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Intaka Tech World's View Challenge - 1.1South Africa, February 2-7, 2008Race 1 - February 2: Richmond - Camperdown, 111.6 kmQuinziato wins openerBy Sophie Thompson Italian Manuel Quinziato (Team Liquigas) took top honors at the end of the first day of the Intaka Tech World View Challenge, which started in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday. Team Milram's Andriy Grivko finished second and South African Nic White (Team MTN) ended up third. An undulating route, a constantly segmenting peloton and vigorous sprints marked the first day of racing over 111km in and around Pietermaritzburg. The route took cyclists through Camperdown, Richmond and Ashburton - starting and ending in Alexandra Park in temperatures peaking at 44 degrees. More than 100 pro riders represented 11 teams. After the pros, veterans, women and recreational categories also got a chance to compete. In one of the day's big surprises, Intaka Tech SA Development rider Michael Robinson won the overall points division in the sprint competition. Jaco Venter (Team Neotel) conquered Fox Hill with ease. He won the first King of the Mountain points. Later Travis Allan (Konica Minolta) collected some more over Richmond Hill after 34km. Allan was also crowned overall King of the Mountain for the day. The race consisted of a number of break-away groups with the main peloton leading the way. With 20km to go, 12 riders led the main break towards the finish. Quinziato won the race comfortably with a 100m lead. "The race has started off on a great note - we are promised an exciting and challenging time ahead. After today the routes become more steep and climbs become more challenging. Days three to five will be particularly challenging to the riders," said Race Director Denzil Ulyate, who was also pleased with the number of spectators along the route in Martizburg. Tomorrow's route goes through the streets of Pietermaritzburg and into Polyshorts for two laps before returning. Results1 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Team Liquigas 2.46.21 (40.25 km7h) 2 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 0.07 3 Nicholas White (RSA) MTN Cycling Team 4 Hugo Sabido (Por) Team Barloworld 0.31 5 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Team Liquigas 1.35 6 Jamie Ball (RSA) House Of Paint 7 Jay Thomson (RSA) MTN Cycling Team 8 David O’Loughlin (Irl) Pezula Racing 9 Daryl Impey (RSA) Team Barloworld 10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Team Liquigas 1.39 11 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Neotel 1.43 12 Michael Robinson (RSA) Intaka Tech - South African Developement Team 4.19 13 Michael Sowerby (RSA) South Africa National Team 5.45 14 Pablo Wilches (Col) Konica Minolta 6.02 15 Ian Mcleod (RSA) MTN Cycling Team 9.14 16 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 9.44 17 Juan Van Heerden (RSA) MTN Cycling Team 18 Ahmed A Tunsi Fatmi (Lba) Libyan National Team 9.49 19 Travis Allen (RSA) Konica Minolta 20 Hichem Chabane (Alg) Konica Minolta 11.56 21 Norberto Wilches (Col) Konica Minolta 17.54 22 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Barloworld 23 Michael Pepper (RSA) South Africa National Team 24 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Team Barloworld 25 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Team Barloworld 26 Diego Caccia (Ita) Team Barloworld 27 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Intaka Tech - South African Developement Team 28 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 29 Malcolm Lange (RSA) MTN Cycling Teama 30 David George (RSA) MTN Cycling Team 31 Hanco Kackelhoffer (RSA) House Of Paint 32 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Konica Minolt 33 James Perry (RSA) Team Neotel 34 Herman Fouche (RSA) Konica Minolta 35 Johann Rabie (RSA) Team Neotel 36 Jaco Venter (RSA) Team Neotel 37 Pieter Seyffert (RSA) Konica Minolta 38 Luthando Kaka (RSA) South Africa National Tea 39 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 40 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 41 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Liquigas 42 Björn Schroder (Ger) Team Milram 43 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Barloworld 44 Martin Irvine (Irl) Pezula Racing 45 Ciaran Power (Irl) Pezula Racing 46 Waylon Woolcock (RSA) MTN Cycling Team 47 Nolan Hoffmann (RSA) Team Neotel 48 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Konica Minolta 49 Nyandwi Uwase (Rwa) Team Rwanda 25.02 50 Nathan Byukusenge (Rwa) Team Rwanda 51 Jean De Dieu Uwimana Rafiki (Rwa) Team Rwanda 52 Phetetso Monese (Les) Lesotho National Team 53 Tumisang Thaabe (Les) Lesotho National Team 54 Shaban Aesharaa Faysal (Lba) Libyan National Team 55 Youssef Belgasem Ahmed (Lba) Libyan National Team 56 Verdi Farao (RSA) Intaka Tech - South African Developement Team 57 Mathew Funnel (RSA) House Of Paint 58 Adam Petrie-Armstrong (Irl) Pezula Racing 59 Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) Team Rwanda 60 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Liquigas 61 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 62 Elmendi Abdunnaser (Lba) Libyan National Team Cycling 63 Michael Van Staaden (RSA) Intaka Tech - South African Developement Team 64 Kieran Page (GBr) Pezula Racing 65 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 66 Derek Burke (Irl) Pezula Racing 67 Roman Kreuzinger (Cze) Team Liquigas 68 Prince Maluleke (RSA) Team Neotel 69 Robert Hunter (RSA) Team Barloworld 70 Morgan Fox (Irl) Pezula Racing 71 Lawrence Mashlango (RSA) Intaka Tech - South African Developement Team 72 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Team Liquigas 73 Neil McDonald (RSA) MTN Cycling Team 74 Ryan Connor (Irl) Pezula Racing 75 Jeremy Maertens (RSA) Team Neotel 76 Adrian Maaske (RSA) South Africa National Team 77 Richard Baxter (RSA) House Of Paint 78 Ahadi Somewir Ali (Lba) Libyan National Team 79 Petrus Loto (Nam) Team Neotel 80 Jason Bakkie (RSA) House Of Paint 81 Gadi Chait (RSA) South Africa National Team 82 Arron Brown (RSA) House Of Paint 83 Dean Edwards (RSA) South Africa National Team 84 Garth Thomas (RSA) South Africa National Team 85 Hoh Ali Ahmed (Lba) Libyan National Team Cycling 86 Stanley Namanayna (RSA) Intaka Tech - South African Developement Team 30.14 87 Thuso Makatise (Les) Lesotho National Team 35.31 88 Poloko Makara (Les) Lesotho National Team 38.28 89 Makhashe Ramolungoa (Les) Lesotho National Team 90 Obed Ruvogera (Rwa) Team Rwanda 41.44 King Of The Mountain 1 Travis Allen (Team Konica Minolta) 2 Jaco Venter (Team Neotel) 3 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (Team Neotel) Women 1 Marissa Van Der Merwe (Team Mtn) 2 Lynette Burger 3 Cherisa Taylor 4 Chrissie Viljoen 5 Cashandra Slingerland Veterans 1 Jock Green 2 Andrew Maclean 3 Jaco Fourie 4 Donovan Van Gelder 5 David Garret |
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