Trio tied for first placeThe two-day biking experience produced winners in three categories with the elite gold riders choosing to finish the challenge together. Red Bull Braveman Enduro thrills Brett Swanepoel, Travis Teasdale and Dwayne Kleynhans were declared the joint winners of the 2016 Red Bull Braveman on Saturday after they crossed the finish line together.The three riders finished the race in a time of eight hours, four minutes and 18 seconds (08:04:18) - inclusive of a 60-minute penalty for missing a waypoint.
The decision to declare their win a tie came after the three raced together for the entire race, assisted each other and as a sign of good sportsmanship, decided to finish together.
The third Red Bull Braveman started on Friday with the prologue to determine the starting order for Saturday morning.
A prologue is a time-trial obstacle course over logs, rocks and boulders, waterholes and scaffolding to determine the starting order on Saturday morning.
The prologue was dominated by the three South African riders who ended in the first three places.
The Enduro started with the first rider, Swanepoel, leaving the pit shortly after 06:00, followed by Teasdale and Kleynhans on his heels.
The route of the one-day extreme motorcycle Enduro took the riders over gravel roads, dry riverbeds, bush, mountainous terrain and steep cliffs at the Elisenheim Guest Lodge outside Windhoek.
Namibian rider Jürgen Gladis told Nampa after he completed the Enduro that he was more than happy with his time of just under three hours to end in the bronze category, compared to last year’s more than seven hours in the saddle.
“The mental part of the race helps you, you have to keep calm, try not to get worked up, try not to get angry at yourself and the bike because it means you will get tired faster,” Gladis said.
Only 19 of the 32 riders who entered finished the race.
Full results:
Gold:
1. Swanepoel, Teasdale and Kleynhans (08:04:18)
Silver:
1. Darren Gray (SA) - 4:45:37
2. Kirsten Landman (SA) - 5:45:34
3. Corne Visser (Nam) - 5:45:37
Bronze:
1. RJ Visser (Nam) - 2:21:55
2. Martin Diekmann (Nam) - 2:28:44
3. Gerald Heiser (Nam) - 2:31:05
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