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The Cape Epic - NE

South Africa, February 28-March 6, 2004

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Stage 7 - March 5: Stellenbosch

Stage 7 leads epic riders into Downhill Paradise Stellenbosch

Overall winners seem certain

The eventful seventh stage of the inaugural Magical and Untamed African Mountain Bike Race to the vibrant university town of Stellenbosch had an unexpected ending.

Karl Platt and Mannie Heymans (Focus Rocky Mountain) who were leading the field throughout the race were already announced as the first team to cross the finish line on Die Braak in the historical part of the famous wine route town, when Andi Strobel (GER), Silvio Wieltschnig (AUT), Shan Wilson (RSA) and Jacques Rossouw (RSA) sprinted in. Being so focused on catching the leaders the four guys had missed one marshal point and ended up finding their own way through the town, simply following the music and the voice of the announcers. Both teams were put back on places two and three, respectively, for not following the exact route to the finish.

Day seven of the race brought once again a change in route and landscape. The action packed stage contained some stunning scenic climbs and the original downhill course of the 1997 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Stellenbosch.

For Downhill World Champion Greg Minnaar, who rode all the way from Knysna to the Winelands despite sore knees, it felt like coming home. "The last few days have been really hard, but today my knee was much better and I enjoyed the stage since it was a lot more technical - in fact I think it was the best stage so far. Blasting down the '97 downhill course brought back old memories. Over here I started my downhill career."

The day started with bad luck for South African Mixed team Fiat Bianchi Five kilometres into the race, SA champion Hannele Steyn-Kotze, who lives in Stellenbosch, and her team partner Johann Greef had a flat. What is normally not a big issue grounded them for twenty minutes, because fixing the puncture their cartridge blew away. Then they realized that their only spare tube was also damaged. The five-last team passing them could finally help with an extra tube. By that time, not only the leading bunch but the entire field had gone. "It is a shame, because today was my strongest day in the race", race Hannele says. "But it was our own fault. We should have brought more spare tubes. Once we got back onto our bikes I was pushing Johann so hard to catch the Americans, because I didn't want them to pull too much time from us." And team Fiat Bianchi successfully defended their thirty minute lead to the third place overall. South Africa's most popular female mountain biker has learned a lot during the past week.

"Everyone said don't push too hard on the first day, because it is a long race and it is not won on the first day", Hannele explains. "But it seems impossible to catch up the time you lost in the first stage, because the other teams only have to stick with you to maintain their gap. I also never imagined how tired you get. I have learned a lot by watching the Germans.

"Kirsten is a tough racer and knows her tactics. I like her very much. We are actually thinking about racing the TransAlp together, because we seem to have a lot in common."

Like Mannie Heymans and Karl Platt (Focus Rocky Mountain) the leading women of team Yellow Jacket (RSA) rode an incredible race during the past week. South Africa's rising mountain bike star Hanlie Booyens and adventure racer Sharon Laws have accumulated an impressive gap of forty-five minutes to TransRockies winner Lousie Kobin (USA) and Hillary Press Info/ Stage 7 March 2004 3/3 Harrison (USA) of team Cateye Enduro, by winning five out of seven stages with lead times between ten and fifteen minutes.

With only one more stage to go it seems like the overall winners have already been determined. Despite several stage wins of their competitors, Master team Bowmans-Giant with Frank Soll (RSA) and Duncan English (RSA) still maintain their huge buffer gained on day one. "For the past week, the others had to do all the work and we only had to stick with them", Duncan English says. All other leading teams, too, start into the last stage with a substantial time gap to those who chase them. However all of them are aware that in mountain biking a technical defect can cost a victory.

