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The Cape Epic - NE
South Africa, February 28-March 6, 2004
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Stage 4 - March 2: Swellendam
Leading teams expand their gap on the arduous way to Swellendam
Mud battle after heavy rainfalls
By Cape Epic staff
Heavy rainfalls made the fourth stage of the inaugural Cape Epic to Swellendam, the Historic Heart of the Overberg Region, even more demanding than the first gruelling leg of the Cape Epic.
Yesterday's hottest day of the race so far was followed by a cold night. As temperatures dropped from 38 degrees to 12, it started to rain. Weather forecasts predicted five millimetres of rainfall, however it poured down thirty. And the downpour transformed twenty kilometres of enjoyable single track in the beautiful setting of the Langeberg Mountain Range into a mud battle on mountain bikes second to none. Furthermore, some of the rivers on the track had swollen so much that they were impossible to traverse and the race organisation had to reroute part of today's stage for safety matters.
The detour increased the distance of the stage up to 122 kilometres, therefore the cut-off time was extended to 18h00. the Cape Epic teams needed between five-and-a-half and eleven hours for the arduous stage struggling with dirty gearshifts and ankle deep mud. When the riders finally reached the finish line in Swellendam, the third oldest permanent settlement in South Africa, they were totally exhausted, covered with dirt from head to toe and desperate for a long hot shower.
Mannie Heymans (NAM) and Karl Platt (GER) of team Focus Rocky Mountain defended their yellow leader jerseys and extended their gap up to ten minutes to the second placed team adidas Fiat Rotwild with Andi Strobel (GER) and Silvio Wieltschnig (AUT). South Africa's best team in the Men's category - GT Africa with Jacques Rossouw and Shan Wilson - came in third today and placed again third in the overall rankings.
Masters are getting stronger
After a weak start on the first day of the Cape Epic, Master team Willie Engelbrecht with Brian Strauss (RSA) and Mc Franken (RSA) has now found it's way back to their normal strength by winning the third stage in a row and finishing sixth overall today. Both have trained for three months and cycled an average of 100 kilometres per day to prepare for their epic race. "We expected it to be hard", says Mc Falken, "but we didn't think that every day would be as hard as a one day classic. Today was my toughest race ever." The two master riders aim to win the inaugural Cape Epic.
"We are not only physically but also mentally strong", explains Mc, "and we get along very well since we have been mountain biking together for many years." The two South Africans admire their fellow countryman, UCI Downhill World Champion Greg Minnaar for his performance in race. "Now you can see why he is a World Champion. Greg is an exceptional mountain biker and he is very fit. I take my hat of his achievement today."
Mixed riders extend their lead
Kirsten Rösel (GER) who is riding in the Mixed category with Rober Eder (GER), team HAI-Bike/Scott, will certainly never forget the fourth stage of the Cape Epic as she was riding eighty kilometres of the muddy way on her small chain ring. With their victory today the team was able to extend their lead and defend the green leader jersey one more time. "The mud today was insane, it was very difficult to ride and it clogged up my gearshift. At kilometre twenty I couldn't shift any more. Luckily my chain didn't break." Kirsten and Robert prepared well for the Cape Epic. They were one of the first international teams to sign up. "I think on the first day we shocked the South Africans a bit, but we were just riding our pace. I am feeling great this year and so does Robert. We are both ambitious, so we ride to win."
Women love challenging terrain
Team Speedy/Smith with Yolanda Speedy (RSA) and Christi Smith (RSA) celebrated their first stage win today. "I love technical riding", says Yolanda, "so today was my day with many technical sections in the forest. I am now feeling stronger in the climbs and today there were a lot of climbs. And the scenery was awesome, too." In terms of racing the fourth stage was also the most exciting one for the women. "It was like a juggling game today", explains Yolanda. "Everyone passed the other several times a long the way, there was a real battle going on." Former TransRockies and La Ruta Champion Louise Kobin (USA) of team Cateye Kenda Enduro, who placed second today with her team partner Hillary Harrison (USA), enjoyed the stage. "This day was definitely the most fun for me so far. I like single track and technically challenging terrain, so this was perfect for me. I don't mind the mud. Unfortunately Hillary dehydrated towards the end of the stage and she is really shattered. I hope she will feel better tomorrow."
