STEVEN van Heerden of the South African Team BCX was the overall winner of the Tour de Windhoek which finished in Windhoek on Sunday.
Van Heerden completed the five stage race in a total time of 7 hours 44 minutes 28 seconds to finish 49 seconds ahead of team mate Calvin Beneke (7:45:17), while Jayde Julies of Team Pro Touch came third in 7:45:55.
They were followed by David Maree of BCX (7:47:30), James Fourie of Team Pro Touch (7:48:05) and Nolan Hoffmann of Team BCX (7:48:38).
Mitchel Eliot of Team Pro Touch, who finished seventh overall in 7:48:44, won the Best Young Rider award, finishing a mere eight seconds ahead of Martin Freyer of Team Kia Elite, who was also the first Namibian home.
Freyer’s team mates Drikus Coetzee (7:50:50) and Matthew How Saw Keng (7:51:22) finished ninth and tenth respectively.
Michelle Vorster of the Zimmermann VW Cats won the women’s category finishing in an overall time of 6 hours 46 minutes 48 seconds.
Michelle Doman of R&R Importers came second, more than 10 minutes behind in 6:57:28, while Irene Steyn of Team MBM Ladies came third in 6:58:08.
They were followed by Steffi Grossman of Zimmermann VW Cats (7:11:02), Anneke Steenkamp of R&R Importers (7:14:48) and Susanne Borg of MBM Ladies (7:15:26).
Team BCX won the Men’s team competition in a time of 7:45:45, finishing just under two minutes ahead of Team Pro Touch (7:47:34), while Team Kia Elite came third in 7:50:13.
Zimmermann VW Cats won the Women’s team classification with a time of 7:04:33, while Team MBM Ladies (7:09:43) just pipped Team R&R Importers (7:09:50) to second place.
The General Classification and Team results are attached.
