Matthew Lombardi was the overall and elite winner of the 2021 Mpumalanga Enduro Trailworx SA Nelspruit.
The race route covered 30 kilometres with an elevation of 1 300 metres and mountain bikers were timed on five special stages on the route.
Lombardi was in fine form and clocked 11 minutes and 4,4 seconds to beat Jason Boulle (11:08,2) by 19,3 seconds.
The winner held a three-second lead over Boulle after the first timed stage. This increased to 4,3 seconds after the second. Lombardi was on fire on the third stage, clocking 2:47,0 seconds to Boulle’s 2:57,5 top lead by 14,8 seconds. This lead was increased to 19,3 seconds over the final two stages.
Sam Bull was third with a total race time of 11:8,2.
Zandri Strydom obliterated the timed stages to win the women’s elite category in 12:36,6.
Nande Hattingh was second in 20:18,6.
Seventy-six entries were received and there were 72 finishers.
The other 30km category winners were:
Male
• e-bikes: Sean Badenhorst – 13:37,9
• Junior: Ruben le Roux – 13:03,4
• Master: Charles Kros – 16:41,4
• Sprog: Adriaan Reyneke – 26:21,0
• Sub-junior: Gabriel Burns – 12:39,6
• Sub-veteran: Robert Frost – 11:59,7
• Veteran: Alwyn Cornforth – 14:05,9
• Youth: Alex de Bruin – 12:34,9
Female
• Junior: Talia Behr – 17:26,2
• Sub-junior: Arielle Behr – 19:3,1.
The 2021 Mpumalanga Enduro Trailworx SA Nelspruit Lite (25km, 800m elevation) winners were:
Male
• Masters: James Ueckermann – 13:01,2
• Sub-veteran: John Carter – 10:19,5
• Veteran: Craig Weber – 10:15,0 Female
• Master: Sabine Ruhl – 11:32,3
• Sub-junior: Layla Greyling – 11:11,3.
*This event had only seven entries. It was designed to introduce mountain bikers to enduro racing.
