
Seen here: Frikkie Hartog of Team Knersus in action on the infamous Pofadder section of the Stage Two route of the FNB Wines2Whales MTB Ride on Tuesday, 04 November 2014. Photo Credit: Jetline Action Photo
The second stage of the FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Ride kicked off at the picturesque Oak Valley Wine Estate (Elgin-Grabouw) on Tuesday, 04 November 2014.
Riders had a lot to be thankful for with the rain ceasing minutes before the first batch of riders lined up in the start chutes.
Fondly referred to as the ‘Play Day’, Stage Two saw riders experiencing the best bridges and structures built for the sport of mountain biking including the madly creative Peri-Kromco Play Park.

Seen here: Riders in action during Stage Two of the FNB Wines2Whales MTB Ride on Tuesday, 04 November 2014. Photo Credit: Cherie Vale / NEWSPORT MEDIA
Frikkie Hartog and Gerard Dirks of Team Knersus secured their second stage victory, completing the 67km route in a lightning fast time of 03 hours 22 minutes 39 seconds. According to Hartog, stage two was great. “We started in the front. With the route being fairly flat in the beginning, we all stuck together with us pulling away at water point two. The Paul Cluver Amphi Bike Park was enjoyable, while the Peri-Kromco Play Park was interesting and great fun. We’ll definitely like to go for our hat-trick win tomorrow, but will have to see what happens”. Fanie Steenkamp and Pierre Andre Knoetze of Team Xtreme Riders came in second, while Harry Orr and Ehlers Smit of Team The Fast Traks finished third.
Tamaryn Kietzmann and Nicholas Porteous of Team Specialized Duo were the mixed team to beat on the day crossing the finish line first in an impressive time of 03 hours 51 minutes 14 seconds. “Nick had to help me a lot today,” laughed Kietzmann. “I learnt a lot about mountain biking. I was a little nervous going into the Paul Cluver Amphi Bike Park, but ended up really enjoying it and definitely want to come back to do it again. Our goal for tomorrow is just to make it to the finish. Hopefully we’ll be first”. Yzette and Petrus Oelofse of Team Boys and Bikes came in second, while Colette Willemse and Edrich Fivaz of Team Vision Trust finished third.

Seen here: Lucas De Kock of Team Slowpokes in action at the Peri-Kromco Play Park during Stage Two of the FNB Wines2Whales MTB Ride on Tuesday, 04 November 2014. Photo Credit: Cherie Vale / NEWSPORT MEDIA
German competitors Susanne Rathgeb and Nicole Kuttruff of Team Craft Rocky Mountain Girls had a great day out on route. Crossing the finish line in 04 hours 18 minutes 49 seconds they claimed the top spot on the podium in the women’s category. “We experienced technical problems early in the stage thanks to the mud,” said Rathgeb. “The support at water point one was excellent and we were able to sort out our bikes and carry on. The first two stages have been great and very professionally organized. Compared to events in Germany, this is a real mountain biking experience”. Caroline Schuerman and Janet Keet of Team Masikhule came in second, while Nienke Van Schaik and Kasha Dickie of Team Extreme Lights finished third.
GC Results going into Stage 3:
MEN
P_Group | Time Day2 | Time GC | Team# | TeamName | Rider1 | Rider2 |
1 | 03:22:39 | 07:10:03 | 2AB | Knersus | Frikkie Hartog | Gerard Dirks |
2 | 03:24:44 | 07:12:10 | 517AB | XTREME RIDERS | Fanie Steenkamp | Pierre Andre Knoetze |
