Teenage Team Peanut & Raisin show how it’s done in Panorama Tour
The stages included steep hill climbs in the White River and Sabie areas.
The teenage riders of Team Peanut & Raisin, made up of Meghan Botha from Mbombela and Helen Olwage from Tshwane, finished second in the annual Panorama Tour.
The 2024 Panorama Tour was held in honour of the late Oom Hendrik Wagener over the Women’s Day long weekend.
The four-day road cycle event was one of the many events organised by Oom Hendrik’s H&A Toere for the past 14 years. Oom Hendrik passed away on July 15.
The stages started and finished at Casterbridge Lifestyle Centre outside White River, and included Sabie and the Long Tom Pass.
Stage 1 (112km) was held on Friday August 9, followed by stage 2 (80km) on Saturday, stage 3 (104km) on Sunday, and a 30km time trial on Monday.
The Panorama was a two-rider team event, attracting road cyclists from all over South Africa.
Hoërskool Nelspruit pupil Meghan (16) made the Lowveld proud, with her teammate, Hoërskool Waterkloof learner Helen (17), in the women’s open event.
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The race was won by Kelsey van Schoor (23) and Lucy Young (30) of Team Teany and Tiny in 10:57:14. Both have raced at national and international level.
Team Teany and Tiny did ride to a comfortable victory in 11:04:30, but the two teenage girls finished second in 12:23:39.
In third place were Dikutso Mojapelo and Thabisa Kham of Team Cycling Babes in 15:21:16.
The winners of the open male category were Brandon Downes and Warren Moolman of Team TEG 1. They clocked a time of 09:54:01
Team Rough Riders, Stian Landsberg and Alexander Erasmus, were second in 10:03:48, and Team Project Dream SA, Travis Rademan-Ludeke and Josh Rheeders, third in 10:04:40.
Thirty-four teams completed the 2024 Panorama Tour.
