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The Cape Epic - NE
South Africa, February 28-March 6, 2004
Stage 1 - February 28: George (Saasveld)
Wieltschnig and Strobel win first stage
Report by Cape Epic staff
After 14 months of preparation, South Africa's inaugural Magical and Untamed African Mountainbike Race took off this morning at 7:00 A.M. at the Waterfront in Knysna. 273 teams made up of two riders each started into what may become their challenge of a lifetime.
In the front start line, all the previous winners of renowned international stage races like the Australian Crocodile Trophy, the European adidas bike TransAlp Challenge, the TransRockies Challenge, and the Costa Rican La Ruta de los Conquistadores as well as South Africa's Greg Minnaar, reigning UCI World Champion Downhill, and Liam Killeen, reigning World Cup U23 Cross Country Champion, waited for the start siren together with about 550 riders from 24 countries. Most riders in the field, which consists of 13 Women, 36 Mixed, 77 Master and 147 Men teams, are amateur athletes of all ages. Eighty per cent originate from South Africa, 20 per cent have traveled across the globe to compete in the Cape Epic.
Imperial Logistics chief executive Terry Bantock, who had come out to watch the start, was impressed: "I have never seen anything like this. What an impressive set up. The whole event is run like a military operation - everything is so well planned and organised. And I am proud that Imperial Logistics is part of it. If I had the chance I would take a vacation at once and follow the Cape Epic for the next eight days." With 3,050 metres of elevation and a distance of 120 kilometres, the Cape Epic's first stage was already the toughest of the entire epic challenge.
In the morning All African Champion Mannie Heymans from Namibia who is racing in a team with former TransAlp Champion Karl Platt from Germany (Team Focus/ Rocky Mountain), estimated that the top riders would need approximately five hours to complete the first stage. And the winners needed exactly 5 hours, 7 minutes and 49 seconds to ride through one of the most beautiful parts of the Western Cape and across the famous Outeniqua mountains from Knysna to George. Silvio Wieltschnig from Austria and Andi Strobel from Germany (team adidas Fiat Rotwild) were the first team to cross the finish line Saasveld, the scenic training institution for the Department of Forestry. Both of them were very surprised to be the winners as Mannie and Karl had a lead of over two minutes for quite some time, but they missed the turn into Saasveld and thus finished fourth on their first day of the Cape Epic.
"I guess that was my special gift" says Silvo Wieltschnig whose birthday is today. And Andi ads "This happened to us before at the TransRockies - fifty metres in front of the finish line we took a wrong turn and lost our first place." For Andi, who works as a teacher in Mittenwald Germany, South African Jacques Rossouw was the strongest rider of the day. "It was incredible how he pumped the flats, but then he and Shan fell behind in the longer ascents." In the end, Team GT Africa with Jacques Rossouw and Shan Wilson had a gap of over eight minutes to Strobel/Wieltschnig. Their fellow countryman Richard Beswick and Ben- Melt Swanepoel (team Jeep/GT) came in third.
Nestled against the backdrop of the magnificent Outeniqua mountains, the gates of Saasveld were opened wide to welcome riders at the end of their first, demanding day of the Cape Epic. Surrounded by the tranquil, indigenous forests of the Southern Cape, Saasveld takes its name from the ancient castle in Holland, which was the original seat of the ancestors of the van Rheede van Oudtshoorn family. The buildings, dating back to 1932, are now restored to their former glory and the campus is used by students studying forestry management and nature conservation. The immaculate grounds, golf course and gardens made for a perfect setting for the finish and the Cape Epic race village. Exhausted competitors meandered across the rolling lawns or cooled off in the pool after a hard day's riding. When the competitors arrived in Saasveld, they were overwhelmed by the proportions of their camp. A staff of 46 people of Cape Epic's service provider USI had set up the 600 rider tents. The well organised crew required just three hours to set up the entire camp - per tent they needed on average three minutes. Two tents per team were pitched, positioned in twelve sections and marked with the respective start numbers. All rider bags were already lined up and waited to be picked up by their exhuasted owners.