Results

Men
 
1 Focus/Rocky Mountain (Mannie Heymans/Karl Platt)                          2.18.52
2 Adidas/Fiat Rotwild (Andreas Strobel/Silvio Wieltschnig)                     0.01
3 GT Africa (Jacques Rossouw/Shan Wilson)                                      0.02
4 STROPS (Xavier Scheepers/Roan Exelby)                                        4.41
5 Breitling/Vineyard Hotel (Geddan Ruddock/Kevin Evans)                            
6 Tom Tailor/Santos/Walkabout 1 (Jaap Viergever/Dennis Teeuwen)                    
7 Coimbra Cycle House (Frans Van Zyl/John-Lee Augustyn)                       10.17
8 Tom Tailor/Fujitsu-Siemens/Walkabout (Marcel Honing/Tommy Velthuijzen)      11.36
9 Hyenas (Andreas Liebenberg/Cornell Van Der Westhuizen)                      14.07
10 Remey-Enduren-Hugenote (Fred Coleske/Barry Pauw)                           15.06
11 Mazda Drifter Two (Theo Grobler/Grant Usher)                               17.28
12 Mbr 2radchaoten.Com (Laurenz Hofstadler/Axel Strauß)                       18.19
13 EVA (Jason Duffin/Mark Cadle)                                              19.28
14 Blazing Saddles (David Genders/Andreass Duenn)                             19.38
15 Www.Reevax.Be (Peter Paelinck/Dominiek Sacré)                              20.28
16 Benji & Garth (Garth Prosser/Benji Klimas)                                 20.29
17 Knysna Action Cycling (Rob Dormehl/Andrew Marshall)                        24.09
18 Alcolin/Bostik (Nicholas Coyne/Kevin Jacobs)                               25.16
19 Bowmans (Craig Woods/Jamie Smith)                                          25.23
20 Jeep1 (Rob Blatch/Gerard Dirks)                                            25.34
21 @Speed (Mark Page/Ben Van Niekerk)                                         26.16
22 Die Bulle (Reginald Labuschagne/Peter De Wit)                              27.23
23 Bruce Reyneke Cycles (Bruce Reyneke/Tjaart Van Nieuwenhuizen)              29.03
24 Imperial Logistics Kenya (David Njau/Davidson Kamau)                       29.31
25 Finish Line (Albert Olivier/Clint Curtis)                                  30.03
26 Continental Tyre SA (Craig Baartman/Wayne Brown)                           30.40
27 Dutchcrocobikers 2 (Ronald Van Den Boogaard/Thomas Mulholland)             33.35
28 BSB (Craig Ridgard/Wayne Van De Werken)                                    34.23
29 Jeep/GT (Richard Beswick/Ben Melt Swanepoel)                               34.40
30 Austen Powers International Mbr Allstars (Anthony White/Craig Dolwin)           
31 Tcm (Mark Linington/Delaney Impey)                                         34.41
32 Prowealth Namibia (Heiko Hennes/Marc Bassingthwaighte)                     35.23
33 The Donovans (Patrick Donovan/John James Donovan)                          35.41
34 Rock Solid (Andrew Hunt/Stephen Jurgenson)                                 36.56
35 Snowrider (Roland Fuchs/Michel Haenggi)                                    37.00
36 Scarabee (Claes Filip/Rossignol Dirk)                                      37.02
37 Team Phoenix (Gavin Wood/Brett Parish)                                     37.58
38 Ride Mag (Attie Koekemoer/Wayne Hayward)                                   38.25
39 Team Knysna (Willy Alcock/Tony Cook)                                       38.43
40 Blue Chilli/I Care (Shaun Steyn/Kirk Buske)                                38.54
41 Hypoplus Ystermanne (Nick Bester/Jan Van Rooyen)                           39.09
42 Rollerbrake (Arno Daehnke/Robert Eichhorn)                                 39.53
43 Hermanus (Adrian Wiehahn/Etienne Jordaan)                                  41.09
44 Two Wise Men (Robbie Mcintosh/Niel Fourie)                                 41.11
45 Vitalstatistix (Jeremy Stewart/Conrad Hicks)                               43.09
46 Hp (Gordon Rabey/Greg Want)                                                43.41
47 The Fabulous Sizzling Sushi'S (Neil Frazer/Warwick Langebrink)             44.28
48 RoxShox (Heinrich Richter/Hennie Scheepers)                                44.35
49 Coopers Carriers (Gary Cooper/Brent Carpenter)                             44.56
50 Eazy (Paul Reyburn/Clive Kirsten)                                          48.32
51 Swazi Irish (Andrew Broom/Brett Foss)                                      48.35
52 Rockwood Forest Lodge (Thomas Hancock/Rory Munton)                         50.12
53 3 Inch Difference (Don Nelson/Chad Oleson)                                 51.11
54 Fortitude (Robert Ambler-Smith/Michael Dixon)                              51.14
55 Africaribe Accros (Pierre Schweyer/Hylton Adie)                            51.36
56 Great Cape Storm Adventure (Cedric Jakobsen/John Gale)                     54.12
57 China Ensemble (Paul Kelly/Piers Touzel)                                   54.20
58 Riders For Choc (Anton Millar/Craig Petersen)                              55.31
59 Entelect Solutions (Charles Pritchard/Keldoahn O' Keefe)                   57.25
60 Ethekweni Stabeni (Grant Macpherson/Glen Goddard)                          59.16
61 Supersport (Russell Macmillan/Pierre Cloete)                             1.00.04
