{"id":21257,"date":"2014-03-15T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T11:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2014\/03\/15\/strauss-continues-womens-xco-domination-haw-excels-in-junior-race-r1276\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T12:10:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T12:10:51","slug":"strauss-continues-womens-xco-domination-haw-excels-in-junior-race-r1276","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/strauss-continues-womens-xco-domination-haw-excels-in-junior-race-r1276\/","title":{"rendered":"Strauss continues women\u2019s XCO domination, Haw excels in Junior race"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mariske Strauss (Orange Monkey Pro Team) and Bianca Haw (BMC-SA) excelled in their races at the opening round of the Southern African MTB Cup Series, which took place at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, today.<\/p>\n

After a week of rain and dismal conditions, riders were greeted with very hot and humid weather.<\/p>\n

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Mariske Strauss (Orange Monkey Pro Team)<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Strauss led the Elite women\u2019s race from the get-go, winning the 4 laps of the 4.8km course in a time of 01:24:32. Hayley Smith (Bell) finished second, in 01:32:16 with Kim Westbrook claiming third place in 01:38:29. VeloLife\u2019s Ashleigh Moffatt suffered two technicals when she punctured, and had to run across the finish line after the plug popped out of her tyre on the rock garden.<\/p>\n

Crossing between long distance training for the Absa Cape Epic and short course training for the cross-country (XCO) races Strauss\u2019 year has been a busy one already, not to mention her Varsity studies.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything has been going smoothly,\u201d said Strauss. \u201cThanks to Jeroen (Swart) and Science 2 Sport, we\u2019re getting the balance right and all the data is looking good. It\u2019s definitely a bit of a change training for \u2019Epic and trying to fit everything in. At the moment I\u2019m feeling good but the season is long and I am taking it one race at a time. Cascades is always technical, but it\u2019s an awesome course. It was good training for next month\u2019s World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bianca Haw (BMC-SA)<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Haw, the current National Junior Road Race Champion, displayed her true cycling talent in the Junior women\u2019s race. \u201cIt was very hot. I started off fast and it got really hard on the second and third laps. I did all the technical stuff, which was nice. I\u2019m in my first year at university now, so it\u2019s been quite nice because I have a lot more time, and I\u2019ve been riding a lot more than normal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Pro-Elite Men\u2019s XCO race is currently underway (started at 14:00) and can be followed by LIVE streaming at www.streamit360.tv<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Summary of results: SA XCO Cup #1 (Cascades) 15 March 2014 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Elite Women \u2013 4 laps<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Mariske Strauss 01:24:32<\/p>\n

2 Hayley Smith 01:32:16<\/p>\n

3 Kim Westbrook 01:38:29<\/p>\n

4 Ashleigh Moffatt 01:24:56 (3 laps)<\/p>\n

Junior Women \u2013 3 laps<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Bianca Haw 01:05:22<\/p>\n

2 Frances du Toit 01:09:21<\/p>\n

3 Genevieve van Coller 01:14:34<\/p>\n

4 Kimberley le Court 01:17:47<\/p>\n

5 Amy Williams 01:19:33<\/p>\n

Youth Women \u2013 2 laps<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Saffron Vosloo 00:54:42<\/p>\n

2 Sabrina van Wyk 01:01:18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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