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cycling: Sabie Classic: Huber and Platt in top form

24. February 2014 by the editorial office

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The Sabie Classics Marathon was the first stop of the Marathon World Series over the weekend. Many of the marathon professionals used the race to prepare for the Absa Cape Epic, which starts in four weeks, including Urs Huber and Karl Platt. In addition to the Bulls duo, the Rose Vaujany team around Simon Gegenheimer and Steffen Thum also traveled. After heavy rain, however, the start of the season turned out to be quite complicated. While Platt and Huber were able to break away from the start, Thum and Gegenheimer struggled with technical problems with their rear brakes.

"It's not the start I wanted. But we have never been able to test our new brake pads under such extreme conditions. It's a shame that we didn't have this experience in training, but only during the race.", said a very angry Steffen Thum, who had to give up the race with his supervisor Christian Wenzler in the last tec zone after 80 kilometers.



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Meanwhile, things couldn't have gone better for Huber and Platt. Their closest pursuer, Kevin Evans, continued to lose ground and it was to be a battle between the two team-mates, with Huber having the better of it. He finished after 5:28:57 hours and secured victory. Platt is second followed by Evans, who crossed the finish line almost 15 minutes after Huber. The Bulls duo seems to have done their homework and started the season with a double win.

The women's race was dominated by Ariane Kleinhans from Switzerland. On the 75-kilometer route, she gained a lead of 8:28 minutes over Robyn de Groot. South African Amy McDougall complements the podium.



result men

1. Urs Huber 5:28:57
2. Karl Platt 5:31:07
3. Kevin Evans 5:43:33
4. Andrew Hill 5:45:51
5. Gert Heyns 5:46:23

result women

1. Ariane Kleinhans 4:22:22
2. Robyn de Groot 4:31:00
3. Amy McDougall 4:34:19
4. Cherise Taylor 4:40:05
5. Candice Neethling 4:41:20

Tags:Karl PlattMarathon World SeriesNewsSimon GegenheimerSteffen ThumUrs Huber

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