62 Imperial Logistics (Jeff Van Driel/Duane Porter)                         1.00.18
63 Kraichgau Cruisers (Richard Reingruber/Georg Oertel)                     1.00.22
64 Chain Gang (Kevin Stevens/Ryan Mitchell)                                 1.01.34
65 Team Stellenbosch (Paul Roos/Van Heerden De Wet)                         1.01.38
66 Lynn & Main (Crispin St Leger/Mark Lynn)                                 1.02.27
67 B2M2 (Mike Brunke/Bradley Mcdermott)                                     1.03.23
68 Dirt Bandits (Philip Anderson/Kris Vandenbroucke)                        1.03.52
69 Discover (Paolo Longo/Robin Twaddle)                                     1.04.37
70 Branell 2 (Grant Walliser/Kevin Craig)                                   1.05.36
71 Boesmans (Charles Steyn/Marais Steyn)                                    1.05.44
72 Craft Box (Greg Goodwin/Mark Haarhoff)                                   1.06.45
73 No Tits (Matthew Mottram/Stuart Slater)                                  1.06.48
74 Wet Pups (William Simpson/Michael Nixon)                                 1.08.20
75 Apc (Andreas Pfaffenbichler/Markus Quatember)                            1.08.35
76 Champagne Sports (Steve Macquet/Guy Macquet)                             1.09.12
77 Pathfinders (Farouk Abrahams/Craig Turnbull)                             1.10.10
78 Novice (Linda Mthembu/Frans Ngako)                                       1.10.15
79 Jema (Troy Pople/Gavin Markgraaff)                                       1.10.44
80 VisionK 2 (Deane Hill/Songo Fipaza)                                      1.12.40
81 Durban (Grant Cowen/David Chappelow)                                     1.12.46
82 Bikeboard (Milosz Kedracki/Adam Michalik)                                1.12.49
83 Lactic Acid Heads (Russell Nugent/Mark Kapnoudhis)                       1.13.18
84 C Q (Quintus Carstens/Craig Bothma)                                      1.13.22
85 G Q (Helge Scherner/Blair Ludbrook)                                      1.19.35
86 Karoo (Henco Rademeyer/Conrad De Wet)                                    1.23.20
87 Sterling Boys (Gregory Slade/Darryn Vermaak)                             1.23.45
88 River Rats (Alister Buhler/Donovan Tredrea)                              1.24.10
89 Costex (Michael Partridge/Karl Schubert)                                 1.24.31
90 MPD Plodders (Robbie McCrae/Alan Snelling)                               1.25.09
91 Slow But Sure (Bradley Hemphill/Anthony Makin)                           1.25.47
92 Union Cycles (Jens Niere/Wynand De Goede)                                1.30.57
93 Giant-Lee Cougan (Tappies Smith/Sirko Papperitz)                         1.32.31
94 arthur (Jim Arthur/Mike Arthur)                                          1.39.54
95 TOTALSPORTS (Stuart Baird/Michael Burkhart)                              1.39.58
96 CYMAX (Richard Clarke/Michael Whitehouse)                                1.40.08
97 Branell 1 (Allan Garrick Laudin/Adrian Kenneth Keus)                     1.43.23
98 Maverick Cycles Kwagga'S (Paul Roux/Leon Heyns)                          1.47.35
99 Quick Step X2 (Darren Wilson/Wayne Wilson)                               1.48.22
100 Qed/Eb Sphere (Pieter Du Plessis/Colin Hendriks)                        1.56.47
101 Hot Shots (Werner Theron/Jannie Kruger)                                 2.10.59
102 Can'T Ride Won'T Ride (Colin Wessels/John Cave)                         2.30.40
103 Staaldraad (Lionel Waker/Travers Waker)                                 2.32.25
104 Swampmonster (Phil Edmunds/Dennis Everett)                              2.39.51
105 SRK/ANGLO (Duncan Stevens/David Cormack)                                2.40.11
106 Have Beens (Mike Mcdonald/Kevin Goddard)                                2.50.42
107 The Flagship (Eugene Boniface/Martin Glaum)                             2.50.47
108 Instavet Inspiration (Harry Mahieu/Sven Mahieu)                         3.24.50
DNF Men's Health - Adidas (Markus Stenglein/Alexander Gomoll)                      
DNF ODF (Organ Donar Foundation) (Allister Arenson/Stuart Weaver)                  
DNF MatCol (Matthew Grossett/Colin Meyer)                                          
DNF Fiets-Wielerrevue (Richard Plugge/Bart De Schampheleire)                       
DNF Ariba Ariba! (Banie Erasmus/Arrie De Swardt)                                   
DNF 23 Degrees (Greg Minnaar/Liam Killeen)                                         
DNF Blits (Raf Vanderlinden/Abel Court)                                            
DNF VisionK (Craig Beech/Alberto Puddu)                                            
DNF Maverick Warthog (Greg Ascough/Mike Bradley)                                   
DNF BOE Backmot (Paul Backes/Michael Wilmot)                                       
DNF Radl-Rasti (Radl Rasti/Dominik Scherer)                                        
DNF Adidas Granny Gear (Doug Wylie/Cobus Pienaar)                                  
DNF Selfe And Sherman (Gavin Selfe/Mike Sherman)                                   
DNF Cape Epic Ben (Patrick Majeke/Nicholas Qotoyi)                                 
DNF Mazda Drifter Three (Koos Groenewald/Bunnie Loubser)                           
 
