Marc Fourie and Christine Coppinger won the respective men’s and women’s 52km feature race at the Kariega Classic MTB race in Southwell, Eastern Cape, at the end of last month.
Fourie completed the race in 2:14:32, beating Geoffrey Lee by some eight minutes. Ryan Hammond completed the podium.

Marc Fourie and Christine Coppinger won the respective men’s and women’s 52km feature race at the Kariega Classic MTB race. Photo: Facebook/Kariega Classic
Coppinger won the women’s race in 2:43:58. Taryn-Maie Wille and Donia Kamstra crossed the line in second and third respectively.
Charl de Waal (1:09:28) and Cindi Kirby (1:24:10) were the respective winners in the 22km race.
View more results below.
52km
Men
1. Marc Fourie 2:14:32
2. Geoffrey Lee 2:22:49
3. Ryan Hammond 2:31:46
4. Bruce Gie 2:34:07
5. Rowan Vorster 2:35:21
6. Rob Blatch 2:36:30
7. Leon Els 2:38:11
8. Renad Zeelie 2:38:11
9. Tony Thorburn 2:38:16
10. Lester Tait 2:38:16
Women
1. Christine Coppinger 2:43:58
2. Taryn-Maie Wille 2:45:56
3. Donia Kamstra 2:50:58
4. Rebecca van Huysteen 2:52:01
5. Sanja Steyn 2:55:23
6. Carolyn Thompson 3:01:18
7. Louise Blatch 3:15:19
8. Estelle van Kerckhoven 3:15:51
9. Jolandi Botha 3:23:42
10. Lisa Wostenholm 3:33:52
22km
Men
1. Charl de Waal 1:09:28
2. FH Labuschagne 1:10:59
3. David Mackernie 1:11:21
4. Michael Edwards 1:18:32
5. Andre de Beer 1:21:08
Women
1. Cindi Kirby 1:24:10
2. Lisa Slabbert 1:24:38
3. Lisa Blatch 1:27:07
4. Simoné Schoonbee 1:28:42
5. Leonie Yendall 1:33:48
15km
Men
1. Guy Catherine 1:10:03
2. Joshua Catherine 1:10:07
3. Jeremy van Niekerk 1:12:14
Women
1. Ilse Termorshuizen 1:07:53
2. Anelize Bubb 1:55:03
3. Elandi Bubb 1:55:15