Results
Men 1 Focus/Rocky Mountain (Mannie Heymans/Karl Platt) 5.22.33 2 Adidas/Fiat Rotwild (Andreas Strobel/Silvio Wieltschnig) 7.35 3 GT Africa (Jacques Rossouw/Shan Wilson) 10.30 4 Breitling/Vineyard Hotel (Geddan Ruddock/Kevin Evans) 24.38 5 Tom Tailor/Santos/Walkabout 1 (Jaap Viergever/Dennis Teeuwen) 29.45 6 Hyenas (Andreas Liebenberg/Cornell Van Der Westhuizen) 42.07 7 Coimbra Cycle House (Frans Van Zyl/John-Lee Augustyn) 43.14 8 Www.Reevax.Be (Peter Paelinck/Dominiek Sacré) 44.14 9 STROPS (Xavier Scheepers/Roan Exelby) 45.18 10 Mazda Drifter Two (Theo Grobler/Grant Usher) 46.13 11 Mbr 2radchaoten.Com (Laurenz Hofstadler/Axel Strauß) 47.38 12 Remey-Enduren-Hugenote (Fred Coleske/Barry Pauw) 47.55 13 Tom Tailor/Fujitsu-Siemens/Walkabout (Marcel Honing/Tommy Velthuijzen) 50.34 14 EVA (Jason Duffin/Mark Cadle) 51.54 15 Imperial Logistics Kenya (David Njau/Davidson Kamau) 52.50 16 Prowealth Namibia (Heiko Hennes/Marc Bassingthwaighte) 55.41 17 Team RED (Gerrie Beukes/Brandon Steward) 56.13 18 Scarabee (Claes Filip/Rossignol Dirk) 56.20 19 Benji & Garth (Garth Prosser/Benji Klimas) 1.00.56 20 Jeep/GT (Richard Beswick/Ben Melt Swanepoel) 1.01.56 21 Cycle Scene (Francois Roux/Wilfried Schwabe) 1.08.42 22 Hypoplus Ystermanne (Nick Bester/Jan Van Rooyen) 1.14.00 23 Blazing Saddles (David Genders/Andreass Duenn) 1.15.03 24 Knysna Action Cycling (Rob Dormehl/Andrew Marshall) 1.17.47 25 Finish Line (Albert Olivier/Clint Curtis) 1.18.44 26 Austen Powers International Mbr Allstars (Anthony White/Craig Dolwin) 1.20.49 27 Tonto (Robert Mc Gloughlin/Greg Kamstra) 1.20.57 28 Bruce Reyneke Cycles (Bruce Reyneke/Tjaart Van Nieuwenhuizen) 1.20.59 29 Men's Health - Adidas (Markus Stenglein/Alexander Gomoll) 1.27.40 30 Jeep1 (Rob Blatch/Gerard Dirks) 1.29.44 31 Hp (Gordon Rabey/Greg Want) 1.31.22 32 China Ensemble (Paul Kelly/Piers Touzel) 1.31.29 33 Coopers Carriers (Gary Cooper/Brent Carpenter) 1.31.59 34 Alcolin/Bostik (Nicholas Coyne/Kevin Jacobs) 1.32.54 35 Craft Box (Greg Goodwin/Mark Haarhoff) 1.37.43 36 Rock Solid (Andrew Hunt/Stephen Jurgenson) 1.42.36 37 RoxShox (Heinrich Richter/Hennie Scheepers) 1.43.29 38 Continental Tyre SA (Craig Baartman/Wayne Brown) 1.45.41 39 Bowmans (Craig Woods/Jamie Smith) 1.47.35 40 Die Bulle (Reginald Labuschagne/Peter De Wit) 1.48.36 41 Rollerbrake (Arno Daehnke/Robert Eichhorn) 1.49.23 42 MatCol (Matthew Grossett/Colin Meyer) 1.49.25 43 Team Phoenix (Gavin Wood/Brett Parish) 1.49.28 44 The Donovans (Patrick Donovan/John James Donovan) 1.56.22 45 Lynn & Main (Crispin St Leger/Mark Lynn) 1.57.22 46 @Speed (Mark Page/Ben Van Niekerk) 1.57.39 47 BSB (Craig Ridgard/Wayne Van De Werken) 2.00.46 48 23 Degrees (Greg Minnaar/Liam Killeen) 2.03.24 49 Blue Chilli/I Care (Shaun Steyn/Kirk Buske) 2.03.47 50 Cannondale (Francois Ebersohn/Jaco Malan) 2.05.44 51 Two Wise Men (Robbie Mcintosh/Niel Fourie) 2.06.07 52 Team Knysna (Willy Alcock/Tony Cook) 2.06.52 53 Tcm (Mark Linington/Delaney Impey) 2.08.28 54 Mazda Drifter Three (Koos Groenewald/Bunnie Loubser) 2.17.39 55 Energy (Trevor Ball/Mike Clarke) 2.17.58 56 Lactic Acid Heads (Russell Nugent/Mark Kapnoudhis) 2.19.31 57 Ride Mag (Attie Koekemoer/Wayne Hayward) 2.25.44 58 Great Cape Storm Adventure (Cedric Jakobsen/John Gale) 2.29.11 59 Team-Adidas.De (Karl Schandl/Mario Mannes) 2.30.13 60 Ethekweni Stabeni (Grant Macpherson/Glen Goddard) 2.35.36 61 Spudnix (Phillip Stevens/Werner Rostoll) 2.38.39 62 NEB (Olaf Wyberneit/Andre Britz) 2.41.43 63 Dutchcrocobikers 2 (Ronald Van Den Boogaard/Thomas Mulholland) 2.41.56 64 Discover (Paolo Longo/Robin Twaddle) 2.47.11 65 Vitalstatistix (Jeremy Stewart/Conrad Hicks) 2.50.17 66 PROTEA FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP (Warran Jacobs/Mark Preen) 2.50.26 67 Hermanus (Adrian Wiehahn/Etienne Jordaan) 2.50.39 68 B2M2 (Mike Brunke/Bradley Mcdermott) 2.51.31 69 Rockwood Forest Lodge (Thomas Hancock/Rory Munton) 2.54.05 70 Karoo (Henco Rademeyer/Conrad De Wet) 2.55.35 71 Chain Gang (Kevin Stevens/Ryan