Women
 
1 Cateye - Kenda Enduro Team (Louise Kobin/Hillary Harrison)                2.53.18
2 Yellow Jacket (Hanlie Booyens/Sharon Laws)                                   7.08
3 Smith/Speedy (Yolande Speedy/Christi Smith)                                  9.25
4 Team Rotwild/Hr (Monika Birk/Christine Hoelzl)                               9.53
5 Magura/Bodyglide (Cristina Begy/Simone Otto)                                27.16
6 Estrogenies (Michelle Grainger/Sandra Musgrave)                             33.02
7 Team Fair Lady (Adrienne Cobb/Christelle Van Niekerk)                       39.12
8 Pezula (Di Fechter/Avril Godwin)                                            51.27
9 Jeep2 (Lisa Boring/Judith Du Toit)                                          56.41
10 Canucks2 (Martie Du Plessis/Marlene Van Heerden)                         1.14.53
11 Linden Squeezers (Jeannette Mcgill/Nicky Wolff)                          2.16.19
 
Mixed
 
1 Cateye Enduro Team (Eric Warkentin/Melissa Thomas)                        2.44.30
2 Falke (Philip Swanepoel/Michelle Lombardi)                                   0.42
3 The Lady And The Tramp (Tim Ziehl/Jeannie Bomford)                           3.29
4 HAI-Bike/Scott (Kirsten Rösel/Robert Eder)                                   8.19
5 Fiat/Bianchi (Johan Greeff/Hannele Steyn-Kotze)                              9.40
6 Diadora (Kirsty Burrows/Des Searle)                                         12.33
7 Maverick Cycles (Tania Raats/Tim Keep)                                      19.01
8 Cycle HQ (Brad Boonzaier/Candy Boonzaier)                                   19.17
9 Silvera/Madden (Carol Silvera/Michael Madden)                               29.59
10 Primi Piatti (Lauwrens Cornelissen/Yoka Venter)                            30.08
11 Mac (Gavin Mackintosh/Rose Mackintosh)                                     34.20
12 Honeymoon (Paul Keet/Janet Keet)                                           34.54
13 Scatterlings (Joanna Goeller/Rowan Goeller)                                39.03
14 Marathosapiens (Csaba Balogh/Natali Kovacs)                                39.37
15 Amanevagunnafinish (Dominique Le Roux/Guy Wood)                            43.45
16 Mcleod (Joanne McLeod/Justin McLeod)                                       49.45
17 Rockhoppers (Ann Pearton/Rodney Wittstock)                                 51.43
18 Blown Away (Anita Stoll/Ivan Keeley)                                       53.42
19 Adidas-Spinman.Co.Za (Terry Kobus/Bonny Swanepoel)                       1.04.10
20 Mazara (David Joyce/Fiona Coward)                                        1.14.24
21 Pons Postal Services (Lesley Fitton/Dave Pons)                           1.23.00
22 Merry Farmers (Karin Stoll/Quintin Cross)                                1.31.28
23 Fradley Fauns (Peter Fradley/Kunnie Fradley)                             1.31.32
24 Ixias (Carol Austin/Anthony Fitzhenry)                                   1.38.49
25 Thole (Errol Thole/Elmarie Thole)                                        1.44.55
26 Entelect Mixed (Evelyn Pritchard/Chris Thorpe)                           2.04.05
27 Jia You! (Maria Suokko/Peter Walker)                                     2.59.04
DNF Internet Solutions (Chester Foster/Amy-Jane Mundy)                             
DNF Posties (Pieter Van Wyk/Ellane Van Wyk)                                        
DNF Woodbury & Woodbury (Richard Woodbury/Laurie Woodbury)                         
DNF Flying Scots (John Gordon/Fiona Gordon)                                        
 
Masters
 
1 Willie Engelbrecht (Mc Franken/Brian Strauss)                             2.28.06
2 Bowmans - Giant (Frank Soll/Duncan English)                                  1.47
3 Imana Wild Ride (Steve Stamp/Glen Haw)                                      10.40
4 Miles For Marrow (Andre Du Plessis/Hendrik Lemmer)                          14.51
5 Mad Docs (Graham Monteith/Michael Cheesman)                                 16.04
6 Squirt - Lube On The Move (De Wet Marais/Jacques Theron)                    16.08
7 Eminem (Jacques Malan/Corrie Muller)                                        17.09
8 Giant SA (Chris Nixon/Kevin Howlett)                                        17.22
9 Swiss-School-Team.ch (Sandro Angelastri/Alex Brenn)                         17.57
10 Deutsche Post (Frank Plattenhardt/Leo Zirkelbach)                          21.43
11 Litespeed (Dennis Du Toit/Cecil Baker)                                     22.39
12 Bicycling (Tim Brink/Nicolaas Vergunst)                                    23.02
13 USN (Corrie Moolman/Eugene Groenewald)                                     23.31
14 Marsilio Masters (Tony Conlon/Marius Loots)                                24.53
15 In Gira (Jan Minnie/Tom Comfort)                                           25.26
16 Strawberry Steel (John Faul/Paddy Murphy)                                  29.54
17 Abscond (Thys Neser/Brett Sachs)                                           29.56
18 108 (Cobus Slabbert/Ben Cronje)                                            30.49
19 99 Not Out (Gary Lyttle/Etienne Van Cuyck)                                 31.06
20 Supermix (Achim Ernst/Coenraad Smit)                                       33.03
21 Viking Medical & Scientific (Reginald Jager/Robert Campbell)               34.24
22 Ufudo (Adrian Booysen/Noel Ernstzen)                                       35.44
23 XLR8 (William N Stopforth/Paul Van Zyl)                                    37.20
24 CVT (Pea Blaauw/Henning Blaauw)                                            37.30
25 The Fat Boys (Greg Chamberlin/Malcolm Dods)                                37.45
26 Capestorm (Tony Wright/Nick Watson)                                        40.35
27 Boomslang (Hendrik Van Huyssteen/Andre Nepgen)                             40.54
28 Comida Kids (Steve Bertie-Roberts/Carlos DeNobrega)                        41.01
29 Kzn vets (Brian Magor/Justin McCarthy)                                     41.11
30 Abb South Africa (Patrick Leary/Stephen Scheepers)                         45.11
31 Quickspar (Grant Gibbons/Mike Imray)                                       46.12
32 Sunflower (Dirk Joubert/Tim Ferreira)                                      46.34
33 Delta Dirt Trekkers (Collin Yammin/Lynn Jackson)                           46.37
34 Vaaltuin (Meyer De Waal/Gerrie Steyn)                                      48.38
35 Outeniqua Knobblies (Michale Ray Sunshine/Harold Lombard Basson)           48.41
36 Hoof Hearted Spurs (Mark Bell/Craig Tingle)                                50.19
37 Clan-Kerr (Grant Kerr/Gregory Kerr)                                        50.31
38 LamWil (Jan Lamberts/Hillegert Wilcocks)                                   50.48
39 Daisy (George Schutte/Jan Schutte)                                         51.22
40 Bushwackers (John Lawlor/Ian Nell)                                         54.43
41 Old Tigers (Tony Cole/John Heynike)                                        54.46
42 Grit Gravel & Grind (Mike Cave/Aiden De Lange)                             57.01
43 Luxexpress (Guy Weber/Marc Weber)                                          57.19
44 Adidas Lowveld Mambas (Johan Bester/Dennis Lawrie)                         58.16
45 Team 747 (Sean Latouf/Richard Kingwell)                                  1.01.33
46 Dutch Mountain Bike Plus (Ronald Jacobs/Wil Heinen)                      1.02.42
47 Durban Poison (Stuart Rose/Calvin Christy)                               1.06.06
48 Beauty & The Beast (Kobus Burger/Miles Crisp)                            1.08.51
49 M.U.D. (David Jacobs/Sakkie Van Wyk)                                     1.09.06
50 The Smitherons (Kyle Smit/Martin Theron)                                 1.11.21
51 Bryco Metals (Andre Hawarden/Craig Vorster)                              1.12.33
52 Old Bones (David Japp/Manfred Küster)                                    1.14.40
53 Single Track Minds (David Collett/Elton Prytz)                           1.16.23
54 Wilko (Koos Basson/William Turnbull)                                     1.21.50
55 Skote (Gerrit Pretorius/Arno Botha)                                      1.31.09
56 Zoro (Rod Lichtman/Zoe Mitchell)                                         1.35.07
57 WSP (Konrad Ferreira/Dick Morkel)                                        1.38.07
58 Hempel Challenger (Christian Vang/Jakov Radjenovic)                             
59 Gecko (Wilfried Maes/Klaus Raeymaekers)                                  1.39.20
60 Mike Squared (Michael Van Den Berg/Michael Treloar)                      2.38.53
61 Dragon Tongue (Stephen Thompson/Shaun Weber)                             2.52.37
DNF Mountain Goat (Rob Love/Gareth Webster)                                        
DNF Flatdogs (Joe Holmes/Andy Austin)                                              
DNF The Coots (Rob Jackson/Owen Skae)                                              
DNF aspen/mediclinic (Rudi De Wet/Chris Fick)                                      
 