3 | 03:25:35 | 07:25:50 | 7AB | The Fast Traks | Harry Orr | Ehlers Smit |
4 | 03:31:15 | 07:32:01 | 23AB | The Wash @ The River Club | Adriaan Theron | Bryan Nicholson |
5 | 03:31:27 | 07:32:33 | 3AB | Having Fun | Graham Ransom | James Thomas |
MIXED
P_Group | Time Day2 | Time GC | Team# | TeamName | Rider1 | Rider2 |
1 | 04:00:42 | 08:15:56 | 34AB | Boys and bikes | Petrus Oelofse | Yzette Oelofse |
2 | 03:51:14 | 08:16:08 | 25AB | Specialized Duo | Tamaryn Kietzmann | Nicholas Porteous |
3 | 04:01:22 | 08:41:16 | 114AB | Vision Trust | Colette Willemse | Edrich Fivaz |
4 | 04:18:39 | 08:49:01 | 80AB | LGS Exports | Piet Van Rensburg | Jeanie de Villiers |
5 | 04:10:55 | 08:49:45 | 154AB | Team WAKA | Kathy Milne | Walter Diezel |
WOMEN
P_Group | Time Day2 | Time GC | Team# | TeamName | Rider1 | Rider2 |
1 | 04:18:49 | 08:58:35 | 527AB | Craft Rocky Mountain Girls | Susanne Rathgeb | Nicole Kuttruff |
2 | 04:29:24 | 09:34:26 | 6AB | Masikhule | Caroline Schuermans | Janet Keet |
3 | 04:32:49 | 09:39:28 | 124AB | EXTREME LIGHTS | Nienke Van Schaik | Kasha Dickie |
STAGE THREE: Wednesday, 04 November 2014
Start: Oak Valley Wine Estate (Elgin-Grabouw)
Finish: Onrus Caravan Park (just outside Hermanus)
Start Time: 07:00
Distance: 73km
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RESULTS: Stage 2 / FNB W2W MTB RIDE
STAGE 2 RESULTS: FNB Wines2Whales MTB Ride | |||||||||
Tuesday, 04 November 2014 | |||||||||
Men | |||||||||
P_Day2 | Cat_Day2 | P_Group | Time Day2 | Team# | TeamName | Rider1 | Rider2 | Group | Category |
1 | 1 | 1 | 03:22:39 | 2AB | Knersus | Frikkie Hartog | Gerard Dirks | Men | Veteran Men |
2 | 1 | 2 | 03:24:44 | 517AB | XTREME RIDERS | Fanie Steenkamp | Pierre Andre Knoetze | Men | Sub Vet Men |
3 | 1 | 3 | 03:25:35 | 7AB | The Fast Traks | Harry Orr | Ehlers Smit | Men | Open Men |
4 | 2 | 4 | 03:31:15 | 23AB | The Wash @ The River Club | Adriaan Theron | Bryan Nicholson | Men | Sub Vet Men |
5 | 3 | 5 | 03:31:27 | 3AB | Having Fun | Graham Ransom | James Thomas | Men | Sub Vet Men |
6 | 4 | 6 | 03:32:42 | 531AB | Craft Rocky Mountain Boys | Tobias Zaehringer | Christoph Zimmermann | Men | Sub Vet Men |
7 | 2 | 7 | 03:35:09 | 516AB | Namib Team KK | Russell Paschke | Clinton Hilfiker | Men | Veteran Men |
8 | 3 | 8 | 03:37:52 | 457AB | Midas | Glen Anderson | Charl Marais | Men | Veteran Men |
9 | 2 | 9 | 03:38:22 | 44AB | FLM Comp Winner 2 | Graeme Kuys | Daryn Goldsbrough | Men | Open Men |
10 | 4 | 10 | 03:41:51 | 61AB | Geco Cycles Billy and Villi | Franclo Henning | Charl Cooper | Men | Veteran Men |
11 | 5 | 11 | 03:42:14 | 528AB | Greefa MED Automation | Lourens Grobbelaar | Kotie Terblanche | Men | Sub Vet Men |
12 | 5 | 12 | 03:46:10 | 309AB | Biogen | Mark De Swardt | Donovan O’Reilly | Men | Veteran Men |
13 | 3 | 13 | 03:46:40 | 12AB | ikapa verni | Jaco-lou Campher | Martin Breytenbach | Men | Open Men |
14 | 6 | 14 | 03:47:17 | 455AB | Talon Tough Tools | Clinton Halsey | Hilton Guy | Men | Sub Vet Men |
15 | 6 | 15 | 03:47:27 | 19AB | TEAM TALISMAN HIRE | Riaan Senekal | Kevin Mackridge | Men | Veteran Men |
16 | 7 | 16 | 03:48:37 | 387AB | MTB Jedi | Rickus Jooste | Johan Bekker | Men | Sub Vet Men |
17 | 7 | 17 | 03:48:52 | 9AB | IQ GREEN SOLUTIONS | Ryal De Waal | Pieter Uys | Men | Veteran Men |
19 | 8 | 18 | 03:50:06 | 525AB | Team One Direction | Chris Nel | Kristof De Neys | Men | Veteran Men |
