Long weekend win for Hill

IN the Liberty 150 mountain bike event, which formed part of the Liberty 250 race, Andrew Hill and his partner Shaun-Nick Bester cruised to their third win in three stages to extend their lead and wrap up an easy overall title.

The Bluff Meat Supply team won the final day of the Liberty 250 road cycling team stage race but it was just not enough as Thule Cornubia clinched the overall title by just one second after the third day of exciting racing.

Provisional Day 3 Results:

MTB teams:

1. Andrew Hill and Shaun Nick Bester (TIB Best 4 Sport Silverback) 1:24:15

2. Andrew Johnson and Andrew Cairns (Ballito Bicycle Company) 1:28:28

3. Andrew McLean and Dave de Lima (Beach Bums) 1:32:35

Four-man teams:

1. Bluff Meat Supply (Austin Steyn, Trevor Rowe, Warren Price, Donovan Geldenhuys) 0:57:05

2. Thule Cornubia (Bryan Powell, Michael Rowland, Luke Chambers, Reece v Staden) 0:57:06

3. Dimension Data Masters (Stefano Madies, Gary Beneke, Tinus Schepers, Mark Beneke) – 1st Masters – 1:07:03

General Classification

MTB teams:

1. Andrew Hill and Shaun Nick Bester (TIB Best 4 Sport Silverback) 5:51:51

2. Andrew Johnson and Andrew Cairns (Ballito Bicycle Company) 6:22:31

3. Julian Bryant and Ben Killian (Beach Bums) 7:11:16

Four-man teams:

1. Thule Cornubia (Bryan Powell, Michael Rowland, Luke Chambers, Reece v Staden) 6:49:56

2. Bluff Meat Supply (Austin Steyn, Trevor Rowe, Warren Price, Donovan Geldenhuys) 6:49:59

3. Just Bluff (Garth Haig, Shaun de le Porte, Justin Hand, Grant Guerin) – 2nd Masters – 7:54:25

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