At the first daily stage awards which took place after a rich dinner served by Spier catering in the beautifully decorated Infotainment Tent, the Cape Epic participants celebrated the winners of the four categories and admired the unique zebra striped adidas leader jerseys.
Results
Men 1 Adidas/Fiat Rotwild (Andreas Strobel/Silvio Wieltschnig) 5.07.49 2 GT Africa (Jacques Rossouw/Shan Wilson) 8.38 3 Jeep/GT (Richard Beswick/Ben Melt Swanepoel) 11.07 4 Focus/Rocky Mountain (Mannie Heymans/Karl Platt) 12.23 5 Tom Tailor/Santos/Walkabout 1 (Jaap Viergever/Dennis Teeuwen) 25.06 6 Breitling/Vineyard Hotel (Geddan Ruddock/Kevin Evans) 28.55 7 Team RED (Gerrie Beukes/Brandon Steward) 30.54 8 Tom Tailor/Fujitsu-Siemens/Walkabout (Marcel Honing/Tommy Velthuijzen) 42.12 9 Mazda Drifter One (Fritz Pienaar/John-Paul Pearton) 43.26 10 Imperial Logistics Kenya (David Njau/Davidson Kamau) 44.03 11 Blazing Saddles (David Genders/Andreass Duenn) 45.08 12 Www.Reevax.Be (Peter Paelinck/Dominiek Sacré) 45.49 13 Mbr 2radchaoten.Com (Laurenz Hofstadler/Axel Strauß) 50.00 14 Hypoplus Ystermanne (Nick Bester/Jan Van Rooyen) 58.46 15 Mazda Drifter Two (Theo Grobler/Grant Usher) 58.49 16 Prowealth Namibia (Heiko Hennes/Marc Bassingthwaighte) 59.39 17 Hyenas (Andreas Liebenberg/Cornell Van Der Westhuizen) 1.00.29 18 Remey-Enduren-Hugenote (Fred Coleske/Barry Pauw) 1.03.01 19 Cycle Scene (Francois Roux/Wilfried Schwabe) 1.08.44 20 STROPS (Xavier Scheepers/Roan Exelby) 1.09.21 21 EVA (Jason Duffin/Mark Cadle) 1.09.58 22 Continental Tyre SA (Craig Baartman/Wayne Brown) 1.13.26 23 Coimbra Cycle House (Frans Van Zyl/John-Lee Augustyn) 1.16.20 24 G Squared (Grant Salter/Greg Wittstock) 1.17.16 25 Austen Powers International Mbr Allstars (Anthony White/Craig Dolwin) 1.20.46 26 Tcm (Mark Linington/Delaney Impey) 1.21.27 27 Hp (Gordon Rabey/Greg Want) 1.22.24 28 Jeep1 (Rob Blatch/Gerard Dirks) 1.23.01 29 Alcolin/Bostik (Nicholas Coyne/Kevin Jacobs) 1.25.58 30 Scarabee (Claes Filip/Rossignol Dirk) 1.30.14 31 Ride Mag (Attie Koekemoer/Wayne Hayward) 1.32.43 32 Mazda Drifter Three (Koos Groenewald/Bunnie Loubser) 1.34.55 33 China Ensemble (Paul Kelly/Piers Touzel) 1.37.41 34 Gary Fisher Wiedia Bike (Andreas Schwarz/Dirk Seidel) 1.38.36 35 Finish Line (Albert Olivier/Clint Curtis) 1.41.55 36 Tonto (Robert Mc Gloughlin/Greg Kamstra) 1.45.06 37 Benji & Garth (Garth Prosser/Benji Klimas) 1.48.27 38 23 Degrees (Greg Minnaar/Liam Killeen) 1.51.13 39 Team-Adidas.De (Karl Schandl/Mario Mannes) 1.52.10 40 @Speed (Mark Page/Ben Van Niekerk) 