Old Mutual joBerg2c Day 9

Nelspruit’s Gawie Combrinck became the first three-time winner of the 900km Old Mutual joBerg2c mountain bike race after placing second alongside teammate Nico Bell on the final stage of 84km between Highflats and Scottburgh in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday.

Johann Rabie and HB Kruger of Telkom won the stage – their fourth in total – when they got the better of NAD Pro on the single-track section that led riders to the floating bridge and finish on the beach.

Rabie and Kruger finished second in the overall standings after nine days of racing from Heidelberg in Gauteng. Andrew Hill and Tyronne White of Thule-Pyga-TIB rounded out the podium.

Day 9 Results:

Men’s team

1. Johann Rabie & Hendrik Kruger (Team Telkom) 2:46:3
2. Nico Bell & Gawie Combrinck (Team NAD Pro Mtb) 2:46:47
3. Pieter Seyffert & Hanco Kachelhoffer (Altech Karan Beef Pro Cycling) 2:57:15
4. Delaet Julien & Ischard Frederic (Vojomag Velochannel) 2:57:26
5. Andrew Hill & Tyronne White (Thule Pyga TIB Insurance) 2:57:48

Mixed team

1. Darren Lill & Candice Neethling (Dorma USN Purefit) 2:59:30
2. Grant Usher & Amy Mcdougall (Valencia Lanham-Love) 35:25:23 3:02:03
3. Johan Labuschagne & Catherine Williamson (The Bicycle Company Mitas) 3:02:3
4. Peter Vesel & Ivonne Kraft (MDM Team) 3:06:57
5. Yuki Ikeda & Sonya Looney (FreakShow Defeet Topeak Ergon) 3:09:17

Vets men

1. Shane Burke & Thomas Holden (Laurel and Hardy) 3:07:23
2. Corrie Muller & Richard Muller (Robert Daniel) 3:16:42
3. Warren Stewart & Paul Newman (Team Lucidity) 3:16:49
4. Dirk Zauta & Giuseppe Ferrari (B2RS Bueli Bike Tigers) 3:17:10
5. Sollie Prinsloo & Arno Kotzee (Harrismith Farmers) 3:22:19

Master men

1. Greg Anderson & Deon Kruger (CycleLAB Masters) 3:13:51
2. Martin Hirsch & Rene Druschke Larsen (Team ride4fun) 3:20:54
3. Philippe Moretonas & Mark Dain (Galery/Lanham-Love) 3:24:10
4. Paul Furbank & Gerry de Boer (Boy and the Bullett) 3:33:24
5. Gorden Cloete & Arnou Oberholzer (Team Lezmin) 3:36:57

Women’s team

1. Sanders Samantha & Anriette Schoeman (Valencia) 3:29:47
2. Sarah van Heerden & Cindy Theunissen (Legends of the Fall) 3:34:04

Solo men

1. Calvin Beneke 2:57:23
2. Charles McFall 2:57:24
3. Brennan Anderson 2:57:26
4. Michael Robinson 2:57:28
5. Malcolm Bruton 2:58:24

Solo women

1. Patsy Hime 3:26:44
2. Christine Woods 3:41:23
3. Jane Seggie 3:47:32

For more information on the Old Mutual joBerg2c and information on the 2017 event go to www.joberg2c.co.za.