Monday, 17 October 2011 07:03
The Hoff takes Amashova
The battle for team supremacy in Sunday’s Amashova Durban Cycle Classic came down to a head to head confrontation between Johannesburg-based Nolan Hoffmann and Herman Fouche’, a prediction correctly depicted by top Sports Journalists, in the absence of defending champion Arran Brown who is currently campaigning in Australia this week with his MTN Qhubeka team.
2011 Amashova Durban Cycle Classic which cyclists have been tackling for a quarter of a century and keep coming back for more, ended at the Moses Mabhida Stadium after a gruelling 106km from Pietermaritzburg.
A difficult race with wet conditions at the start had the riders coming in slightly slower this year as well as lots of action on route with some minor wipe outs due to the weather.
The Hoff certainly dominated the sprint to the finish and is the Amashova’s new champion of this prestigious race, winning in a time of 2.24.08
Leading lady, Ashleigh Moolman of Cape Town took top honours in a time of 2:49:06, just ahead of Joanna van de Winkel in second and Lisa Olivier in third place.
Also at this year’s event, being the 25th anniversary, cyclists taking part in the Amashova Durban Classic went to interesting lengths to “Help start a new story”. After 38km on the road on Sunday during the East Coast Radio family fun ride, riders generously dropped all sorts of shiny new toys into the ECR Toy Story boxes at the finish line. As part of the station’s initiative these toys will be distributed to children in need across the province, including little ones who’ve been orphaned or who are in paediatric wards at government hospitals.
With over 10 000 riders participating in this year’s event and R100 000 in prize money, the Amashova Durban Cycle classic certainly ended on a high.
For more detailed results, log onto www.shova.co.za.
Results of the 2011 Amashova Durban Cycle Classic:
Men’s Elite Overall -1st Nolan Hoffmann (2:26:14), 2nd Herman Fouche’, 3rd Dean Edwards, 4th Anton Davis, 5th Tyler Day, 6th Calvin Beneke, 7th Kallen Williams, 8th Jason Bakke, 9th Jacque Louis van Wyk, 10th Peter-Lee Jeffries
Mens U23 – 1st Tyler Day; 2nd Calvin Beneke; 3rd Kallen Williams
Ladies Elite Overall - 1st: Ashleigh Moolman (2:49:06), 2nd Joanna van de Winkel; 3rd Lisa Olivier; 4th Leandri Du Toit; 5th Lynette Burger
Tandem - 1st – Heine and Pieter Lategan (2:38:35); 2nd Dirk Maarsingh and David Walsh; 3rd – Jeremy Maccelan and Martin Raubenheim
Vets Men 30 – 39 - 1st –Jeremy Maartens;2nd – James Louter;3rd – Gavin Aswegen, 4th – Deno van Heerden, 5th – Sean Merredew
Vets 30+Ladies - 1st – Isabel Moolman; 2nd - Marissa van der Merwe; 3rd - Cashandra Slingerland
Vets 40 – 49 Men - 1st - Gary Beneke; 2nd - Mark Davel; 3rd - Jackie van Geden; 4th - Anton Duvenhage; 5th - Stefano Madies
Vets 40+Ladies - 1st – Brenda Potts, 2nd – Sue Folkes; 3rd – Marietjie Lotz
Vets 50 – 54 Men - 1st – Joe Visser; 2nd – Terrence Pepper; 3rd – Howard Julius; 4th – Trevor Thompson; 5th - Carel Pretorius
Vets 60+ Men - 1st –Derrick Tivers; 2nd – Adriaan Stander; 3rd – Chris Rossouw
Hotspot 1 – Jason Bakke
Hotspot 2 – Willie Smit
King of the Mountain, 1 –Hanco Kachelhoffer
King of the Mountain, 2 – Jason Bakke
Queen of the Mountain, 1 – Lisa Olivier
Queen of the Mountain, 2 – Leandri Du Toit
Junior Boys: 1st - Kevin Patten; 2nd - Wesley Eslick; 3rd - Dustin Kilpatrick
Junior U16 Boys: 1st - Keegan Mathews; 2nd - JC Jaantjies; 3rd - Franklin Stoffels
Junior U16 Girls: 1st - Heidi Dalton; 2nd - Rochelle van Eck, 3rd - Gina Loftstrand
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