20 | 9 | 19 | 03:50:13 | 396AB | Bellville Bru | Cornell Botha | Lukie Snyman | Men | Veteran Men |
21 | 4 | 20 | 03:51:09 | 40AB | Gooi Rooi | Heinrich Ehlers | Dewald Van Der Berg | Men | Open Men |
Mixed | |||||||||
P_Day2 | Cat_Day2 | P_Group | Time Day2 | Team# | TeamName | Rider1 | Rider2 | Group | Category |
23 | 1 | 1 | 03:51:14 | 25AB | Specialized Duo | Tamaryn Kietzmann | Nicholas Porteous | Mixed | Mixed Team |
37 | 2 | 2 | 04:00:42 | 34AB | Boys and bikes | Petrus Oelofse | Yzette Oelofse | Mixed | Mixed Team |
38 | 3 | 3 | 04:01:22 | 114AB | Vision Trust | Colette Willemse | Edrich Fivaz | Mixed | Mixed Team |
51 | 4 | 4 | 04:10:55 | 154AB | Team WAKA | Kathy Milne | Walter Diezel | Mixed | Mixed Team |
65 | 5 | 5 | 04:15:21 | 76AB | Minglit | James Little | Laurin Mingay | Mixed | Mixed Team |
72 | 6 | 6 | 04:18:39 | 80AB | LGS Exports | Piet Van Rensburg | Jeanie de Villiers | Mixed | Mixed Team |
80 | 7 | 7 | 04:21:15 | 18AB | The Venter In Laws | Larise Venter | Jaco Venter | Mixed | Mixed Team |
91 | 8 | 8 | 04:25:31 | 559AB | Hirst Squared | Steven Hirst | Penelope Hirst | Mixed | Mixed Team |
109 | 9 | 9 | 04:31:38 | 144AB | Grumpy and giggles | Megan Warner | Duncan Carmichael | Mixed | Mixed Team |
115 | 10 | 10 | 04:32:57 | 82AB | Team D and G | Gayle Momsen | David Momsen | Mixed | Mixed Team |
116 | 11 | 11 | 04:33:39 | 459AB | DHL 2 | Charl De Klerk | Mia De Klerk | Mixed | Mixed Team |
131 | 12 | 12 | 04:37:56 | 128AB | Instant Flooring | Tamzyn Van Nierop | Simon Van Nierop | Mixed | Mixed Team |
137 | 13 | 13 | 04:39:29 | 519AB | Infocus Racing 2 | Andre Schempers | Franci Joubert | Mixed | Mixed Team |
Women | |||||||||
P_Day2 | Cat_Day2 | P_Group | Time Day2 | Team# | TeamName | Rider1 | Rider2 | Group | Category |
73 | 1 | 1 | 04:18:49 | 527AB | Craft Rocky Mountain Girls | Susanne Rathgeb | Nicole Kuttruff | Women | Sub Vet Women |
102 | 2 | 2 | 04:29:24 | 6AB | Masikhule | Caroline Schuermans | Janet Keet | Women | Sub Vet Women |
113 | 3 | 3 | 04:32:49 | 124AB | EXTREME LIGHTS | Nienke Van Schaik | Kasha Dickie | Women | Sub Vet Women |
RESULTS: GC Stage 1 & 2 combined / Monday, 03 November 2014 and Tuesday, 04 November 2014
GC RESULTS: FNB Wines2Whales MTB Ride | ||||||||||
Stage 1 & 2 combined / Monday, 03 November 2014 and Tuesday, 04 November 2014 | ||||||||||
Men | ||||||||||
P_GC | Cat_GC | P_Group | Time Day2 | Time GC | Team# | TeamName | Rider1 | Rider2 | Category | Group |
1 | 1 | 1 | 03:22:39 | 07:10:03 | 2AB | Knersus | Frikkie Hartog | Gerard Dirks | Veteran Men | Men |
2 | 1 | 2 | 03:24:44 | 07:12:10 | 517AB | XTREME RIDERS | Fanie Steenkamp | Pierre Andre Knoetze | Sub Vet Men | Men |
3 | 1 | 3 | 03:25:35 | 07:25:50 | 7AB | The Fast Traks | Harry Orr | Ehlers Smit | Open Men | Men |
4 | 2 | 4 | 03:31:15 | 07:32:01 | 23AB | The Wash @ The River Club | Adriaan Theron | Bryan Nicholson | Sub Vet Men | Men |
5 | 3 | 5 | 03:31:27 | 07:32:33 | 3AB | Having Fun | Graham Ransom | James Thomas | Sub Vet Men | Men |
6 | 4 | 6 | 03:32:42 | 07:35:47 | 531AB | Craft Rocky Mountain Boys | Tobias Zaehringer | Christoph Zimmermann | Sub Vet Men | Men |
7 | 2 | 7 | 03:35:09 | 07:42:08 | 516AB | Namib Team KK | Russell Paschke | Clinton Hilfiker | Veteran Men | Men |
8 | 2 | 8 | 03:38:22 | 07:43:26 | 44AB | FLM Comp Winner 2 | Graeme Kuys | Daryn Goldsbrough | Open Men | Men |
