{"id":44383,"date":"2023-05-08T17:13:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T17:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/juniors-shine-at-xc2"},"modified":"2023-05-08T18:00:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T18:00:16","slug":"juniors-shine-at-xc2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/juniors-shine-at-xc2","title":{"rendered":"Juniors shine at XC2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Simon Kauta and Nicola Fester won the elite categories at the Nedbank XC2 cross country mountain bike race in Windhoek on Saturday.<br \/>\nWith a number of Namibia\u2019s top riders not in action, the turnout was a bit thin, but some good races were seen in the various categories.<br \/>\nIn the men\u2019s race the junior rider Daniel Hahn and the youth rider Roger Suren pulled away from the elite riders from the start and although they were racing in different categories they provided a great battle for the spectators.<br \/>\nSuren went on to win the youth boys category over five laps in a time of 49 minutes 39 seconds, averaging 9:56 per lap, to finish more than three minutes ahead of the second-placed Marco Thiel (52:58), while Sean Lowe finished third in 55:05.<br \/>\nfield_64114e63beb25<br \/>\nHahn was the only entrant in the junior boys category over six laps and went on to win the race in one hour and 36 seconds, at an average of 10:06 per lap.<br \/>\nKauta won the elite men\u2019s race over seven laps in 1:22:10, averaging 11:45 per lap, while Mauren Kleopas was second in 1:24:56 and Simon Johannes third in 1:26:32.<br \/>\nAnanias Tamatisous won the sub veteran men\u2019s category over five laps in 57:03, averaging 11:24 per lap, with Petrus Human coming second in 57:16 and Michael Falk third in 1:02:45.<br \/>\nThe veteran men\u2019s category saw a fine battle for top honnours, with Vernon Maresch just beating Louis Prins to the line.<br \/>\nMaresch completed the four-lap race in 47:13, averaging 11:48 per lap, while Louis Prins followed three seconds behind in second place, and Philip Steyn came third in 47:56.<br \/>\nNick du Plessis won the masters men\u2019s category over three laps in 35:22, followed by Greg Chase (35:53) and Michael Swanepoel (37:37), while Daniel Hennes won the u14 sub junior boys category over three laps in 37:09, followed by Theodor Janse van Vuuren (38:03) and Mike Baartman (41:24).<br \/>\nFester was the only competitor in the elite women\u2019s race and went on to win the five-lap race in 1:08:35, averaging 13:43 per lap.<br \/>\nHester Prins won the women\u2019s sub veteran category over four laps, winning in a time of 52:40, at an average of 13:10 per lap, while Irene Steyn won the veteran women\u2019s race over four laps in 56:00 at an average of 14:00 per lap, with Sonja Obholzer coming second in 1:00:20.<br \/>\nThere were also some fine performances in the girls u16 youth category with Delsia Jansen van Vuuren winning the three-lap race in 36:42, at an average of 12:14 per lap, while Marie Thiel came second in 38:27.<br \/>\nNicole Suren won the u14 sub junior girls category over two laps in 26:34, followed by Bianca Nell (26:58) and Anne Cramer (28:58).<br \/>\nThe complete results are available at Raceday.events<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. Simon Kauta and Nicola Fester won the elite categories at the Nedbank XC2 cross country mountain bike race in Windhoek on Saturday. With a number of Namibia\u2019s top riders not in action, the turnout was a bit thin, but some good races were seen in the various categories. 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