General classification after stage 7
 
Men
 
1 Focus/Rocky Mountain (Mannie Heymans/Karl Platt)                         28.30.45
2 Adidas/Fiat Rotwild (Andreas Strobel/Silvio Wieltschnig)                    17.42
3 GT Africa (Jacques Rossouw/Shan Wilson)                                     26.50
4 Breitling/Vineyard Hotel (Geddan Ruddock/Kevin Evans)                     1.26.06
5 Tom Tailor/Santos/Walkabout 1 (Jaap Viergever/Dennis Teeuwen)             1.32.39
6 Tom Tailor/Fujitsu-Siemens/Walkabout (Marcel Honing/Tommy Velthuijzen)    2.41.21
7 Mbr 2radchaoten.Com (Laurenz Hofstadler/Axel Strauß)                      3.01.59
8 Jeep/GT (Richard Beswick/Ben Melt Swanepoel)                              3.09.28
9 Imperial Logistics Kenya (David Njau/Davidson Kamau)                      3.17.20
10 Mazda Drifter Two (Theo Grobler/Grant Usher)                             3.17.56
11 Www.Reevax.Be (Peter Paelinck/Dominiek Sacré)                            3.33.32
12 Remey-Enduren-Hugenote (Fred Coleske/Barry Pauw)                         3.36.13
13 Hyenas (Andreas Liebenberg/Cornell Van Der Westhuizen)                   3.45.36
14 STROPS (Xavier Scheepers/Roan Exelby)                                    3.50.05
15 Coimbra Cycle House (Frans Van Zyl/John-Lee Augustyn)                    3.51.22
16 Blazing Saddles (David Genders/Andreass Duenn)                           4.16.23
17 Scarabee (Claes Filip/Rossignol Dirk)                                    4.40.54
18 EVA (Jason Duffin/Mark Cadle)                                            5.09.43
19 Benji & Garth (Garth Prosser/Benji Klimas)                               5.18.08
20 Prowealth Namibia (Heiko Hennes/Marc Bassingthwaighte)                   5.35.23
21 Continental Tyre SA (Craig Baartman/Wayne Brown)                         5.43.44
22 Hypoplus Ystermanne (Nick Bester/Jan Van Rooyen)                         5.57.02
23 Jeep1 (Rob Blatch/Gerard Dirks)                                          5.58.58
24 Hp (Gordon Rabey/Greg Want)                                              6.06.51
25 Alcolin/Bostik (Nicholas Coyne/Kevin Jacobs)                             6.24.38
26 Austen Powers International Mbr Allstars (Anthony White/Craig Dolwin)    6.25.37
27 Tcm (Mark Linington/Delaney Impey)                                       6.29.52
28 Knysna Action Cycling (Rob Dormehl/Andrew Marshall)                      6.48.37
29 Finish Line (Albert Olivier/Clint Curtis)                                7.19.28
30 @Speed (Mark Page/Ben Van Niekerk)                                       7.37.36
31 Die Bulle (Reginald Labuschagne/Peter De Wit)                            7.43.51
32 China Ensemble (Paul Kelly/Piers Touzel)                                 7.49.31
33 Bowmans (Craig Woods/Jamie Smith)                                        7.50.23
34 Bruce Reyneke Cycles (Bruce Reyneke/Tjaart Van Nieuwenhuizen)            7.52.02
35 Ride Mag (Attie Koekemoer/Wayne Hayward)                                 8.35.10
36 BSB (Craig Ridgard/Wayne Van De Werken)                                  8.38.42
37 Team Phoenix (Gavin Wood/Brett Parish)                                   8.58.09
38 The Donovans (Patrick Donovan/John James Donovan)                        8.59.59
39 Two Wise Men (Robbie Mcintosh/Niel Fourie)                               9.08.54
40 Rock Solid (Andrew Hunt/Stephen Jurgenson)                               9.09.47
41 Coopers Carriers (Gary Cooper/Brent Carpenter)                           9.32.06
42 Craft Box (Greg Goodwin/Mark Haarhoff)                                   9.52.23
43 RoxShox (Heinrich Richter/Hennie Scheepers)                             10.05.30
44 Blue Chilli/I Care (Shaun Steyn/Kirk Buske)                             10.28.19
45 Lynn & Main (Crispin St Leger/Mark Lynn)                                10.37.53
46 Lactic Acid Heads (Russell Nugent/Mark Kapnoudhis)                      10.53.41
47 Team Knysna (Willy Alcock/Tony Cook)                                    10.55.23
48 The Fabulous Sizzling Sushi'S (Neil Frazer/Warwick Langebrink)          11.26.42
49 Dutchcrocobikers 2 (Ronald Van Den Boogaard/Thomas Mulholland)          11.31.31
50 Rollerbrake (Arno Daehnke/Robert Eichhorn)                              11.32.48
51 Discover (Paolo Longo/Robin Twaddle)                                    11.43.42
52 Africaribe Accros (Pierre Schweyer/Hylton Adie)                         12.16.54
53 Vitalstatistix (Jeremy Stewart/Conrad Hicks)                            12.37.54
54 Kraichgau Cruisers (Richard Reingruber/Georg Oertel)                    12.38.24