9 | 5 | 9 | 03:42:14 | 07:45:31 | 528AB | Greefa MED Automation | Lourens Grobbelaar | Kotie Terblanche | Sub Vet Men | Men |
10 | 3 | 10 | 03:41:51 | 07:52:01 | 61AB | Geco Cycles Billy and Villi | Franclo Henning | Charl Cooper | Veteran Men | Men |
11 | 4 | 11 | 03:48:52 | 08:01:36 | 9AB | IQ GREEN SOLUTIONS | Ryal De Waal | Pieter Uys | Veteran Men | Men |
12 | 5 | 12 | 03:50:06 | 08:05:00 | 525AB | Team One Direction | Chris Nel | Kristof De Neys | Veteran Men | Men |
13 | 6 | 13 | 03:46:10 | 08:05:17 | 309AB | Biogen | Mark De Swardt | Donovan O’Reilly | Veteran Men | Men |
14 | 6 | 14 | 03:51:54 | 08:08:31 | 10AB | NuPower Solar | Floris Botha | Samuel Pienaar | Sub Vet Men | Men |
15 | 7 | 15 | 03:51:18 | 08:08:50 | 37AB | Kanteys 1 | Karl Daschner | Erich Macjewski | Sub Vet Men | Men |
16 | 3 | 16 | 03:46:40 | 08:08:58 | 12AB | ikapa verni | Jaco-lou Campher | Martin Breytenbach | Open Men | Men |
17 | 8 | 17 | 03:55:04 | 08:10:44 | 11AB | Kanteys 5 | Jako Van Heerden | Kevin Hohls | Sub Vet Men | Men |
18 | 7 | 18 | 03:37:52 | 08:10:58 | 457AB | Midas | Glen Anderson | Charl Marais | Veteran Men | Men |
19 | 9 | 19 | 03:47:17 | 08:11:00 | 455AB | Talon Tough Tools | Clinton Halsey | Hilton Guy | Sub Vet Men | Men |
20 | 4 | 20 | 03:51:09 | 08:14:05 | 40AB | Gooi Rooi | Heinrich Ehlers | Dewald Van Der Berg | Open Men | Men |
Mixed | ||||||||||
P_GC | Cat_GC | P_Group | Time Day2 | Time GC | Team# | TeamName | Rider1 | Rider2 | Category | Group |
21 | 1 | 1 | 04:00:42 | 08:15:56 | 34AB | Boys and bikes | Petrus Oelofse | Yzette Oelofse | Mixed Team | Mixed |
22 | 2 | 2 | 03:51:14 | 08:16:08 | 25AB | Specialized Duo | Tamaryn Kietzmann | Nicholas Porteous | Mixed Team | Mixed |
41 | 3 | 3 | 04:01:22 | 08:41:16 | 114AB | Vision Trust | Colette Willemse | Edrich Fivaz | Mixed Team | Mixed |
49 | 4 | 4 | 04:18:39 | 08:49:01 | 80AB | LGS Exports | Piet Van Rensburg | Jeanie de Villiers | Mixed Team | Mixed |
51 | 5 | 5 | 04:10:55 | 08:49:45 | 154AB | Team WAKA | Kathy Milne | Walter Diezel | Mixed Team | Mixed |
74 | 6 | 6 | 04:21:15 | 09:09:03 | 18AB | The Venter In Laws | Larise Venter | Jaco Venter | Mixed Team | Mixed |
77 | 7 | 7 | 04:25:31 | 09:12:07 | 559AB | Hirst Squared | Steven Hirst | Penelope Hirst | Mixed Team | Mixed |
80 | 8 | 8 | 04:15:21 | 09:17:09 | 76AB | Minglit | James Little | Laurin Mingay | Mixed Team | Mixed |
89 | 9 | 9 | 04:33:39 | 09:21:33 | 459AB | DHL 2 | Charl De Klerk | Mia De Klerk | Mixed Team | Mixed |
109 | 10 | 10 | 04:37:56 | 09:33:56 | 128AB | Instant Flooring | Tamzyn Van Nierop | Simon Van Nierop | Mixed Team | Mixed |
110 | 11 | 11 | 04:32:57 | 09:34:18 | 82AB | Team D and G | Gayle Momsen | David Momsen | Mixed Team | Mixed |
114 | 12 | 12 | 04:31:38 | 09:35:56 | 144AB | Grumpy and giggles | Megan Warner | Duncan Carmichael | Mixed Team | Mixed |
123 | 13 | 13 | 04:39:29 | 09:41:10 | 519AB | Infocus Racing 2 | Andre Schempers | Franci Joubert | Mixed Team | Mixed |
Women | ||||||||||
P_GC | Cat_GC | P_Group | Time Day2 | Time GC | Team# | TeamName | Rider1 | Rider2 | Category | Group |
61 | 1 | 1 | 04:18:49 | 08:58:35 | 527AB | Craft Rocky Mountain Girls | Susanne Rathgeb | Nicole Kuttruff | Sub Vet Women | Women |
111 | 2 | 2 | 04:29:24 | 09:34:26 | 6AB | Masikhule | Caroline Schuermans | Janet Keet | Sub Vet Women | Women |
121 | 3 | 3 | 04:32:49 | 09:39:28 | 124AB | EXTREME LIGHTS | Nienke Van Schaik | Kasha Dickie | Sub Vet Women | Women |