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<\/a><\/p>\nTeam RE:CM Davinci’s Annika Lanvad leads teammate, Ariane Kleinhans through a river during Stage 4 of the Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek on Thursday. Langvad and Kleinhans won the stage and extended their overall lead.<\/span><\/p>\nPhoto credit: Zoon Cronje\/Nikon<\/p>\n
\u201cWe planned to win the stage today. Matthys and I both felt good early on and we used the rough terrain as best we could. We didn\u2019t ride everything, but we rode for longer than the other teams on each climb and that counts for 20 or 30 seconds each time,\u201d explained Buys.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday was a day for the dual suspension bikes. The first three teams were all on dual suspension bikes. This terrain is where the difference comes in and as the race gets longer we\u2019re probably not as weary as the guys that chose hardtails,\u201d said Beukes, adding that an overall podium place was now in their sights.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was my first time through the Kammanassie. It was a shock to the system, but I was kind of mentally prepared for a tough ride today. From 20 to 40km it was seriously steep and rocky and very difficult to get any kind of rhythm,\u201d said Woolcock.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe could see Konny was taking strain on the very first climb today. So when we reached the tech zone with about 15 kays to go, I told Erik that it\u2019s a gradual climb all the way to the finish and we should increase the pressure a bit. It worked. Brandon stayed with us, but Konny cracked and Brandon was forced to drop back to him,\u201d explained Woolcock.<\/p>\n
In the highly competitive Mixed category, there was an overall lead change. Asrin Cycling 2\u2019s Nizaam Esa (RSA) and Catherine Williamson won the stage, but it was their stablemates, Asrin Cycling 3\u2019s Jennie Stenerhag (SWE) and Craig Gerber (RSA), runners-up on the stage, that reclaimed the race lead from the Dutch Cube Nutswerk MTB team of Birgit Lavrijssen and Marco Minaard.<\/p>\n
The Klein Karoo Vets\u2019 team of Wynand Muller (RSA) and Gerrie Beukes (RSA) won their second consecutive stage, but are still a distant second on General Classification behind Cube Nutswerk 2\u2019s Micha de Vries (NED) and Rik van den Hanneberg (NED). In the Masters race, Wilde 3\u2019s Izak Visagie and Lieb Loots won their fifth consecutive stage and remain firmly in the overall lead heading into the penultimate stage on Friday.<\/p>\n
In the Solo men\u2019s race, Adriaan Louw (RSA) secured another stage win to extend his overall lead, while Bettina Uhlig (GER) grabbed the overall lead in the Solo women\u2019s race with dominant stage victory.<\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s Stage 5 is another 70km stage, taking the riders our of the semi-arid Klein Karoo region, over the Outeniqua Mountains and into the lush coastal forests to the finish in George. There\u2019s a good chance of light rain, which will add to the challenge. By Friday, the riders will have traversed three different eco-regions, the Great Karoo, the Klein Karoo and the Garden Route, a unique element of the event.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll be conservative tomorrow. Anything can happen and we want to minimise those risks and hold onto the lead. Some teams are still after stage wins, so I\u2019m sure the racing will be furious,\u201d said Woolcock.<\/p>\n
\nBridge Cape Pioneer Trek<\/strong><\/p>\nStage 4: 70km from De Rust to Herold:<\/strong><\/p>\nOpen men<\/strong><\/p>\n1 SCOTT Factory Racing \u2013 Philip Buys (RSA); Matthys Beukes (RSA) 03hrs12min04sec<\/p>\n
2 Westvaal Bells Cycling \u2013 Nico Bell (RSA); Gawie Combrinck (RSA) @ 2:50<\/p>\n
3 RE:CM \u2013 Waylon Woolcock (RSA); Erik Kleinhans (RSA) @ 2:54<\/p>\n
4 FedGroup Itec \u2013 Brandon Stewart (RSA); Konny Looser (SUI) @ 7:30<\/p>\n
5 Asrin Cycling \u2013 James Reid (RSA); Jens Scheurmans (BEL) @ 11:11<\/p>\n
Open Women<\/strong><\/p>\n1 RE:CM Davinci \u2013 Ariane Kleinhans (SUI); Annika Langvad (DEN) 03:48:50<\/p>\n
2 Biogen SA \u2013 Ischen Stopforth (RDSA); Robyn de Groot (RSA) @ 20:08<\/p>\n
3 Wheeler \u2013 BMC \u2013 Jane Neussli (GBR); Esther Suss (SUI) @ 25:04<\/p>\n
Mixed<\/strong><\/p>\n1 Asrin Cycling 2 \u2013 Nizaam Esa (RSA); Catherine Williamson (GBR) 04:05:28<\/p>\n
2 Asrin Cycling 3 \u2013 Jennie Stenerhag (SWE); Craig Gerber @ 11:23<\/p>\n