1.53.14 41 Two Wise Men (Robbie Mcintosh/Niel Fourie) 1.56.46 42 Bruce Reyneke Cycles (Bruce Reyneke/Tjaart Van Nieuwenhuizen) 2.01.50 43 Bowmans (Craig Woods/Jamie Smith) 2.02.09 44 Knysna Action Cycling (Rob Dormehl/Andrew Marshall) 2.02.12 45 BSB (Craig Ridgard/Wayne Van De Werken) 2.04.27 46 Rock Solid (Andrew Hunt/Stephen Jurgenson) 2.04.49 47 Synergy (Jonathan Slater/Marais Dekker) 2.08.48 48 Virgin Active (Trevor Quigley/Callan Sexton) 2.16.33 49 Die Bulle (Reginald Labuschagne/Peter De Wit) 2.19.32 50 Blue Chilli/ I Care (Shaun Steyn/Kirk Buske) 2.20.03 51 Team Phoenix (Gavin Wood/Brett Parish) 2.20.34 52 BOE Backmot (Paul Backes/Michael Wilmot) 2.21.09 53 RoxShox (Heinrich Richter/Hennie Scheepers) 2.21.39 54 Lactic Acid Heads (Russell Nugent/Mark Kapnoudhis) 2.24.59 55 Cape Epic Ben (Patrick Majeke/Nicholas Qotoyi) 2.26.02 56 The Donovans (Patrick Donovan/John James Donovan) 2.27.52 57 Karoo (Henco Rademeyer/Conrad De Wet) 2.30.00 58 Discover (Paolo Longo/Robin Twaddle) 2.30.13 59 The Fabulous Sizzling Sushi'S (Neil Frazer/Warwick Langebrink) 2.31.09 60 Craft Box (Greg Goodwin/Mark Haarhoff) 2.31.58 61 Team Stellenbosch (Paul Roos/Van Heerden De Wet) 2.33.12 62 ODF (Organ Donar Foundation) (Allister Arenson/Stuart Weaver) 2.33.38 63 Fiets-Wielerrevue (Richard Plugge/Bart De Schampheleire) 2.38.54 64 Coopers Carriers (Gary Cooper/Brent Carpenter) 2.39.53 65 Africaribe Accros (Pierre Schweyer/Hylton Adie) 2.40.22 66 NEB (Olaf Wyberneit/Andre Britz) 2.42.00 67 Men's Health - Adidas (Markus Stenglein/Alexander Gomoll) 2.42.56 68 Staaldraad (Lionel Waker/Travers Waker) 2.43.15 69 Dutchcrocobikers 2 (Ronald Van Den Boogaard/Thomas Mulholland) 2.43.54 70 Team Knysna (Willy Alcock/Tony Cook) 2.44.47 71 Dirt Bandits (Philip Anderson/Kris Vandenbroucke) 2.46.44 72 Ethekweni Stabeni (Grant Macpherson/Glen Goddard) 2.49.10 73 Durban (Grant Cowen/David Chappelow) 2.55.02 74 Hermanus (Adrian Wiehahn/Etienne Jordaan) 2.56.58 75 Lynn & Main (Crispin St Leger/Mark Lynn) 2.58.02 76 Kraichgau Cruisers (Richard Reingruber/Georg Oertel) 2.58.14 77 B2M2 (Mike Brunke/Bradley Mcdermott) 2.59.32 78 Eazy (Paul Reyburn/Clive Kirsten) 3.05.02 79 Vitalstatistix (Jeremy Stewart/Conrad Hicks) 3.06.50 80 Quick Step X2 (Darren Wilson/Wayne Wilson) 3.08.39 81 3 Inch Difference (Don Nelson/Chad Oleson) 3.11.07 82 Energy (Trevor Ball/Mike Clarke) 3.13.45 83 Wet Pups (William Simpson/Michael Nixon) 3.14.03 84 Spudnix (Phillip Stevens/Werner Rostoll) 3.14.55 85 Rollerbrake (Arno Daehnke/Robert Eichhorn) 3.17.56 86 MatCol (Matthew Grossett/Colin Meyer) 3.18.05 87 Ariba Ariba! (Banie Erasmus/Arrie De Swardt) 3.21.41 88 Entelect Solutions (Charles Pritchard/Keldoahn O' Keefe) 3.23.57 89 Jema (Troy Pople/Gavin Markgraaff) 3.26.16 90 Apc (Andreas Pfaffenbichler/Markus Quatember) 3.26.19 91 Protea Financial Services Group (Warran Jacobs/Mark Preen) 3.26.27 92 Supersport (Russell Macmillan/Pierre Cloete) 3.27.37 93 Bikeboard (Milosz Kedracki/Adam Michalik) 3.27.39 94 G Q (Helge Scherner/Blair Ludbrook) 3.27.58 95 Spokes (Derek Redfern/William Blackie) 3.28.19 96 Boesmans (Charles Steyn/Marais Steyn) 3.28.25 97 Snowrider (Roland Fuchs/Michel Haenggi) 3.29.52 98 Chain Gang (Kevin Stevens/Ryan Mitchell) 3.32.21 99 Abk (Andre Le Roux/Garyth Harris) 3.32.56 100 Cannondale (Francois Ebersohn/Jaco Malan) 3.33.21 101 Pathfinders (Farouk Abrahams/Craig Turnbull) 3.38.10 102 No Tits (Matthew Mottram/Stuart Slater) 3.42.20 103 Blits (Raf Vanderlinden/Abel Court) 3.43.06 104 Riders For Choc (Anton Millar/Craig Petersen) 3.45.32 105 arthur (Jim Arthur/Mike Arthur) 3.45.56 106 Fortitude (Robert Ambler-Smith/Michael Dixon) 3.46.07 107 Sterling Boys (Gregory Slade/Darryn Vermaak) 3.49.43 108 The Mountain Goats (Ian Buchholtz/Gavin Van Aswegen) 3.49.47 109 Champagne Sports (Steve Macquet/Guy Macquet) 3.50.09 110 MPD Plodders (Robbie McCrae/Alan Snelling) 3.50.31 111 Giant-Lee Cougan (Tappies Smith/Sirko Papperitz) 3.56.21 112 SRK/ANGLO (Duncan Stevens/David Cormack) 4.00.37 113 C Q (Quintus Carstens/Craig Bothma) 4.02.56 114 Branell 2 (Grant Walliser/Kevin Craig) 4.05.43 115 Great Cape Storm Adventure (Cedric Jakobsen/John Gale) 4.06.26 116 Team Neverest (George Thom/Eckhard Scholtz) 4.13.07 117 Rockwood Forest Lodge (Thomas Hancock/Rory Munton) 4.13.17 118 Lazy Legs (Russell Wegner/Mark Courtney) 4.16.40 119 River Rats (Alister Buhler/Donovan Tredrea) 4.17.57 120 Have Beens (Mike Mcdonald/Kevin Goddard) 4.18.49 121 Slow But Sure (Bradley Hemphill/Anthony Makin) 4.20.07 122 Earthbound (Brett Olsen/Russell Olsen) 4.20.41 123 TOTALSPORTS (Michael Meyer/Stuart Baird) 4.22.52 124 CYMAX (Richard Clarke/Michael Whitehouse) 4.26.05 125 Adidas Granny Gear (Doug Wylie/Cobus Pienaar) 4.26.29 126 Novice (Linda Mthembu/Frans Ngako) 4.26.49 127 Costex (Michael Partridge/Karl Schubert) 4.32.17 128 Radl-Rasti (Radl Rasti/Dominik Scherer) 4.32.46 129 Maverick Warthog (Greg Ascough/Mike Bradley) 4.36.14 130 VisionK 2 (Deane Hill/Songo Fipaza) 4.38.07 131 Swazi Irish (Andrew Broom/Brett Foss) 4.40.28 132 Imperial Logistics (Jeff Van Driel/Duane