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Cape Argus Pick n Pay - NE
South Africa, March 9, 2008
Hunter makes it two in a row
Team Barloworld sprinter, Robert Hunter took his second consecutive win in the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour when he outsprinted the elite men's breakaway claiming the title in a time of 2.27.30, five minutes faster than the previous record for the route.
Nolan Hoffman from Team Neotel took second in a tight sprint from Malcolm Lange (MTN Energade).
Just over twenty minutes later, 18-year-old Cherise Taylor became the youngest female winner of the elite women's category win in a time of 2.50.52. Lynette Burger took second place while race favorite, Anriette Schoeman, finished third.
Retired German cyclist and winner of the 1997 Tour de France, Jan Ullrich was present to fire the starter's gun for the 35,000 competitors who lined up to complete the event. Ullrich also took part in the 110km event, but was not listed as a finisher on the official results.
Results
1 Robert Hunter 2.27.29 2 Nolan Hoffmann 3 Malcolm Lange 4 Jaco Venter 5 Christoff van Heerden 6 Ciarán Power 0.01 7 Arran Brown 8 Jens-Erik Madsen 9 Iljo Keisse 10 Dennis van Niekerk 11 Leon Van Bon 12 Richard Baxter 13 Michael van Staden 0.02 14 Luke Roberts 15 Havard Nybř 16 Hugo Sabido 17 Jay Thomson 18 Dan Craven 19 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg 20 Travys Wilkins 21 Ryan Kemp 22 Abdel Basat Hanachi 23 Daryl Impey 0.03 24 Waldo Bergh 25 Johann Rabie 26 Dylon Girdlestone 27 Burry Stander 28 Malaya Van Ruitenbeek 0.04 29 Fuyu Li 30 Stefan Ganser 31 Sondre Sortveit 32 Bart Brentjens 0.05 33 Martin Wesemann 34 James Perry 35 Peter Seyffert 0.06 36 Johnny Kritzinger 37 Michael Sowerby 38 Dean Edwards 0.07 39 Ian McLeod 40 David George 41 Travis Allen 0.08 42 Nic White 43 Oliver Munnik 0.09 44 Waylon Woolcock 45 Alistair Davies 46 Bjorn Glasner 0.11 47 Tamas Lengyel 48 Cameron Jennings 49 Hanco Kachelhoffer 0.12 50 Stian Remme 51 Dominique Cornu 52 David O'Loughlin 53 Sorren Petersen 0.13 54 Michael Mřrkřv 0.15 55 Erik Kleinhans 56 Shaun Davel 0.16 57 Mannie Heymans 58 Max Knox 0.17 59 Gilbert Quevauvilliers 60 Christian Pfannberger 61 Brandon Stewart 0.50 62 Daniel Kreutzfeldt 0.56 63 Kurt Arendse 2.07 64 James Tennent 65 Anton Wynand 66 Yannick Lincoln 2.08 67 Neil Timm 68 Luthando Kaka 2.09 69 The Kenyan Froome 2.20 70 Felix Cardenas 71 Nico Bell 4.06 72 Werner Moolman 5.43 73 Jaco Cronje 74 Johan Scheepers 75 Christophe Lincoln 76 Barend Burger 6.27 77 Anders Lund 7.16 78 Dawid Griessel 9.16 79 Michael F Christensen 10.44 80 Siyabonga Mnqwazi 10.45 81 Michael Pepper 82 Jeremy Maartens 10.46 83 Tyler Day 12.30 84 Leonardo van Onselen 12.31 85 Andre Solomon 86 Gary Rabie 87 Dean Hopf 88 Jean Robert Francois 12.32 89 Tijl van de Winkel 90 Peter Lambert 91 Matthew Funnell 92 Jonathan van Gesselleen 93 Johan Reyneke 94 Robert Quinn 95 Mark Daly 96 Anton Davis 97 Carl Leo Pasio 98 Jacques Greeff 99 Pieter Calitz 100 Gerrit du Preez Women 1 Cherise Taylor 2.50.51 2 Lynette Burger 0.01 3 Anriette Schoeman 4 Chrissie Viljoen 5 Jennie Stenerhag 6 Yolandi Du Toit 0.02 7 Robyn De Groot 8 Ashleigh Moolman 9 Jo Hotchkiss 0.03 10 Fienie Barnard 0.04 11 Marissa Van Der Merwe 0.13 12 Isabel Moolman 1.37 13 Jade Roberts 1.40 14 Carla Rowley 1.42 15 An-Li Pretorius 2.22 16 Charlotte Van Der Merwe 17 Michelle Corbett 18 Elzette Visagie 19 Elisa Gianchino 2.23 20 Arien Torsius 2.24 21 Lisa Vermaak 2.25 22 Minette Naude 2.26 23 Lizanne Naude 24 Jeanine Binneman 2.33 25 Yolande De Villiers 2.43 26 Samantha Serfontein 3.31 27 Terry Wampach 3.34 28 Leanne Brown-Waterson 4.10 29 Millicia Munro 30 Claire Matthews 4.11 31 Mary Haw 4.44 32 Sanet Smal 4.45 33 Debbie Ann Mccallum 4.48 34 Kobie-Marie Hamman 35 Liefie Day 4.49 36 Claire Louw 37 Cathy Carstens 4.50 38 Heletjé Van Staden 4.51 39 Jeannie Bomford 4.54 40 Cashandra Slingerland 4.56 41 Susan Lea Melmed 4.57 42 Kelly Tomé 5.02 43 Cherne Steyn 5.30 44 Zillah Coetzee 45 Viv Williams 6.18 46 Ann Harrison 6.32 47 Angelique Nel 7.12 48 Tania Myburgh 49 Lynette Rust 7.13 50 Marina Smuts 7.28 51 Carmen Van Schalkwyk 7.57 52 Christiane Brenzel 53 Juanita Van Den Berg 8.00 54 Elmien Stander 55 Rhuan Van Staden 56 Estelle Van Schalkwyk 8.56 57 Adele Jansen Van Vuuren 8.59 58 Inky Serritslev 9.15 59 Jenni Opperman 9.40 60 Samantha Oosthuysen 9.41 61 Maritza Terblanche 9.44 62 Nicola Payne 9.50 63 Caren Henschel 9.52 64 Barnize Barnard 65 Amoryn Saayman 9.57 66 Beverley Wharton-Hood 10.38 67 Janet Malcolm 10.45 68 Manuela Reinhardt 10.57 69 Thea Barkhuizen 11.17 70 Leigh Hindshaw 11.18 71 Berta Espach 11.21 72 Nienie Steenekamp 11.26 73 Maren Schulz 11.27 74 Colleen Jacobs 11.44 75 Marguerite Marais 11.51 76 Hermien Sinclair 12.02 77 Karin Clarke 78 Karen Taruttis 12.13 79 Marleze Gillespie 12.14 80 Riana Hattingh 12.19 81 Deirdre Williams 12.21 82 Denise Devine 12.22 83 Sonja Guerra 12.46 84 Marisa Ferraris 12.48 85 Chené Petersen 12.49 86 Leanne Bryant 12.51 87 Gina Nixon 12.56 88 Angela Nucci 12.58 89 Luetta Ellis 13.08 90 Ella Du Plessis 13.15 91 Janet Clark 13.27 92 Dawn Herbert 13.56 93 Andrea Powers 13.58 94 Louise Ferreira 95 Maureen Smith 14.02 96 Elzabi Van Wyk 14.14 97 Debbie Mackinnon 14.28 98 Irma Van Der Westhuizen 14.49 99 Nicolene Thiebaut 14.52 100 Wendy-Leigh Watson 14.53
Past winners
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
