Nedbank Cycle Classic

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The Nedbank Cycle Classic , also known as the Nedbank Cycle Challenge , is the most important and largest cycle race in Namibia after the Pick 'n Pay Cycle Classic . It is organized by Windhoek Pedal Power under the supervision of the Namibian Cycling Federation.

The race was part of the UCI Africa Tour in 2006 .

The Nedbank Cycle Challenge was first held in 1986 under the name Swabank Cycle Tour with 89 participants. The cycling race has been sponsored by Nedbank since 2001 .

The race takes place annually around Valentine's Day. Up to 1,300 cyclists take part in this over distances of 20 kilometers, 35 kilometers and 75 kilometers, and for some years also over 100 km, through the capital Windhoek . The time record for 75 kilometers was set in 2010 by Marc Bassingthwaighte with 1:48:37.

Winner main race

Men

year winner 2nd place 3rd place
2001 NamibiaNamibia Mannie Heymans (1) NamibiaNamibia Erik Hoffmann NamibiaNamibia Jacques Celliers
2002 NamibiaNamibia Heiko Hennes NamibiaNamibia Jacques Celliers NamibiaNamibia Egon Laaser
2003 NamibiaNamibia Mannie Heymans (2) NamibiaNamibia Arno Viljoen NamibiaNamibia Tokkie Tombosch
2004 NamibiaNamibia Erik Hoffmann NamibiaNamibia Arno Viljoen NamibiaNamibia Mannie Heymans
2005 NamibiaNamibia Mannie Heymans (3) NamibiaNamibia Ermin van Wyk NamibiaNamibia Lotto Peter
2006 NamibiaNamibia Ermin van Wyk NamibiaNamibia Jaco Blaauw NamibiaNamibia Tjipee Murangi
2007 NamibiaNamibia Dan Craven (1) NamibiaNamibia Raphael Bertschinger NamibiaNamibia Jacques Celliers
2008 NamibiaNamibia Dan Craven (2) NamibiaNamibia Nick Du Plessis NamibiaNamibia Heiko Redecker
2009 NamibiaNamibia Till Drobisch (1) NamibiaNamibia Ermin van Wyk NamibiaNamibia Tjipee Murangi
2010 NamibiaNamibia Marc Bassingthwaighte NamibiaNamibia Mannie Heymans NamibiaNamibia Till Drobisch
2011 NamibiaNamibia Dan Craven (3) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jonathan Tiernan-Locke NamibiaNamibia Till Drobisch
2012 NamibiaNamibia Costa Seibeb (1) NamibiaNamibia Heinrich Koehne NamibiaNamibia Michael Pretorius
2013 NamibiaNamibia Costa Seibeb (2) NamibiaNamibia Heinrich Koehne NamibiaNamibia Martin Freyer
2014 NamibiaNamibia Costa Seibeb (3) NamibiaNamibia Lotto Peter NamibiaNamibia Pascal Marggraff
2015 NamibiaNamibia Costa Seibeb NamibiaNamibia Martin Freyer NamibiaNamibia Michael Pretorius
2016 NamibiaNamibia Till Drobisch (2) NamibiaNamibia Costa Seibeb NamibiaNamibia Lotto Peter
2017 NamibiaNamibia Till Drobisch (3) NamibiaNamibia Drikus Coetzee NamibiaNamibia Xavier Papo
2018 NamibiaNamibia Dan Craven (4) NamibiaNamibia Nolan Hoffmann NamibiaNamibia Alex Miller
2019 NamibiaNamibia Dan Craven (5) South AfricaSouth Africa Nolan Hoffmann NamibiaNamibia Alex Miller
2020 BelgiumBelgium Victor Campenaerts NamibiaNamibia Dan Craven NamibiaNamibia Martin Freyer

Women

year winner 2nd place 3rd place
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2016 NamibiaNamibia Genevieve Weber NamibiaNamibia Irene Steyn NamibiaNamibia
2017 NamibiaNamibia Michelle Vorster (1) NamibiaNamibia Michelle Doman NamibiaNamibia Irene Steyn
2018 NamibiaNamibia Vera Adrian (1) NamibiaNamibia Michelle Vorster NamibiaNamibia Michelle Doman
2019 NamibiaNamibia Vera Adrian (2) NamibiaNamibia Michelle Vorster NamibiaNamibia Genevieve Weber
2018 NamibiaNamibia Michelle Vorster (2) NamibiaNamibia Imke Iago NamibiaNamibia Risa Dreyer

See also

Individual evidence

  1. namibiasport.com.na dated February 9, 2010: Big turnout expected for Nedbank Cycle Challenge ( memento of the original dated May 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.namibiasport.com.na
  2. namibiasport.com.na of February 14, 2010: Bassingthwaighte wins Nedbank Cycle Challenge ( Memento of May 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

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