Matt Posted August 30, 2012 Posted August 30, 2012 30 August 2012 – Max Knox and Cherise Stander (nee Taylor) were the victors at the weekend when they both dominated the men’s and women’s SA National MTB Marathon Championship, which was held at the Diemersfontein Wine Estate in Wellington, Western Cape on Saturday (25 August). Max Knox celebrates as he crosses the finish line to claim the 2012 national marathon champion title at a cold and wet Diemersfontein Wine Estate in Wellington, Western Cape on Saturday 25 August © Zoon Cronje Their solid performances resulted after 4 hours 56 minutes 38 seconds over 110km for Knox and 3 hours 55 minutes 59 seconds over 75 km for Stander in miserable, very cold and rainy conditions throughout the race. Knox’s (Specialized) solid performance in Diemersfontein saw him surge ahead for the victory at approximately 25km to go in the ultra marathon race, when he simply left his competitors in his wake and crossed the finish line 11 minutes ahead of his closest rival, David George (360Life). MTN Qhubeka’s Adrien Niyonshuti finished third. A freezing cold yet elated Cherise Stander claims her second national jersey of the year (Stander also won the SA Time Trial championship earlier this year) when she crossed the finish line at a cold and wet Diemersfontein Wine Estate in Wellington, Western Cape on Saturday 25 August © Zoon Cronje For SA Time Trial Champion Cherise Stander (Momentum Toyota), her victory provided her with a double-whammy of national titles in both the on-and-off road disciplines this season after her determined performance from as early as the first major climb of the day. Stander managed to outride her closest challengers, and despite feeling the extremeness of the cold weather, continued to open a sizeable gap as she crossed the finish line of the 75km marathon about three minutes ahead of second-placed Swiss rider Ariane Kleinhans (Contego 28E) with Ischen Stopforth (bizhub-FCF) in third. Your new national mountain bike marathon champions – Max Knox and Cherise Stander © Zoon Cronje The weather however did not detract from a superb championship course as thousands of competitors took part in the race events over the weekend that were part of the MTN National MTB Series – Gravel Travel. Summary of Results - SA National MTB Championship Men – ultra marathon – 110 kmMax KnoxDavid GeorgeNico BellWomen – marathon – 75kmCherise StanderIschen StopforthMariske StraussSummary of Results – MTN National MTB Marathon Series - Gravel Travel Men – ultra marathon – 110 kmMax Knox 04:56:38David George 05:08:34Adrien Niyonshuti 05:09:14Nico Bell 05:12:13Waylon Woolcock 05:14:57Women – marathon – 75kmCherise Stander 03:55:59Ariane Kleinhans 03:59:03Ischen Stopforth 04:00:00Mariske Strauss 04:07:31Theresa Ralph 04:08:19 Click here to view the article
Mackie Posted August 30, 2012 Posted August 30, 2012 Can you imangine the kids the Standers are going to produce?
sometime Posted August 30, 2012 Posted August 30, 2012 Can you imangine the kids the Standers are going to produce? Short and skinny I'm sure. The rest - you knows?
Andro Posted August 31, 2012 Posted August 31, 2012 Loose the Handle bar please There... fixed it for you..
SwissVan Posted August 31, 2012 Posted August 31, 2012 Love the 'stash on Knox! He looks like a Alfie Cox of a few years ago
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