye on all Trans Hajar social media platforms:<\/p>\n<p>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TransHajarMTBRace\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trans Hajar MTB Race<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/TransHajar\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@TransHajar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instagram: transhajar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The penultimate day of the UCI classified Trans Hajar Mountain Bike Race produced a new stage winner, South African rider Renay Groustra. Groustra has been gaining form throughout the Oman based stage race, finishing in the top ten every day, even after puncturing on day three. Today, Groustra made a break with Team RECM rider [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":49862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4475,3087,4474],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-20564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-oman","tag-renay-groustra","tag-trans-hajar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20564","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=20564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20564"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=20564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}