Ex-Kempie wins Dis-Chem Ride for Sight
‘This is a huge win for me and a big step in my cycling career,’ says Pritzen.
Marc Pritzen from Kempton Park, hot off his win in the SA Road Champs in the u-23 category, won the 116km Dis-Chem Ride for Sight Cycle Race in Boksburg on Sunday.
The ex-Hoërskool Kempton Park learner finished the race in an excellent time of 2:28:17.
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Ryan Harris was second with Calvin Beneker third.
Almost 5 000 cyclists participated over the two distances of 62 and 116km. The main race was a seeding event for The Cape Town Cycle Tour and remains a popular event due to the excellent organisation and support of both the naming sponsor Dis-Chem Pharmacies and the host City of Ekurhuleni.
The event, now in its 31st year, raised over R10-million towards finding treatments for inherited retinal blindness.
Pritzen, the thrilled winner, commented: “This is an excellent race, well organised and very safe. The marshalling, the referees and the traffic control were all excellent. This is a huge win for me and a big step in my cycling career.”
