Pulpils’ cheers push cyclists to the finish
The tour, which took place over a period of six days - January 18 to 23 - covered a distance of 752 kilometres. The competition is the only one of its kind in the country with an enormous total prize pool of R200 000.
Learners of Barberton High School and Gateway Christian School welcomed the cyclists who took part in the third day of the Mpumalanga Tour. Not only did it mean they had a break from the normal school routine, they also had a chance to be part of something not seen in Barberton every day.
Support vehicles provided by Europcar and which consisted of numerous combis and other vehicles, as well as traffic and SAPS vehicles led the way for the cyclists with lights flashing and sirens blaring, and made for quite an impressive sight.
Learners of Gateway manned a water point mere metres from where the cyclists entered town via the Sheba Road. On the road itself BHS pupils lined up in their hundreds to cheer the riders on.
The tour, which took place over a period of six days – January 18 to 23 – covered a distance of 752 kilometres. The competition is the only one of its kind in the country with an enormous total prize pool of R200 000. It started at Loskop Dam and continued to Badplaas, Mbombela (including Barberton), Graskop and Blyde River Canyon.
Day three, which included the Barberton leg of the race, comprised 132 kilometres, finished at Glenwood at C&C Rademeyer Auctioneers on the R40 just outside Mbombela.