Mitchell) 3.00.00 72 Africaribe Accros (Pierre Schweyer/Hylton Adie) 3.00.05 73 Entelect Solutions (Charles Pritchard/Keldoahn O' Keefe) 3.01.19 74 Supersport (Russell Macmillan/Pierre Cloete) 3.03.15 75 Boesmans (Charles Steyn/Marais Steyn) 3.03.16 76 Team Neverest (George Thom/Eckhard Scholtz) 3.09.59 77 Kraichgau Cruisers (Richard Reingruber/Georg Oertel) 3.10.40 78 Staaldraad (Lionel Waker/Travers Waker) 3.10.43 79 Pathfinders (Farouk Abrahams/Craig Turnbull) 3.12.23 80 Ariba Ariba! (Banie Erasmus/Arrie De Swardt) 3.12.52 81 Cape Epic Ben (Patrick Majeke/Nicholas Qotoyi) 3.13.35 82 Eazy (Paul Reyburn/Clive Kirsten) 3.14.14 83 Riders For Choc (Anton Millar/Craig Petersen) 3.16.44 84 Snowrider (Roland Fuchs/Michel Haenggi) 3.18.20 85 Durban (Grant Cowen/David Chappelow) 3.19.03 86 Jema (Troy Pople/Gavin Markgraaff) 3.19.10 87 BOE Backmot (Paul Backes/Michael Wilmot) 3.19.36 88 The Fabulous Sizzling Sushi'S (Neil Frazer/Warwick Langebrink) 3.19.57 89 Novice (Linda Mthembu/Frans Ngako) 3.21.28 90 Branell 2 (Grant Walliser/Kevin Craig) 3.21.47 91 Quick Step X2 (Darren Wilson/Wayne Wilson) 3.30.36 92 Swazi Irish (Andrew Broom/Brett Foss) 3.31.19 93 Apc (Andreas Pfaffenbichler/Markus Quatember) 3.31.23 94 SRK/ANGLO (Duncan Stevens/David Cormack) 3.34.26 95 Imperial Logistics (Jeff Van Driel/Duane Porter) 3.36.36 96 Dirt Bandits (Philip Anderson/Kris Vandenbroucke) 3.37.28 97 Wet Pups (William Simpson/Michael Nixon) 3.40.08 98 Team Stellenbosch (Paul Roos/Van Heerden De Wet) 3.42.00 99 No Tits (Matthew Mottram/Stuart Slater) 3.42.23 100 G Q (Helge Scherner/Blair Ludbrook) 3.47.28 101 MPD Plodders (Robbie McCrae/Alan Snelling) 3.48.05 102 Fortitude (Robert Ambler-Smith/Michael Dixon) 3.48.17 103 Bikeboard (Milosz Kedracki/Adam Michalik) 3.52.00 104 Blits (Raf Vanderlinden/Abel Court) 3.52.34 105 Lazy Legs (Russell Wegner/Mark Courtney) 3.54.37 106 arthur (Jim Arthur/Mike Arthur) 3.56.18 107 TOTALSPORTS (Stuart Baird/Michael Burkhart) 3.58.35 108 Sterling Boys (Gregory Slade/Darryn Vermaak) 4.03.35 109 C Q (Quintus Carstens/Craig Bothma) 4.06.29 110 Giant-Lee Cougan (Tappies Smith/Sirko Papperitz) 4.08.37 111 River Rats (Alister Buhler/Donovan Tredrea) 4.09.51 112 Maverick Cycles Kwagga'S (Paul Roux/Leon Heyns) 4.19.04 113 Costex (Michael Partridge/Karl Schubert) 4.19.08 114 Champagne Sports (Steve Macquet/Guy Macquet) 4.24.33 115 Slow But Sure (Bradley Hemphill/Anthony Makin) 4.24.50 116 Qed/Eb Sphere (Pieter Du Plessis/Colin Hendriks) 4.25.17 117 3 Inch Difference (Don Nelson/Chad Oleson) 4.27.47 118 VisionK 2 (Deane Hill/Songo Fipaza) 4.31.46 119 CYMAX (Richard Clarke/Michael Whitehouse) 4.32.48 120 Hot Shots (Werner Theron/Jannie Kruger) 4.35.57 121 Synergy (Jonathan Slater/Marais Dekker) 4.42.07 122 Union Cycles (Jens Niere/Wynand De Goede) 4.48.24 123 Swampmonster (Phil Edmunds/Dennis Everett) 4.49.50 124 The Flagship (Eugene Boniface/Martin Glaum) 4.58.57 125 Have Beens (Mike Mcdonald/Kevin Goddard) 5.01.59 126 Can'T Ride Won'T Ride (Colin Wessels/John Cave) 5.02.06 127 Branell 1 (Allan Garrick Laudin/Adrian Kenneth Keus) 5.05.13 128 Radl-Rasti (Radl Rasti/Dominik Scherer) 5.19.30 129 Instavet Inspiration (Harry Mahieu/Sven Mahieu) 5.22.25 DNF Fiets-Wielerrevue (Richard Plugge/Bart De Schampheleire) DNF ODF (Organ Donar Foundation) (Allister Arenson/Stuart Weaver) DNF Maverick Warthog (Greg Ascough/Mike Bradley) DNF Earthbound (Brett Olsen/Russell Olsen) DNF VisionK (Craig Beech/Alberto Puddu) DNF Adidas Granny Gear (Doug Wylie/Cobus Pienaar) DNF Selfe And Sherman (Gavin Selfe/Mike Sherman) DNF Fat Family Fathers (Michael Meyer/Thorsten Freitag) DNF Renier Botha & Associates (Renier Botha/Christo Van Heerden) DNF Granny Gear (Lee O'Brien/Niel Oberholzer) DNF Spokes (Derek Redfern/William Blackie) DNF The Mountain Goats (Ian Buchholtz/Gavin Van Aswegen) DNF StonieMuke (Michael Hughes/Stuart Mac Gregor) DNF Gary Fisher Wiedia Bike (Andreas Schwarz/Dirk Seidel) DNF Mazda Drifter One (Fritz Pienaar/John-Paul Pearton) DNF