55 Ethekweni Stabeni (Grant Macpherson/Glen Goddard)                       12.42.15
56 Eazy (Paul Reyburn/Clive Kirsten)                                       13.08.21
57 Hermanus (Adrian Wiehahn/Etienne Jordaan)                               13.13.32
58 Karoo (Henco Rademeyer/Conrad De Wet)                                   13.17.02
59 B2M2 (Mike Brunke/Bradley Mcdermott)                                    13.37.42
60 Entelect Solutions (Charles Pritchard/Keldoahn O' Keefe)                14.07.14
61 Wet Pups (William Simpson/Michael Nixon)                                14.14.46
62 Chain Gang (Kevin Stevens/Ryan Mitchell)                                14.44.40
63 Durban (Grant Cowen/David Chappelow)                                    14.53.56
64 Great Cape Storm Adventure (Cedric Jakobsen/John Gale)                  15.16.27
65 Boesmans (Charles Steyn/Marais Steyn)                                   15.34.21
66 Jema (Troy Pople/Gavin Markgraaff)                                      15.50.14
67 Pathfinders (Farouk Abrahams/Craig Turnbull)                            15.51.49
68 Quick Step X2 (Darren Wilson/Wayne Wilson)                              15.59.32
69 Rockwood Forest Lodge (Thomas Hancock/Rory Munton)                      16.19.29
70 Supersport (Russell Macmillan/Pierre Cloete)                            16.24.26
71 Fortitude (Robert Ambler-Smith/Michael Dixon)                           16.39.10
72 Team Stellenbosch (Paul Roos/Van Heerden De Wet)                        16.55.19
73 Dirt Bandits (Philip Anderson/Kris Vandenbroucke)                       17.01.33
74 3 Inch Difference (Don Nelson/Chad Oleson)                              17.02.48
75 Riders For Choc (Anton Millar/Craig Petersen)                           17.30.08
76 Apc (Andreas Pfaffenbichler/Markus Quatember)                           17.35.05
77 G Q (Helge Scherner/Blair Ludbrook)                                     17.51.48
78 Swazi Irish (Andrew Broom/Brett Foss)                                   17.55.02
79 Staaldraad (Lionel Waker/Travers Waker)                                 18.00.12
80 Branell 2 (Grant Walliser/Kevin Craig)                                  18.01.59
81 Snowrider (Roland Fuchs/Michel Haenggi)                                 18.07.01
82 Imperial Logistics (Jeff Van Driel/Duane Porter)                        18.48.00
83 MPD Plodders (Robbie McCrae/Alan Snelling)                              18.58.33
84 arthur (Jim Arthur/Mike Arthur)                                         19.08.50
85 Champagne Sports (Steve Macquet/Guy Macquet)                            19.18.28
86 No Tits (Matthew Mottram/Stuart Slater)                                 19.23.49
87 Novice (Linda Mthembu/Frans Ngako)                                      20.07.05
88 Sterling Boys (Gregory Slade/Darryn Vermaak)                            20.14.27
89 TOTALSPORTS (Stuart Baird/Michael Burkhart)                             20.27.50
90 Bikeboard (Milosz Kedracki/Adam Michalik)                               20.32.13
91 Giant-Lee Cougan (Tappies Smith/Sirko Papperitz)                        20.34.20
92 Slow But Sure (Bradley Hemphill/Anthony Makin)                          20.59.17
93 Costex (Michael Partridge/Karl Schubert)                                21.08.24
94 C Q (Quintus Carstens/Craig Bothma)                                     21.22.51
95 SRK/ANGLO (Duncan Stevens/David Cormack)                                21.46.55
96 River Rats (Alister Buhler/Donovan Tredrea)                             21.54.47
97 VisionK 2 (Deane Hill/Songo Fipaza)                                     23.00.23
98 CYMAX (Richard Clarke/Michael Whitehouse)                               24.01.10
99 Union Cycles (Jens Niere/Wynand De Goede)                               24.21.56
100 Maverick Cycles Kwagga'S (Paul Roux/Leon Heyns)                        24.48.28
101 Qed/Eb Sphere (Pieter Du Plessis/Colin Hendriks)                       24.55.54
102 Hot Shots (Werner Theron/Jannie Kruger)                                26.39.52
103 Branell 1 (Allan Garrick Laudin/Adrian Kenneth Keus)                   26.57.06
104 The Flagship (Eugene Boniface/Martin Glaum)                            27.47.04
105 Have Beens (Mike Mcdonald/Kevin Goddard)                               27.47.35
106 Swampmonster (Phil Edmunds/Dennis Everett)                             28.47.32
107 Can'T Ride Won'T Ride (Colin Wessels/John Cave)                        28.48.52
108 Instavet Inspiration (Harry Mahieu/Sven Mahieu)                        31.48.09
 
