Intense sani2c finish in Scottburgh

Stage 3 of the 2026 KAP sani2c proved to be a fast final day from Jolivet Farm to Scottburgh Golf Club. At 86km with 1042m of climbing and 1703m of descending, the stage encouraged aggressive racing from the start.

Travis Stedman and Jaedon Terlouw (Toyota Specialised Imbuko 2) sealed overall victory, while two teams fought intensely for the remaining GC podium positions.

The decisive moves came early, and on Clint’s Climb the elite men’s front teams split, with the three teams of Toyota Specialised Imbuko 1 and 2 and Insect Science Safari Essence getting away. They then worked well together over the next 70km and no one was able to break away from the fast-moving group of six riders.

Jaedon Terlouw said that it was hard for the guys behind to come back once the split happened.

“A couple of times I was almost dropped on the flats, the pace was incredibly high. Every time we looked back and saw no one there, it gave us extra motivation to keep pushing even harder,” he explained.

“Just before water point two (58km), Tristan Nortje (Toyota Specialised Imbuko’s first team) had a crash on a slippery district road corner. Fortunately the whole group had been working well together, so everyone sat up and waited for him to get back. Once he re-joined, the adrenaline clearly kicked in because he was absolutely flying afterwards.”

Commenting on the victory, Travis Stedman stated that it felt good to pull this race off.

“Last year we had a lot of bad luck here, so to come back this year with a partner like Jaedon and support from the team made it a special week.”

In the women’s race, Samantha Sanders and Vera Looser (Efficient Infiniti Insure), completed a dominant week with another stage victory to become the KAP sani2c UCI Women’s champions.

Sanders said that sani2c is one of the most prestigious stage races around, so winning it meant a lot, both personally and for their sponsors.

“It’s also exciting to see how much the level of women’s racing has grown. The competition was seriously strong.”

Stage 3 results are as follows
Men:
Travis Stedman and Jaedon Terlouw (Toyota Specialised Imbuko 2) – 02:32:23
Wessel Botha and Arno du Toit (Insect Science Safari Essence) – 02:32:25
Tristan Nortje and Marco Joubert (Toyota Specialized Imbuko 1) – 02:32:41
Keegan Tullis and Herman Fourie (CVNR Sports) – 02:39:25
Johan van Zyl and Keagan Bontekoning (Insect Science) – 02:39:55

Women:
Samantha Sanders and Vera Looser (Efficient Infiniti Insure) – 03:06:41
Frances Swanepoel and Rachel Seaman (Cycle Nation Enza Construction) – 03:10:21
Cherise Willeit and Ila Stow (Fortress Toyota) – 03:10:34
Roxanne Kemp and Danielle du Toit (Safari Essence Titan Racing) – 03:22:36
Erin Shillaw and Lianke Fourie (Old Mutual Women’s Team) – 03:32:47

General Classification
Men:
Jaedon Terlouw and Travis Stedman (Toyota Specialised Imbuko 2) – 09:11:30
Wessel Botha and Arno du Toit (Insect Science Safari Essence) – 09:14:58
Tristan Nortje and Marco Joubert (Toyota Specialised Imbuko 1) – 09:15:19
Keagan Bontekoning and Johan van Zyl (Insect Science) – 09:20:56
Marc Pritzen and Felix Stehli (Team Honeycomb 226ers) – 09:33:01

Women:
Vera Looser and Samantha Sanders (Efficient Infiniti Insure) – 11:19:07
Cherise Willeit and Ila Stow (Fortress Toyota) – 11:40:09
Frances Swanepoel and Rachel Seaman (Cycle Nation Enza Construction) – 11:43:00
Danielle du Toit and Roxanne Kemp (Safari Essence Titan Racing) – 12:00:51
Kylie Hanekom and Hayley Smith (Bike Hub) – 13:14:54

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