G Squared (Grant Salter/Greg Wittstock) DNF Abk (Andre Le Roux/Garyth Harris) DNF Virgin Active (Trevor Quigley/Callan Sexton) Women 1 Smith/Speedy (Yolande Speedy/Christi Smith) 6.58.53 2 Yellow Jacket (Hanlie Booyens/Sharon Laws) 0.56 3 Cateye - Kenda Enduro Team (Louise Kobin/Hillary Harrison) 4.34 4 Team Rotwild/Hr (Monika Birk/Christine Hoelzl) 35.08 5 Magura/Bodyglide (Cristina Begy/Simone Otto) 45.26 6 Team Fair Lady (Adrienne Cobb/Christelle Van Niekerk) 54.13 7 Estrogenies (Michelle Grainger/Sandra Musgrave) 2.00.57 8 Pezula (Di Fechter/Avril Godwin) 2.07.16 9 Jeep2 (Lisa Boring/Judith Du Toit) 2.29.28 10 Canucks2 (Martie Du Plessis/Marlene Van Heerden) 2.51.32 11 Linden Squeezers (Jeannette Mcgill/Nicky Wolff) 3.12.49 12 Duracell Bunnies (Antoinette Barnardo/Julie Verran) 3.57.05 DNF Netmax (Andrea Duffin/Kirsten Scheffer) DNF Cymax Ladies (Margaret Clarke/Laurin Whitehouse) Mixed 1 HAI-Bike/Scott (Kirsten Rösel/Robert Eder) 6.16.05 2 Fiat/Bianchi (Johan Greeff/Hannele Steyn-Kotze) 14.59 3 Cateye Enduro Team (Eric Warkentin/Melissa Thomas) 23.35 4 Falke (Philip Swanepoel/Michelle Lombardi) 33.47 5 The Lady And The Tramp (Tim Ziehl/Jeannie Bomford) 34.24 6 Diadora (Kirsty Burrows/Des Searle) 58.02 7 Cycle HQ (Brad Boonzaier/Candy Boonzaier) 1.14.29 8 Silvera/Madden (Carol Silvera/Michael Madden) 1.35.05 9 Maverick Cycles (Tania Raats/Tim Keep) 1.36.43 10 Primi Piatti (Lauwrens Cornelissen/Yoka Venter) 2.11.11 11 Kinetic Transcor (Stephan Muller/Heidi Muller) 2.14.04 12 Mac (Gavin Mackintosh/Rose Mackintosh) 2.17.09 13 Scatterlings (Joanna Goeller/Rowan Goeller) 2.24.52 14 Blown Away (Anita Stoll/Ivan Keeley) 2.30.11 15 Posties (Pieter Van Wyk/Ellane Van Wyk) 2.35.03 16 Honeymoon (Paul Keet/Janet Keet) 2.38.55 17 Rockhoppers (Ann Pearton/Rodney Wittstock) 2.40.05 18 Adidas-Spinman.Co.Za (Terry Kobus/Bonny Swanepoel) 2.46.10 19 Marathosapiens (Csaba Balogh/Natali Kovacs) 2.51.11 20 Thole (Errol Thole/Elmarie Thole) 2.56.28 21 Mazara (David Joyce/Fiona Coward) 2.57.22 22 Amanevagunnafinish (Dominique Le Roux/Guy Wood) 3.03.10 23 Fradley Fauns (Peter Fradley/Kunnie Fradley) 3.15.04 24 Entelect Mixed (Evelyn Pritchard/Chris Thorpe) 3.37.29 25 Mcleod (Joanne McLeod/Justin McLeod) 3.45.12 26 Pons Postal Services (Lesley Fitton/Dave Pons) 3.50.59 27 Ixias (Carol Austin/Anthony Fitzhenry) 4.10.00 28 Merry Farmers (Karin Stoll/Quintin Cross) 4.18.49 29 Jia You! (Maria Suokko/Peter Walker) 4.28.47 30 Supa Spar (Leon Steenkamp/Karen Gibbons) 4.29.54 DNF Internet Solutions (Chester Foster/Amy-Jane Mundy) DNF Woodbury & Woodbury (Richard Woodbury/Laurie Woodbury) DNF Rivonia Textiles (Richard Corser/Bev Corser) DNF Dingo Cycles (Greg Gouws/Nienie Steenekamp) DNF Scrumper (Stuart Carliell/Marilyn Carliell) DNF Flying Scots (John Gordon/Fiona Gordon) Masters 1 Willie Engelbrecht (Mc Franken/Brian Strauss) 6.05.10 2 Bowmans - Giant (Frank Soll/Duncan English) 1.02 3 Eminem (Jacques Malan/Corrie Muller) 25.10 4 Imana Wild Ride (Steve Stamp/Glen Haw) 30.28 5 Marsilio Masters (Tony Conlon/Marius Loots) 30.29 6 Giant SA (Chris Nixon/Kevin Howlett) 37.19 7 Squirt - Lube On The Move (De Wet Marais/Jacques Theron) 44.06 8 Mad Docs (Graham Monteith/Michael Cheesman) 50.49 9 Miles For Marrow (Andre Du Plessis/Hendrik Lemmer) 54.50 10 CVT (Pea Blaauw/Henning Blaauw) 1.00.51 11 Dutchcrocobikers (Michael Wynsberghe/Richard Van Den Berg) 1.01.55 12 Viking Medical & Scientific (Reginald Jager/Robert Campbell) 1.05.51 13 Bicycling (Tim Brink/Nicolaas Vergunst) 1.06.11 14 99 Not Out (Gary Lyttle/Etienne Van Cuyck) 1.07.27 15 Litespeed (Dennis Du Toit/Cecil Baker) 1.09.09 16 108 (Cobus Slabbert/Ben Cronje) 1.14.44 17 Comida Kids (Steve Bertie-Roberts/Carlos DeNobrega) 1.16.11 18 XLR8 (William N Stopforth/Paul Van Zyl) 1.19.43 19 Maverick Cycles Kzn (Johann Wykerd/Nigel Bates) 1.27.29 20 Swiss-School-Team.ch (Sandro Angelastri/Alex Brenn) 1.30.37 21 Supermix (Achim Ernst/Coenraad Smit) 1.33.10 22 Abscond (Thys Neser/Brett Sachs) 1.33.47 23 