The Free State’s performance across all categories secured victory in this year’s Battle of the Bikes event. Presented by Oryx Endurance Event Management on 5 October, and hosted from the Magersfontein Golf Estate, it cast a wide net. Results are:
96 km MTB
- men: Alwyn Dippenaar (first), Jean-Jacques Holtzhausen (second), and Franco van Zyl (third).
- women: Bronwyn Evans, Emma Booysen.
96 km gravel
- men: Ryno Potgieter, Dewald Scheepers.
- women: Johanet Heymann.
50 km MTB
- men: André van Rooyen, Attie Koekemoer and Ludwig du Toit.
- women: Dana-Lee Fourie, Marisca Steyn and Carli Bouwer.
35 km MTB
- men: Joshua van Rooyen, Frans-Johan Steynberg and Jake Kriel.
- women: Inge van Heerden, Mia Vogel and Lané Fouché.
18 km MTB
- men: Kyle Mitchley, Wihan Valks and Zayden Cotton.
- women: Karmi Cook, Minli van der Laarse and Ané Nel.
e-MTB
- men: Deon Bester, Theuns Schutte and Christo Swanepoel.
- women: Anju Swanepoel.
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