www.oakpics.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\nSauser\u2019s winning time for the grueling 121km was 4 hours, 51 minutes and 59 seconds. Stefan Sahm (4:56.24) and Gert Heyns (4:59.39) joined him on the winners\u2019 podium. There was no clear effort for a new record (4:47) and not even close to the R100 000 incentive time of 4:30. After all the rain on Friday the sun was out on race day and no mud to make life harder for the riders. \u201cI am super-happy to win not only my second Attakwas, but to win my first race of the season. It is always good to start your season with a win. It is also nice to see how the training is going\u2026giving yourself a check,\u201d said Sauser.<\/p>\n
According to Sauser, who also won in 2013, the race started very slow. That was until the front group hit the Attakwas. \u201cFrom there it was just three of us – Gert, Stefan and myself. We went through it safely, but at a good tempo. Going over all the rolling hills it was just Stefan and I. It was at the last feed zone that I rode away. I was on my own for the last hour and half of the race. I still had some left in the tank after the slow start.\u201d<\/p>\n
Heyns won the King of the Mountains in the Attakwas.<\/p>\n
Ariane Kleinhans won the woman\u2019s race in a time of 5:30.58. South African marathon champion Robyn de Groot was second (5:38.12) and Jennie Stenerhag (5:55.08) took the last spot on the winners\u2019 podium. Stenerhag was also Queen of the Mountains. She looked like the winner for awhile until mechanicals brought an end to her challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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