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<\/a><\/p>\nImage credit: Cherie Vale \/ NEWSPORT MEDIA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI put in a big effort on the first day, digging deep within myself. So on Stage Two and Stage Three I just needed to ride conservatively,\u201d said Kleinhans. \u201cStage Three was scenic, not technical, but still a little challenging. Frantisek Rabon helped me on the climb about 8km from the finished and was rewarded with a Stage Three win. The last two years I\u2019ve always been in good shape at this event, but both times have been disappointed by mechanicals\u201d. <\/p>\n \u201cThe competition has always been strong at Ride The Rock,\u201d continues Kleinhans. \u201cOriginally when I entered I thought it would be between Nico Pfitzenmaier and me, but then Adriaan Louw entered, Frantisek Rabon, Andrew Hill, Konny Looser and even the XTERRA guys, Dan Hugo, Stuart Marais and Bradley Weiss. Having all these top riders here makes the win even more special, while starting the year with a win definitely boosts the confidence. ISUZU Ride The Rock is different to any other event. The terrain, rock formations and sunsets are spectacular. If my calendar allows it I\u2019ll definitely be back next year\u201d. Adriaan Louw (riding for Swift Fairview) claimed the second spot on the podium, while Dan Hugo finished third.<\/p>\n According to Booyens the 2014 ISUZU Ride The Rock was definitely tougher than previous years. \u201cThe route is rougher, more rugged with loose technical sections. It\u2019s hard going. It\u2019s different in the Cederberg, you feel more relaxed and go away keen to ride your bike. I think circumstances just played in my hands this year. This is one of my favourite events. I\u2019d definitely like to be back next year,\u201d says Booyens. Vera Adriaan claimed the second spot on the podium, while Flora Duffy finished third.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Erik Kleinhans (RECM) and Hanlie Booyens claimed victory at the 2014 ISUZU Ride The Rock Mountain Bike (MTB) Race completing this much talked about 196km three day stage race in the majestic Cederberg Region in a combined time of 08hours21minutes24seconds and 10hours52minutes52seconds respectively. Image credit: Cherie Vale \/ NEWSPORT MEDIA \u201cI put in a big […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":52573,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[516,5023,5022],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-21330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-erik-kleinhans","tag-hanlie-booyens","tag-isuzu-ride-the-rock-mtb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21330","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=21330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21330"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=21330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}