Africa-Press – Namibia. Hollard’s men’s and women’s teams dominated the Nedbank Windhoek Pedal Power Series 5 (WPP), last Sunday as Drikus Coetzee and Anri Greeff won the Individual Time Trials (ITT) race categories.
The competition saw JT Cycling team from Angola participate in the race for the second consecutive year.
In the men’s ITT competition, Coetzee won the race in 02:18:34, followed by Christiaan van Rensburg of Cymot Racing, who clocked 02:18:38 in second, and Martin Freyer in third with a time of 02:23:35.
In the women’s race, Greeff beat Melissa Hinz and Genevieve Weber to the line after clocking 01:57:41 to finish first for her second win of the WPP series. Hinz clocked 01:57:47 for second place, while Weber clocked 01:57:48 for third place.
Coetzee said he was happy with his performance. “The guys started attacking around seven kilometres into the race. I followed for some time, and I tried one move, and I saw I was gone. I had one rider at my wheel, and I had to go full out because once you have that gap, you must just go,” he said.
Coetzee added that the weather was good, despite some tailwinds and headwinds in-between along the route.
He said due to personal reasons, he will take a sabbatical from cycling, but will take part in the coveted Nedbank Desert Dash, slated for 6 December.
On her part, Greeff said she enjoyed riding the race, as she worked well with her teammates.
“It was an interesting race because every time one attacked, they would always be closed. That’s when the teamwork came into play. This is my second victory in the WPP series, so I am happy,” she said.
Meanwhile, in the team classification, Greeff, Hinz, Lelani Swart, Elanor Grassow and Corné van Wyk of Hollard Ladies continued their dominance, winning the team race ahead of MBM Ladies’ team comprising Maja Brinkmann, Delsia Janse van Vuuren, Irene Steyn, Belinda van Rhyn and Silke Bean in second place.
Third place was taken by Cymot Ladies Racing team of Jean-Marie Mostert, Olivia Shililifa, Sonja Hennes and Madison Mann, who crossed the line in 05:59:01 combined time.
In the men’s team races, Cymot Racing Team’s Christiaan van Rensburg, Kevin Lowe and Theuns van der Westhuizen, Kai Pritzen and Gino Chiappini came first, followed by Hollard Insurance’s Drikus Coetzee, Ingram Cuff, Jaques Hanekom, Adrian Key, Gerhard Breed, and Heiko Diehl in second.
Third place was won by team JT Angola of Igor Silva, Albano Diego, Herlander Antonio, Aguinaldo Sassinde, and Edivalo Ferrao.
The final of the Nedbank Namibia WPP TTT and ITT event will take place on 1 September at Auas Hills.
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