Porter) 4.46.42 133 Can'T Ride Won'T Ride (Colin Wessels/John Cave) 4.52.18 134 Selfe And Sherman (Gavin Selfe/Mike Sherman) 4.53.38 135 The Flagship (Eugene Boniface/Martin Glaum) 4.55.01 136 Hot Shots (Werner Theron/Jannie Kruger) 4.56.41 137 Branell 1 (Allan Garrick Laudin/Adrian Kenneth Keus) 5.14.01 138 Union Cycles (Jens Niere/Wynand De Goede) 5.15.05 139 Swampmonster (Phil Edmunds/Dennis Everett) 5.15.37 140 Granny Gear (Lee O'Brien/Niel Oberholzer) 5.32.20 141 Instavet Inspiration (Harry Mahieu/Sven Mahieu) 5.32.36 142 Maverick Cycles Kwagga'S (Paul Roux/Leon Heyns) 5.33.09 143 StonieMuke (Michael Hughes/Stuart Mac Gregor) 5.48.00 144 Qed/Eb Sphere (Pieter Du Plessis/Colin Hendriks) 6.30.12 DNF VisionK (Craig Beech/Alberto Puddu) DNF Fat Family Fathers (Michael Burkhart/Thorsten Freitag) DNF Renier Botha & Associates (Renier Botha/Christo Van Heerden) Women 1 Yellow Jacket (Hanlie Booyens/Sharon Laws) 6.30.47 2 Cateye - Kenda Enduro Team (Louise Kobin/Hillary Harrison) 11.48 3 Smith/Speedy (Yolande Speedy/Christi Smith) 17.28 4 Magura/Bodyglide (Cristina Begy/Simone Otto) 52.07 5 Team Fair Lady (Adrienne Cobb/Christelle Van Niekerk) 1.03.23 6 Team Rotwild /Hr (Monika Birk/Christine Hoelzl) 1.03.33 7 Estrogenies (Michelle Grainger/Sandra Musgrave) 1.42.00 8 Pezula (Di Fechter/Avril Godwin) 1.54.38 9 Jeep2 (Lisa Boring/Judith Du Toit) 2.33.19 10 Canucks2 (Martie Du Plessis/Marlene Van Heerden) 2.38.22 11 Linden Squeezers (Jeannette Mcgill/Nicky Wolff) 2.43.53 12 Cymax Ladies (Margaret Clarke/Laurin Whitehouse) 3.03.13 13 Duracell Bunnies (Antoinette Barnardo/Julie Verran) 4.21.08 DNF Netmax (Andrea Duffin/Kirsten Scheffer) Mixed 1 HAI-Bike/Scott (Kirsten Rösel/Robert Eder) 5.57.06 2 Cateye Enduro Team (Eric Warkentin/Melissa Thomas) 12.17 3 Fiat/Bianchi (Johan Greeff/Hannele Steyn-Kotze) 14.51 4 Falke (Philip Swanepoel/Michelle Lombardi) 28.42 5 The Lady And The Tramp (Tim Ziehl/Jeannie Bomford) 43.10 6 Internet Solutions (Chester Foster/Amy-Jane Mundy) 1.03.44 7 Maverick Cycles (Tania Raats/Tim Keep) 1.05.13 8 Silvera/Madden (Carol Silvera/Michael Madden) 1.06.42 9 Diadora (Kirsty Burrows/Des Searle) 1.08.15 10 Cycle HQ (Brad Boonzaier/Candy Boonzaier) 1.27.18 11 Rockhoppers (Ann Pearton/Rodney Wittstock) 1.47.29 12 Posties (Pieter Van Wyk/Ellane Van Wyk) 1.51.12 13 Mcleod (Joanne McLeod/Justin McLeod) 2.02.35 14 Honeymoon (Paul Keet/Janet Keet) 2.05.21 15 Kinetic Transcor (Stephan Muller/Heidi Muller) 2.06.59 16 Blown Away (Anita Stoll/Ivan Keeley) 2.12.13 17 Mac (Gavin Mackintosh/Rose