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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>XAVIER Papo won the first leg of the Nedbank Windhoek Pedal Power cycling series on Sunday when he beat five other riders in a sprint to the line.<\/b><\/p>\n

Riding for the RMB Elite team, Papo finished the seven-lap Dobra Loops race in a time of two hours 22 minutes 49 seconds to just beat Alex Miller (Team Pupkewitz Megatech) and Drikus Coetzee (Team Simonis Storm powered by Hollard) in a sprint to the line.<\/p>\n

Two more Simonis Storm riders, Gerhard Mans and Ingram Cuff finished a second behind, along with Jean Paul Burger of Team Cathy.<\/p>\n

It was a great performance by Papo, who said he was determined to win the race.<\/p>\n

\u201cI woke up feeling good this morning, so I just told myself I’m going to go all out today to win the race and I managed to do that.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was an early breakaway, but I initially stayed back in the bunch. On the fifth lap about six of us decided to make a break at Bobbejaansbult and then on the final lap I made a break on my own. They probably thought they’d catch me at Bobbejaansbult, but I just decided that I can’t wait for them, I just have to go flat out, so that they don’t catch me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Papo said he has been training hard with the aim of making the Namibian team that will be selected for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham later this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel very good about my performance – I’m aiming to make the Commonwealth Games team, and that’s why I’ve been training so hard. I hope and pray that I’ll make the team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The women’s race over five laps also came down to a sprint with Melissa Hinz of the Food Lover’s Market team just pipping Courtney Liebenberg of Mannie’s Bike Mecca team in a time of 2:00:46, while Monique du Plessis of the Cymot Racing team came third a second behind.<\/p>\n

Andre Vermeulen won the Open Men’s category over five laps in 1:43:39, followed by Gerhard Breed (1:43:57) and Jaco Lamprecht (1:43:58); George Thiele won the Master Men’s category over five laps in 1:46:56, followed by Nick du Plessis (1:47:05) and Gustav Gouws (1:47:05); and Gerhard Mans won the Grand Masters Men’s category over four laps in 1:34:58, followed by Paddy Murphy (1:35:33) and Andre Huysamen (1:48:27).<\/p>\n

Lotte Beulker won the Open Women’s category over five laps in 2:10:12, followed by Olivia Shililifa (2:10:21) and Christine Beulker (2:10:24); Mandy Huysamen won the Master Women’s category over four laps in 1:48:29, followed by Carolin Janik (2:19:45); and Karin Brockmann won the Grand Master Women’s category over three laps in 1:30:29, followed by Berrit Graf in 1:36:23.<\/p>\n

Wesley Pieters won the Sport Men’s category over four laps in 1:34:49, followed by Philip Steyn (1:34:57) and Ingram van Heerden (1:34:57), while Jo-Andri Pretorius won the Sport Women’s category over four laps in 1:47:13, followed by Jolene Human (1:50:21) and Bronwen Chase (1:50:58).<\/p>\n

The complete results are available at raceday.events<\/p>\n

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