Desert Dash

The Desert Dash is an extreme - cycling in Namibia . It has taken place every year since 2005 between Windhoek and Swakopmund over a distance of 369 kilometers. The road bike race on gravel, dirt, sand and salt roads is sponsored by Nedbank Namibia .

organization

The number of participants developed from 44 in 2005 to 587 in 2015 and 1010 starters in 2016 to more than 900 in 2017. In 2017, prize money of 370,000  Namibia dollars was distributed, with the individual winners for women and men each N $ 34,000 received.

Winners list

Men

year	winner	Winning time
2019	Konny Looser -5-	14:42:02
2018	Konny Looser -4-	14:22:51
2017	Konny Looser -3-	13:55:29
2016	Konny Looser -2-	14:37:46
2015	Konny Looser	15:03:20
2014	Nichol Jordaan	15:46:55
2013	Dion Guy	16:02:37

Teams of 2

year	winner	Winning time
2018	Martin Freyer Richard Simpson	14:59:43
2017	Cobus Smit Drikus Coetzee	14:41:14
2016	Tjipe Murangi Max Knox	14:52:12

Teams of 4

year	winner	Winning time
2018	Piet Swiegers Rob Sim Nico Pfitzenmaier Corrie Muller	14:22:56
2017	Tristan de Lange Hans Du Toit Alex Miller Danzel de Koe	13:55:28
2016	Tristan de Lange Marcel Holtz Xavier Papo Alex Miller	14:52:49
2015	Johan Faber Gerhard Mans Jean-Paul Burger Pieter Seyffert	15:14:15

Women

year	winner	Winning time
2019	Vera Adrian	17:10:50
2018	Rebecca Robisch -3-	17:17:07
2017	Rebecca Robisch -2-	16:09:14
2016	Rebecca Robisch	17:48:11
2015	Rene Schoeman	19:11:39
2014	Lulu Ceronio	20:08:52
2013	Maritza Terblanche	20:23:56

Teams of 2

year	winner	Winning time
2018	Christiane Beulker Catherine Pellow-Jarman	19:02:41
2017	Michelle Vorster Carmen Buchacher	16:10:02
2016	Vera Adrian Lise Olivier	16:56:42
2015	Irene Steyn Yolandi du Toit	16:41:00

Teams of 4

year	winner	Winning time
2018	Carmen Johannes Jenny Pahl Nicola Fester Heide Hobohm	20:20:46
2017	Marguerite Verwey Antja Du Toit Wanda Tattersall Hester Prins	16:49:15
2016	Natasche Keuhl Estelle Lambert Jax Coetzee Melva Steenkamp	18:56:51
2015	Emmerentia Basson Melva Steenkamp Estelle Lambert Natascha Kuehl	19:51:14

Mixed

Teams of 2

year	winner	Winning time
2018	Christiaan Bean Silke Bean	18:13:54
2017	Nichol Jordaan Jana Kruger -2-	16:28:50
2016	Nichol Jordaan Jana Kruger	17:40:23
2015	Vera Adrian Norbert Meyer	15:38:31

Teams of 4

year	winner	Winning time
2018	Maike Bochert Anneke Steenkamp Fanie Steenkamp Clinton Hilfiker	16:04:53
2017	Andre de Klerk Janine de Klerk Michelle Doman Eddie Viljoen	16:32:01
2016	Martin Freyer Michelle Vorster Fanie Steenkamp Piet Swiegers	14:38:11
2015	Ian Grassow Hans du Toit Elanor Grassow Stefan Bohlke	16:22:02

See also

• Namibian Cycle Classic
• Nedbank Cycle Classic

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Namibian Cycle Classic on radsportseiten.net

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} History of the Desert Dash. Republican, November 30, 2016.
2. ↑ Nedbank Desert Dash bigger and better. The Namibian, October 26, 2016.
3. ↑ 2017 Desert Dash is here. Erongo, December 8, 2017.
4. ^ Prize Money. Desert Dash. Retrieved December 12, 2017.