South African Road Cycling Championships 2012
The South African Road Cycling Championships 2012 (officially: Mpumalanga Sport Council 2012 SA National Road Cycling & Time Trial Championships ) took place from March 1st to 4th in Mbombela (formerly Nelspruit) around the Mbombela Stadium there. The individual time trials and road races of the women and men elite as well as the juniors were held. There were also races for students and a team time trial for the men's elite. The time trials took place on March 1st, the team time trial was on the program one day later. The championships ended on March 3rd and 4th with the road races. The respective champions were given the right to wear a jersey in the South African national colors in races in their respective discipline until the next championships.
Time trial
female students
space | Athlete | time |
---|---|---|
1 | Lilandi Swanepoel | 50:23 min |
2 | Ashleigh Blackwell | + 3:50 min |
Length: 31.7 km.
Start: Thursday, March 1st.
Route: Nelspruit, Mbombela Stadium.
Average speed of the winner: 35.71 km / h
2 out of 3 athletes crossed the finish line.
students
space | athlete | time |
---|---|---|
1 | Viehann du Plessis | 59:57 min |
2 | Kevin Patten | + 0:13 min |
Length: 40 km.
Start: Thursday, March 1st
. Course : Nelspruit, Mbombela Stadium.
Average speed of the winner: 40.02 km / h
Two out of two athletes crossed the finish line.
Juniors
space | Athlete | time |
---|---|---|
1 | Heidi Dalton | 28:37 min |
2 | Rosemarie de Vink | + 3:14 min |
3 | Corlia van der Merwe | + 3:21 min |
4th | Michelle de Jager | + 3:45 min |
5 | Sonya Kritzinger | + 4:06 min |
6th | Terri-Jo Leyland | + 4:09 min |
7th | Danika Breet | + 4:39 min |
8th | Andri Coetzee | + 5:21 min |
9 | Nicole Danielle van der Merwe | + 5:24 min |
10 | Michelle Loots | + 9:05 min |
Length: 14 km.
Start: Thursday, March 1st
. Course : Nelspruit, Mbombela Stadium.
Average speed of the winner: 31.45 km / h
10 out of 10 athletes crossed the finish line.
Juniors
space | athlete | time |
---|---|---|
1 | Rohan du Plooy | 42:01 min |
2 | Johannes Nicolaas Thiart | + 0:13 min |
3 | Wesley Eslick | + 1:21 min |
4th | Ryan Felgate | + 1:32 min |
5 | Dirkie Nel | + 2:10 min |
6th | Daniel Stroebel | + 2:38 min |
7th | Kellan Gouveris | + 2:58 min |
8th | De Wet Schalk Swanepoel | + 3:15 min |
9 | Jac-Johann Steyn | + 3:20 min |
10 | Morne van Niekerk | + 3:26 min |
Length: 25 km.
Start: Thursday, March 1st
. Course : Nelspruit, Mbombela Stadium.
Average speed of the winner: 42.84 km / h
29 out of 33 athletes crossed the finish line.
Women elite
The two first placed received three and two points respectively for the UCI world rankings .
space | Athlete | time |
---|---|---|
1 | Cherise Taylor | 45:34 min |
2 | Ashleigh Moolman | + 1:17 min |
3 | An-Li Pretorius | + 1:33 min |
4th | Karien van Jaarsveld | + 3:12 min |
5 | Cashandra Slingerland | + 3:19 min |
6th | Lise Olivier | + 4:08 min |
7th | Lilandi Swanepoel | + 4:49 min |
8th | Engela Conradie | + 6:06 min |
9 | Ashleigh Blackwell | + 8:38 min |
10 | Chane Jonker | + 9:45 min |
Length: 29 km.
Start: Thursday, March 1st.
Route: Nelspruit, Mbombela Stadium.
Average speed of the winner: 39.49 km / h
10 out of 11 athletes crossed the finish line.
Men elite and U-23
The first three riders received eight, five and two points for the ranking of the UCI Africa Tour 2012 .
space | athlete | time |
---|---|---|
1 | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg | 50:40 min |
2 | Jay Thomson | + 0:13 min |
3 | Johann Rabie | + 0:14 min |
4th | Robert Hunter | + 0:15 min |
5 | Darren Lill | + 0:34 min |
6th | Conrad Stoltz | + 0:38 min |
7th | Louis Meintjes (Winner U-23) | + 1:01 min |
8th | JC Nel (Second U-23) | + 1:22 min |
9 | Jacobus Venter | + 2:18 min |
10 | Bradley Potgieter | + 2:18 min |
Length: 38 km.
Start: Thursday, March 1st
. Course : Nelspruit, Mbombela Stadium.
Average speed of the winner: 47.37 km / h
36 of 39 athletes crossed the finish line.