Women
 
1 Yellow Jacket (Hanlie Booyens/Sharon Laws)                               35.34.44
2 Cateye - Kenda Enduro Team (Louise Kobin/Hillary Harrison)                  46.09
3 Smith/Speedy (Yolande Speedy/Christi Smith)                               1.23.24
4 Team Rotwild/Hr (Monika Birk/Christine Hoelzl)                            3.55.54
5 Team Fair Lady (Adrienne Cobb/Christelle Van Niekerk)                     4.34.25
6 Magura/Bodyglide (Cristina Begy/Simone Otto)                              6.25.19
7 Estrogenies (Michelle Grainger/Sandra Musgrave)                           9.12.51
8 Pezula (Di Fechter/Avril Godwin)                                         11.09.16
9 Jeep2 (Lisa Boring/Judith Du Toit)                                       12.10.43
10 Canucks2 (Martie Du Plessis/Marlene Van Heerden)                        15.25.00
11 Linden Squeezers (Jeannette Mcgill/Nicky Wolff)                         17.30.29
 
Mixed
 
1 HAI-Bike/Scott (Kirsten Rösel/Robert Eder)                               32.51.02
2 Fiat/Bianchi (Johan Greeff/Hannele Steyn-Kotze)                             20.41
3 Cateye Enduro Team (Eric Warkentin/Melissa Thomas)                          52.10
4 Falke (Philip Swanepoel/Michelle Lombardi)                                1.40.22
5 The Lady And The Tramp (Tim Ziehl/Jeannie Bomford)                        3.25.44
6 Diadora (Kirsty Burrows/Des Searle)                                       3.42.47
7 Maverick Cycles (Tania Raats/Tim Keep)                                    5.44.44
8 Cycle HQ (Brad Boonzaier/Candy Boonzaier)                                 6.01.15
9 Silvera/Madden (Carol Silvera/Michael Madden)                             6.09.02
10 Mcleod (Joanne McLeod/Justin McLeod)                                    10.53.01
11 Primi Piatti (Lauwrens Cornelissen/Yoka Venter)                         11.28.31
12 Mac (Gavin Mackintosh/Rose Mackintosh)                                  11.42.16
13 Honeymoon (Paul Keet/Janet Keet)                                        11.56.48
14 Scatterlings (Joanna Goeller/Rowan Goeller)                             12.08.06
15 Rockhoppers (Ann Pearton/Rodney Wittstock)                              12.20.30
16 Blown Away (Anita Stoll/Ivan Keeley)                                    12.37.10
17 Marathosapiens (Csaba Balogh/Natali Kovacs)                             13.50.44
18 Mazara (David Joyce/Fiona Coward)                                       15.00.27
19 Adidas-Spinman.Co.Za (Terry Kobus/Bonny Swanepoel)                      15.37.50
20 Fradley Fauns (Peter Fradley/Kunnie Fradley)                            17.26.58
21 Thole (Errol Thole/Elmarie Thole)                                       18.24.34
22 Amanevagunnafinish (Dominique Le Roux/Guy Wood)                         18.30.34
23 Merry Farmers (Karin Stoll/Quintin Cross)                               18.55.56
24 Pons Postal Services (Lesley Fitton/Dave Pons)                          22.08.16
25 Ixias (Carol Austin/Anthony Fitzhenry)                                  22.59.11
26 Entelect Mixed (Evelyn Pritchard/Chris Thorpe)                          23.25.44
27 Jia You! (Maria Suokko/Peter Walker)                                    26.56.38
 