3 Bridge Peptosport \u2013 Gerhard Ebersohn (RSA); Christine Jansen van Rensburg @ 20:22<\/p>\n
Veteran<\/strong><\/p>\n1 Klein Karoo Vets \u2013 Wynand Mulder (RSA); Gerrie Beukes (RSA) 3:50:01<\/p>\n
2 Cube Nutswerk 2 \u2013 Micha de Vries (NED); Rik Van den Hanenberg (NED) @ 1:38<\/p>\n
3 Cannondale Blend Vets \u2013 Martin Epstein (RSA); Stefano Madies (RSA) @ 15:15<\/p>\n
Master<\/strong><\/p>\n1 Wilde 3 \u2013 Izak Visagie (RSA); Lieb Loots (RSA) 04:03:18<\/p>\n
2 Bridge Masters 1 \u2013 Con Malherbe (RSA); Greg Anderson (RSA) @ 9:18<\/p>\n
3 Brug Meesters \u2013 Charles Nienaber (RSA); Ergee du Toit (RSA) @ 12:17<\/p>\n
Amateur<\/strong><\/p>\n1 Klein Karoo Express \u2013 Kobus Barnard (RSA); Cornelius Muller (RSA) 03:45:11<\/p>\n
2 Contego Giant 2 \u2013 Sakkie Hannekom (RSA); Hannes Hannekom (RSA) @ 2:46<\/p>\n
3 Scott Saffa Power \u2013 George Nel (RSA); Franso Steyn (RSA) @ 10:26<\/p>\n
Solo men<\/strong><\/p>\n1 Adriaan Louw (RSA) @ 03:34:57<\/p>\n
2 Craig Boyes (RSA) @ 6:30<\/p>\n
3 Thomas Kozak (CZE) @ 18:11<\/p>\n
Solo women<\/strong><\/p>\n1 Bettina Uhlig (GER) 04:10:55<\/p>\n
2 Aileen Anderson (RSA) @ 13:05<\/p>\n
3 Dalene van der Leek (RSA) @ 35:33<\/p>\n
General classification after Stage 3<\/strong><\/p>\nOpen men<\/strong><\/p>\n1 RE:CM \u2013 Waylon Woolcock (RSA); Erik Kleinhans (RSA) @ 15:53:54<\/p>\n
2 FedGroup Itec \u2013 Brandon Stewart (RSA); Konny Looser (SUI) @ 4:27<\/p>\n
3 Asrin Cycling \u2013 James Reid (RSA); Jens Scheurmans (BEL) @ 16:42<\/p>\n
4 SCOTT Factory Racing \u2013 Philip Buys (RSA); Matthys Beukes (RSA) @ 18:22<\/p>\n
5 Westvaal Bells Cycling \u2013 Nico Bell (RSA); Gawie Combrinck (RSA) @ @ 32:27<\/p>\n
Open women<\/strong><\/p>\n1 RE:CM Davinci \u2013 Ariane Kleinhans (SUI); Annika Langvad (DEN) 18:05:24<\/p>\n
2 Wheeler \u2013 BMC \u2013 Jane Neussli (GBR); Esther Suss (SUI) @ 1:06:37<\/p>\n
3 Biogen SA \u2013 Ischen Stopforth (RDSA); Robyn de Groot (RSA) @ 1:33:18<\/p>\n
Mixed<\/strong><\/p>\n1 Asrin Cycling 3 \u2013 Jennie Stenerhag (SWE); Craig Gerber 19:42:30<\/p>\n
2 Cube Nutswerk MTB \u2013 Birgit Lavrijssen (NED); Marco Minnaard @ 12:23<\/p>\n
3 Bridge Peptosport \u2013 Gerhard Ebersohn (RSA); Christine Jansen van Rensburg (RSA) @ 1:29:08<\/p>\n
Veteran<\/strong><\/p>\n1 Cube Nutswerk 2 \u2013 Micha de Vries (NED); Rik Van den Hanenberg (NED) 18:01:50<\/p>\n
2 Klein Karoo Vets \u2013 Wynand Mulder (RSA); Gerrie Beukes (RSA) @ 1:21:53<\/p>\n
3 Cannondale Blend Vets \u2013 Martin Epstein (RSA); Stefano Madies (RSA) @ 1:36:53<\/p>\n
Master<\/strong><\/p>\n1 Wilde 3 \u2013 Izak Visagie (RSA); Lieb Loots (RSA) 18:53:14<\/p>\n
2 Stone Hammer \u2013 Malcolm Dods (RSA); Wizner Zbigniew (RSA) @ 1:44:42<\/p>\n
3 Brug Meesters \u2013 Charles Nienaber (RSA); Ergee du Toit (RSA) @ 1:45:48<\/p>\n
Amateur<\/strong><\/p>\n1 Contego Giant 2 \u2013 Sakkie Hannekom (RSA); Hannes Hannekom (RSA) 18:31:26<\/p>\n
2 Scott Saffa Power \u2013 George Nel (RSA); Franso Steyn (RSA) @ 17:02<\/p>\n
3 Kivada Schorriemorrie \u2013 Ninko Doornbos (NED); Coen Hoogervorst (NED) @ 2:48:37<\/p>\n
Solo men<\/strong><\/p>\n1 Adriaan Louw (RSA) @ 16:57:02<\/p>\n
2 Craig Boyes (RSA) @ 49:23<\/p>\n
3 Tomas Kozak (CZE) @ 1:13:08<\/p>\n
Solo women<\/strong><\/p>\n1 Bettina Uhlig (GER) 21:25:29<\/p>\n
2 Aileen Anderson (RSA) @ 36:05<\/p>\n
3 Dalene van der Leek (RSA) @ 36:59<\/p>\n
For full Stage 4 and overall results, visit www.capepioneer.co.za<\/a>. For images, visit Facebook: Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The brutal terrain of the Kammanassie Mountains in South Africa\u2019s Western Cape province left their mark on the Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek on Tuesday when SCOTT Factory Racing\u2019s Philip Buys (RSA) and Matthys Beukes (RSA) charged to the stage win; and RE:CM\u2019s Waylon Woolcock (RSA) and Erik Kleinhans (RSA) moved into the overall lead. SCOTT […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":52802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4668,30],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-21476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-bridge-cape-pioneer-trek","tag-cape-pioneer-trek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21476","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\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21476"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=21476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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