Strawberry Steel (John Faul/Paddy Murphy) 1.34.03 24 Capestorm (Tony Wright/Nick Watson) 1.34.21 25 Delta Dirt Trekkers (Collin Yammin/Lynn Jackson) 1.35.17 26 In Gira (Jan Minnie/Tom Comfort) 1.38.30 27 Ufudo (Adrian Booysen/Noel Ernstzen) 1.42.23 28 USN (Corrie Moolman/Eugene Groenewald) 1.44.26 29 Abb South Africa (Patrick Leary/Stephen Scheepers) 1.44.28 30 Quickspar (Grant Gibbons/Mike Imray) 1.50.17 31 Boomslang (Hendrik Van Huyssteen/Andre Nepgen) 1.55.20 32 Dutch Mountain Bike Plus (Ronald Jacobs/Wil Heinen) 1.55.37 33 Kzn vets (Brian Magor/Justin McCarthy) 1.58.10 34 The Fat Boys (Greg Chamberlin/Malcolm Dods) 1.59.26 35 Sunflower (Dirk Joubert/Tim Ferreira) 2.07.14 36 Vontoux (Ennis Venter/Herman Kriel) 2.08.20 37 Deutsche Post (Frank Plattenhardt/Leo Zirkelbach) 2.10.30 38 Hoof Hearted Spurs (Mark Bell/Craig Tingle) 2.12.33 39 Outeniqua Knobblies (Michale Ray Sunshine/Harold Lombard Basson) 2.16.59 40 Grandmasters (Colin Mathiesen/Curt Von Keyserlingk) 2.20.36 41 M.U.D. (David Jacobs/Sakkie Van Wyk) 2.25.46 42 Daisy (George Schutte/Jan Schutte) 2.32.41 43 Vaaltuin (Meyer De Waal/Gerrie Steyn) 2.33.58 44 Adidas Lowveld Mambas (Johan Bester/Dennis Lawrie) 2.36.12 45 Clan-Kerr (Grant Kerr/Gregory Kerr) 2.36.29 46 LamWil (Jan Lamberts/Hillegert Wilcocks) 2.42.12 47 Luxexpress (Guy Weber/Marc Weber) 2.46.22 48 Durban Poison (Stuart Rose/Calvin Christy) 2.47.00 49 Grit Gravel & Grind (Mike Cave/Aiden De Lange) 2.49.29 50 Knysna Cycle Works (Stephen Drew/Gary Stanley) 2.53.06 51 Bushwackers (John Lawlor/Ian Nell) 2.53.18 52 Beauty & The Beast (Kobus Burger/Miles Crisp) 2.53.26 53 Wilko (Koos Basson/William Turnbull) 2.57.38 54 Single Track Minds (David Collett/Elton Prytz) 3.07.04 55 Skote (Gerrit Pretorius/Arno Botha) 3.21.40 56 Old Bones (David Japp/Manfred Küster) 3.22.39 57 The Smitherons (Kyle Smit/Martin Theron) 3.35.11 58 San Diego (Cal Burgart/Dennis McCann) 3.36.00 59 Zoro (Rod Lichtman/Zoe Mitchell) 3.41.52 60 WSP (Konrad Ferreira/Dick Morkel) 3.42.54 61 Old Tigers (Tony Cole/John Heynike) 3.43.53 62 Team 747 (Sean Latouf/Richard Kingwell) 3.48.30 63 Bryco Metals (Andre Hawarden/Craig Vorster) 4.02.19 64 Mike Squared (Michael Van Den Berg/Michael Treloar) 4.20.32 65 Gecko (Wilfried Maes/Klaus Raeymaekers) 4.27.48 66 Hempel Challenger (Christian Vang/Jakov Radjenovic) 4.30.50 67 Dragon Tongue (Stephen Thompson/Shaun Weber) 4.32.44 DNF The Coots (Rob Jackson/Owen Skae) 3.55.03 DNF Mountain Goat (Rob Love/Gareth Webster) DNF Citi car hire (Denis Leppan/Jane Leppan) DNF Desert Donkeys (Peter Brinkhaus/Anton Kramer) DNF Fungis (Rod Cairns/Ron Hoskin) DNF aspen/mediclinic (Rudi De Wet/Chris Fick) DNF Getaway (Stirling Kotze/David Bristow) DNF Matelec (Gavin Yeats/Kevin Paxton) DNF Flatdogs (Joe Holmes/Andy Austin) General classification after stage 4 Men 1 Focus/Rocky Mountain (Mannie Heymans/Karl Platt) 18.50.42 2 Adidas/Fiat Rotwild (Andreas Strobel/Silvio Wieltschnig) 10.19 3 GT Africa (Jacques Rossouw/Shan Wilson) 19.09 4 Breitling/Vineyard Hotel (Geddan Ruddock/Kevin Evans) 1.05.52 5 Tom Tailor/Santos/Walkabout 1 (Jaap Viergever/Dennis Teeuwen) 1.07.18 6 Jeep/GT (Richard Beswick/Ben Melt Swanepoel) 1.24.29 7 Tom Tailor/Fujitsu-Siemens/Walkabout (Marcel Honing/Tommy Velthuijzen) 2.00.22 8 Team RED (Gerrie Beukes/Brandon Steward) 2.02.50 9 Mbr 2radchaoten.Com (Laurenz Hofstadler/Axel Strauß) 2.10.34 10 Imperial Logistics Kenya (David Njau/Davidson Kamau) 2.18.55 11 Mazda Drifter Two (Theo Grobler/Grant Usher) 2.25.25 12 Www.Reevax.Be (Peter Paelinck/Dominiek Sacré) 2.28.29 13 Remey-Enduren-Hugenote (Fred Coleske/Barry Pauw) 2.35.27 14 Hyenas (Andreas Liebenberg/Cornell Van Der Westhuizen) 2.50.27 15 STROPS (Xavier Scheepers/Roan Exelby) 2.55.23 16 Coimbra Cycle House (Frans Van Zyl/John-Lee Augustyn) 3.01.49 17 Blazing Saddles (David Genders/Andreass Duenn) 3.02.28 18 Hypoplus Ystermanne (Nick Bester/Jan Van Rooyen) 3.10.01 19 Prowealth Namibia (Heiko Hennes/Marc Bassingthwaighte) 3.15.10 20 Cycle Scene (Francois