Masters
 
1 Bowmans - Giant (Frank Soll/Duncan English)                              31.42.51
2 Willie Engelbrecht (Mc Franken/Brian Strauss)                               18.03
3 Eminem (Jacques Malan/Corrie Muller)                                      1.48.17
4 Marsilio Masters (Tony Conlon/Marius Loots)                               2.37.58
5 Swiss-School-Team.ch (Sandro Angelastri/Alex Brenn)                       3.29.06
6 Litespeed (Dennis Du Toit/Cecil Baker)                                    3.36.23
7 Miles For Marrow (Andre Du Plessis/Hendrik Lemmer)                        3.41.05
8 Imana Wild Ride (Steve Stamp/Glen Haw)                                    3.47.26
9 Mad Docs (Graham Monteith/Michael Cheesman)                               3.54.36
10 Giant SA (Chris Nixon/Kevin Howlett)                                     4.45.54
11 XLR8 (William N Stopforth/Paul Van Zyl)                                  5.08.10
12 CVT (Pea Blaauw/Henning Blaauw)                                          5.09.03
13 Squirt - Lube On The Move (De Wet Marais/Jacques Theron)                 5.19.04
14 99 Not Out (Gary Lyttle/Etienne Van Cuyck)                               5.56.41
15 Bicycling (Tim Brink/Nicolaas Vergunst)                                  6.08.02
16 Abscond (Thys Neser/Brett Sachs)                                         6.14.39
17 Supermix (Achim Ernst/Coenraad Smit)                                     6.19.24
18 Boomslang (Hendrik Van Huyssteen/Andre Nepgen)                           6.28.40
19 108 (Cobus Slabbert/Ben Cronje)                                          6.52.38
20 USN (Corrie Moolman/Eugene Groenewald)                                   7.14.33
21 Comida Kids (Steve Bertie-Roberts/Carlos DeNobrega)                      7.21.16
22 Viking Medical & Scientific (Reginald Jager/Robert Campbell)             7.26.02
23 Strawberry Steel (John Faul/Paddy Murphy)                                8.05.28
24 In Gira (Jan Minnie/Tom Comfort)                                         8.16.18
25 Deutsche Post (Frank Plattenhardt/Leo Zirkelbach)                        8.56.15
26 Capestorm (Tony Wright/Nick Watson)                                      9.01.03
27 Ufudo (Adrian Booysen/Noel Ernstzen)                                     9.19.53
28 Sunflower (Dirk Joubert/Tim Ferreira)                                    9.37.00
29 Dutch Mountain Bike Plus (Ronald Jacobs/Wil Heinen)                      9.45.26
30 Quickspar (Grant Gibbons/Mike Imray)                                     9.49.52
31 Abb South Africa (Patrick Leary/Stephen Scheepers)                      10.17.49
32 Kzn vets (Brian Magor/Justin McCarthy)                                  10.41.48
33 The Fat Boys (Greg Chamberlin/Malcolm Dods)                             11.07.31
34 Durban Poison (Stuart Rose/Calvin Christy)                              11.10.55
35 Vaaltuin (Meyer De Waal/Gerrie Steyn)                                   11.15.30
36 Delta Dirt Trekkers (Collin Yammin/Lynn Jackson)                        11.34.02
37 LamWil (Jan Lamberts/Hillegert Wilcocks)                                11.38.06
38 Hoof Hearted Spurs (Mark Bell/Craig Tingle)                             11.40.16
39 Outeniqua Knobblies (Michale Ray Sunshine/Harold Lombard Basson)        11.47.17
40 Bushwackers (John Lawlor/Ian Nell)                                      12.07.07
41 Adidas Lowveld Mambas (Johan Bester/Dennis Lawrie)                      12.54.22
42 M.U.D. (David Jacobs/Sakkie Van Wyk)                                    13.14.07
43 Old Bones (David Japp/Manfred Küster)                                   13.16.25
44 Clan-Kerr (Grant Kerr/Gregory Kerr)                                     13.38.19
45 Beauty & The Beast (Kobus Burger/Miles Crisp)                           13.48.34
46 Grit Gravel & Grind (Mike Cave/Aiden De Lange)                          14.03.36
47 Daisy (George Schutte/Jan Schutte)                                      14.09.00
48 Luxexpress (Guy Weber/Marc Weber)                                       14.17.31
49 Single Track Minds (David Collett/Elton Prytz)                          15.28.37
50 Skote (Gerrit Pretorius/Arno Botha)                                     15.38.28
51 Wilko (Koos Basson/William Turnbull)                                    15.52.59
52 Old Tigers (Tony Cole/John Heynike)                                     17.05.51
53 The Smitherons (Kyle Smit/Martin Theron)                                17.32.33
54 WSP (Konrad Ferreira/Dick Morkel)                                       18.55.58
55 Bryco Metals (Andre Hawarden/Craig Vorster)                             19.14.24
56 Zoro (Rod Lichtman/Zoe Mitchell)                                        19.32.47
57 Team 747 (Sean Latouf/Richard Kingwell)                                 19.47.48
58 Hempel Challenger (Christian Vang/Jakov Radjenovic)                     23.29.08
59 Gecko (Wilfried Maes/Klaus Raeymaekers)                                 24.12.55
60 Dragon Tongue (Stephen Thompson/Shaun Weber)                            25.33.24
61 Mike Squared (Michael Van Den Berg/Michael Treloar)                     26.39.02