South African Road Cycling Championships 2012

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 .

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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 .

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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

Start: Friday, March 2nd.
Route: Nelspruit, Mbombela Stadium

Road racing

female students

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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 .

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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.

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