Roux/Wilfried Schwabe) 3.18.01 21 Scarabee (Claes Filip/Rossignol Dirk) 3.21.15 22 Benji & Garth (Garth Prosser/Benji Klimas) 4.03.28 23 EVA (Jason Duffin/Mark Cadle) 4.03.54 24 Continental Tyre SA (Craig Baartman/Wayne Brown) 4.09.46 25 Jeep1 (Rob Blatch/Gerard Dirks) 4.11.00 26 Austen Powers International Mbr Allstars (Anthony White/Craig Dolwin) 4.13.17 27 Hp (Gordon Rabey/Greg Want) 4.15.32 28 Tonto (Robert Mc Gloughlin/Greg Kamstra) 4.15.43 29 Tcm (Mark Linington/Delaney Impey) 4.30.10 30 Alcolin/Bostik (Nicholas Coyne/Kevin Jacobs) 4.43.49 31 China Ensemble (Paul Kelly/Piers Touzel) 4.50.59 32 Knysna Action Cycling (Rob Dormehl/Andrew Marshall) 5.01.36 33 23 Degrees (Greg Minnaar/Liam Killeen) 5.05.47 34 Finish Line (Albert Olivier/Clint Curtis) 5.06.57 35 @Speed (Mark Page/Ben Van Niekerk) 5.32.50 36 Bowmans (Craig Woods/Jamie Smith) 5.40.21 37 Die Bulle (Reginald Labuschagne/Peter De Wit) 5.44.32 38 Two Wise Men (Robbie Mcintosh/Niel Fourie) 5.48.43 39 Coopers Carriers (Gary Cooper/Brent Carpenter) 5.52.48 40 Bruce Reyneke Cycles (Bruce Reyneke/Tjaart Van Nieuwenhuizen) 5.53.30 41 Ride Mag (Attie Koekemoer/Wayne Hayward) 5.59.47 42 Team Phoenix (Gavin Wood/Brett Parish) 6.14.24 43 BSB (Craig Ridgard/Wayne Van De Werken) 6.15.06 44 Rock Solid (Andrew Hunt/Stephen Jurgenson) 6.16.05 45 Mazda Drifter Three (Koos Groenewald/Bunnie Loubser) 6.33.59 46 The Donovans (Patrick Donovan/John James Donovan) 47 Craft Box (Greg Goodwin/Mark Haarhoff) 6.45.17 48 Team Knysna (Willy Alcock/Tony Cook) 6.50.02 49 Team-Adidas.De (Karl Schandl/Mario Mannes) 6.56.19 50 RoxShox (Heinrich Richter/Hennie Scheepers) 6.57.01 51 Lactic Acid Heads (Russell Nugent/Mark Kapnoudhis) 7.11.10 52 Blue Chilli/I Care (Shaun Steyn/Kirk Buske) 7.16.42 53 Men's Health - Adidas (Markus Stenglein/Alexander Gomoll) 7.23.52 54 Lynn & Main (Crispin St Leger/Mark Lynn) 7.40.13 55 BOE Backmot (Paul Backes/Michael Wilmot) 7.56.04 56 Karoo (Henco Rademeyer/Conrad De Wet) 8.06.15 57 Ethekweni Stabeni (Grant Macpherson/Glen Goddard) 8.09.36 58 Discover (Paolo Longo/Robin Twaddle) 8.10.37 59 NEB (Olaf Wyberneit/Andre Britz) 8.12.25 60 The Fabulous Sizzling Sushi'S (Neil Frazer/Warwick Langebrink) 8.13.35 61 Energy (Trevor Ball/Mike Clarke) 8.18.02 62 Rollerbrake (Arno Daehnke/Robert Eichhorn) 8.33.36 63 Dutchcrocobikers 2 (Ronald Van Den Boogaard/Thomas Mulholland) 8.45.54 64 MatCol (Matthew Grossett/Colin Meyer) 8.47.22 65 Africaribe Accros (Pierre Schweyer/Hylton Adie) 8.57.35 66 Synergy (Jonathan Slater/Marais Dekker) 9.07.37 67 Staaldraad (Lionel Waker/Travers Waker) 9.08.59 68 Kraichgau Cruisers (Richard Reingruber/Georg Oertel) 9.13.24 69 Hermanus (Adrian Wiehahn/Etienne Jordaan) 9.14.03 70 Vitalstatistix (Jeremy Stewart/Conrad Hicks) 9.28.23 71 Eazy (Paul Reyburn/Clive Kirsten) 9.32.30 72 Ariba Ariba! (Banie Erasmus/Arrie De Swardt) 9.36.18 73 B2M2 (Mike Brunke/Bradley Mcdermott) 9.37.01 74 Cape Epic Ben (Patrick Majeke/Nicholas Qotoyi) 9.42.35 75 Cannondale (Francois Ebersohn/Jaco Malan) 9.53.57 76 Spudnix (Phillip Stevens/Werner Rostoll) 9.58.59 77 Durban (Grant Cowen/David Chappelow) 10.04.15 78 Wet Pups (William Simpson/Michael Nixon) 10.07.31 79 Entelect Solutions (Charles Pritchard/Keldoahn O' Keefe) 10.07.38 80 Team Stellenbosch (Paul Roos/Van Heerden De Wet) 10.30.58 81 Boesmans (Charles Steyn/Marais Steyn) 10.33.51 82 Pathfinders (Farouk Abrahams/Craig Turnbull) 10.40.05 83 Quick Step X2 (Darren Wilson/Wayne Wilson) 10.41.23 84 Supersport (Russell Macmillan/Pierre Cloete) 10.45.13 85 Jema (Troy Pople/Gavin Markgraaff) 10.59.06 86 Chain Gang (Kevin Stevens/Ryan Mitchell) 11.14.52 87 PROTEA FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP (Warran Jacobs/Mark Preen) 11.23.53 88 Great Cape Storm Adventure (Cedric Jakobsen/John Gale) 11.32.15 89 G Q (Helge Scherner/Blair Ludbrook) 11.33.08 90 Rockwood Forest Lodge (Thomas Hancock/Rory Munton) 11.48.31 91 3 Inch Difference (Don Nelson/Chad Oleson) 11.59.07 92 Riders For Choc (Anton Millar/Craig