The Python face-off
Race day dawned bright and sunny, albeit with a wintry chill in the air. But, if it’s not wet, we’ll take it!
And, big surprise! Guess who was back from Europe and lining up at the Trailseeker start line? Both our top South African XCO riders, Alan Hatherly and Candice Lill. We were honoured to have them at King Price Trailseeker #6 and watch them perform first-hand.
Riders were in for a treat on the trails today!
Starting at the lovely Bosman Family Vineyards, the 40 and 70-km riders would quickly link up to the Welvanpas Trail Network. The mountainous trails would take them high up onto the Groenberg slopes before dropping them back down along fast and flowy single track leading all the way down to the Kromme river banks. The legendary Python trail, a particularly steep and winding single-track climb, was included in both distances today. Ouch!
The 10 and 20-km riders did not venture up the mountain but enjoyed a pleasant jaunt around the vineyard block on scenic farm roads.
The strong field on the day made for exciting racing, and it was gratifying to see how much fun everyone had flying down those single-track sections.
Results:
Elite Men: 70 km
- Alan Hatherly | 02:36:08
- Gert Heyns | 02:37:11
- Matt Beers | 02:37:14
Elite Ladies: 70 km
- Candice Lill | 03:17:39
- Elrika Harmzen-Pretorius | 03:30:30
- Lehane Oosthuizen | 03:37:44
40 km Men:
- Lood Goosen | 01:44:39
- Jean-Pierre Du Plessis | 01:44:44
- Juan Van Zyl | 01:44:51
40 km Ladies:
- Irma Theron | 01:45:56
- Angeliq Coetzer | 02:07:04
- Sune Henning | 02:17:21
20 km Boys:
- Tristan Mc Given | 00:46:52
- Dean Woolley | 00:46:53
- Benjamin Fourie | 00:46:54
20 km Girls:
- Nadia Van Wyk | 00:53:01
- Kelly Mall | 00:56:15
- Janke Van Zyl | 00:57:05
Incredible results by all our racing snakes! You have conquered The Python 😉 Trailseeker riders – 1, Python – 0!
King Price Trailseeker #6 Wellington was a climactic and joyous conclusion to the 2022 King Price Trailseeker Series. A tumultuous season included #2 Sondela being postponed due to heavy rain, and cold and wet weather at both #3 Buffelsdrift and #4 Legends MX. The incredible trails, scenery and gracious start venue at Bosman Family Vineyards made for an unforgettable day!
Trail Meraki
To those of you who have done four or more King Price Trailseekers this year, congratulations on joining the ranks of the die-hard trail riding enthusiasts! We appreciate the support you have shown our Series throughout the year through (exceptionally) bad weather and good.
Welcome to Trail Meraki!
Nathan Naude
Christiaan Pretorius
Zanri Grobbelaar
Benyamin Carpenter
Tiyi Ngalalume
Nathan Atkins
Kade Barnes
Eckhard Dednam
Zandre Stemmet
Anrich Barkhuizen
Stefan Van Jaarsveld
Luan Swart
Kylie Lerm
JancoStemmet
Elizabeth Human
Owen Smith
Dylan Kohlmeyer
Ruben Krugel
Liam Labuschagne
Peter Ferreira
Dominick Koster
Lea Kruger
STEFAN BEETGE
Luan Labuschagne
Sean Walters
Matthew Smith
Philip Breedt
Ben Laubscher
Hendrik Du Preez
Peter Le Mottee
Ross Thompson
Bastiaan Hendrikus Koster
Leonie Koster
Attie Smit
Johannes Strydom
Gavin Horn
Johan Slabber
Teresa Schoeman
Mike Capon
Henry Page
Dave Fryer
Wynand Steyn
Jannie Van Der Westhuizen
Donald Wanvig
Liam Ludeke
Jaco Du Bruyn
Fanie Butler
Bertus Anderson
Jacobus Erasmus
Eben Grobbelaar
Candice-Anne Stafford
Ruan Van Antwerpen
Erasmus Johannes Smit
Werner Koster
Francois Duggan
Markus Verster
Jacobus Erasmus
Nichola Van Der Merwe
Kemoikantse Seleka
Matthew Nel
Leonie Koster
Leonardus Jordaan
Alex Kruchen
LJ Van Der Westhuizen
Sebastian Kruchen
Wessel Botha
Anton Van Der Riet
Stefan Valkenburg
Pieter Du Toit
Gd Smit
Martin Gutschmidt
Andre Rudolph
Christian Rademeyer
Sonja Walters
Sue Le Roux
Riaan Rall
Charmaine Valkenburg
Peet Balfour
Colin Smith
Hendre Herbst
Daleen Koster
Kobus Kritzinger
Yolanda Kruger
Craig Bowles
Jade Gouws
Wian De Jager
Leonardus Jordaan
Thabang Mabokela
Paul Venter
Danie Smit
Christian Riekert
Andre Johannes
Lihan Serfontein
Christo Valkenburg
Wian Van Zyl
Vernon Ingram
Divan Joubert
Daniël Maritz
Simoné Maritz
Anton Nel
Christo Corneelsen
Well done, all! You are our kind of people 😉
This concludes The King Price Trailseeker Series for 2022. 2023 is going to be amazing!
We cannot wait to share the #TrailLife with you in 2023!