Mackintosh) 2.20.03 18 Primi Piatti (Lauwrens Cornelissen/Yoka Venter) 2.20.26 19 Scatterlings (Joanna Goeller/Rowan Goeller) 2.35.29 20 Thole (Errol Thole/Elmarie Thole) 2.39.17 21 Mazara (David Joyce/Fiona Coward) 2.40.19 22 Dingo Cycles (Greg Gouws/Nienie Steenekamp) 2.41.59 23 Marathosapiens (Csaba Balogh/Natali Kovacs) 2.52.04 24 Fradley Fauns (Peter Fradley/Kunnie Fradley) 3.02.04 25 Merry Farmers (Karin Stoll/Quintin Cross) 3.08.14 26 Adidas-Spinman.Co.Za (Terry Kobus/Bonny Swanepoel) 3.24.42 27 Rivonia Textiles (Richard Corser/Bev Corser) 3.31.02 28 Amanevagunnafinish (Dominique Le Roux/Guy Wood) 3.45.58 29 Ixias (Carol Austin/Anthony Fitzhenry) 3.55.52 30 Pons Postal Services (Lesley Fitton/Dave Pons) 4.16.57 31 Scrumper (Stuart Carliell/Marilyn Carliell) 4.19.23 32 Supa Spar (Leon Steenkamp/Karen Gibbons) 4.27.51 33 Jia You! (Maria Suokko/Peter Walker) 4.55.22 34 Entelect Mixed (Evelyn Pritchard/Chris Thorpe) 4.58.28 35 Woodbury & Woodbury (Richard Woodbury/Laurie Woodbury) 6.02.03 DNF Flying Scots (John Gordon/Fiona Gordon) Masters 1 Bowmans - Giant (Frank Soll/Duncan English) 5.55.12 2 Willie Engelbrecht (Mc Franken/Brian Strauss) 20.08 3 Swiss-School-Team.ch (Sandro Angelastri/Alex Brenn) 21.06 4 Eminem (Jacques Malan/Corrie Muller) 22.13 5 Litespeed (Dennis Du Toit/Cecil Baker) 33.48 6 Marsilio Masters (Tony Conlon/Marius Loots) 36.37 7 Miles For Marrow (Andre Du Plessis/Hendrik Lemmer) 40.23 8 aspen/mediclinic (Rudi De Wet/Chris Fick) 54.06 9 Dutchcrocobikers (Michael Wynsberghe/Richard Van Den Berg) 57.57 10 XLR8 (William N Stopforth/Paul Van Zyl) 1.04.10 11 Boomslang (Hendrik Van Huyssteen/Andre Nepgen) 1.05.02 12 Maverick Cycles Kzn (Johann Wykerd/Nigel Bates) 1.07.01 13 Abscond (Thys Neser/Brett Sachs) 1.11.22 14 99 Not Out (Gary Lyttle/Etienne Van Cuyck) 1.13.55 15 Bicycling (Tim Brink/Nicolaas Vergunst) 1.15.23 16 CVT (Pea Blaauw/Henning Blaauw) 1.16.39 17 Imana Wild Ride (Steve Stamp/Glen Haw) 1.22.02 18 Mad Docs (Graham Monteith/Michael Cheesman) 1.23.25 19 USN (Corrie Moolman/Eugene Groenewald) 1.26.47 20 Squirt - Lube On The Move (De Wet Marais/Jacques Theron) 1.27.28 21 Comida Kids (Steve Bertie-Roberts/Carlos DeNobrega) 1.29.49 22 Giant SA (Chris Nixon/Kevin Howlett) 1.38.45 23 LamWil (Jan Lamberts/Hillegert Wilcocks) 1.42.17 24 In Gira (Jan Minnie/Tom Comfort) 1.42.54 25 Supermix (Achim Ernst/Coenraad Smit) 1.50.47 26 Beauty & The Beast (Kobus Burger/Miles Crisp) 1.51.43 27 108 (Cobus Slabbert/Ben Cronje) 1.52.22 28 Mountain Goat (Rob Love/Gareth Webster) 1.52.49 