Petersen) 12.00.23 93 Blits (Raf Vanderlinden/Abel Court) 12.12.08 94 Dirt Bandits (Philip Anderson/Kris Vandenbroucke) 12.14.28 95 Fortitude (Robert Ambler-Smith/Michael Dixon) 12.31.58 96 Apc (Andreas Pfaffenbichler/Markus Quatember) 12.33.16 97 MPD Plodders (Robbie McCrae/Alan Snelling) 12.34.22 98 Branell 2 (Grant Walliser/Kevin Craig) 12.41.59 99 SRK/ANGLO (Duncan Stevens/David Cormack) 12.49.08 100 Team Neverest (George Thom/Eckhard Scholtz) 12.50.43 101 No Tits (Matthew Mottram/Stuart Slater) 12.52.03 102 arthur (Jim Arthur/Mike Arthur) 12.58.45 103 Lazy Legs (Russell Wegner/Mark Courtney) 13.01.20 104 Novice (Linda Mthembu/Frans Ngako) 13.01.16 105 Champagne Sports (Steve Macquet/Guy Macquet) 13.05.26 106 Imperial Logistics (Jeff Van Driel/Duane Porter) 13.32.59 107 Giant-Lee Cougan (Tappies Smith/Sirko Papperitz) 13.37.13 108 Sterling Boys (Gregory Slade/Darryn Vermaak) 13.42.03 109 Snowrider (Roland Fuchs/Michel Haenggi) 13.49.46 110 TOTALSPORTS (Stuart Baird/Michael Burkhart) 13.53.02 111 Slow But Sure (Bradley Hemphill/Anthony Makin) 13.53.59 112 Swazi Irish (Andrew Broom/Brett Foss) 13.57.27 113 C Q (Quintus Carstens/Craig Bothma) 14.05.19 114 Bikeboard (Milosz Kedracki/Adam Michalik) 14.14.30 115 Costex (Michael Partridge/Karl Schubert) 14.32.43 116 River Rats (Alister Buhler/Donovan Tredrea) 15.05.43 117 VisionK 2 (Deane Hill/Songo Fipaza) 15.46.37 118 Union Cycles (Jens Niere/Wynand De Goede) 16.34.19 119 Radl-Rasti (Radl Rasti/Dominik Scherer) 16.34.56 120 CYMAX (Richard Clarke/Michael Whitehouse) 16.38.29 121 Have Beens (Mike Mcdonald/Kevin Goddard) 17.21.28 122 Hot Shots (Werner Theron/Jannie Kruger) 17.30.04 123 The Flagship (Eugene Boniface/Martin Glaum) 17.37.51 124 Maverick Cycles Kwagga'S (Paul Roux/Leon Heyns) 17.49.20 125 Qed/Eb Sphere (Pieter Du Plessis/Colin Hendriks) 18.23.08 126 Can'T Ride Won'T Ride (Colin Wessels/John Cave) 18.24.59 127 Branell 1 (Allan Garrick Laudin/Adrian Kenneth Keus) 18.37.49 128 Swampmonster (Phil Edmunds/Dennis Everett) 18.40.57 129 Instavet Inspiration (Harry Mahieu/Sven Mahieu) 19.47.55 Women 1 Yellow Jacket (Hanlie Booyens/Sharon Laws) 23.27.35 2 Cateye - Kenda Enduro Team (Louise Kobin/Hillary Harrison) 41.51 3 Smith/Speedy (Yolande Speedy/Christi Smith) 52.00 4 Team Fair Lady (Adrienne Cobb/Christelle Van Niekerk) 3.00.01 5 Team Rotwild/Hr (Monika Birk/Christine Hoelzl) 3.19.55 6 Magura/Bodyglide (Cristina Begy/Simone Otto) 4.13.16 7 Estrogenies (Michelle Grainger/Sandra Musgrave) 6.42.15 8 Pezula (Di Fechter/Avril Godwin) 7.01.47 9 Jeep2 (Lisa Boring/Judith Du Toit) 8.27.36 10 Canucks2 (Martie Du Plessis/Marlene Van Heerden) 9.44.54 11 Linden Squeezers (Jeannette Mcgill/Nicky Wolff) 10.44.36 12 Duracell Bunnies (Antoinette Barnardo/Julie Verran) 16.22.06 Mixed 1 HAI-Bike/Scott (Kirsten Rösel/Robert Eder) 21.36.12 2 Fiat/Bianchi (Johan Greeff/Hannele Steyn-Kotze) 24.51 3 Cateye Enduro Team (Eric Warkentin/Melissa Thomas) 39.58 4 Falke (Philip Swanepoel/Michelle Lombardi) 1.36.34 5 The Lady And The Tramp (Tim Ziehl/Jeannie Bomford) 2.03.37 6 Diadora (Kirsty Burrows/Des Searle) 2.53.56 7 Maverick Cycles (Tania Raats/Tim Keep) 3.53.08 8 Silvera/Madden (Carol Silvera/Michael Madden) 4.24.39 9 Cycle HQ (Brad Boonzaier/Candy Boonzaier) 4.44.56 10 Kinetic Transcor (Stephan Muller/Heidi Muller) 6.50.22 11 Posties (Pieter Van Wyk/Ellane Van Wyk) 6.57.35 12 Mac (Gavin Mackintosh/Rose Mackintosh) 7.51.32 13 Blown Away (Anita Stoll/Ivan Keeley) 8.02.54 14 Mcleod (Joanne McLeod/Justin McLeod) 8.06.50 15 Honeymoon (Paul Keet/Janet Keet) 8.24.53 16 Primi Piatti (Lauwrens Cornelissen/Yoka Venter) 8.34.03 17 Rockhoppers (Ann Pearton/Rodney Wittstock) 8.36.21 18 Scatterlings (Joanna Goeller/Rowan Goeller) 8.43.22 19 Mazara (David Joyce/Fiona Coward) 9.09.51 20 Marathosapiens (Csaba Balogh/Natali Kovacs) 9.37.31 21 Adidas-Spinman.Co.Za (Terry Kobus/Bonny Swanepoel) 10.49.26 22 Thole (Errol Thole/Elmarie Thole) 11.40.29 23 Fradley Fauns (Peter Fradley/Kunnie Fradley) 11.54.54 24 