Team time trial
Men elite and U-23
space | country | athlete | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Team Bonitas |
Darren Lill / Ian McLeod / Johann Rabie / Johannes Kachelhoffer / Tyler Day / Jason Bakke |
1:02:56 h |
2 | Top Club Nuwater |
Shaun Ward / Jacobus Venter / Theuns van der Bank / James Tennent / Guillaume Johannes de Beer / Anton Wynand |
+ 2:26 min |
3 | Top Club a (s) g U-23 |
Kevin Patten / James Fourie / Dustin Kilpatrick / Viehann du Plessis |
+ 4:44 min. |
4th | Toyota CSA Academy |
Martin Scheppel / Louis Meintjes / Bradley Stroberg / Steven van Heerden / Emile Jacobs / Willie Smit |
+ 5:22 min. |
Start: Friday, March 2nd.
Route: Nelspruit, Mbombela Stadium
Road racing
female students
space | Athlete | time |
---|---|---|
1 | Ashleigh Blackwell | 3:35:39 h |
2 | Lilandi Swanepoel | + 1:20 min |
3 | Linda van den Biggelaar | same time |
4th | Danielle Dalton | same time |
Length: 105 km.
Start: Sunday, March 4th
. Course : Nelspruit, Mbombela Stadium.
Average speed of the winner: 30.61 km / h
4 out of 4 athletes crossed the finish line.
students
space | athlete | time |
---|---|---|
1 | Viehann du Plessis | 4:09:52 h |
2 | Willie Smit | same time |
3 | Kevin Patten | same time |
4th | Chris Cronje | + 13:29 min |
5 | Alan Gordon | same time |
Length: 155 km.
Start: Saturday, March 3rd
. Course : Nelspruit, Mbombela Stadium.
Average speed of the winner: 38.42 km / h
5 out of 5 athletes crossed the finish line.
Juniors
space | Athlete | time |
---|---|---|
1 | Heidi Dalton | 1:58:15 h |
2 | Terri-Jo Leyland | + 6:53 min |
3 | Andri Coetzee | same time |
4th | Rosemarie de Vink | same time |
5 | Michelle de Jager | + 7:15 min |
6th | Danika Breet | + 7:21 min |
7th | Nicole Danielle van der Merwe | same time |
8th | Corlia van der Merwe | + 17:33 min |
9 | Sonya Kritzinger | + 17:37 min |
10 | Michelle Loots | + 33:29 min |
Length: 60 km.
Start: Saturday, March 3rd
. Course : Nelspruit, Mbombela Stadium.
Average speed of the winner: 30.44 km / h
10 out of 10 athletes crossed the finish line.
Juniors
Two drivers from Portugal also took part in the race, finishing 20th and 21st.
space | athlete | time |
---|---|---|
1 | Kellan Gouveris | 3:08:03 h |
2 | Ryan Felgate | same time |
3 | Ryan Gibbons | same time |
4th | De Wet Schalk Swanepoel | same time |
5 | Oliver Stapleton-Cotton | same time |
6th | Dirkie Nel | same time |
7th | Jac-Johann Steyn | same time |
8th | Morne van Niekerk | same time |
9 | Paul Rodenbach | same time |
10 | Johann de Bod | same time |
Length: 110 km.
Start: Sunday, March 4th
. Course : Nelspruit, Mbombela Stadium.
Average speed of the winner: 35.10 km / h
30 out of 47 athletes crossed the finish line.
Women elite
The four first placed (10, 7, 5, 3) received points for the UCI world rankings . One driver from Great Britain and one from Norway also took part in the race.
space | Athlete | time |
---|---|---|
1 | Ashleigh Moolman | 3:20:44 h |
2 | Lise Olivier | same time |
3 | Joanna van de Winkel | same time |
4th | Robyn Lee de Groot | + 2:34 min |
5 | An-Li Pretorius | same time |
6th | Karien van Jaarsveld | same time |
7th | Lylanie Lauwrens | same time |
8th | Cherise Taylor | same time |
9 | Anriette Schoeman | same time |
10 | Ashleigh Blackwell | + 14:55 min |
Length: 110 km.
Start: Saturday, March 3rd
. Course : Nelspruit, Mbombela Stadium.
Average speed of the winner: 32.88 km / h
20 out of 25 athletes crossed the finish line.
Men elite and U-23
The first eight riders received points (40, 30, 16, 12, 10, 8, 6, 3) for the ranking of the UCI Africa Tour 2012 . The winner Robert Hunter could not get any points as a driver of a ProTeam . Drivers from numerous other African countries also took part in the race, for example from Eritrea and Egypt .
space | athlete | time |
---|---|---|
1 | Robert Hunter | 4:07:43 min |
2 | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg | same time |
3 | Johann Rabie | + 0:03 min |
4th | Arran Brown | + 0:07 min |
5 | Nolan Hoffman | same time |
6th | Jacobus Venter | + 1:08 min |
7th | Darren Lill | + 1:12 min |
8th | Ferekalsi Debessay | + 2:03 min |
9 | Stefan Ihlenfeld | + 2:09 min |
10 | Calvin Beneke (Winner U-23) | same time |
Length: 160 km.
Start: Sunday, March 4th
. Course : Nelspruit, Mbombela Stadium.
Average speed of the winner: 38.75 km / h
64 out of 64 athletes crossed the finish line.