Determined mountain bikers tackle Dust Buster 2 at Mataffin

Sarah Archdeacon clocked 02:23:40 to win the women’s 55km race and the senior female category at the Produkta Motor Group Dust Buster XCM Race 2 at Mataffin on Sunday August 13.

The battle for second place overall and second in the senior female category was furious, with Melissa Grobler claiming the runners-up spot in 02:23:47, and Maruschka van Rooyen taking third eight seconds later.

Legends category racer Nico Bell showed the younger riders how it’s done in the men’s 55km race. Bell finished first overall in 01:44:14.

Two senior male riders, Gert Peens and Gawie Combrink, pushed each other all the way, with Peens taking second overall by just seven seconds, in 01:49:04, and Combrink finishing third overall.

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Peens was the senior male category winner, Combrink was second and Kyle Laing (01:55:53) third.

Other top three places:
7km kids, female
1. Amelie Bekker – 00:35:34
2. Mila Mitha – 00:37:10
7km open, female
1. Sienna Taylor – 00:29:31
2. Emmah Wiltshire – 00:30:41
3. Gabrielle Stanley – 00:31:29.
7km kids, male
1. James Wiltshire – 00:37:57
2. Travis Stanley – 00:38:12
3. Deneys van Heerden – 00:44:17.
7km open, male
1. Robert de Vries – 00:24:51
2. Landyn Taylor – 00:27:29
3. Jayson Stanley – 00:38:14.
16km nippers, female
1. Tshegofatso Maile – 01:01:21
2. Willow Victor – 01:16:40.
16km sprogs, female
1. Lana de Vries – 00:42:28
16km open, female
1. Abigail Barnard – 00:38:31
2. Jemma Barnard – 00:39:02
3. Belinda van der Walt – 00:40:47.
16km nippers, male
1. Christiaan Prinsloo – 00:38:35
2. Reinhardt Strydom – 0038:35
3. Reyneke van Heerden – 00:39:27.
16km sprogs, male
1. Morné van Wyk – 00:36:16
2. Jake Prinsloo – 00:43:14
3. Ziehan van Deventer – 00:43:53.
16km open, male
1. Adrian Venter – 00:36:41
2. Jason Burrough – 00:36:55
3. Tshlamo Makobe – 00:38:25.
35km juniors, female
1. Maya de Vries – 01:28:19
2. Lucca Bakker – 01:52:19
3. Imke Knipschild – 02:07:54.
35km youth, female
1. Jana Kotze – 01:28:21
2. Alyssa Reynolds – 01:45:47.
35km seniors, female
1. Jana Prinsloo – 01:39:27
2. Anamé Eckard – 01:55:19
3. Lorraine Jacobs – 02:11:42.
35km legends, female
1. Yolande Jacobs – 01:37:55
2. Elamarie Bronkhorst – 01:39:27
3. Megan Barnard – 01:47:41.
35km sub-juniors, male
1. Bryce Fowler – 01:25:26
2. Anro Bekker – 01:25:30
3. Paulus Coetzee – 01:30:08.
35km youth, male
1. Dalmyn Pretorius – 01:16:37
2. Janco van Staden – 01:20:19
3. Lian Antunes – 01:21:34.
35km seniors, male
1. Jacques Diedericks – 01:33:01
2. Juandré Koch – 01:36:28
3. Jean-Pierre Hugo – 01:37:34.
35km legends, male
1. Johannes van der Walt – 01:25:32
2. Frans du Toit – 01:28:24
3. Michael Pearson – 01:28:45.
55km youth, female
1. Mikyla Herbst – 02:33:23.
55km seniors, female
1. Sarah Archdeacon – 02:23:40
2. Melissa Grobler – 02:27:47
3. Maruschka van Rooyen – 02:27:55.
55km legends, female
1. Johlene Faul – 02:29:52
2. Marlé Meyer – 02:33:12
3. Chantelle Rautenbach – 02:46:45.
55km youth, male
1. Samuel McIntosh – 01:56:59
2. Carl Maré – 01:58:40
3. Shaun Kunze – 02: 10:05.
55km legends, male
1. Nico Bell – 01:44:14
2. Burger Bester – 01:53:12
3. Morné Jacobs – 01:57:08.

Dust Buster 3 will take place on September 3 at the same venue.