Keeping momentum

THOMAS More College matriculant, Tiffany Keep, led her teammates, Chalita Johnson and Elmari de Wet, to claim second place in the team open at the Universal Networks M13 Classic on Sunday.

Travis Stedman, another TMC learner, snapped up a place in the top 10 in the men’s 85km event.

The Bluff Meat Supply Team kept a tight control of the racing to set up Mike Viljoen for victory in the inaugural event.

For the first three of the five laps, the Bluff team used their vastly superior numbers to keep a tight control on the racing, which allowed Viljoen to sit in the group until the second last time up the long M13 climb toward the finish.

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In the women’s event, Amber Schlebusch got the better of Bridget Theunissen in the final sprint for the women’s win. Julian Bryant claimed third place.

In the competitive four-man team event, KZN’s Best Pork Sausages team of Lyle Nielsen, Hein Kruger, Bryan Cusack and Calvin Matthew Louw won the veterans title and claimed overall victory.

In the 51km race, James Swart edged ahead on the final climb of the three-lap race while Rivers Braatvedt out-sprinted Warren Richardson for second place.

The 17km one-lap race saw Evan Moolman claim the win from Horter Mathew and Matthew Balmforth.

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RESULTS:

85km men:

1. Michael Viljoen 2:08:50

2. Asher Biggs 2:09:28

3. Austin Steyn 2:09:33

85km women:

1. Amber Schlebusch 2:12:39

2. Bridget Theunissen 2:12:39

3. Julian Bryant 2:20:38

Team open:

1. Absolute Motion Open Men (Henry Liebenberg, Johandre’ Marx, Jordan Wisdom, Callan Deacon) 2:22:05

2. Absolute Motion Open Ladies (Tiffany Keep, Chalita Johnson, Elmari De Wet, Azulda Britz) 2:32:32

3. Moolworths (Werner Moolman, Shayne Wadsworth, Isabel Moolman, Joel Wadsworth) 2:34:05

Team U23, U17 and juniors:

1 Absolute Motion U23 (Cian Leveridge, Wessel Swanepoel, Bevan Reddy, Joshua Francis) 2:14:46

2 KZN Young Rebels (Dean Gregson, Mitchel Potgieter, Warren Moolman, Reece Mc Callum) 2:30:46

Team vets:

1. Team KZN’s Best Pork Sausages (Lyle Nielsen, Hein Kruger, Bryan Cusack, Calvin Matthew Louw) 2:14:44

2. The Expendables (Jose Domingos Abreu, Jacques De Villiers Fourie, Casper Badenhorst, Ewan Cochran) 2:17:39

3. Bring It On Racers (Angus McFarlane, Martin Atterbury, David Duke, Eugene Long) 2:18:01

51km men:

1. James Swart 1:29:12

2. Rivers Braatvedt 1:29:17

3. Warren Richardson 1:29:17

51km women:

1. Ainsli De Beer 1:36:27

2. Glynis Pretorius 1:40:18

3. Chantal Nosworthy 1:43:12

Development:

1. Unathi Nxumalo 1:29:17

2. Siyanda Gumede 1:29:17

3. Tsepo Koloko 1:29:43

Tandem:

1. Jimmy Shankland and Andrew Baker 1:44:49

2. Wendy Brown and Michael Brown 1:47:29

3. John Armstrong and Moira Armstrong 1:51:27

17km boys:

1. Evan Moolman 0:34:22

2. Horter Mathew 0:34:27

3. Matthew Balmforth 0:35:35

17km girls:

1. Makayla Saville 0:37:29

2. Suzanne Dos Santos Niz 0:38:00

3. Lisa Jane Maartens 1:01:34

17km development boys:

1. Minenhle Thembela 0:35:02

2. Smangaliso Msomi 0:36:07

3. Mbuso Majola 0:39:04

17km development girls:

1. Bridget Shalom 1:05:44

2. Thandolwethu Mhlongo 1:10:00

3. Aphelele Ndabeni 1:13:00