SA NEWS
The Mzansi
Cycle Tour
Annette Willemse
After a grueling 201 km, the longest
stage of the Mzansi Tour, cyclists
took a welcome break at the Vaal
Triangle Campus of the North-West
University (NWU Vaal) after the third
stage of this internationally recognised cycling race.
The spoils of the day went to Herman
Fouche of the Bonitas Pro Cycling
team, who won a dramatic bunch
sprint to claim victory. Fouche beat
Austrian, Jan Sokol (Synergy Baku
team) and Nolan Hoffman (Abantu
team) on the penultimate day of the
five-day Mzansi Tour, which ended
on Saturday in Midrand.
A hearty NWU Vaal congratulations
Apart from hosting the prize giving
event for the third stage of the race,
a representative of the Vaal Triangle
Campus Management – Mr Herman
Steyn (Director: Finance), also had
the privilege to share the stage with
some of the winners. It was Steyn’s
duty to hand over the Points Jersey –
which is awarded to the rider with the
most accumulated points at the end
of each stage. This jersey is known
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as the Echelon Events Points Classification jersey.
More about the Mzansi Tour
The Mzansi (a Zulu word meaning
‘the South’), is the only UCI (Union
Cycliste Internationale)-graded road
cycling race in South Africa. The aim
of the event is to create a fair contest
to showcase the strongest riders and
smartest teams; an event at which
the next generation of young riders –
South African and international – and
sponsors and fans, can participate.
The tour comprises of four stages of
140km; 159km; 201km and 79.5km
respectively.