29 Vontoux (Ennis Venter/Herman Kriel) 1.54.06 30 Deutsche Post (Frank Plattenhardt/Leo Zirkelbach) 1.54.29 31 Dutch Mountain Bike Plus (Ronald Jacobs/Wil Heinen) 1.58.58 32 Capestorm (Tony Wright/Nick Watson) 2.05.17 33 Strawberry Steel (John Faul/Paddy Murphy) 2.07.31 34 Sunflower (Dirk Joubert/Tim Ferreira) 2.08.13 35 Grandmasters (Colin Mathiesen/Curt Von Keyserlingk) 2.13.23 36 Durban Poison (Stuart Rose/Calvin Christy) 2.17.50 37 Viking Medical & Scientific (Reginald Jager/Robert Campbell) 2.18.26 38 Ufudo (Adrian Booysen/Noel Ernstzen) 2.18.53 39 Bushwackers (John Lawlor/Ian Nell) 2.22.09 40 Knysna Cycle Works (Stephen Drew/Gary Stanley) 2.23.20 41 Hoof Hearted Spurs (Mark Bell/Craig Tingle) 2.23.25 42 Delta Dirt Trekkers (Collin Yammin/Lynn Jackson) 2.25.29 43 Quickspar (Grant Gibbons/Mike Imray) 2.25.39 44 Adidas Lowveld Mambas (Johan Bester/Dennis Lawrie) 2.37.16 45 Old Bones (David Japp/Manfred Küster) 2.37.29 46 Desert Donkeys (Peter Brinkhaus/Anton Kramer) 2.39.21 47 Kzn vets (Brian Magor/Justin McCarthy) 2.40.18 48 Daisy (George Schutte/Jan Schutte) 2.44.32 49 Outeniqua Knobblies (Michale Ray Sunshine/Harold Lombard Basson) 2.44.36 50 Vaaltuin (Meyer De Waal/Gerrie Steyn) 2.47.03 51 Bryco Metals (Andre Hawarden/Craig Vorster) 2.53.03 52 The Smitherons (Kyle Smit/Martin Theron) 2.55.29 53 Grit Gravel & Grind (Mike Cave/Aiden De Lange) 2.55.48 54 Single Track Minds (David Collett/Elton Prytz) 2.57.33 55 Wilko (Koos Basson/William Turnbull) 3.01.36 56 Skote (Gerrit Pretorius/Arno Botha) 3.02.06 57 Abb South Africa (Patrick Leary/Stephen Scheepers) 3.03.20 58 Flatdogs (Joe Holmes/Andy Austin) 3.03.39 59 Fungis (Rod Cairns/Ron Hoskin) 3.05.21 60 M.U.D. (David Jacobs/Sakkie Van Wyk) 3.06.31 61 Luxexpress (Guy Weber/Marc Weber) 3.07.01 62 WSP (Konrad Ferreira/Dick Morkel) 3.11.54 63 Clan-Kerr (Grant Kerr/Gregory Kerr) 3.18.54 64 Hempel Challenger (Christian Vang/Jakov Radjenovic) 3.20.56 65 Old Tigers (Tony Cole/John Heynike) 3.22.54 66 Matelec (Gavin Yeats/Kevin Paxton) 3.24.14 67 The Coots (Rob Jackson/Owen Skae) 3.27.50 68 Zoro (Rod Lichtman/Zoe Mitchell) 3.34.28 69 The Fat Boys (Greg Chamberlin/Malcolm Dods) 3.37.51 70 San Diego (Cal Burgart/Dennis McCann) 3.43.02 71 Dragon Tongue (Stephen Thompson/Shaun Weber) 3.47.33 72 Team 747 (Sean Latouf/Richard Kingwell) 3.50.03 73 Gecko (Wilfried Maes/Klaus Raeymaekers) 4.27.56 74 Mike Squared (Michael Van Den Berg/Michael Treloar) 4.36.06 75 Citi car hire (Denis Leppan/Jane Leppan) 5.49.49 76 Getaway (Stirling Kotze/David Bristow) 6.58.02