Merry Farmers (Karin Stoll/Quintin Cross) 12.11.38 25 Amanevagunnafinish (Dominique Le Roux/Guy Wood) 14.28.46 26 Ixias (Carol Austin/Anthony Fitzhenry) 14.59.58 27 Pons Postal Services (Lesley Fitton/Dave Pons) 15.17.43 28 Entelect Mixed (Evelyn Pritchard/Chris Thorpe) 15.53.34 29 Supa Spar (Leon Steenkamp/Karen Gibbons) 16.22.38 30 Jia You! (Maria Suokko/Peter Walker) 16.40.35 Masters 1 Bowmans - Giant (Frank Soll/Duncan English) 21.06.05 2 Willie Engelbrecht (Mc Franken/Brian Strauss) 19.07 3 Eminem (Jacques Malan/Corrie Muller) 1.16.21 4 Marsilio Masters (Tony Conlon/Marius Loots) 2.03.33 5 Litespeed (Dennis Du Toit/Cecil Baker) 2.23.22 6 Swiss-School-Team.ch (Sandro Angelastri/Alex Brenn) 2.43.04 7 Miles For Marrow (Andre Du Plessis/Hendrik Lemmer) 2.43.52 8 Dutchcrocobikers (Michael Wynsberghe/Richard Van Den Berg) 3.01.02 9 Imana Wild Ride (Steve Stamp/Glen Haw) 3.15.40 10 Mad Docs (Graham Monteith/Michael Cheesman) 3.18.24 11 Giant SA (Chris Nixon/Kevin Howlett) 3.19.31 12 XLR8 (William N Stopforth/Paul Van Zyl) 3.21.41 13 CVT (Pea Blaauw/Henning Blaauw) 3.28.31 14 99 Not Out (Gary Lyttle/Etienne Van Cuyck) 4.00.20 15 Maverick Cycles Kzn (Johann Wykerd/Nigel Bates) 4.03.03 16 Squirt - Lube On The Move (De Wet Marais/Jacques Theron) 4.14.25 17 Boomslang (Hendrik Van Huyssteen/Andre Nepgen) 4.20.54 18 Abscond (Thys Neser/Brett Sachs) 4.31.36 19 Bicycling (Tim Brink/Nicolaas Vergunst) 4.32.35 20 Supermix (Achim Ernst/Coenraad Smit) 4.33.30 21 108 (Cobus Slabbert/Ben Cronje) 4.59.26 22 Comida Kids (Steve Bertie-Roberts/Carlos DeNobrega) 5.01.21 23 Viking Medical & Scientific (Reginald Jager/Robert Campbell) 5.07.06 24 USN (Corrie Moolman/Eugene Groenewald) 5.14.57 25 In Gira (Jan Minnie/Tom Comfort) 5.40.52 26 Capestorm (Tony Wright/Nick Watson) 5.46.28 27 Strawberry Steel (John Faul/Paddy Murphy) 5.49.42 28 Vontoux (Ennis Venter/Herman Kriel) 6.03.45 29 Delta Dirt Trekkers (Collin Yammin/Lynn Jackson) 6.15.11 30 Quickspar (Grant Gibbons/Mike Imray) 6.41.42 31 Sunflower (Dirk Joubert/Tim Ferreira) 6.51.36 32 Dutch Mountain Bike Plus (Ronald Jacobs/Wil Heinen) 6.52.30 33 Ufudo (Adrian Booysen/Noel Ernstzen) 6.56.57 34 Deutsche Post (Frank Plattenhardt/Leo Zirkelbach) 6.59.33 35 LamWil (Jan Lamberts/Hillegert Wilcocks) 7.06.38 36 Abb South Africa (Patrick Leary/Stephen Scheepers) 7.37.26 37 Durban Poison (Stuart Rose/Calvin Christy) 7.46.12 38 Kzn vets (Brian Magor/Justin McCarthy) 7.51.16 39 Hoof Hearted Spurs (Mark Bell/Craig Tingle) 7.53.03 40 Beauty & The Beast (Kobus Burger/Miles Crisp) 8.20.01 41 Vaaltuin (Meyer De Waal/Gerrie Steyn) 8.26.46 42 Outeniqua Knobblies (Michale Ray Sunshine/Harold Lombard Basson) 8.43.15 43 Bushwackers (John Lawlor/Ian Nell) 8.44.24 44 Adidas Lowveld Mambas (Johan Bester/Dennis Lawrie) 8.45.10 45 The Fat Boys (Greg Chamberlin/Malcolm Dods) 8.48.39 46 Grandmasters (Colin Mathiesen/Curt Von Keyserlingk) 9.04.39 47 M.U.D. (David Jacobs/Sakkie Van Wyk) 9.07.39 48 Old Bones (David Japp/Manfred Küster) 9.18.17 49 Clan-Kerr (Grant Kerr/Gregory Kerr) 9.42.08 50 Grit Gravel & Grind (Mike Cave/Aiden De Lange) 9.46.57 51 Single Track Minds (David Collett/Elton Prytz) 9.54.57 52 Daisy (George Schutte/Jan Schutte) 9.55.38 53 Knysna Cycle Works (Stephen Drew/Gary Stanley) 10.10.44 54 Luxexpress (Guy Weber/Marc Weber) 10.30.12 55 Wilko (Koos Basson/William Turnbull) 10.40.35 56 Skote (Gerrit Pretorius/Arno Botha) 10.42.58 57 WSP (Konrad Ferreira/Dick Morkel) 11.46.22 58 San Diego (Cal Burgart/Dennis McCann) 11.52.24 59 The Smitherons (Kyle Smit/Martin Theron) 11.55.25 60 Bryco Metals (Andre Hawarden/Craig Vorster) 12.07.17 61 Zoro (Rod Lichtman/Zoe Mitchell) 12.50.33 62 Old Tigers (Tony Cole/John Heynike) 12.52.50 63 Team 747 (Sean Latouf/Richard Kingwell) 13.54.46 64 Dragon Tongue (Stephen Thompson/Shaun Weber) 14.33.05 65 Hempel Challenger (Christian Vang/Jakov Radjenovic) 14.45.48 66 Gecko (Wilfried Maes/Klaus Raeymaekers) 15.52.23 67 Mike Squared (Michael Van Den Berg/Michael Treloar) 16.32.08
