Konny Looser won the 369km Desert Dash ultra-endurance mountain-bike race when it finished in Swakopmund, Namibia, today.
Switzerland’s Looser claimed his fourth title in a row, beating Drikus Coetzee into second. Jacques Tattersall finished in third.
Konny Looser won the 369km Desert Dash ultra-endurance mountain-bike race when it finished in Swakopmund, Namibia, today. Photo: Facebook/@nedbankdesertdash
Rebecca Robisch won the solo women’s race, with Irene Steyn in second and Siska van der Bijl third.
Team Hollard won the two-men team race, beating NCCS 2 and Team Cycles4U Elite into second and third respectively.
Swakopmund Guesthouse were the winners in the two-women team category, with Uber Girls in second and Delush third.
The two-person mixed team race was won by Beauty and the Bean, while First National Bank placed second and Team Pari Passu third.
View more results below.
369km
Solo men
1. Konny Looser 14:22:51
2. Drikus Coetzee 14:56:57
3. Jacques Tattersall 16:15:21
4. Jaco Davel 16:18:00
5. Frans-Anthonie Gerber 17:05:10
6. Dawid de Bruin 17:12:20
7. Aiden Choles 17:24:01
8. Olaf Trenner 17:26:26
9. Martin Cilliers 17:28:4
10. Tjaart van der Walt 17:47:45
Solo women
1. Rebecca Robisch 17:17:07
2. Irene Steyn 18:19:44
3. Siska van der Bijl 19:00:18
4. Wilmien Chamberlain 19:43:45
5. Johanita de Waal 19:43:51
6. Barbara Ackermann 20:27:23
7. Julia Ramsauer 21:02:17
8. Genevieve Weber 22:30:25
9. Lulu Ceronio 22:56:01
10. Wilmerie Schafer 23:13:53
Two-men teams
1. Martin Freyer, Richard Simpson (Team Hollard) 14:59:43
2. Nolan Hoffmann, Lotto Petrus (NCCS 2) 15:28:40
3. Joshua Scherer, Nicolaas Swart (Team Cycles4U Elite) 16:10:00
Two-women teams
1. Christiane Beulker, Catherine Pellow-Jarman (Swakopmund Guesthouse) 19:02:41
2. Samantha Geyser, Lonel Smith (Uber Girls) 19:07:57
3. Vicki Vosloo, Adele Conradie (Delush) 21:59:23
Two-person mixed teams
1. Christiaan Bean, Silke Bean (Beauty and the Bean) 18:13:54
2. Ananias Tamatisous, Marion Schonecke (First National Bank) 18:39:31
3. Willie Junius, Marguerita Maritz (Team Pari Passu) 19:33:00
